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Self-harm in people experiencing homelessness: an investigation of incidence, characteristics and outcomes using data from the Multicentre Study of Self-harm in England (2022)
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Clements, C., Farooq, B., Hawton, K., Geulayov, G., Casey, D., Waters, K., …Kapur, N. (2022). Self-harm in people experiencing homelessness: an investigation of incidence, characteristics and outcomes using data from the Multicentre Study of Self-harm in England. BJPsych Open, 8(2), Article e74. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2022.30

Background People who experience homelessness are thought to be at high risk of suicide, but little is known about self-harm in this population. Aims To examine characteristics and outcomes in people experiencing homelessness who presented to ho... Read More about Self-harm in people experiencing homelessness: an investigation of incidence, characteristics and outcomes using data from the Multicentre Study of Self-harm in England.

Exploring the Common Mechanisms of Motion-Based Visual Prediction (2022)
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Hu, D., Ison, M., & Johnston, A. (2022). Exploring the Common Mechanisms of Motion-Based Visual Prediction. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, Article 827029. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.827029

Human vision supports prediction for moving stimuli. Here we take an individual differences approach to investigate whether there could be a common processing rate for motion-based visual prediction across diverse motion phenomena. Motion Induced Spa... Read More about Exploring the Common Mechanisms of Motion-Based Visual Prediction.

Trying to solve the ‘worst situation’ together: participatory autism research (2022)
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Costley, D., Emerson, A., Ropar, D., Sheppard, E., McCubbing, A., Campbell Bass, S., …Ward Penny, J. (2022). Trying to solve the ‘worst situation’ together: participatory autism research. Educational Action Research, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/09650792.2021.2019075

The importance of participatory autism research is discussed in relation to a project involving six autistic researchers and five non-autistic university researchers collaborating to investigate anxiety in autistic adolescents. The paper describes th... Read More about Trying to solve the ‘worst situation’ together: participatory autism research.

A pilot study of co-produced autism training for police custody staff: evaluating the impact on perceived knowledge change and behaviour intentions (2022)
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Holloway, C., Munro, N., Cossburn, K., & Ropar, D. (2022). A pilot study of co-produced autism training for police custody staff: evaluating the impact on perceived knowledge change and behaviour intentions. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 45(3), 434-447. https://doi.org/10.1108/pijpsm-11-2021-0159

Purpose: Autistic people have reported particularly negative experiences in police custody, which can lead to significant long-term personal and legal consequences. Research has suggested providing autism training to police forces would help improve... Read More about A pilot study of co-produced autism training for police custody staff: evaluating the impact on perceived knowledge change and behaviour intentions.

Good scientific practice in EEG and MEG research: Progress and perspectives (2022)
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Niso, G., Krol, L. R., Combrisson, E., Dubarry, A., Elliott, M. A., François, C., …Chaumon, M. (2022). Good scientific practice in EEG and MEG research: Progress and perspectives. NeuroImage, 257, Article 119056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119056

Good scientific practice (GSP) refers to both explicit and implicit rules, recommendations, and guidelines that help scientists to produce work that is of the highest quality at any given time, and to efficiently share that work with the community fo... Read More about Good scientific practice in EEG and MEG research: Progress and perspectives.

A calming hug: Design and validation of a tactile aid to ease anxiety (2022)
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Haynes, A. C., Lywood, A., Crowe, E. M., Fielding, J. L., Rossiter, J. M., & Kent, C. (2022). A calming hug: Design and validation of a tactile aid to ease anxiety. PLoS ONE, 17(3), Article e0259838. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259838

Anxiety disorders affect approximately one third of people during their lifetimes and are the ninth leading cause of global disability. Current treatments focus on therapy and pharmacological interventions. However, therapy is costly and pharmacologi... Read More about A calming hug: Design and validation of a tactile aid to ease anxiety.

