All Outputs (117)

Positive emotion enhances association-memory (2018)
Journal Article
Madan, C. R., Scott, S. M., & Kensinger, E. A. (2019). Positive emotion enhances association-memory. Emotion, 19(4), 733-740. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000465

The influence of emotion on association-memory is often attributed to arousal, but negative stimuli are typically used to test for these effects. While prior studies of negative emotion on association-memory have found impairments, theories suggest t... Read More about Positive emotion enhances association-memory.

Age differences in head motion and estimates of cortical morphology (2018)
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Madan, C. R. (in press). Age differences in head motion and estimates of cortical morphology. PeerJ, 6, Article e5176. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5176

Cortical morphology is known to differ with age, as measured by cortical thickness, fractal dimensionality, and gyrification. However, head motion during MRI scanning has been shown to influence estimates of cortical thickness as well as increase wit... Read More about Age differences in head motion and estimates of cortical morphology.

Getting a grip on sensorimotor effects in lexical–semantic processing (2018)
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Heard, A., Madan, C. R., Protzner, A. B., & Pexman, P. M. (2019). Getting a grip on sensorimotor effects in lexical–semantic processing. Behavior Research Methods, 51(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-018-1072-1

One of the strategies that researchers have used to investigate the role of sensorimotor information in lexical-semantic processing is to examine effects of words’ rated body-object interaction (BOI; the ease with which the human body can interact wi... Read More about Getting a grip on sensorimotor effects in lexical–semantic processing.

Personal values influencing career path in academic medicine: Perspectives of selected Canadian trainees (2018)
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Tsoi, M., Teitge, B. D., Madan, C. R., & Francescutti, L. H. (2018). Personal values influencing career path in academic medicine: Perspectives of selected Canadian trainees. F1000Research, 5, Article 1903. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.9026.2

To pursue research, education, and health policy in one’s career, broadly defined as academic medicine, is one of the most important decisions of a trainee doctor’s career. Despite this, there is scant literature on which factors influence trainees’... Read More about Personal values influencing career path in academic medicine: Perspectives of selected Canadian trainees.

Living near the edge: How extreme outcomes and their neighbors drive risky choice (2018)
Journal Article
Ludvig, E. A., Madan, C. R., McMillan, N., Xu, Y., & Spetch, M. L. (2018). Living near the edge: How extreme outcomes and their neighbors drive risky choice. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 147(12), 1905-1918. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000414

© 2018 American Psychological Association. Extreme stimuli are often more salient in perception and memory than moderate stimuli. In risky choice, when people learn the odds and outcomes from experience, the extreme outcomes (best and worst) also sta... Read More about Living near the edge: How extreme outcomes and their neighbors drive risky choice.

Justify your alpha (2018)
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Lakens, D., Adolfi, F. G., Albers, C. J., Anvari, F., Apps, M. A., Argamon, S. E., …Zwaan, R. A. (in press). Justify your alpha. Nature Human Behaviour, 2, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-018-0311-x

In response to recommendations to redefine statistical significance to p ≤ .005, we propose that researchers should transparently report and justify all choices they make when designing a study, including the alpha level.

Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS): design and first-year review (2018)
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Smith, A. M., Niemeyer, K. E., Katz, D. S., Barba, L. A., Githinji, G., Gymrek, M., …Vanderplas, J. T. (in press). Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS): design and first-year review. PeerJ Computer Science, https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.147

This article describes the motivation, design, and progress of the Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS). JOSS is a free and open-access journal that publishes articles describing research software. It has the dual goals of improving the quality of... Read More about Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS): design and first-year review.

Predicting age from cortical structure across the lifespan (2018)
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Madan, C. R., & Kensinger, E. A. (2018). Predicting age from cortical structure across the lifespan. European Journal of Neuroscience, 47(5), 399-416. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.13835

Despite inter-individual differences in cortical structure, cross-sectional and longitudinal studies have demonstrated a large degree of population-level consistency in age-related differences in brain morphology. The present study assessed how accur... Read More about Predicting age from cortical structure across the lifespan.

Prototypical actions with objects are more easily imagined than atypical actions (2018)
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Madan, C. R., Ng, A., & Singhal, A. (2018). Prototypical actions with objects are more easily imagined than atypical actions. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 30(3), 314-320. https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2018.1429448

© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Tool use is an important facet of everyday life, though sometimes it is necessary to use tools in ways that do not fit within their typical functions. Here we asked participants to imagi... Read More about Prototypical actions with objects are more easily imagined than atypical actions.

Teaching the science of learning (2018)
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Weinstein, Y., Madan, C. R., & Sumeracki, M. A. (2018). Teaching the science of learning. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications / Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications - a SpringerOpen journal, 3(2), https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-017-0087-y

The science of learning has made a considerable contribution to our understanding of effective teaching and learning strategies. However, few instructors outside of the field are privy to this research. In this Tutorial Review, we focus on six specif... Read More about Teaching the science of learning.

