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The cultural construction of “executive function” (2025)
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Kroupin, I., Elizabeth Davis, H., Burdett, E., Bani Cuata, A., Hartley, V., & Henrich, J. (2025). The cultural construction of “executive function”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(27), Article e2407955122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2407955122

In cognitive science, the term "executive function" (EF) refers to universal features of the mind. Yet, almost all results described as measuring "EF" may actually reflect culturally-specific cognitive capacities. After all, typical EF measures requi... Read More about The cultural construction of “executive function”.

Precise spike-timing information in the brainstem is well aligned with the needs of communication and the perception of environmental sounds (2025)
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Scholes, C., Coombes, S., Palmer, A. R., Rhode, W. S., Mill, R., & Sumner, C. J. (2025). Precise spike-timing information in the brainstem is well aligned with the needs of communication and the perception of environmental sounds. PLoS Biology, 23(6), Article e3003213. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003213

The dynamic fluctuations in the amplitude of sound, known as sound envelopes, are ubiquitous in natural sounds and convey information critical for the recognition of speech, and of sounds generally. We are perceptually most sensitive to slow modulati... Read More about Precise spike-timing information in the brainstem is well aligned with the needs of communication and the perception of environmental sounds.

The Interplay Between Economic Hardship, Anomie, and Conspiracy Beliefs in Shaping Anti-Immigrant Sentiment (2025)
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Hattersley, M., Skipper, Y., Douglas, K. M., & Jolley, D. (2025). The Interplay Between Economic Hardship, Anomie, and Conspiracy Beliefs in Shaping Anti-Immigrant Sentiment. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.70002

As hostility toward immigrants grows, it is essential to explore the psychological factors that contribute to anti-immigrant attitudes. Although the impact of economic hardship, societal anomie, and conspiracy belief on anti-immigration attitudes hav... Read More about The Interplay Between Economic Hardship, Anomie, and Conspiracy Beliefs in Shaping Anti-Immigrant Sentiment.

Changes in memory function in adults following SARS-CoV-2 infection: Findings from the Covid and Cognition online study (2025)
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Weinerova, J., Yeung, S., Guo, P., Yau, A., Horne, C., Ghinn, M., Curtis, L., Adlard, F., Bhagat, V., Zhang, S., Kaser, M., Bozic, M., Schluppeck, D., Reid, A., Tibon, R., & Cheke, L. (2025). Changes in memory function in adults following SARS-CoV-2 infection: Findings from the Covid and Cognition online study. Cortex, 189, 205-225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2025.05.019

SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic, has been shown to have an impact on cognitive function, but the specific aspects of cognition that are affected remain unclear. In this Registered Report, we analysed cognitive data collect... Read More about Changes in memory function in adults following SARS-CoV-2 infection: Findings from the Covid and Cognition online study.

Guided visual search is associated with target boosting and distractor suppression in early visual cortex (2025)
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Duecker, K., Shapiro, K. L., Hanslmayr, S., Griffiths, B. J., Pan, Y., Wolfe, J. M., & Jensen, O. (2025). Guided visual search is associated with target boosting and distractor suppression in early visual cortex. Communications Biology, 8(1), Article 912. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-08321-3

Visual attention paradigms have revealed that neural excitability in higher-order visual areas is modulated according to a priority map guiding attention towards task-relevant locations. Neural activity in early visual regions, however, has been argu... Read More about Guided visual search is associated with target boosting and distractor suppression in early visual cortex.

Witnessing silence: the Palestinian genocide, institutional complicity, and the politics of knowledge (2025)
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Pervez, A. (2025). Witnessing silence: the Palestinian genocide, institutional complicity, and the politics of knowledge. Globalisation, Societies and Education, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767724.2025.2513637

This paper examines the complicity of academic institutions in the ongoing Palestinian genocide, arguing that silence actively sustains settler colonialism, erases Palestinian narratives, and inflicts psychological harm. Drawing on Galtung’s structur... Read More about Witnessing silence: the Palestinian genocide, institutional complicity, and the politics of knowledge.