The interactive functional biases of manual, language and attention systems (2022)
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Serrien, D. J., & O’Regan, L. (2022). The interactive functional biases of manual, language and attention systems. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications / Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications - a SpringerOpen journal, 7(1), Article 20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-022-00365-x

Hemispheric lateralisation is a fundamental principle of functional brain organisation. We studied two core cognitive functions - language and visuospatial attention - that typically lateralise in opposite cerebral hemispheres. In this work, we teste... Read More about The interactive functional biases of manual, language and attention systems.

Subregions of DLPFC Display Graded yet Distinct Structural and Functional Connectivity (2022)
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Jung, J. Y., Lambon Ralph, M. A., & Jackson, R. L. (2022). Subregions of DLPFC Display Graded yet Distinct Structural and Functional Connectivity. Journal of Neuroscience, 42(15), 3241-3252. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1216-21.2022

The human dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC; approximately corresponding to Brodmann areas 9 and 46) has demonstrable roles in diverse executive functions such as working memory, cognitive flexibility, planning, inhibition, and abstract reasoning... Read More about Subregions of DLPFC Display Graded yet Distinct Structural and Functional Connectivity.

Cortical complexity estimation using fractal dimension: A systematic review of the literature on clinical and nonclinical samples (2022)
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Meregalli, V., Alberti, F., Madan, C. R., Meneguzzo, P., Miola, A., Trevisan, N., …Collantoni, E. (2022). Cortical complexity estimation using fractal dimension: A systematic review of the literature on clinical and nonclinical samples. European Journal of Neuroscience, 55(6), 1547-1583. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.15631

Fractal geometry has recently been proposed as a useful tool for characterizing the complexity of the brain cortex, which is likely to derive from the recurrence of sulci–gyri convolution patterns. The index used to describe the cortical complexity i... Read More about Cortical complexity estimation using fractal dimension: A systematic review of the literature on clinical and nonclinical samples.

Imagining emotional events benefits future-oriented decisions (2022)
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Ballance, B. C., Tuen, Y. J., Petrucci, A. S., Orwig, W., Safi, O. K., Madan, C. R., & Palombo, D. J. (2022). Imagining emotional events benefits future-oriented decisions. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 75(12), 2332–2348. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218221086637

How does imagining future events—whether positive or negative—influence our choices in the present? Prior work has shown the simulation of hypothetical future events, dubbed episodic future thinking, can alter the propensity to engage in delay discou... Read More about Imagining emotional events benefits future-oriented decisions.

The convergence and divergence of episodic and semantic functions across lateral parietal cortex (2022)
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Humphreys, G. F., Jung, J., & Lambon Ralph, M. A. (2022). The convergence and divergence of episodic and semantic functions across lateral parietal cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 32(24), 5664-5681. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhac044

Decades of research have highlighted the importance of lateral parietal cortex (LPC) across a myriad of cognitive domains. Yet, the underlying function of LPC remains unclear. Two domains that have emphasized LPC involvement are semantic memory and e... Read More about The convergence and divergence of episodic and semantic functions across lateral parietal cortex.

The influences of target size and recent experience on the vigour of adjustments to ongoing movements (2022)
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Brenner, E., Hardon, H., Moesman, R., Crowe, E. M., & Smeets, J. B. J. (2022). The influences of target size and recent experience on the vigour of adjustments to ongoing movements. Experimental Brain Research, 240(4), 1219-1229. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-022-06325-7

People adjust their on-going movements to changes in the environment. It takes about 100 ms to respond to an abrupt change in a target’s position. Does the vigour of such responses depend on the extent to which responding is beneficial? We asked part... Read More about The influences of target size and recent experience on the vigour of adjustments to ongoing movements.

