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The contribution of nonrigid motion and shape information to object perception in pigeons and humans (2017)
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Nankoo, J.-F., Madan, C. R., Sawalha, J., Wylie, D. R., Friedman, A., Spetch, M. L., & Vuong, Q. C. (2017). The contribution of nonrigid motion and shape information to object perception in pigeons and humans. Journal of Vision, 17(6), https://doi.org/10.1167/17.6.17

The ability to perceive and recognize objects is essential to many animals, including humans. Until recently, models of object recognition have primarily focused on static cues, such as shape, but more recent research is beginning to show that motion... Read More about The contribution of nonrigid motion and shape information to object perception in pigeons and humans.

Emotional arousal impairs association-memory: Roles of amygdala and hippocampus (2017)
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Madan, C. R., Fujiwara, E., Caplan, J. B., & Sommer, T. (2017). Emotional arousal impairs association-memory: Roles of amygdala and hippocampus. NeuroImage, 156, 14-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.04.065

© 2017 Elsevier Inc. Emotional arousal is well-known to enhance memory for individual items or events, whereas it can impair association memory. The neural mechanism of this association memory impairment by emotion is not known: In response to emotio... Read More about Emotional arousal impairs association-memory: Roles of amygdala and hippocampus.

Mindcontrol: a web application for brain segmentation quality control (2017)
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Keshavan, A., Datta, E., McDonough, I. M., Madan, C. R., Jordan, K., & Henry, R. G. (2018). Mindcontrol: a web application for brain segmentation quality control. NeuroImage, 170, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.03.055

Tissue classification plays a crucial role in the investigation of normal neural development, brain-behavior relationships, and the disease mechanisms of many psychiatric and neurological illnesses. Ensuring the accuracy of tissue classification is i... Read More about Mindcontrol: a web application for brain segmentation quality control.

Tool selection and the ventral‐dorsal organization of tool‐related knowledge (2017)
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Tobia, M. J., & Madan, C. R. (2017). Tool selection and the ventral‐dorsal organization of tool‐related knowledge. Physiological Reports, 5(3), Article e13078. https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.13078

Tool selection is a cognitive process necessary for tool use, and may rely on distinct knowledge under different conditions. This fMRI experiment was designed to identify neural substrates mediating tool selection under different conditions. Particip... Read More about Tool selection and the ventral‐dorsal organization of tool‐related knowledge.

Test–retest reliability of brain morphology estimates (2017)
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Madan, C. R., & Kensinger, E. A. (2017). Test–retest reliability of brain morphology estimates. Brain Informatics, 4(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s40708-016-0060-4

Metrics of brain morphology are increasingly being used to examine inter-individual differences, making it important to evaluate the reliability of these structural measures. Here we used two open-access datasets to assess the intersession reliabilit... Read More about Test–retest reliability of brain morphology estimates.

Age-related differences in the structural complexity of subcortical and ventricular structures (2016)
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Madan, C. R., & Kensinger, E. A. (2017). Age-related differences in the structural complexity of subcortical and ventricular structures. Neurobiology of Aging, 50, 87-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2016.10.023

It has been well established that the volume of several subcortical structures decreases in relation to age. Different metrics of cortical structure (e.g., volume, thickness, surface area, and gyrification) have been shown to index distinct character... Read More about Age-related differences in the structural complexity of subcortical and ventricular structures.

Improved understanding of brain morphology through 3D printing: A brief guide (2016)
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Madan, C. (2016). Improved understanding of brain morphology through 3D printing: A brief guide. Research Ideas and Outcomes, 2, Article e10398. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.2.e10398

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Brain morphology can provide insights into inter-individual differences. In the present guide, we outline the steps for generating a print-ready 3D model of brain structures from a standard T1-weighted structural MRI volume. By improvin... Read More about Improved understanding of brain morphology through 3D printing: A brief guide.

The role of memory in distinguishing risky decisions from experience and description (2016)
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Madan, C. R., Ludvig, E. A., & Spetch, M. L. (in press). The role of memory in distinguishing risky decisions from experience and description. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 70(10), https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2016.1220608

People’s risk preferences differ for choices based on described probabilities versus those based on information learned through experience. For decisions from description, people are typically more risk averse for gains than for losses. In contrast,... Read More about The role of memory in distinguishing risky decisions from experience and description.

ERPs differentially reflect automatic and deliberate processing of the functional manipulability of objects (2016)
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Madan, C. R., Chen, Y. Y., & Singhal, A. (2016). ERPs differentially reflect automatic and deliberate processing of the functional manipulability of objects. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 10, Article 360. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2016.00360

It is known that the functional properties of an object can interact with perceptual, cognitive, and motor processes. Previously we have found that a between-subjects manipulation of judgment instructions resulted in different manipulability-related... Read More about ERPs differentially reflect automatic and deliberate processing of the functional manipulability of objects.

