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Science of Learning Strategy Series: Article 1, Distributed Practice (2020)
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Van Hoof, T. J., Sumeracki, M. A., & Madan, C. R. (2021). Science of Learning Strategy Series: Article 1, Distributed Practice. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 41(1), 59-62. https://doi.org/10.1097/CEH.0000000000000315

Distributed practice is an evidence-based, learning-science strategy that is relevant to the planning and implementation of continuing professional development (CPD). Spacing-out study or practice over time allows the brain multiple opportunities to... Read More about Science of Learning Strategy Series: Article 1, Distributed Practice.

A Survey of Crowdsourcing in Medical Image Analysis (2020)
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Ørting, S. N., Doyle, A., van Hilten, A., Hirth, M., Inel, O., Madan, C. R., …Cheplygina, V. (2020). A Survey of Crowdsourcing in Medical Image Analysis. Human Computation, 7(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.15346/hc.v7i1

Rapid advances in image processing capabilities have been seen across many domains, fostered by the application of machine learning algorithms to "big-data". However, within the realm of medical image analysis, advances have been curtailed, in part,... Read More about A Survey of Crowdsourcing in Medical Image Analysis.

Rethinking the definition of episodic memory. (2020)
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Madan, C. R. (2020). Rethinking the definition of episodic memory. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 74(3), 183-192. https://doi.org/10.1037/cep0000229

The definition of episodic memory, as proposed by Tulving, includes a requirement of conscious recall. As we are unable to assess this aspect of memory in nonhuman animals, many researchers have referred to demonstrations of what would otherwise be c... Read More about Rethinking the definition of episodic memory..

Development and decay of procedural skills in surgery: A systematic review of the effectiveness of simulated-based medical education interventions (2020)
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Higgins, M., Madan, C., & Patel, R. (2021). Development and decay of procedural skills in surgery: A systematic review of the effectiveness of simulated-based medical education interventions. Surgeon, 19(4), e67-e77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surge.2020.07.013

Context Changes to surgical training programmes in the UK has led to a reduction in theatre time for trainees, and an increasing reliance on simulation to provide procedural experience. Whilst simulation offers opportunity for repetitive practice, t... Read More about Development and decay of procedural skills in surgery: A systematic review of the effectiveness of simulated-based medical education interventions.

Age-related differences in myeloarchitecture measured at 7 T (2020)
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Carradus, A. J., Mougin, O., Hunt, B. A., Tewarie, P. K., Geades, N., Morris, P. G., …Madan, C. R. (2020). Age-related differences in myeloarchitecture measured at 7 T. Neurobiology of Aging, 96, 246-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2020.08.009

We have used the magnetisation transfer (MT) MRI measure as a primary measure of myelination in both the grey matter (GM) of the 78 cortical automated anatomical labelling (AAL) regions of the brain, and the underlying white matter in each region, in... Read More about Age-related differences in myeloarchitecture measured at 7 T.

Considerations for comparing video-game AI agents with humans (2020)
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Madan, C. R. (2020). Considerations for comparing video-game AI agents with humans. Challenges, 11(2), Article 18. https://doi.org/10.3390/challe11020018

Video games are sometimes used as environments to evaluate AI agents’ ability to develop and execute complex action sequences to maximize a defined reward. However, humans cannot match the fine precision of the timed actions of AI agents; in games su... Read More about Considerations for comparing video-game AI agents with humans.

Semi-automated transcription and scoring of autobiographical memory narratives (2020)
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Wardell, V., Esposito, C., Madan, C. R., & Palombo, D. (2021). Semi-automated transcription and scoring of autobiographical memory narratives. Behavior Research Methods, 53, 507–517. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-020-01437-w

Autobiographical memory studies conducted with narrative methods are onerous, requiring significant resources in time and labor. We have created a semi-automated process that allows autobiographical transcribing and scoring methods to be streamlined.... Read More about Semi-automated transcription and scoring of autobiographical memory narratives.

Cortical Complexity in Anorexia Nervosa: A Fractal Dimension Analysis (2020)
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Collantoni, E., Madan, C. R., Meneguzzo, P., Chiappini, I., Tenconi, E., Manara, R., & Favaro, A. (2020). Cortical Complexity in Anorexia Nervosa: A Fractal Dimension Analysis. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 9(3), 833. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9030833

Fractal Dimension (FD) has shown to be a promising means to describe the morphology of cortical structures across different neurologic and psychiatric conditions, displaying a good sensitivity in capturing atrophy processes. In this study, we aimed a... Read More about Cortical Complexity in Anorexia Nervosa: A Fractal Dimension Analysis.

