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Visual effects on tactile texture perception (2024)
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Roberts, R. D., Li, M., & Allen, H. A. (2024). Visual effects on tactile texture perception. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 632. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-50596-1

How does vision affect active touch in judgments of surface roughness? We contrasted direct (combination of visual with tactile sensory information) and indirect (vision alters the processes of active touch) effects of vision on touch. Participants j... Read More about Visual effects on tactile texture perception.

Terms of debate: Consensus definitions to guide the scientific discourse on visual distraction (2024)
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Liesefeld, H. R., Lamy, D., Gaspelin, N., Geng, J. J., Kerzel, D., Schall, J. D., …Wolfe, J. (2024). Terms of debate: Consensus definitions to guide the scientific discourse on visual distraction. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-023-02820-3

Hypothesis-driven research rests on clearly articulated scientific theories. The building blocks for communicating these theories are scientific terms. Obviously, communication – and thus, scientific progress – is hampered if the meaning of these ter... Read More about Terms of debate: Consensus definitions to guide the scientific discourse on visual distraction.

Evidence for vibration coding of sliding tactile textures in auditory cortex (2023)
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Roberts, R. D., Loomes, A. R., Kwok, H. F., Wing, A. M., & Allen, H. A. (2023). Evidence for vibration coding of sliding tactile textures in auditory cortex. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 17, Article 1282566. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1282566

Introduction: Psychophysical studies suggest texture perception is mediated by spatial and vibration codes (duplex theory). Vibration coding, driven by relative motion between digit and stimulus, is involved in the perception of very fine gratings wh... Read More about Evidence for vibration coding of sliding tactile textures in auditory cortex.

Applied Scenarios: Embedding Psychological Literacy in Assessment (2023)
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Einav, S., Spence, A., Blackie, L. E., Cassidy, S., & Allen, H. A. (2023). Applied Scenarios: Embedding Psychological Literacy in Assessment. Psychology Learning and Teaching, https://doi.org/10.1177/14757257231209178

Psychological literacy refers to the ability of a psychology student to use psychological knowledge, rather than merely learn it, in the context of personal, social, and organizational issues. Embedding psychological literacy in assessment is a criti... Read More about Applied Scenarios: Embedding Psychological Literacy in Assessment.

The effect of unisensory and multisensory information on lexical decision and free recall in young and older adults (2023)
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Atkin, C., Stacey, J. E., Roberts, K. L., Allen, H. A., Henshaw, H., & Badham, S. P. (2023). The effect of unisensory and multisensory information on lexical decision and free recall in young and older adults. Scientific Reports, 13, Article 16575. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41791-1

Studies using simple low-level stimuli show that multisensory stimuli lead to greater improvements in processing speed for older adults than young adults. However, there is insufficient evidence to explain how these benefits influence performance for... Read More about The effect of unisensory and multisensory information on lexical decision and free recall in young and older adults.

Eye movements are made to the centre of gravity of texture-defined targets (2023)
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Sidhu, S. K., Allen, H. A., & Keeble, D. R. (2023). Eye movements are made to the centre of gravity of texture-defined targets. Vision Research, 210, Article 108264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2023.108264

Saccadic localisation of targets of various properties has been extensively studied, but rarely for texture-defined figures. In this paper, three experiments that investigate the way information from a texture target is processed in order to provide... Read More about Eye movements are made to the centre of gravity of texture-defined targets.

Endogenous control is insufficient for preventing attentional capture in children and adults (2022)
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Hayre, R. K., Cragg, L., & Allen, H. A. (2022). Endogenous control is insufficient for preventing attentional capture in children and adults. Acta Psychologica, 228, Article 103611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103611

Adults are known to have developed the ability to selectively focus their attention in a goal-driven (endogenous) manner but it is less clear at what stage in development (5-6 & 9-11 years) children can endogenously control their attention and whethe... Read More about Endogenous control is insufficient for preventing attentional capture in children and adults.

Does audio-visual information result in improved health-related decision-making compared with audio-only or visual-only information? Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis (2022)
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Stacey, J. E., Atkin, C., Henshaw, H., Roberts, K. L., Allen, H. A., Justice, L. V., & Badham, S. P. (2022). Does audio-visual information result in improved health-related decision-making compared with audio-only or visual-only information? Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 12(4), Article e059599. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059599

INTRODUCTION: Making health-related decisions can be difficult due to the amount and complexity of information available. Audio-visual information may improve memory for health information but whether audio-visual information can enhance health-relat... Read More about Does audio-visual information result in improved health-related decision-making compared with audio-only or visual-only information? Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

The Effect of a Secondary Task on Drivers’ Gap Acceptance and Situational Awareness at Junctions (2020)
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Robbins, C. J., Rogers, J., Walton, S., Allen, H. A., & Chapman, P. (2021). The Effect of a Secondary Task on Drivers’ Gap Acceptance and Situational Awareness at Junctions. Ergonomics, 64(2), 184-198. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2020.1822548

The current studies explored the roles of the visuospatial and phonological working memory subsystems on drivers’ gap acceptance and memory for approaching vehicles at junctions. Drivers’ behaviour was measured in a high-fidelity driving simulator wh... Read More about The Effect of a Secondary Task on Drivers’ Gap Acceptance and Situational Awareness at Junctions.

How do drivers recall positive and negative driving events? A quantitative approach to analysing driving diaries (2020)
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Barnard, M., Pampel, S., Burnett, G., Allen, H., & Chapman, P. (2020). How do drivers recall positive and negative driving events? A quantitative approach to analysing driving diaries. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 69, 28-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2020.01.005

Whilst diary studies are often analysed in a qualitative manner, quantitative methods which analyse the percentage of different types of language used in diary entries, now exist. From a driving perspective, this could arguably tell us more about the... Read More about How do drivers recall positive and negative driving events? A quantitative approach to analysing driving diaries.