Prism: Multiple spline regression with regularization, dimensionality reduction, and feature selection (2016)
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Madan, C. R. (2016). Prism: Multiple spline regression with regularization, dimensionality reduction, and feature selection. Journal of Open Source Software, 1(3), 31. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.00031

Multiple statistical tests: Lessons from a d20 (2016)
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Madan, C. R. (2016). Multiple statistical tests: Lessons from a d20. F1000Research, 5, Article 1129. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.8834.2

Statistical analyses are often conducted with α= .05. When multiple statistical tests are conducted, this procedure needs to be adjusted to compensate for the otherwise inflated Type I error. In some instances in tabletop gaming, sometimes it is desi... Read More about Multiple statistical tests: Lessons from a d20.

The effects of taboo-related distraction on driving performance (2016)
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Chan, M., Madan, C. R., & Singhal, A. (2016). The effects of taboo-related distraction on driving performance. Acta Psychologica, 168, 20-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2016.03.010

Roadside billboards containing negative and positive emotional content have been shown to influence driving performance, however, the impact of highly arousing taboo information is unknown. Taboo information more reliably evokes emotional arousal and... Read More about The effects of taboo-related distraction on driving performance.

Cortical complexity as a measure of age-related brain atrophy (2016)
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Madan, C. R., & Kensinger, E. A. (2016). Cortical complexity as a measure of age-related brain atrophy. NeuroImage, 134, 617-629. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.04.029

© 2016 Elsevier Inc. The structure of the human brain changes in a variety of ways as we age. While a sizeable literature has examined age-related differences in cortical thickness, and to a lesser degree, gyrification, here we examined differences i... Read More about Cortical complexity as a measure of age-related brain atrophy.

Amygdala subnuclei response and connectivity during emotional processing (2016)
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Hrybouski, S., Aghamohammadi-Sereshki, A., Madan, C. R., Shafer, A. T., Baron, C. A., Seres, P., Beaulieu, C., Olsen, F., & Malykhin, N. V. (2016). Amygdala subnuclei response and connectivity during emotional processing. NeuroImage, 133, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.02.056

The involvement of the human amygdala in emotion-related processing has been studied using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) for many years. However, despite the amygdala being comprised of several subnuclei, most studies investigated the... Read More about Amygdala subnuclei response and connectivity during emotional processing.

Creating 3D visualizations of MRI data: A brief guide (2015)
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Madan, C. R. (2015). Creating 3D visualizations of MRI data: A brief guide. F1000Research, 4, Article 466. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.6838.1

While magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data is itself 3D, it is often difficult to adequately present the results papers and slides in 3D. As a result, findings of MRI studies are often presented in 2D instead. A solution is to create figures that in... Read More about Creating 3D visualizations of MRI data: A brief guide.

Priming memories of past wins induces risk seeking (2014)
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Ludvig, E. A., Madan, C. R., & Spetch, M. L. (2014). Priming memories of past wins induces risk seeking. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 144(1), 24-29. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000046

People are often risk averse when making decisions under uncertainty. When those decisions are based on past experience, people necessarily rely on their memories. Thus, what is remembered at the time of the choice should influence risky choice. We t... Read More about Priming memories of past wins induces risk seeking.

Temporal summation of global form signals in dynamic glass patterns (2014)
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Nankoo, J.-F., Madan, C., Spetch, M., & Wylie, D. (2015). Temporal summation of global form signals in dynamic glass patterns. Vision Research, 107, 30-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2014.10.033

The ability to perceive complex objects in the environment requires that the visual system integrate local form information into global shapes. Glass patterns (GPs) are stimuli that are commonly used to study this integration process. GPs consist of... Read More about Temporal summation of global form signals in dynamic glass patterns.

Visualizing and quantifying movement from pre-recorded videos: The spectral time-lapse (STL) algorithm (2014)
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Madan, C. R., & Spetch, M. L. (2014). Visualizing and quantifying movement from pre-recorded videos: The spectral time-lapse (STL) algorithm. F1000Research, 3, 19. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.3-19.v1

When studying animal behaviour within an open environment, movement-related data are often important for behavioural analyses. Therefore, simple and efficient techniques are needed to present and analyze the data of such movements. However, it is cha... Read More about Visualizing and quantifying movement from pre-recorded videos: The spectral time-lapse (STL) algorithm.

High reward makes items easier to remember, but harder to bind to a new temporal context (2012)
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Madan, C. R., Fujiwara, E., Gerson, B. C., & Caplain, J. B. (2012). High reward makes items easier to remember, but harder to bind to a new temporal context. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 6, Article 61. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2012.00061

Learning through reward is central to adaptive behavior. Indeed, items are remembered better if they are experienced while participants expect a reward, and people can deliberately prioritize memory for high- over low-valued items. Do memory advantag... Read More about High reward makes items easier to remember, but harder to bind to a new temporal context.