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Does the butcher-on-the-bus phenomenon require a dual-process explanation? A signal detection analysis (2012)
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Tunney, R. J., Mullett, T. L., Moross, C. J., & Gardner, A. (2012). Does the butcher-on-the-bus phenomenon require a dual-process explanation? A signal detection analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 3(208), https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00208

The butcher-on-the-bus is a rhetorical device or hypothetical phenomenon that is often used to illustrate how recognition decisions can be based on different memory processes (Mandler, 1980). The phenomenon describes a scenario in which a person is r... Read More about Does the butcher-on-the-bus phenomenon require a dual-process explanation? A signal detection analysis.

Systematic biases in early ERP and ERF components as a result of high-pass filtering (2012)
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Acunzo, D. J., Mackenzie, G., & van Rossum, M. C. (2012). Systematic biases in early ERP and ERF components as a result of high-pass filtering. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 209(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.06.011

The event-related potential (ERP) and event-related field (ERF) techniques provide valuable insights into the time course of processes in the brain. Because neural signals are typically weak, researchers commonly filter the data to increase the signa... Read More about Systematic biases in early ERP and ERF components as a result of high-pass filtering.

Social top-down response modulation (STORM): a model of the control of mimicry in social interaction (2012)
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Wang, Y., & Hamilton, A. F. D. C. (2012). Social top-down response modulation (STORM): a model of the control of mimicry in social interaction. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6(153), Article 153. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00153

As a distinct feature of human social interactions, spontaneous mimicry has been widely investigated in the past decade. Research suggests that mimicry is a subtle and flexible social behavior which plays an important role for communication and affil... Read More about Social top-down response modulation (STORM): a model of the control of mimicry in social interaction.

Opposing effects of 5,7-DHT lesions to the core and shell of the nucleus accumbens on the processing of irrelevant stimuli (2012)
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Nelson, A. J., Thur, K. E., Marsden, C. A., & Cassaday, H. J. (2012). Opposing effects of 5,7-DHT lesions to the core and shell of the nucleus accumbens on the processing of irrelevant stimuli. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 15(4), https://doi.org/10.1017/S1461145711000599

There is good evidence that forebrain serotonergic systems modulate cognitive flexibility. Latent inhibition (LI) is a cross-species phenomenon which manifests as poor conditioning to a stimulus that has previously been experienced without consequenc... Read More about Opposing effects of 5,7-DHT lesions to the core and shell of the nucleus accumbens on the processing of irrelevant stimuli.

Dorsal hippocampal involvement in appetitive trace conditioning and interval timing (2012)
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Tam, S. K. E., & Bonardi, C. (2012). Dorsal hippocampal involvement in appetitive trace conditioning and interval timing. Behavioral Neuroscience, 126(2), 258-269. doi:10.1037/a0027164

Involvement of the dorsal hippocampus (DHPC) in acquisition of Pavlovian trace conditioning and interval timing was examined in an appetitive preparation in which presentations of one conditioned stimulus (CS) were immediately followed by food (delay... Read More about Dorsal hippocampal involvement in appetitive trace conditioning and interval timing.

Dorsal hippocampal lesions disrupt Pavlovian delay conditioning and conditioned-response timing (2012)
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Tam, S. K., & Bonardi, C. (2012). Dorsal hippocampal lesions disrupt Pavlovian delay conditioning and conditioned-response timing. Behavioural Brain Research, 230(1), 259-267. doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2012.02.016

The involvement of the rat dorsal hippocampus (dhpc) in Pavlovian conditioning and timing of conditioned responding was examined in an appetitive preparation in which presentation of a relatively long, 40-s auditory conditioned stimulus (CS) was foll... Read More about Dorsal hippocampal lesions disrupt Pavlovian delay conditioning and conditioned-response timing.

