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Health specific traits beyond the Five Factor Model, cognitive processes and trait expression: replies to Watson (2012), Matthews (2012) and Haslam, Jetten, Reynolds, and Reicher (2012) (2013)
Journal Article
Ferguson, E., Ward, J. W., Skatova, A., Cassaday, H. J., Bibby, P. A., & Lawrence, C. (2013). Health specific traits beyond the Five Factor Model, cognitive processes and trait expression: replies to Watson (2012), Matthews (2012) and Haslam, Jetten, Reynolds, and Reicher (2012). Health Psychology Review, 7(Supple), Article S85-S103. https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2012.701061

In this article we reply to the issues raised by the three commentaries on Ferguson's (2012) article. Watson argues that the four traits identified by Ferguson (2012) – health anxiety, alexithymia, empathy and Type D – do not lie outside the Five Fac... Read More about Health specific traits beyond the Five Factor Model, cognitive processes and trait expression: replies to Watson (2012), Matthews (2012) and Haslam, Jetten, Reynolds, and Reicher (2012).

Dopamine D1 receptor involvement in latent inhibition and overshadowing (2012)
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Nelson, A. J., Thur, K. E., & Cassaday, H. J. (2012). Dopamine D1 receptor involvement in latent inhibition and overshadowing. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 15(10), https://doi.org/10.1017/S1461145711001751

Latent inhibition (LI) manifests as poorer conditioning to a stimulus that has previously been experienced without consequence. There is good evidence of dopaminergic modulation of LI, as the e?ect is reliably disrupted by the indirect dopamine (DA... Read More about Dopamine D1 receptor involvement in latent inhibition and overshadowing.

When to hold that thought: an experimental study showing reduced inhibition of pre-trained associations in schizophrenia (2012)
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He, Z., Cassaday, H. J., Park, S. B. G., & Bonardi, C. (2012). When to hold that thought: an experimental study showing reduced inhibition of pre-trained associations in schizophrenia. PLoS ONE, 7(7), Article e42175. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042175

Schizophrenia encompasses a wide variety of cognitive dysfunctions, a number of which can be understood as deficits of inhibition. To date, no research has examined ‘conditioned inhibition’ in schizophrenia - the ability of a stimulus that signals th... Read More about When to hold that thought: an experimental study showing reduced inhibition of pre-trained associations in schizophrenia.

Opposing effects of 5,7-DHT lesions to the core and shell of the nucleus accumbens on the processing of irrelevant stimuli (2012)
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Nelson, A. J., Thur, K. E., Marsden, C. A., & Cassaday, H. J. (2012). Opposing effects of 5,7-DHT lesions to the core and shell of the nucleus accumbens on the processing of irrelevant stimuli. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 15(4), https://doi.org/10.1017/S1461145711000599

There is good evidence that forebrain serotonergic systems modulate cognitive flexibility. Latent inhibition (LI) is a cross-species phenomenon which manifests as poor conditioning to a stimulus that has previously been experienced without consequenc... Read More about Opposing effects of 5,7-DHT lesions to the core and shell of the nucleus accumbens on the processing of irrelevant stimuli.

Dopamine in nucleus accumbens: salience modulation in latent inhibition and overshadowing (2012)
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Nelson, A. J., Thur, K. E., Marsden, C., & Cassaday, H. J. (2012). Dopamine in nucleus accumbens: salience modulation in latent inhibition and overshadowing. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 25(12), https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881110389211

Latent inhibition (LI) is demonstrated when non-reinforced pre-exposure to a to-be-conditioned stimulus retards later learning. Learning is similarly retarded in overshadowing, in this case using the relative intensity of competing cues to manipulate... Read More about Dopamine in nucleus accumbens: salience modulation in latent inhibition and overshadowing.

