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Neural substrates of early executive function development (2019)
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In the last decade, advances in neuroimaging technologies have given rise to a large number of research studies that investigate the neural underpinnings of executive function (EF). EF has long been associated with the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and inv... Read More about Neural substrates of early executive function development.

Olfactory threshold selectively predicts positive psychometric schizotypy (2019)
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Olfactory impairment might be useful as a non-invasive pre-morbid biological marker of psychosis. People with schizophrenia show consistent impairments, but an association between olfaction and schizotypy in non-clinical populations is inconclusive a... Read More about Olfactory threshold selectively predicts positive psychometric schizotypy.

Self-harm in midlife: an analysis using data from the Multicentre Study of Self-harm in England (2019)
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Background: Suicide rates in England are highest in men and women in midlife (defined here as people aged 40-59 years). Despite the link between self-harm and suicide there has been little focus on self-harm in this age-group. Method: Data from th... Read More about Self-harm in midlife: an analysis using data from the Multicentre Study of Self-harm in England.

Accurate inferences of others' thoughts depend on where they stand on the empathic trait continuum (2019)
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This research explores the possibility that a person's (perceiver's) prospects of making a correct inference of another person's (target's) inner states depends on the personal characteristics of the target, potentially relating to how readable they... Read More about Accurate inferences of others' thoughts depend on where they stand on the empathic trait continuum.

Interactive apps prevent gender discrepancies in early grade mathematics in a low‐income country in Sub‐Sahara Africa (2019)
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Globally, gender differences are reported in the early acquisition of reading and mathematics as girls tend to outperform boys in reading whereas boys tend to outperform girls in mathematics. This can have long‐term impact resulting in an under repre... Read More about Interactive apps prevent gender discrepancies in early grade mathematics in a low‐income country in Sub‐Sahara Africa.

A theory-driven qualitative study exploring issues relating to adherence to topical glaucoma medications (2019)
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Purpose: Investigating patients’ perceptions of their illness can provide important insights into the experience and management of the illness and associated treatment, and enhance understanding of variations in adherence to prescribed medication. Th... Read More about A theory-driven qualitative study exploring issues relating to adherence to topical glaucoma medications.

Maladaptive striatal plasticity and abnormal reward?learning in cervical dystonia (2019)
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In monogenetic generalized forms of dystonia, in vitro neurophysiological recordings have demonstrated direct evidence for abnormal plasticity at the level of the cortico?striatal synapse. It is unclear whether similar abnormalities contribute to the... Read More about Maladaptive striatal plasticity and abnormal reward?learning in cervical dystonia.

Self-organised reactivation maintains and reinforces memories despite synaptic turnover (2019)
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Long-term memories are believed to be stored in the synapses of cortical neuronal networks. However, recent experiments report continuous creation and removal of cortical synapses, which raises the question how memories can survive on such a variable... Read More about Self-organised reactivation maintains and reinforces memories despite synaptic turnover.

Do our risk preferences change when we make decisions for others? A meta-analysis of self-other differences in decisions involving risk (2019)
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Background Are we more risk-averse or risk-seeking when we make decisions on behalf of other people as opposed to ourselves? So far, findings have not been able to provide a clear and consistent answer. Method We propose a meta-analysis to assess... Read More about Do our risk preferences change when we make decisions for others? A meta-analysis of self-other differences in decisions involving risk.

A Computational Implementation of a Hebbian Learning Network and its Application to Configural Forms of Acquired Equivalence (2019)
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We describe and report the results of computer simulations of the three-layer Hebbian network informally described by Honey, Close, and Lin (2010). Simulations were of four published experimental demonstrations of configural acquired equivalence. Exp... Read More about A Computational Implementation of a Hebbian Learning Network and its Application to Configural Forms of Acquired Equivalence.

Motion integration is anisotropic during smooth pursuit eye movements (2019)
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Smooth pursuit eye movements (pursuit) are used to minimize the retinal motion of moving objects. During pursuit, the pattern of motion on the retina carries not only information about the object movement but also reafferent information about the eye... Read More about Motion integration is anisotropic during smooth pursuit eye movements.

Are sequential sample designs useful for examining post-traumatic changes in character strengths? (2019)
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Previous research on differences in character strengths as a result of traumatic cultural events has relied on non-overlapping samples of individuals who completed online questionnaires before and after the event. This study expands on these previous... Read More about Are sequential sample designs useful for examining post-traumatic changes in character strengths?.

Supported and valued? A survey of early career researchers’ experiences and perceptions of youth and adult involvement in mental health, self-harm and suicide research (2019)
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Background Patient and public involvement (PPI) in mental health research, including self-harm and suicide research, is desirable (as with other health topics) but may involve specific challenges given the perceived sensitivity of the topic. This is... Read More about Supported and valued? A survey of early career researchers’ experiences and perceptions of youth and adult involvement in mental health, self-harm and suicide research.

How are major gambling brands using Twitter? (2019)
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This paper is the first to compare how major gambling brands are using the popular social media platform Twitter, looking at how gambling brands vary in the frequency of their messages, the content of their tweets and engagement with their Twitter ac... Read More about How are major gambling brands using Twitter?.

Reduced associative memory for negative information: impact of confidence and interactive imagery during study (2019)
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Although item-memory for emotional information is enhanced, memory for associations between items is often impaired for negative, emotionally arousing compared to neutral information. We tested two possible mechanisms underlying this impairment, usin... Read More about Reduced associative memory for negative information: impact of confidence and interactive imagery during study.

Do we make decisions for other people based on our predictions of their preferences?: evidence from financial and medical scenarios involving risk (2019)
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The ways in which the decisions we make for others differ from the ones we make for ourselves has received much attention in the literature, although less is known about their relationship to our predictions of the recipient’s preferences. The latter... Read More about Do we make decisions for other people based on our predictions of their preferences?: evidence from financial and medical scenarios involving risk.

Trajectories of pain predict disabilities affecting daily living in arthritis (2019)
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Purpose: To examine the interplay between pain and disability in arthritis when adjusting for patient heterogeneity in pain progression. There is consistent evidence to suggest that people experience osteoarthritis heterogeneously, with subgroups of... Read More about Trajectories of pain predict disabilities affecting daily living in arthritis.

Psychosocial interventions for people who self-harm: Methodological issues involved in trials to evaluate effectiveness (2019)
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We have assessed the methodological quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of interventions to prevent self-harm repetition and suicide. Trials were identified in two systematic reviews of RCTs of psychosocial treatments following a recent (w... Read More about Psychosocial interventions for people who self-harm: Methodological issues involved in trials to evaluate effectiveness.

Slowdown of BCM plasticity with many synapses (2019)
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During neural development sensory stimulation induces long-term changes in the receptive field of the neurons that encode the stimuli. The Bienenstock-Cooper-Munro (BCM) model was introduced to model and analyze this process computationally, and it r... Read More about Slowdown of BCM plasticity with many synapses.

Cross-modal interference-control is reduced in childhood but maintained in aging: a cohort study of stimulus-and response-interference in cross-modal and unimodal Stroop tasks (2019)
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Interference-control is the ability to exclude distractions and focus on a specific task or stimulus. However, it is currently unclear whether the same interference-control mechanisms underlie the ability to ignore unimodal and cross-modal distractio... Read More about Cross-modal interference-control is reduced in childhood but maintained in aging: a cohort study of stimulus-and response-interference in cross-modal and unimodal Stroop tasks.