Accelerating the Evolution of Nonhuman Primate Neuroimaging (2020)
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Milham, M., Petkov, C. I., Margulies, D. S., Schroeder, C. E., Basso, M. A., Belin, P., …Zhou, Y. (2020). Accelerating the Evolution of Nonhuman Primate Neuroimaging. Neuron, 105(4), 600-603. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2019.12.023

Nonhuman primate neuroimaging is on the cusp of a transformation, much in the same way its human counterpart was in 2010, when the Human Connectome Project was launched to accelerate progress. Inspired by an open data-sharing initiative, the global c... Read More about Accelerating the Evolution of Nonhuman Primate Neuroimaging.

Affect enhances object-background associations: evidence from behaviour and mathematical modelling (2020)
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Madan, C. R., Knight, A., Kensinger, E., & Mickley Steinmetz, K. (2020). Affect enhances object-background associations: evidence from behaviour and mathematical modelling. Cognition and Emotion, 34(5), 960-969. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2019.1710110

In recognition memory paradigms, emotional details are often recognised better than neutral ones, but at the cost of memory for peripheral details. We previously provided evidence that, when peripheral details must be recalled using central details a... Read More about Affect enhances object-background associations: evidence from behaviour and mathematical modelling.

The power of nothing: Risk preference in pigeons, but not people, is driven primarily by avoidance of zero outcomes (2019)
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Spetch, M. L., Ludvig, E. A., Madan, C. R., Pisklak, J. M., Pisklak, J. M., Madan, C. R., …Spetch, M. L. (2019). The power of nothing: Risk preference in pigeons, but not people, is driven primarily by avoidance of zero outcomes. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, 45(4), 431-445. https://doi.org/10.1037/xan0000217

Both human and non-human animals regularly need to make choices where the outcomes of their actions are unpredictable or probabilistic in some way. These are often termed “risky” choices. Faced with uncertain rewards, people (Homo sapiens) and pigeon... Read More about The power of nothing: Risk preference in pigeons, but not people, is driven primarily by avoidance of zero outcomes.

Effectiveness of the method of loci is only minimally related to factors that should influence imagined navigation (2019)
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Caplan, J., Legge, E., Cheng, B., & MADAN, C. (2019). Effectiveness of the method of loci is only minimally related to factors that should influence imagined navigation. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 72(10), 2541-2553. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747021819858041

The method of loci is arguably the most famous mnemonic strategy and is highly effective for memorising lists of non-spatial information in order. As described and instructed, this strategy apparently relies on a spatial/navigational metaphor. The us... Read More about Effectiveness of the method of loci is only minimally related to factors that should influence imagined navigation.

Robust estimation of sulcal morphology (2019)
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Madan, C. R. (2019). Robust estimation of sulcal morphology. Brain Informatics, 6, Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40708-019-0098-1

While it is well established that cortical morphology differs in relation to a variety of inter-individual factors, it is often characterized using estimates of volume, thickness, surface area, or gyrification. Here we developed a computational appro... Read More about Robust estimation of sulcal morphology.

Data visualization for inference in tomographic brain imaging (2019)
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Pernet, C. R., Pernet, C., & Madan, C. R. (2020). Data visualization for inference in tomographic brain imaging. European Journal of Neuroscience, 51(3), 695-705. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.14430

Tomographic brain imaging has a rich iconography. Whilst figures are prepared for scientific communication (i.e., directed to other researchers) they also often end-up on magazine and journal covers (i.e., directed to a lay audience). Scientific figu... Read More about Data visualization for inference in tomographic brain imaging.

Reduced associative memory for negative information: impact of confidence and interactive imagery during study (2019)
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Caplan, J. B., Sommer, T., Madan, C. R., & Fujiwara, E. (2019). Reduced associative memory for negative information: impact of confidence and interactive imagery during study. Cognition and Emotion, 33(8), 1745-1753. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2019.1602028

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.

Value bias of verbal memory (2019)
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Caplan, J. B., Tomlinson, S. E., Chakravarty, S., Fujiwara, E., Madan, C., & Ober, I. (2019). Value bias of verbal memory. Journal of Memory and Language, 107, 25-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2019.03.005

© 2019 Elsevier Inc. A common finding is that items associated with higher reward value are subsequently remembered better than items associated with lower value. A confounding factor is that when a higher value stimuli is presented, this typically s... Read More about Value bias of verbal memory.

Boon, bias or bane? The potential influence of reviewer recommendations on editorial decision-making (2019)
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Tennant, J. P., Penders, B., Ross-Hellauer, T., Marušić, A., Squazzoni, F., Mackay, A. W., …Nicholas, D. (2019). Boon, bias or bane? The potential influence of reviewer recommendations on editorial decision-making. Journal: European Science Editing, 45(1), 2-5. https://doi.org/10.20316/ESE.2019.45.18013

No formal investigations have been conducted into the efficacy or potential influence of reviewer recommendations on editorial decisions, and the impact of this on the expectations and behaviour of authors, reviewers and journal editors. This article... Read More about Boon, bias or bane? The potential influence of reviewer recommendations on editorial decision-making.