The ‘Saw but Forgot’ error: A role for short-term memory failures in understanding junction crashes? (2019)
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Robbins, C. J., Allen, H. A., Miller, K. A., & Chapman, P. (2019). The ‘Saw but Forgot’ error: A role for short-term memory failures in understanding junction crashes?. PLoS ONE, 14(9), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222905

Motorcyclists are involved in an exceptionally high number of crashes for the distance they travel, with one of the most common incidents being where another road user pulls out into the path of an oncoming motorcycle frequently resulting in a fatal... Read More about The ‘Saw but Forgot’ error: A role for short-term memory failures in understanding junction crashes?.

Comparing drivers' visual attention at junctions in real and simulated environments (2019)
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Robbins, C. J., Allen, H. A., & Chapman, P. (2019). Comparing drivers' visual attention at junctions in real and simulated environments. Applied Ergonomics, 80, 89-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2019.05.005

Driving simulation is widely used to answer important applied research questions, however, it is vital for specific driving tasks to undergo appropriate behavioural validation testing. Many previous validation studies have used simple driving tasks a... Read More about Comparing drivers' visual attention at junctions in real and simulated environments.

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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Hirst, R. J., Kicks, E. C., Allen, H. A., & Cragg, L. (2019). 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. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 45(5), 553-572. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000608

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.

Does stereopsis account for the link between motor and social skills in adults? (2018)
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Smith, D., Ropar, D., & Allen, H. A. (2018). Does stereopsis account for the link between motor and social skills in adults?. Molecular Autism, 9, Article 55. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13229-018-0234-4

Background: Experimental and longitudinal evidence suggests that motor proficiency plays an important role in the development of social skills. However, stereopsis, or depth perception, may also play a fundamental role in social skill development eit... Read More about Does stereopsis account for the link between motor and social skills in adults?.

The threshold for the McGurk effect in audio-visual noise decreases with development (2018)
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Hirst, R. J., Stacey, J. E., Cragg, L., Stacey, P. C., & Allen, H. A. (2018). The threshold for the McGurk effect in audio-visual noise decreases with development. Scientific Reports, 8, Article 12372. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30798-8

Across development, vision increasingly influences audio-visual perception. This is evidenced in illusions such as the McGurk effect, in which a seen mouth movement changes the perceived sound. The current paper assessed the effects of manipulating t... Read More about The threshold for the McGurk effect in audio-visual noise decreases with development.

Comparing drivers’ gap acceptance for cars and motorcycles at junctions using an adaptive staircase methodology (2018)
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Robbins, C. J., Allen, H. A., & Chapman, P. (2018). Comparing drivers’ gap acceptance for cars and motorcycles at junctions using an adaptive staircase methodology. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 58, 944-954. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2018.07.023

A disproportionate number of road deaths occur at intersections where one vehicle is a motorcycle. Previous research has not systematically varied the type of vehicles presented in a controlled environment. We compared drivers’ (n=54) gap acceptance... Read More about Comparing drivers’ gap acceptance for cars and motorcycles at junctions using an adaptive staircase methodology.

Vision dominates audition in adults but not children: A meta-analysis of the Colavita effect (2018)
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Hirst, R. J., Cragg, L., & Allen, H. A. (2018). Vision dominates audition in adults but not children: A meta-analysis of the Colavita effect. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 94, 286-301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.07.012

The Colavita effect occurs when participants respond only to the visual element of an audio-visual stimulus. This visual dominance effect is proposed to arise from asymmetric facilitation and inhibition between modalities. It has also been proposed t... Read More about Vision dominates audition in adults but not children: A meta-analysis of the Colavita effect.

Comparing car drivers’ and motorcyclists’ opinions about junction crashes (2018)
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Robbins, C. J., Allen, H. A., & Chapman, P. (2018). Comparing car drivers’ and motorcyclists’ opinions about junction crashes. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 117, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2018.05.001

Motorcyclists are involved in a disproportionate number of crashes given the distance they travel, with a high proportion of these crashes occurring at junctions. Despite car drivers being solely responsible for many road crashes involving a motorcyc... Read More about Comparing car drivers’ and motorcyclists’ opinions about junction crashes.

The association between cognitive performance and speech-­in-noise perception for adult listeners: a systematic literature review and meta­‐analysis (2017)
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Dryden, A., Allen, H. A., Henshaw, H., & Heinrich, A. (2017). The association between cognitive performance and speech-­in-noise perception for adult listeners: a systematic literature review and meta­‐analysis. Trends in Hearing, 21, https://doi.org/10.1177/2331216517744675

Published studies assessing the association between cognitive performance and speech-in-noise perception examine different aspects of each, test different listeners, and often report quite variable associations. By examining the published evidence ba... Read More about The association between cognitive performance and speech-­in-noise perception for adult listeners: a systematic literature review and meta­‐analysis.

The integration of occlusion and disparity information for judging depth in autism spectrum disorder (2017)
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Smith, D., Ropar, D., & Allen, H. A. (in press). The integration of occlusion and disparity information for judging depth in autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3234-x

In autism spectrum disorder (ASD), atypical integration of visual depth cues may be due to flattened perceptual priors or selective fusion. The current study attempts to disentangle these explanations by psychophysically assessing within-modality int... Read More about The integration of occlusion and disparity information for judging depth in autism spectrum disorder.