Similar behaviour, different brain patterns: age-related changes in neural signatures of ignoring (2012)
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Allen, H. A., & Payne, H. (2012). Similar behaviour, different brain patterns: age-related changes in neural signatures of ignoring. NeuroImage, 59(4), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.10.070

We measured behavioural performance and fMRI activity whilst old and young adults performed a temporal segmentation task (‘preview search’). Being able to select parts of the visual world to be attended or ignored is a critical visual skill. Both o... Read More about Similar behaviour, different brain patterns: age-related changes in neural signatures of ignoring.

Handedness and the excitability of cortical inhibitory circuits (2012)
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Reid, C. S., & Serrien, D. J. (in press). Handedness and the excitability of cortical inhibitory circuits. Behavioural Brain Research, 230(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2012.02.008

Inhibitory processes play a significant role in the control of goal-directed actions. To increase insights into these mechanisms as a function of handedness, we measured the transient inhibition of volitional motor activity induced by single pulse tr... Read More about Handedness and the excitability of cortical inhibitory circuits.

Baby knows best? The impact of weaning style on food preferences and body mass index in early childhood in a case–controlled sample (2012)
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Townsend, E., & Pitchford, N. J. (2012). Baby knows best? The impact of weaning style on food preferences and body mass index in early childhood in a case–controlled sample. BMJ Open, 2(1), Article e000298. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000298

Objective The impact of different weaning methods on food preferences and body mass index (BMI) in early childhood is not known. Here, we examine if weaning method—baby-led weaning versus traditional spoon feeding—influences food preferences and heal... Read More about Baby knows best? The impact of weaning style on food preferences and body mass index in early childhood in a case–controlled sample.

Negotiating left-hand and right-hand bends: a motorcycle simulator study to investigate experiential and behaviour differences across rider groups (2012)
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Crundall, E., Crundall, D., & Stedmon, A. W. (2012). Negotiating left-hand and right-hand bends: a motorcycle simulator study to investigate experiential and behaviour differences across rider groups. PLoS ONE, 7(1), Article e29978. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029978

Why do motorcyclists crash on bends? To address this question we examined the riding styles of three groups of motorcyclists on a motorcycle simulator. Novice, experienced and advanced motorcyclists navigated a series of combined left and right ben... Read More about Negotiating left-hand and right-hand bends: a motorcycle simulator study to investigate experiential and behaviour differences across rider groups.

Dopamine in nucleus accumbens: salience modulation in latent inhibition and overshadowing (2012)
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Nelson, A. J., Thur, K. E., Marsden, C., & Cassaday, H. J. (2012). Dopamine in nucleus accumbens: salience modulation in latent inhibition and overshadowing. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 25(12), https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881110389211

Latent inhibition (LI) is demonstrated when non-reinforced pre-exposure to a to-be-conditioned stimulus retards later learning. Learning is similarly retarded in overshadowing, in this case using the relative intensity of competing cues to manipulate... Read More about Dopamine in nucleus accumbens: salience modulation in latent inhibition and overshadowing.

Perceptual learning reduces crowding in amblyopia and in the normal periphery (2012)
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Hussain, Z., Webb, B. S., Astle, A. T., & McGraw, P. V. (2012). Perceptual learning reduces crowding in amblyopia and in the normal periphery. Journal of Neuroscience, 32(2), https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3845-11.2012

Amblyopia is a developmental visual disorder of cortical origin, characterized by crowding and poor acuity in central vision of the affected eye. Crowding refers to the adverse effects of surrounding items on object identification, common only in nor... Read More about Perceptual learning reduces crowding in amblyopia and in the normal periphery.

Psychophysical correlates of global motion processing in the aging visual system: a critical review (2012)
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Hutchinson, C. V., Arena, A., Allen, H. A., & Ledgeway, T. (2012). Psychophysical correlates of global motion processing in the aging visual system: a critical review. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 36(4), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.02.009

The consequences of visual decline in aging have a fundamental and wide-reaching impact on age-related quality of life. It is of concern therefore that evidence suggests that normal aging is accompanied by impairments in the ability to effectively en... Read More about Psychophysical correlates of global motion processing in the aging visual system: a critical review.

