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Personality is of central concern to understand health: towards a theoretical model for health psychology (2011)
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Eamonn, F. (2013). Personality is of central concern to understand health: towards a theoretical model for health psychology. Health Psychology Review, 7(Suppl1), S32-S70. https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2010.547985

This paper sets out the case that personality traits are central to health psychology. To achieve this, three aims need to be addressed. First, it is necessary to show that personality influences a broad range of health outcomes and mechanisms. Secon... Read More about Personality is of central concern to understand health: towards a theoretical model for health psychology.

The effect of catecholaminergic depletion within the prelimbic and infralimbic medial prefrontal cortex on recognition memory for recency, location, and objects (2011)
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Nelson, A. J., Cooper, M. T., Thur, K. E., Marsden, C. A., & Cassaday, H. J. (2011). The effect of catecholaminergic depletion within the prelimbic and infralimbic medial prefrontal cortex on recognition memory for recency, location, and objects. Behavioral Neuroscience, 125(3), https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023337

There is good evidence that the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is involved in different aspects of recognition memory. However, the mPFC is a heterogeneous structure, and the contribution of the prelimbic (PL) and infralimbic (IL) cortices to recogn... Read More about The effect of catecholaminergic depletion within the prelimbic and infralimbic medial prefrontal cortex on recognition memory for recency, location, and objects.

Catecholaminergic depletion in nucleus accumbens enhances trace conditioning (2011)
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Nelson, A. J., Thur, K. E., Spicer, C., Marsden, C., & Cassaday, H. J. (2011). Catecholaminergic depletion in nucleus accumbens enhances trace conditioning. Advances in Medical Sciences, 56(1), https://doi.org/10.2478/v10039-011-0014-2

Purpose: To examine the effect of dopamine depletion in nucleus accumbens on trace conditioning; to distinguish the role of core and shell sub-regions, as far as possible. Material/Methods: 6-hydroxydopamine was used to lesion dopamine terminals with... Read More about Catecholaminergic depletion in nucleus accumbens enhances trace conditioning.

Visual motion induces a forward prediction of spatial pattern (2011)
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Roach, N. W., McGraw, P. V., & Johnston, A. (2011). Visual motion induces a forward prediction of spatial pattern. Current Biology, 21(9), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2011.03.031

Cortical motion analysis continuously encodes image velocity but might also be used to predict future patterns of sensory input along the motion path. We asked whether this predictive aspect of motion is exploited by the human visual system. Targets... Read More about Visual motion induces a forward prediction of spatial pattern.

Asynchrony adaptation reveals neural population code for audio-visual timing (2011)
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Roach, N. W., Heron, J., Whitaker, D., & McGraw, P. V. (2011). Asynchrony adaptation reveals neural population code for audio-visual timing. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 278(1710), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.1737

The relative timing of auditory and visual stimuli is a critical cue for determining whether sensory signals relate to a common source and for making inferences about causality. However, the way in which the brain represents temporal relationships re... Read More about Asynchrony adaptation reveals neural population code for audio-visual timing.

Cross-Cultural Similarities and Differences in Person-Body Reasoning: Experimental Evidence From the United Kingdom and Brazilian Amazon (2011)
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Cohen, E., Burdett, E., Knight, N., & Barrett, J. (2011). Cross-Cultural Similarities and Differences in Person-Body Reasoning: Experimental Evidence From the United Kingdom and Brazilian Amazon. Cognitive Science, 35(7), 1282-1304. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1551-6709.2011.01172.x

We report the results of a cross‐cultural investigation of person‐body reasoning in the United Kingdom and northern Brazilian Amazon (Marajó Island). The study provides evidence that directly bears upon divergent theoretical claims in cognitive psych... Read More about Cross-Cultural Similarities and Differences in Person-Body Reasoning: Experimental Evidence From the United Kingdom and Brazilian Amazon.

Reduced dopamine function within the medial shell of the nucleus accumbens enhances latent inhibition (2011)
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Nelson, A. J., Thur, K. E., Horsley, R., Spicer, C., Marsden, C., & Cassaday, H. J. (2011). Reduced dopamine function within the medial shell of the nucleus accumbens enhances latent inhibition. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 98(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbb.2010.11.025

Latent inhibition (LI) manifests as poorer conditioning to a CS that has previously been presented without consequence. There is some evidence that LI can be potentiated by reduced mesoaccumbal dopamine (DA) function but the locus within the nucleus... Read More about Reduced dopamine function within the medial shell of the nucleus accumbens enhances latent inhibition.

Dissociation of mirroring and mentalising systems in autism (2011)
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Marsh, L. E., & Hamilton, A. F. D. C. (2011). Dissociation of mirroring and mentalising systems in autism. NeuroImage, 56(3), 1511-1519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.02.003

The role of mirror neuron systems and mentalising systems in causing poor social and communication skills in individuals with autistic spectrum conditions is hotly debated. We studied 18 adults with autistic spectrum conditions in comparison to 19 ag... Read More about Dissociation of mirroring and mentalising systems in autism.

Close relationships in adolescents with and without a history of specific language impairment (2011)
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Wadman, R., Durkin, K., & Conti-Ramsden, G. (2011). Close relationships in adolescents with and without a history of specific language impairment. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 42, https://doi.org/10.1044/0161-1461%282010/10-0003%29

Purpose: Engagement in close friendships and romantic relationships becomes particularly salient in adolescence. This study examined the influence of language, behavioral, and social variables on the level of emotional engagement experienced by adole... Read More about Close relationships in adolescents with and without a history of specific language impairment.