Do We Know Whether We’re Happier? Corroborating Perceived Retrospective Assessments of Improvements in Well-Being (2022)
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Bossert, S. A., Tsukayama, E., Blackie, L. E., Cole, V. T., & Jayawickreme, E. (2022). Do We Know Whether We’re Happier? Corroborating Perceived Retrospective Assessments of Improvements in Well-Being. Journal of Personality Assessment, 104(4), 458-466. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2022.2039167

To what extent do our beliefs about how our well-being has improved over time correspond to observed changes? Participants (N = 1,247 from Qualtrics Panels) completed questionnaires measuring dispositional well-being and ill-being (depressive symptom... Read More about Do We Know Whether We’re Happier? Corroborating Perceived Retrospective Assessments of Improvements in Well-Being.

Tract-specific statistics based on diffusion-weighted probabilistic tractography (2022)
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Reid, A. T., Camilleri, J. A., Hoffstaedter, F., & Eickhoff, S. B. (2022). Tract-specific statistics based on diffusion-weighted probabilistic tractography. Communications Biology, 5(1), Article 138. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03073-w

Diffusion-weighted neuroimaging approaches provide rich evidence for estimating the structural integrity of white matter in vivo, but typically do not assess white matter integrity for connections between two specific regions of the brain. Here, we p... Read More about Tract-specific statistics based on diffusion-weighted probabilistic tractography.

Science of Learning Strategy Series: Article 3, Interleaving (2022)
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Van Hoof, T., Sumeracki, M., & Madan, C. (2022). Science of Learning Strategy Series: Article 3, Interleaving. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 42(4), 265-268. https://doi.org/10.1097/CEH.0000000000000418

Interleaving is an evidence-based, learning-science strategy that is relevant to the planning and implementation of continuing professional development (CPD). Mixing related but different areas of study forces the brain to reconcile the relationship... Read More about Science of Learning Strategy Series: Article 3, Interleaving.

Autism and autistic traits in those who died by suicide in England (2022)
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Cassidy, S., Au-Yeung, S., Robertson, A., Cogger-Ward, H., Richards, G., Allison, C., …Baron-Cohen, S. (2022). Autism and autistic traits in those who died by suicide in England. British Journal of Psychiatry, 221(5), 683-691. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2022.21

Background Autism and autistic traits are risk factors for suicidal behaviour. Aims To explore the prevalence of autism (diagnosed and undiagnosed) in those who died by suicide, and identify risk factors for suicide in this group. Method Stage 1: 372... Read More about Autism and autistic traits in those who died by suicide in England.

The oscillatory effects of rhythmic median nerve stimulation (2022)
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Houlgreave, M. S., Morera Maiquez, B., Brookes, M. J., & Jackson, S. R. (2022). The oscillatory effects of rhythmic median nerve stimulation. NeuroImage, 251, Article 118990. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.118990

Entrainment of brain oscillations can be achieved using rhythmic non-invasive brain stimulation, and stimulation of the motor cortex at a frequency associated with sensorimotor inhibition can impair motor responses. Despite the potential for therapeu... Read More about The oscillatory effects of rhythmic median nerve stimulation.

British Children’s and Adults’ Perceptions of Robots (2022)
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Burdett, E. R. R., Ikari, S., & Nakawake, Y. (2022). British Children’s and Adults’ Perceptions of Robots. Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, 2022, Article 3813820. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/3813820

Robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) systems are quickly becoming a familiar part of different aspects of everyday life. We know very little about how children and adults perceive the abilities of different robots and whether these ascriptions a... Read More about British Children’s and Adults’ Perceptions of Robots.

Cattle farmer psychosocial profiles and their association with control strategies for bovine viral diarrhea (2022)
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Prosser, N. S., Green, M. J., Ferguson, E., Tildesley, M. J., Hill, E. M., Keeling, M. J., & Kaler, J. (2022). Cattle farmer psychosocial profiles and their association with control strategies for bovine viral diarrhea. Journal of Dairy Science, 105(4), 3559-3573. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2021-21386

Bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) is endemic in the United Kingdom and causes major economic losses. Control is largely voluntary for individual farmers and is likely to be influenced by psychosocial factors, such as altruism, trust, and psychological prox... Read More about Cattle farmer psychosocial profiles and their association with control strategies for bovine viral diarrhea.