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The timing and magnitude of Stroop interference and facilitation in monolinguals and bilinguals (2013)
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Coderre, E. L., van Heuven, W. J., & Conklin, K. (2013). The timing and magnitude of Stroop interference and facilitation in monolinguals and bilinguals. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 16(Specia), https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728912000405

Executive control abilities and lexical access speed in Stroop performance were investigated in English monolinguals and two groups of bilinguals (English–Chinese and Chinese–English) in their first (L1) and second (L2) languages. Predictions were ba... Read More about The timing and magnitude of Stroop interference and facilitation in monolinguals and bilinguals.

D-amphetamine and antipsychotic drug effects on latent inhibition in mice lacking dopamine D2 receptors (2013)
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Bay-Richter, C., O'Callaghan, M., Mathur, N., O'Tuathaigh, C., Heery, D., Fone, K. C., Waddington, J., & Moran, P. (in press). D-amphetamine and antipsychotic drug effects on latent inhibition in mice lacking dopamine D2 receptors. Neuropsychopharmacology, 38(8), https://doi.org/10.1038/npp.2013.50

Drugs that induce psychosis, such as D-amphetamine (AMP), and those that alleviate it, such as antipsychotics, are suggested to exert behavioral effects via dopamine receptor D2 (D2). All antipsychotic drugs are D2 antagonists, but D2 antagonism und... Read More about D-amphetamine and antipsychotic drug effects on latent inhibition in mice lacking dopamine D2 receptors.

Luminance cues constrain chromatic blur discrimination in natural scene stimuli (2013)
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Sharman, R. J., McGraw, P. V., & Peirce, J. W. (2013). Luminance cues constrain chromatic blur discrimination in natural scene stimuli. Journal of Vision, 13(4), Article 14. https://doi.org/10.1167/13.4.14

Introducing blur into the color components of a natural scene has very little effect on its percept, whereas blur introduced into the luminance component is very noticeable. Here we quantify the dominance of luminance information in blur detection an... Read More about Luminance cues constrain chromatic blur discrimination in natural scene stimuli.

Complexity and specificity of experimentally-induced expectations in motion perception (2013)
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Gekas, N., Chalk, M., Seitz, A. R., & Series, P. (2013). Complexity and specificity of experimentally-induced expectations in motion perception. Journal of Vision, 13(4), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.1167/13.4.8

Our perceptions are fundamentally altered by our expectations, i.e., priors about the world. In previous statistical learning experiments (Chalk, Seitz, & Seriès, 2010), we investigated how such priors are formed by presenting subjects with white low... Read More about Complexity and specificity of experimentally-induced expectations in motion perception.

Haemodynamic Responses to Radial Motion in the Visual Cortex (2013)
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Wijeakumar, S., Shahani, U., Simpson, W. A., & McCulloch, D. L. (2013). Haemodynamic Responses to Radial Motion in the Visual Cortex. Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy, 21(4), 231-236. https://doi.org/10.1255/jnirs.1056

Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is an optical imaging technique that relies on emitting near-infrared light into cortical tissue to measure changes in haemoglobin concentrations as a result of stimulation. The purpose of this study was... Read More about Haemodynamic Responses to Radial Motion in the Visual Cortex.

A Weber-like law for perceptual learning (2013)
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Astle, A. T., Li, R. W., Webb, B. S., Levi, D. M., & McGraw, P. V. (2013). A Weber-like law for perceptual learning. Scientific Reports, 3, Article 1158. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep01158

What determines how much an organism can learn? One possibility is that the neural factors that limit sensory performance prior to learning, place an upper limit on the amount of learning that can take place. We tested this idea by comparing learning... Read More about A Weber-like law for perceptual learning.

Noise levels and noise perception from small and micro wind turbines (2013)
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Taylor, J., Eastwick, C., Lawrence, C., & Wilson, R. (in press). Noise levels and noise perception from small and micro wind turbines. Renewable Energy, 55, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2012.11.031

Noise concerns frequently pose a barrier to widespread implementation of wind turbines and while the perception of noise from large turbines has been investigated, there is a relative gap in the research for small and micro wind turbines. This paper... Read More about Noise levels and noise perception from small and micro wind turbines.

Feedback inhibition enables theta-nested gamma oscillations and grid firing fields (2013)
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Pastoll, H., Solanka, L., van Rossum, M. C., & Nolan, M. F. (2013). Feedback inhibition enables theta-nested gamma oscillations and grid firing fields. Neuron, 77(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2012.11.032

Cortical circuits are thought to multiplex firing rate codes with temporal codes that rely on oscillatory network activity, but the circuit mechanisms that combine these coding schemes are unclear. We establish with optogenetic activation of layer II... Read More about Feedback inhibition enables theta-nested gamma oscillations and grid firing fields.

The social consequences of conspiracism: Exposure to conspiracy theories decreases intentions to engage in politics and to reduce one's carbon footprint (2013)
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Jolley, D., & Douglas, K. M. (2014). The social consequences of conspiracism: Exposure to conspiracy theories decreases intentions to engage in politics and to reduce one's carbon footprint. British Journal of Psychology, 105(1), 35-56. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12018

The current studies explored the social consequences of exposure to conspiracy theories. In Study 1, participants were exposed to a range of conspiracy theories concerning government involvement in significant events such as the death of Diana, Princ... Read More about The social consequences of conspiracism: Exposure to conspiracy theories decreases intentions to engage in politics and to reduce one's carbon footprint.