Size-induced distortions in perceptual maps of visual space (2012)
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McGraw, P. V., Roach, N. W., Badcock, D. R., & Whitaker, D. (2012). Size-induced distortions in perceptual maps of visual space. Journal of Vision, 12(4), https://doi.org/10.1167/12.4.8

In order to interact with our environment, the human brain constructs maps of visual space. The orderly mapping of external space across the retinal surface, termed retinotopy, is maintained at subsequent levels of visual cortical processing and unde... Read More about Size-induced distortions in perceptual maps of visual space.

The psychological distance of climate change (2012)
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Spence, A., Poortinga, W., & Pidgeon, N. (2012). The psychological distance of climate change. Risk Analysis, 32(6), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-%C2%AD%E2%80%906924.2011.01695.x

Avoiding dangerous climate change is one of the most urgent social risk issues we face today and understanding related public perceptions is critical to engaging the public with the major societal transformations required in order to combat climate c... Read More about The psychological distance of climate change.

The influence of cross-language similarity on within- and between-language Stroop effects in trilinguals (2011)
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van Heuven, W. J., Conklin, K., Coderre, E. L., Guo, T., & Dijkstra, T. (2011). The influence of cross-language similarity on within- and between-language Stroop effects in trilinguals. Frontiers in Psychology, 2(374), Article 374. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00374

This study investigated effects of cross-language similarity on within- and between-language Stroop interference and facilitation in three groups of trilinguals. Trilinguals were either proficient in three languages that use the same-script (alphabet... Read More about The influence of cross-language similarity on within- and between-language Stroop effects in trilinguals.

Neuronal signals for reward risk in frontal cortex: Risky reward signals (2011)
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O’Neill, M., Tobler, P. N., Kobayashi, S., & Schultz, W. (2011). Neuronal signals for reward risk in frontal cortex: Risky reward signals. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1239(1), 109-117. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06256.x

Rewards can be viewed as probability distributions of reward values. Besides expected (mean) value, a key parameter of such distributions is variance (or standard deviation), which constitutes a measure of risk. Single neurons in orbitofrontal cortex... Read More about Neuronal signals for reward risk in frontal cortex: Risky reward signals.

Fluctuations in the open time of synaptic channels: an application to noise analysis based on charge (2011)
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Feldwisch-Drentrup, H., Barrett, A. B., Smith, M. T., & van Rossum, M. C. (2012). Fluctuations in the open time of synaptic channels: an application to noise analysis based on charge. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 210(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.11.004

Synaptic channels are stochastic devices. Even recording from large ensembles of channels, the fluctuations, described by Markov transition matrices, can be used to extract single channel properties. Here we study fluctuations in the open time of cha... Read More about Fluctuations in the open time of synaptic channels: an application to noise analysis based on charge.

Dendritic spine dynamics regulate the long-term stability of synaptic plasticity (2011)
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O'Donnell, C., Nolan, M. F., & van Rossum, M. C. (2011). Dendritic spine dynamics regulate the long-term stability of synaptic plasticity. Journal of Neuroscience, 31(45), https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2520-11.2011

Long-term synaptic plasticity requires postsynaptic influx of Ca²⁺ and is accompanied by changes in dendritic spine size. Unless Ca²⁺ influx mechanisms and spine volume scale proportionally, changes in spine size will modify spine Ca²⁺ concentrations... Read More about Dendritic spine dynamics regulate the long-term stability of synaptic plasticity.

Inner speech during silent reading reflects the reader's regional accent (2011)
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Filik, R., & Barber, E. (2011). Inner speech during silent reading reflects the reader's regional accent. PLoS ONE, 6(10), Article e25782. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025782

While reading silently, we often have the subjective experience of inner speech. However, there is currently little evidence regarding whether this inner voice resembles our own voice while we are speaking out loud. To investigate this issue, we comp... Read More about Inner speech during silent reading reflects the reader's regional accent.