All Outputs (12)

Dissociable roles of dopamine within the core and medial shell of the nucleus accumbens in memory for objects and place (2010)
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There is increasing focus on the role of the nucleus accumbens (NAc) in learning and memory, but there is little consensus as to how the core and medial shell subregions of the NAc contribute to these processes. In the current experiments, we used sp... Read More about Dissociable roles of dopamine within the core and medial shell of the nucleus accumbens in memory for objects and place.

Spatial frequency discrimination learning in normal and developmentally impaired human vision (2010)
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Perceptual learning effects demonstrate that the adult visual system retains neural plasticity. If perceptual learning holds any value as a treatment tool for amblyopia, trained improvements in performance must generalise. Here we investigate whether... Read More about Spatial frequency discrimination learning in normal and developmentally impaired human vision.

Coding of Reward Risk by Orbitofrontal Neurons Is Mostly Distinct from Coding of Reward Value (2010)
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Risky decision-making is altered in humans and animals with damage to the orbitofrontal cortex. However, the cellular function of the intact orbitofrontal cortex in processing information relevant for risky decisions is unknown. We recorded responses... Read More about Coding of Reward Risk by Orbitofrontal Neurons Is Mostly Distinct from Coding of Reward Value.

Familiarity-based stimulus generalization of conditioned suppression in rats is dependent on the perirhinal cortex (2010)
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We report that bilateral, excitoxic lesions of the perirhinal cortex attenuate rats' familiarity-based stimulus generalization. After surgery, rats were preexposed either to 2 auditory stimuli (A and B) or to only 1 auditory stimulus (B). Following p... Read More about Familiarity-based stimulus generalization of conditioned suppression in rats is dependent on the perirhinal cortex.

Catecholaminergic depletion within the prelimbic medial prefrontal cortex enhances latent inhibition (2010)
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Latent inhibition (LI) refers to the reduction in conditioning to a stimulus that has received repeated non-reinforced pre-exposure. Investigations into the neural substrates of LI have focused on the nucleus accumbens (NAc) and its inputs from the h... Read More about Catecholaminergic depletion within the prelimbic medial prefrontal cortex enhances latent inhibition.

The role of contrast sensitivity in global motion processing deficits in the elderly (2010)
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This study compared the effects of age on the perception of translational, radial, and rotational global motion patterns. Motion coherence thresholds were measured for judging the direction of each motion type as a function of contrast (visibility) a... Read More about The role of contrast sensitivity in global motion processing deficits in the elderly.

Social stress in young people with specific language impairment (2010)
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Social interactions can be a source of social stress for adolescents. Little is known about how adolescents with developmental difficulties, such as specific language impairment (SLI), feel when interacting socially. Participants included 28 adolesce... Read More about Social stress in young people with specific language impairment.

An ERP analysis of recognition and categorization decisions in a prototype-distortion task (2010)
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Background Theories of categorization make different predictions about the underlying processes used to represent categories. Episodic theories suggest that categories are represented in memory by storing previously encountered exemplars in memory... Read More about An ERP analysis of recognition and categorization decisions in a prototype-distortion task.

Coupling between perception and action timing during sensorimotor synchronization (2010)
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Time is an important parameter in behaviour, especially when synchronization with external events is required. To evaluate the nature of the association between perception and action timing, this study introduced pitch accented tones during performan... Read More about Coupling between perception and action timing during sensorimotor synchronization.

Interregional synchrony of visuomotor tracking: perturbation effects and individual differences (2010)
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The present study evaluated the neural and behavioural correlates associated with a visuomotor tracking task during which a sensory perturbation was introduced that created a directional bias between moving hand and cursor position. The results revea... Read More about Interregional synchrony of visuomotor tracking: perturbation effects and individual differences.

Framing and communicating climate change: the effects of distance and outcome frame manipulations (2010)
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Communications regarding climate change are increasingly being utilised in order to encourage sustainable behaviour and the way that these are framed can significantly alter the impact that they have on the recipient. This experimental study seeks t... Read More about Framing and communicating climate change: the effects of distance and outcome frame manipulations.

Public perceptions of energy choices: the influence of beliefs about climate change and the environment (2010)
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Past research has documented high levels of public concern for risks relating to nuclear power, with opposition to nuclear energy particularly being linked with general environmental concern. However recent UK energy policy, and other debates worldwi... Read More about Public perceptions of energy choices: the influence of beliefs about climate change and the environment.