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Learned changes in outcome associability (2017)
Journal Article
Quigley, M. C., Eatherington, C. J., & Haselgrove, M. (2018). Learned changes in outcome associability. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 72(2), 209-221. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2017.1344258

When a cue reliably predicts an outcome, the associability of that cue will change. Associative theories of learning propose this change will persist even when the same cue is paired with a different outcome. These theories, however, do not extend th... Read More about Learned changes in outcome associability.

Role of the anterior cingulate cortex in the retrieval of novel object recognition memory after a long delay (2017)
Journal Article
Pezze, M. A., Marshall, H. J., Fone, K. C., & Cassaday, H. J. (2017). Role of the anterior cingulate cortex in the retrieval of novel object recognition memory after a long delay. Learning and Memory, 24(7), 310-317. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.044784.116

Previous in vivo electrophysiological studies suggest that the anterior cingulate cortex (ACgx) is an important substrate of novel object recognition (NOR) memory. However, intervention studies are needed to confirm this conclusion and permanent lesi... Read More about Role of the anterior cingulate cortex in the retrieval of novel object recognition memory after a long delay.

Politeness and compassion differentially predict adherence to fairness norms and interventions to norm violations in economic games (2017)
Journal Article
Zhao, K., Ferguson, E., & Smillie, L. D. (in press). Politeness and compassion differentially predict adherence to fairness norms and interventions to norm violations in economic games. Scientific Reports, 7, Article 3415. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02952-1

Adherence to norms and interventions to norm violations are two important forms of social behaviour modelled in economic games. While both appear to serve a prosocial function, they may represent separate mechanisms corresponding with distinct emotio... Read More about Politeness and compassion differentially predict adherence to fairness norms and interventions to norm violations in economic games.

A sequence analysis of patterns in self-harm in young people with and without experience of being looked-after in care (2017)
Journal Article
Wadman, R., Clarke, D., Sayal, K., Armstrong, M., Harroe, C., Majumder, P., Vostanis, P., & Townsend, E. (2017). A sequence analysis of patterns in self-harm in young people with and without experience of being looked-after in care. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 56(4), 388-407. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12145

Objectives: Young people in the public care system (‘looked-after’ young people) have high levels of self-harm. Design: This paper reports the first detailed study of factors leading to self-harm over time in looked-after young people in England, usi... Read More about A sequence analysis of patterns in self-harm in young people with and without experience of being looked-after in care.

Inconsistent Effects of Parietal α-tACS on Pseudoneglect across Two Experiments: A Failed Internal Replication (2017)
Journal Article
Veniero, D., Benwell, C. S., Ahrens, M. M., & Thut, G. (2017). Inconsistent Effects of Parietal α-tACS on Pseudoneglect across Two Experiments: A Failed Internal Replication. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, Article 952. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00952

© 2017 Veniero, Benwell, Ahrens and Thut. Transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) is being investigated as an experimental and clinical interventional technique in human participants. While promising, important limitations have been identified, inc... Read More about Inconsistent Effects of Parietal α-tACS on Pseudoneglect across Two Experiments: A Failed Internal Replication.

Does gratitude enhance prosociality: a meta-analytic review (2017)
Journal Article
Ma, L., Tunney, R. J., & Ferguson, E. (2017). Does gratitude enhance prosociality: a meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin, 143(6), 601-635. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000103

Theoretical models suggest that gratitude is linked to increased prosociality. To date, however, there is a lack of a comprehensive quantitative synthesis of results to support this claim. In this review we aimed to 1) examine the overall strength of... Read More about Does gratitude enhance prosociality: a meta-analytic review.

A Diverse and Flexible Teaching Toolkit Facilitates the Human Capacity for Cumulative Culture (2017)
Journal Article
Burdett, E. R. R., Dean, L. G., & Ronfard, S. (2018). A Diverse and Flexible Teaching Toolkit Facilitates the Human Capacity for Cumulative Culture. Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 9(4), 807-818. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13164-017-0345-4

© 2017, The Author(s). Human culture is uniquely complex compared to other species. This complexity stems from the accumulation of culture over time through high- and low-fidelity transmission and innovation. One possible reason for why humans retain... Read More about A Diverse and Flexible Teaching Toolkit Facilitates the Human Capacity for Cumulative Culture.

Scopolamine impairs appetitive but not aversive trace conditioning: role of the medial prefrontal cortex (2017)
Journal Article
Pezze, M. A., Marshall, H. J., & Cassaday, H. J. (2017). Scopolamine impairs appetitive but not aversive trace conditioning: role of the medial prefrontal cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 37(26), https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3308-16.2017

The muscarinic acetylcholine (ACh) receptor is an important modulator of medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) functions, such as the working memory required to bridge a trace interval in associative leaning. Aversive and appetitive trace conditioning proc... Read More about Scopolamine impairs appetitive but not aversive trace conditioning: role of the medial prefrontal cortex.