Visual complexity and affect: ratings reflect more than meets the eye (2018)
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Madan, C. R., Bayer, J., Gamer, M., Lonsdorf, T. B., & Sommer, T. (2018). Visual complexity and affect: ratings reflect more than meets the eye. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, Article 2368. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02368

Pictorial stimuli can vary on many dimensions, several aspects of which are captured by the term ‘visual complexity.’ Visual complexity can be described as, “a picture of a few objects, colors, or structures would be less complex than a very colorful... Read More about Visual complexity and affect: ratings reflect more than meets the eye.

Shape-related characteristics of age-related differences in subcortical structures (2018)
Journal Article
Madan, C. R. (2019). Shape-related characteristics of age-related differences in subcortical structures. Aging and Mental Health, 23(7), 800-810. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2017.1421613

OBJECTIVES: With an increasing aging population, it is important to gain a better understanding of biological markers of aging. Subcortical volume is known to differ with age; additionally considering shape-related characteristics may provide a bette... Read More about Shape-related characteristics of age-related differences in subcortical structures.

Cue integration in spatial search for jointly learned landmarks but not for separately learned landmarks. (2017)
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Du, Y., McMillan, N., Madan, C. R., Spetch, M. L., & Mou, W. (2017). Cue integration in spatial search for jointly learned landmarks but not for separately learned landmarks. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 43(12), 1857-1871. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000416

The authors investigated how humans use multiple landmarks to locate a goal. Participants searched for a hidden goal location along a line between 2 distinct landmarks on a computer screen. On baseline trials, the location of the landmarks and goal v... Read More about Cue integration in spatial search for jointly learned landmarks but not for separately learned landmarks..

A multi-disciplinary perspective on emergent and future innovations in peer review [version 3; peer review: 2 approved] (2017)
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Tennant, J. P., Dugan, J. M., Graziotin, D., Jacques, D. C., Waldner, F., Mietchen, D., …Colomb, J. (2017). A multi-disciplinary perspective on emergent and future innovations in peer review [version 3; peer review: 2 approved]. F1000Research, 6, Article 1151. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.12037.3

Peer review of research articles is a core part of our scholarly communication system. In spite of its importance, the status and purpose of peer review is often contested. What is its role in our modern digital research and communications infrastruc... Read More about A multi-disciplinary perspective on emergent and future innovations in peer review [version 3; peer review: 2 approved].

Motivated cognition: effects of reward, emotion, and other motivational factors across a variety of cognitive domains (2017)
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Madan, C. R. (2017). Motivated cognition: effects of reward, emotion, and other motivational factors across a variety of cognitive domains. Collabra: Psychology, 3(1), Article 24. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.111

A growing body of literature has demonstrated that motivation influences cognitive processing. The breadth of these effects is extensive and span influences of reward, emotion, and other motivational processes across all cognitive domains. As example... Read More about Motivated cognition: effects of reward, emotion, and other motivational factors across a variety of cognitive domains.

Noncontact measurement of emotional and physiological changes in heart rate from a webcam (2017)
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Madan, C. R., Harrison, T., & Mathewson, K. E. (2018). Noncontact measurement of emotional and physiological changes in heart rate from a webcam. Psychophysiology, 55(4), e13005. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13005

© 2017 Society for Psychophysiological Research Heart rate, measured in beats per minute, can be used as an index of an individual's physiological state. Each time the heart beats, blood is expelled and travels through the body. This blood flow can b... Read More about Noncontact measurement of emotional and physiological changes in heart rate from a webcam.

Advances in Studying Brain Morphology: The Benefits of Open-Access Data (2017)
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Madan, C. R. (2017). Advances in Studying Brain Morphology: The Benefits of Open-Access Data. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11, Article 405. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00405

Until recently, neuroimaging data for a research study needed to be collected within one’s own lab. However, when studying inter-individual differences in brain structure, a large sample of participants is necessary. Given the financial costs involve... Read More about Advances in Studying Brain Morphology: The Benefits of Open-Access Data.

Handedness effects of imagined fine motor movements (2017)
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Donoff, C. M., Madan, C. R., & Singhal, A. (2018). Handedness effects of imagined fine motor movements. Laterality, 23(2), 228-248. https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2017.1354870

Previous studies of movement imagery have found inter-individual differences in the ability to imagine whole-body movements. The majority of these studies have used subjective scales to measure imagery ability, which may be confounded by other factor... Read More about Handedness effects of imagined fine motor movements.

The contribution of nonrigid motion and shape information to object perception in pigeons and humans (2017)
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Nankoo, J., 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.