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Potentiation of latent inhibition by haloperidol and clozapine is attenuated in Dopamine D2 receptor (Drd-2) deficient mice: Do antipsychotics influence learning to ignore irrelevant stimuli via both Drd-2 and non-Drd-2 mechanisms? (2014)
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O'Callaghan, M., Bay-Richter, C., O’ Tuathaigh, C. M., Heery, D. M., Waddington, J., & Moran, P. M. (2014). Potentiation of latent inhibition by haloperidol and clozapine is attenuated in Dopamine D2 receptor (Drd-2) deficient mice: Do antipsychotics influence learning to ignore irrelevant stimuli via both Drd-2 and non-Drd-2 mechanisms?. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 28(10), https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881114544774

Whether the dopamine Drd-2 receptor is necessary for the behavioural action of antipsychotic drugs is an important question, as Drd-2 antagonism is responsible for their debilitating motor side effects. Using Drd-2 null mice (Drd2 -/-) it has previou... Read More about Potentiation of latent inhibition by haloperidol and clozapine is attenuated in Dopamine D2 receptor (Drd-2) deficient mice: Do antipsychotics influence learning to ignore irrelevant stimuli via both Drd-2 and non-Drd-2 mechanisms?.

Posttraumatic growth as positive personality change: evidence, controversies and future directions (2014)
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Jayawickreme, E., & Blackie, L. E. (in press). Posttraumatic growth as positive personality change: evidence, controversies and future directions. European Journal of Personality, 28(4), https://doi.org/10.1002/per.1963

This target article focuses on the construct of post-traumatic growth—positive psychological change experienced as a result of the struggle with highly challenging life circumstances. Prominent theories of post-traumatic growth define it in terms of... Read More about Posttraumatic growth as positive personality change: evidence, controversies and future directions.

Does the majority always know best? Young children's flexible trust in majority opinion (2014)
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Einav, S. (2014). Does the majority always know best? Young children's flexible trust in majority opinion. PLoS ONE, 9(8), Article e104585. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0104585

Copying the majority is generally an adaptive social learning strategy but the majority does not always know best. Previous work has demonstrated young children's selective uptake of information from a consensus over a lone dissenter. The current stu... Read More about Does the majority always know best? Young children's flexible trust in majority opinion.

The ups and downs of global motion perception: a paradoxical advantage for smaller stimuli in the aging visual system (2014)
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Hutchinson, C. V., Ledgeway, T., & Allen, H. A. (in press). The ups and downs of global motion perception: a paradoxical advantage for smaller stimuli in the aging visual system. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 6, https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2014.00199

Recent evidence suggests that normal aging is typically accompanied by impairment in the ability to perceive the global (overall) motion of visual objects in the world. The purpose of this study was to examine the interplay between age-related change... Read More about The ups and downs of global motion perception: a paradoxical advantage for smaller stimuli in the aging visual system.

SSCC TD: a serial and simultaneous configural-cue compound stimuli representation for temporal difference learning (2014)
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Mondragón, E., Gray, J., Alonso, E., Bonardi, C., & Jennings, D. J. (2014). SSCC TD: a serial and simultaneous configural-cue compound stimuli representation for temporal difference learning. PLoS ONE, 9(7), Article e102469. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102469

This paper presents a novel representational framework for the Temporal Difference (TD) model of learning, which allows the computation of configural stimuli – cumulative compounds of stimuli that generate perceptual emergents known as configural cue... Read More about SSCC TD: a serial and simultaneous configural-cue compound stimuli representation for temporal difference learning.

Discrimination of speech and non-speech sounds following theta-burst stimulation of the motor cortex (2014)
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Rogers, J. C., Möttönen, R., Boyles, R., & Watkins, K. E. (2014). Discrimination of speech and non-speech sounds following theta-burst stimulation of the motor cortex. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, Article 754. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00754

Perceiving speech engages parts of the motor system involved in speech production. The role of the motor cortex in speech perception has been demonstrated using low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to suppress motor excit... Read More about Discrimination of speech and non-speech sounds following theta-burst stimulation of the motor cortex.

