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The EEG signature of sensory evidence accumulation during decision formation closely tracks subjective perceptual experience (2019)
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Tagliabue, C. F., Veniero, D., Benwell, C. S. Y., Cecere, R., Savazzi, S., & Thut, G. (2019). The EEG signature of sensory evidence accumulation during decision formation closely tracks subjective perceptual experience. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 4949. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41024-4

How neural representations of low-level visual information are accessed by higher-order processes to inform decisions and give rise to conscious experience is a longstanding question. Research on perceptual decision making has revealed a late event-r... Read More about The EEG signature of sensory evidence accumulation during decision formation closely tracks subjective perceptual experience.

Exposure to intergroup conspiracy theories promotes prejudice which spreads across groups (2019)
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Jolley, D., Meleady, R., & Douglas, K. M. (2020). Exposure to intergroup conspiracy theories promotes prejudice which spreads across groups. British Journal of Psychology, 111(1), 17-35. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12385

This research experimentally examined the effects of exposure to intergroup conspiracy theories on prejudice and discrimination. Study 1 (N=166) demonstrated that exposure to conspiracy theories concerning immigrants to Britain from the European Unio... Read More about Exposure to intergroup conspiracy theories promotes prejudice which spreads across groups.

Both dorsal and ventral attention network nodes are implicated in exogenously driven visuospatial anticipation (2019)
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Thut, G., Ahrens, M., Harvey, M., Veniero, D., & Freund, I. M. (2019). Both dorsal and ventral attention network nodes are implicated in exogenously driven visuospatial anticipation. Cortex, 117, 168-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2019.02.031

Neuroimaging and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) studies have implicated a dorsal fronto-parietal network in endogenous attention control and a more ventral set of areas in exogenous attention shifts. However, the extent and circumstances und... Read More about Both dorsal and ventral attention network nodes are implicated in exogenously driven visuospatial anticipation.

Prediction of Choice from Competing Mechanosensory and Choice-Memory Cues during Active Tactile Decision Making (2019)
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Campagner, D., Evans, M. H., Chlebikova, K., Colins-Rodriguez, A., Loft, M. S., Fox, S., …Petersen, R. S. (2019). Prediction of Choice from Competing Mechanosensory and Choice-Memory Cues during Active Tactile Decision Making. Journal of Neuroscience, 39(20), 3921-3933. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.2217-18.2019

Perceptual decision making is an active process where animals move their sense organs to extract task-relevant information. To investigate how the brain translates sensory input into decisions during active sensation, we developed a mouse active touc... Read More about Prediction of Choice from Competing Mechanosensory and Choice-Memory Cues during Active Tactile Decision Making.

A fNIRS Investigation of Speech Planning and Execution in Adults Who Stutter (2019)
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Jackson, E. S., Wijeakumar, S., Beal, D. S., Brown, B., Zebrowski, P., & Spencer, J. P. (2019). A fNIRS Investigation of Speech Planning and Execution in Adults Who Stutter. Neuroscience, 406, 73-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.02.032

© 2019 IBRO Our study aimed to determine the neural correlates of speech planning and execution in adults who stutter (AWS). Fifteen AWS and 15 controls (CON) completed two tasks that either manipulated speech planning or execution processing loads.... Read More about A fNIRS Investigation of Speech Planning and Execution in Adults Who Stutter.

Adaptation reveals multi-stage coding of visual duration (2019)
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Heron, J., Fulcher, C., Collins, H., Whitaker, D., & Roach, N. W. (2019). Adaptation reveals multi-stage coding of visual duration. Scientific Reports, 9, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37614-3

In confict with historically dominant models of time perception, recent evidence suggests that the encoding of our environment’s temporal properties may not require a separate class of neurons whose raison d'être is the dedicated processing of tempor... Read More about Adaptation reveals multi-stage coding of visual duration.

Involvement of hippocampal subfields and anterior-posterior subregions in encoding and retrieval of item, spatial, and associative memories: Longitudinal versus transverse axis (2019)
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Hrybouski, S., MacGillivray, M., Huang, Y., Madan, C. R., Carter, R., Seres, P., & Malykhin, N. V. (2019). Involvement of hippocampal subfields and anterior-posterior subregions in encoding and retrieval of item, spatial, and associative memories: Longitudinal versus transverse axis. NeuroImage, 191, 568-586. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.01.061

The functional role of the hippocampal formation in episodic memory has been studied using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) for many years. The hippocampus can be segmented into three major anteroposterior sections, called head, body and... Read More about Involvement of hippocampal subfields and anterior-posterior subregions in encoding and retrieval of item, spatial, and associative memories: Longitudinal versus transverse axis.

PsychoPy2: experiments in behavior made easy (2019)
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Peirce, J., Gray, J. R., Simpson, S., MacAskill, M., Höchenberger, R., Sogo, H., …Lindeløv, J. (2019). PsychoPy2: experiments in behavior made easy. Behavior Research Methods, 51(1), 195–203. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-018-01193-y

PsychoPy is an application for the creation of experiments in behavioral science (psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, etc.) with precise spatial control and timing of stimuli. It now provides a choice of interface; users can write scripts Python i... Read More about PsychoPy2: experiments in behavior made easy.

What is the difference between irony and sarcasm? An fMRI study (2019)
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Filik, R., ?urcan, A., Ralph-Nearman, C., & Pitiot, A. (2019). What is the difference between irony and sarcasm? An fMRI study. Cortex, 115, 112-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2019.01.025

Verbal irony is a figure of speech that communicates the opposite of what is said, while sarcasm is a form of irony that is directed at a person, with the intent to criticise. The current study used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) with t... Read More about What is the difference between irony and sarcasm? An fMRI study.

Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of remotely delivered problem-solving cognitive behaviour therapy versus usual care for young people with depression and repeat self-harm: lessons learnt (e-DASH) (2019)
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Sayal, K., Roe, J., Ball, H., Atha, C., Kaylor-Hughes, C., Guo, B., …Morriss, R. (2019). Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of remotely delivered problem-solving cognitive behaviour therapy versus usual care for young people with depression and repeat self-harm: lessons learnt (e-DASH). BMC Psychiatry, 19(1), Article 42. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-018-2005-3

Background Self-harm and depression are strong risk factors for repeat self-harm and suicide. We aimed to investigate the feasibility of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) of remotely delivered problem-solving cognitive behaviour therapy (PSCBT)... Read More about Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of remotely delivered problem-solving cognitive behaviour therapy versus usual care for young people with depression and repeat self-harm: lessons learnt (e-DASH).

Belief in conspiracy theories and intentions to engage in everyday crime (2019)
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Jolley, D., Douglas, K. M., Leite, A. C., & Schrader, T. (2019). Belief in conspiracy theories and intentions to engage in everyday crime. British Journal of Social Psychology, 58(3), 534-549. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12311

Belief in conspiracy theories is associated with negative outcomes such as political disengagement, prejudice, and environmental inaction. The current studies – one cross‐sectional (N = 253) and one experimental (N = 120) – tested the hypothesis that... Read More about Belief in conspiracy theories and intentions to engage in everyday crime.

Gambling on smartphones: a study of a potentially addictive behaviour in a naturalistic setting (2019)
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James, R. J., O 'Malley, C., & Tunney, R. J. (2019). Gambling on smartphones: a study of a potentially addictive behaviour in a naturalistic setting. European Addiction Research, 25(1), 30-40. https://doi.org/10.1159/000495663

Smartphone users engage extensively with their devices, on an intermittent basis for short periods of time. These patterns of behaviour have the potential to make mobile gambling especially perseverative. This paper reports the first empirical study... Read More about Gambling on smartphones: a study of a potentially addictive behaviour in a naturalistic setting.

Comparative inspiration: from puzzles with pigeons to novel discoveries with humans in risky choice (2019)
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Madan, C., Ludvig, E., & Spetch, M. (2019). Comparative inspiration: from puzzles with pigeons to novel discoveries with humans in risky choice. Behavioural Processes, 160, 10-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2018.12.009

Both humans and non-human animals regularly encounter decisions involving risk and uncertainty. This paper provides an overview of our research program examining risky decisions in which the odds and outcomes are learned through experience in people... Read More about Comparative inspiration: from puzzles with pigeons to novel discoveries with humans in risky choice.

The relationship between the cortisol awakening response and cortisol reactivity to a laboratory stressor (2019)
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Dienes, K., Gartland, N., & Ferguson, E. (2019). The relationship between the cortisol awakening response and cortisol reactivity to a laboratory stressor. British Journal of Health Psychology, 24(2), 265-281. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12352

Objectives The cortisol awakening response (CAR) and cortisol reactivity to an acute laboratory stressor both involve steep increases in cortisol secretion and are associated with preparing the body to deal with stressors ahead. Alterations in bot... Read More about The relationship between the cortisol awakening response and cortisol reactivity to a laboratory stressor.

The Role of Physical Activity and Touch in Children's Social Bonding (2018)
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Jefferies, M., Tunçgenç, B., & Cohen, E. (2018). The Role of Physical Activity and Touch in Children's Social Bonding. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 31,

Physical activity (PA) and touch, long known to facilitate interpersonal affiliation in adults and non-human primates, are common elements of children's free play. However, no research has examined how children's play involving PA and touch is linked... Read More about The Role of Physical Activity and Touch in Children's Social Bonding.

Pre-stroke surgery is not beneficial to normotensive rats undergoing sixty minutes of transient focal cerebral ischemia (2018)
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Bayliss, M., Trotman-Lucas, M., Janus, J., Kelly, M. E., & Gibson, C. L. (2018). Pre-stroke surgery is not beneficial to normotensive rats undergoing sixty minutes of transient focal cerebral ischemia. PLoS ONE, 13(12), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209370

Experimental stroke in rodents, via middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO), can be associated with a negative impact on wellbeing and mortality. In hypertensive rodents, pre-stroke craniotomy increased survival and decreased body weight loss post-MC... Read More about Pre-stroke surgery is not beneficial to normotensive rats undergoing sixty minutes of transient focal cerebral ischemia.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: the appraisal of facial attractiveness and its relation to conscious awareness (2018)
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Tsikandilakis, M., Bali, P., & Chapman, P. (2019). Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: the appraisal of facial attractiveness and its relation to conscious awareness. Perception, 48(1), 72-92. https://doi.org/10.1177/0301006618813035

Previous research suggests that facial attractiveness relies on features such as symmetry, averageness and above-average sexual dimorphic characteristics. Due to the evolutionary and sociobiological value of these characteristics, it has been suggest... Read More about Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: the appraisal of facial attractiveness and its relation to conscious awareness.

Breathe Easy EDA: A MATLAB toolbox for psychophysiology data management, cleaning, and analysis (2018)
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Ksander, J. C., Kark, S. M., & Madan, C. R. (2018). Breathe Easy EDA: A MATLAB toolbox for psychophysiology data management, cleaning, and analysis. F1000Research, 7, Article 216. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.13849.2

Electrodermal activity (EDA) recordings are widely used in experimental psychology to measure skin conductance responses (SCRs) that reflect sympathetic nervous system arousal. However, irregular respiration patterns and deep breaths can cause EDA fl... Read More about Breathe Easy EDA: A MATLAB toolbox for psychophysiology data management, cleaning, and analysis.