Delayed rewards weaken human goal directed actions (2025)
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Perez, O., & Urcelay, G. (2025). Delayed rewards weaken human goal directed actions. npj Science of Learning, 10, Article 36. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-025-00325-2

Goal-directed actions are sensitive to the causal association between actions and outcomes, as well as the value of those outcomes. Such sensitivity diminishes when actions become habitual. Based on recent findings in animals, we tested if delaying o... Read More about Delayed rewards weaken human goal directed actions.

The role of GABA in semantic memory and its neuroplasticity (2025)
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Jung, J., Williams, S., Lambon Ralph, M. A., & Lambon Ralph, M. A. (2025). The role of GABA in semantic memory and its neuroplasticity. eLife, 12, Article RP91771. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.91771.4

A fundamental challenge in neuroscience is understanding neural functioning and plasticity of the brain. The anterior temporal lobe (ATL) is a hub for semantic memory, which generates coherent conceptual representations. GABAergic inhibition plays a... Read More about The role of GABA in semantic memory and its neuroplasticity.

Descriptive analysis of national bovine viral diarrhoea test data in England (2016–2023) (2025)
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Prosser, N. S., Hill, E. M., Gow, L., Cavallaro, M., Tildesley, M. J., Keeling, M. J., Kaler, J., Ferguson, E., & Green, M. J. (2025). Descriptive analysis of national bovine viral diarrhoea test data in England (2016–2023). Veterinary Record, https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.5325

Background: Bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD)is an endemic disease in the UK. In England, a voluntary control and eradication scheme, BVDFree England, has been running since 2016. Methods: We analysed test results from 7005 herds that were submitted to BV... Read More about Descriptive analysis of national bovine viral diarrhoea test data in England (2016–2023).

Exploring Public Sentiments of Psychedelics Versus Other Substances: A Reddit-Based Natural Language Processing Study (2025)
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Biba, B., & O’Shea, B. A. (in press). Exploring Public Sentiments of Psychedelics Versus Other Substances: A Reddit-Based Natural Language Processing Study. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2025.2511750

New methods that capture the public’s perception of controversial topics may be valuable. This study investigates public sentiments toward psychedelics and other substances through analyzes of Reddit discussions, using Google’s cloud-based Natural La... Read More about Exploring Public Sentiments of Psychedelics Versus Other Substances: A Reddit-Based Natural Language Processing Study.

Mechanisms Underlying the Accuracy of Stimulus Representations: Within-event Learning and Outcome Mediation. (2025)
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Lagator, S., Muniz-Diez, C., Beesley, T., & HASELGROVE, M. (in press). Mechanisms Underlying the Accuracy of Stimulus Representations: Within-event Learning and Outcome Mediation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition,

Valid predictors of an outcome attract more attention than stimuli which are non-predictive. Furthermore, stimuli which have a probabilistic association with an outcome attract more attention than stimuli which have a deterministic association with a... Read More about Mechanisms Underlying the Accuracy of Stimulus Representations: Within-event Learning and Outcome Mediation..

Spatial Proximity Determines Overshadowing Between Landmarks in Human Spatial Navigation (2025)
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Herrera, E., Austen, J., & URCELAY, G. (in press). Spatial Proximity Determines Overshadowing Between Landmarks in Human Spatial Navigation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition,

Previous studies involving birds and humans have identified spatial proximity as a source of overshadowing between landmarks in navigation. In Herrera et al. (2024), subjects were trained in an open environment to find a hidden goal with reference to... Read More about Spatial Proximity Determines Overshadowing Between Landmarks in Human Spatial Navigation.

Medical, Societal, and Ethical Considerations for Directed Blood Donation in 2025 (2025)
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Jacobs, J. W., Booth, G. S., Lewis-Newby, M., Saifee, N. H., Ferguson, E., Cohn, C. S., Delaney, M., Morley, S., Thomas, S., Thorpe, R., Raza, S., Weaver, M. S., Woo, J. S., Sharma, D., So-Osman, C., Yurtsever, N., Tormey, C. A., Waters, A., Goldman, M., Yan, M. T., …Bloch, E. M. (in press). Medical, Societal, and Ethical Considerations for Directed Blood Donation in 2025. Annals of Internal Medicine, https://doi.org/10.7326/annals-25-00815

In the United States and other high-income countries, blood donation primarily relies on anonymous, voluntary donors. However, directed blood donation—where people donate for a specific recipient—has resurged, particularly due to misinformation surro... Read More about Medical, Societal, and Ethical Considerations for Directed Blood Donation in 2025.