Effect of attentional load on audiovisual speech perception: evidence from ERPs (2014)
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Alsius, A., Möttönen, R., Sams, M. E., Soto-Faraco, S., & Tiippana, K. (in press). Effect of attentional load on audiovisual speech perception: evidence from ERPs. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, Article 727. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00727

Seeing articulatory movements influences perception of auditory speech. This is often reflected in a shortened latency of auditory event-related potentials (ERPs) generated in the auditory cortex. The present study addressed whether this early neural... Read More about Effect of attentional load on audiovisual speech perception: evidence from ERPs.

Recommendations for assessing cognitive risks in young children treated for ependymoma for clinical and research protocols: evidence from a systematic literature review (2014)
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Morrall, M. C., Pitchford, N. J., Waters, E. C., Ablett, K. L., Stocks, H., Walker, D., & Grundy, R. G. (2014). Recommendations for assessing cognitive risks in young children treated for ependymoma for clinical and research protocols: evidence from a systematic literature review. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 2(1), https://doi.org/10.14205/2309-3021.2014.02.01.4

Background: Current treatment approaches for pediatric ependymoma differ between North American and European studies. Post-surgical adjuvant irradiation is used in children aged

Suicidal ideation and suicide plans or attempts in adults with Asperger's syndrome attending a specialist diagnostic clinic: a clinical cohort study (2014)
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Cassidy, S., Bradley, P., Robinson, J., Allison, C., McHugh, M., & Baron-Cohen, S. (2014). Suicidal ideation and suicide plans or attempts in adults with Asperger's syndrome attending a specialist diagnostic clinic: a clinical cohort study. Lancet Psychiatry, 1(2), 142-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2215-0366%2814%2970248-2

Background Asperger's syndrome in adulthood is frequently associated with depression, but few studies have explored the lifetime experience of self-reported suicidal ideation and suicide plans or attempts in this clinical group. We aimed to assess t... Read More about Suicidal ideation and suicide plans or attempts in adults with Asperger's syndrome attending a specialist diagnostic clinic: a clinical cohort study.

Economic risk coding by single neurons in the orbitofrontal cortex (2014)
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O’Neill, M., & Schultz, W. (2015). Economic risk coding by single neurons in the orbitofrontal cortex. Journal of Physiology - Paris, 109(1-3), 70-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphysparis.2014.06.002

Risk is a ubiquitous feature of the environment for all organisms. Very few things in life are achieved with absolute certainty. Therefore, it is essential that organisms process risky information efficiently to promote adaptive behaviour and enhance... Read More about Economic risk coding by single neurons in the orbitofrontal cortex.

tDCS-induced alterations in GABA concentration within primary motor cortex predict motor learning and motor memory: A 7T magnetic resonance spectroscopy study (2014)
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Kim, S., Stephenson, M. C., Morris, P. G., & Jackson, S. R. (2014). tDCS-induced alterations in GABA concentration within primary motor cortex predict motor learning and motor memory: A 7T magnetic resonance spectroscopy study. NeuroImage, 99, 237-243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.05.070

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive brain stimulation technique that alters cortical excitability in a polarity specific manner and has been shown to influence learning and memory. tDCS may have both on-line and after-eff... Read More about tDCS-induced alterations in GABA concentration within primary motor cortex predict motor learning and motor memory: A 7T magnetic resonance spectroscopy study.

Finding character strengths through loss: an extension of Peterson and Seligman (2003) (2014)
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Schueller, S. M., Jayawickreme, E., Blackie, L. E., Forgeard, M. J., & Roepke, A. M. (2014). Finding character strengths through loss: an extension of Peterson and Seligman (2003). Journal of Positive Psychology, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2014.920405

People can experience positive changes even in the midst of adversity and loss. We investigated character strengths following three recent shooting tragedies. Using an Internet database of respondents to the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (V... Read More about Finding character strengths through loss: an extension of Peterson and Seligman (2003).

Smart grids, smart users? The role of the user in demand side management (2014)
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Goulden, M., Bedwell, B., RODDEN, T., Rennick-Egglestone, S., & Spence, A. (2014). Smart grids, smart users? The role of the user in demand side management. Energy Research and Social Science, 2, 21-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2014.04.008

Smart grids are a key feature of future energy scenarios, with the overarching goal of better aligning energy generation and demand. The work presented here considers the role of the user in such systems, and the contexts in which such roles might em... Read More about Smart grids, smart users? The role of the user in demand side management.