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Dorsal hippocampal lesions disrupt Pavlovian delay conditioning and conditioned-response timing (2012)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.