Feeling like a Fraud: Exploring how the Impostor Phenomenon manifests in Neurotypical and Neurodivergent First-Year Undergraduate Students in the UK using the Impostor Phenomenon Assessment (2025)
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Brown, E., & Morley, E. (2025). Feeling like a Fraud: Exploring how the Impostor Phenomenon manifests in Neurotypical and Neurodivergent First-Year Undergraduate Students in the UK using the Impostor Phenomenon Assessment. Journal of College Student Mental Health, https://doi.org/10.1080/28367138.2025.2493896

This study aimed to explore the impostor phenomenon (IP) and whether it manifests differently between neurotypical (NT) and neurodivergent (ND) first-year undergraduate students in UK based institutions. Three ND groups were used, including students... Read More about Feeling like a Fraud: Exploring how the Impostor Phenomenon manifests in Neurotypical and Neurodivergent First-Year Undergraduate Students in the UK using the Impostor Phenomenon Assessment.

“99% of gamblers lose in the long run”: An experimental comparison of novel and pre-existing harm prevention (safer gambling) messages warning about the likelihood of losing money (2025)
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Newall, P., Weiss-Cohen, L., Petrovskaya, E., Torrance, J., Palmer, M., & Xiao, L. (2025). “99% of gamblers lose in the long run”: An experimental comparison of novel and pre-existing harm prevention (safer gambling) messages warning about the likelihood of losing money. Collabra: Psychology, 11(1), Article 137306. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.137306

Harm prevention (safer gambling) messages are often used as a population-based intervention against gambling-related harm, and independently-designed messages (e.g., “Chances are you’re about to lose”) are increasingly replacing industry-designed slo... Read More about “99% of gamblers lose in the long run”: An experimental comparison of novel and pre-existing harm prevention (safer gambling) messages warning about the likelihood of losing money.

"People in my life just play different roles": A retrospective qualitative study of friendships among young adults who self-harmed during adolescence (2025)
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Bilello, D., Townsend, E., Broome, M. R., & Burnett Heyes, S. (2025). "People in my life just play different roles": A retrospective qualitative study of friendships among young adults who self-harmed during adolescence. PLoS ONE, 20(4), Article e0320206. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0320206

Self-harm is a global public health concern presenting increasing rates in recent years, especially among young people. This population seldom access formal help, and typically rely on informal sources of support, mainly friends. The role, importance... Read More about "People in my life just play different roles": A retrospective qualitative study of friendships among young adults who self-harmed during adolescence.

The computational bottleneck of basal ganglia output (and what to do about it) (2025)
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Humphries, M. D. (2025). The computational bottleneck of basal ganglia output (and what to do about it). eNeuro, 12(4), Article 0431-23.2024. https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0431-23.2024

What the basal ganglia do is an oft-asked question; answers range from the selection of actions to the specification of movement to the estimation of time. Here I argue that \emph{how} the basal ganglia do what they do is a less-asked but equally imp... Read More about The computational bottleneck of basal ganglia output (and what to do about it).

Never tell me the odds: Typical return-to-player information increases gamblers’ perceived chances of winning (2025)
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Weiss-Cohen, L., Palmer, M., Torrance, J., & Newall, P. (2025). Never tell me the odds: Typical return-to-player information increases gamblers’ perceived chances of winning. Addictive Behaviors, 168, Article 108363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108363

Previous research has shown that gamblers consistently misunderstand return-to-player (RTP) information, and participants shown an RTP of 93% reported that they were more likely to win than those who were shown no information. However, this effect mi... Read More about Never tell me the odds: Typical return-to-player information increases gamblers’ perceived chances of winning.

The emotional depth of flood experience: the role of positive emotions in shaping perceptions and action on climate change (2025)
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Spence, A., Ogunbode, C., Demski, C., & Capstick, S. (2025). The emotional depth of flood experience: the role of positive emotions in shaping perceptions and action on climate change. Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, 8, Article 100221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2025.100221

Flooding is an ongoing and predicted impact of climate change in many parts of the world. Previous research shows that many people who have experienced flooding exhibit a greater preparedness to act on climate change, especially when the experience r... Read More about The emotional depth of flood experience: the role of positive emotions in shaping perceptions and action on climate change.