A clozapine-like effect of cyproheptadine on progressive ratio schedule performance (2011)
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Olarte-Sánchez, C., Valencia Torres, L., Cassaday, H. J., Body, S., Bradshaw, C., Szabadi, E., & Goudie, A. (2012). A clozapine-like effect of cyproheptadine on progressive ratio schedule performance. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 26(6), 857-870. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881111408961

The atypical antipsychotic drug clozapine has multiple pharmacological actions, some of which, including 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT2) and histamine (H1) receptor antagonist effects, are shared by the non-selective 5-HT receptor antagonist cyproheptadi... Read More about A clozapine-like effect of cyproheptadine on progressive ratio schedule performance.

Catecholaminergic depletion in nucleus accumbens enhances trace conditioning (2011)
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Nelson, A. J., Thur, K. E., Spicer, C., Marsden, C., & Cassaday, H. J. (2011). Catecholaminergic depletion in nucleus accumbens enhances trace conditioning. Advances in Medical Sciences, 56(1), https://doi.org/10.2478/v10039-011-0014-2

Purpose: To examine the effect of dopamine depletion in nucleus accumbens on trace conditioning; to distinguish the role of core and shell sub-regions, as far as possible. Material/Methods: 6-hydroxydopamine was used to lesion dopamine terminals with... Read More about Catecholaminergic depletion in nucleus accumbens enhances trace conditioning.

The effect of catecholaminergic depletion within the prelimbic and infralimbic medial prefrontal cortex on recognition memory for recency, location, and objects (2011)
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Nelson, A. J., Cooper, M. T., Thur, K. E., Marsden, C. A., & Cassaday, H. J. (2011). The effect of catecholaminergic depletion within the prelimbic and infralimbic medial prefrontal cortex on recognition memory for recency, location, and objects. Behavioral Neuroscience, 125(3), https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023337

There is good evidence that the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is involved in different aspects of recognition memory. However, the mPFC is a heterogeneous structure, and the contribution of the prelimbic (PL) and infralimbic (IL) cortices to recogn... Read More about The effect of catecholaminergic depletion within the prelimbic and infralimbic medial prefrontal cortex on recognition memory for recency, location, and objects.

Reduced dopamine function within the medial shell of the nucleus accumbens enhances latent inhibition (2011)
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Nelson, A. J., Thur, K. E., Horsley, R., Spicer, C., Marsden, C., & Cassaday, H. J. (2011). Reduced dopamine function within the medial shell of the nucleus accumbens enhances latent inhibition. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 98(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbb.2010.11.025

Latent inhibition (LI) manifests as poorer conditioning to a CS that has previously been presented without consequence. There is some evidence that LI can be potentiated by reduced mesoaccumbal dopamine (DA) function but the locus within the nucleus... Read More about Reduced dopamine function within the medial shell of the nucleus accumbens enhances latent inhibition.

Impaired Pavlovian conditioned inhibition in offenders with personality disorders (2011)
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He, Z., Cassaday, H. J., Howard, R. C., Khalifa, N., & Bonardi, C. (2011). Impaired Pavlovian conditioned inhibition in offenders with personality disorders. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 64(12), https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2011.616933

Certain types of violent offending are often accompanied by evidence of personality disorders (PDs), a range of heterogeneous conditions characterised by disinhibited behaviours that are generally described as impulsive. The tasks previously used to... Read More about Impaired Pavlovian conditioned inhibition in offenders with personality disorders.

Associative learning in ADHD: improved expression under methylphenidate (2011)
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Kantini, E., Cassaday, H. J., Batty, M. J., Hollis, C., & Jackson, G. M. (2011). Associative learning in ADHD: improved expression under methylphenidate. Open Journal of Psychiatry, 1(2), https://doi.org/10.4236/ojpsych.2011.12004

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is characterised by developmentally inappropriate levels of inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity. As might be expected of a disorder in which inhibitory deficits form part of the diagnostic criter... Read More about Associative learning in ADHD: improved expression under methylphenidate.

The normal inhibition of associations is impaired by clonidine in Tourette syndrome (2011)
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Kantini, E., Cassaday, H. J., Hollis, C., & Jackson, G. M. (2011). The normal inhibition of associations is impaired by clonidine in Tourette syndrome. Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry = Journal de l'Academie canadienne de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent, 20(2),

Objective: We examined the inhibition of stimulus-stimulus associations (formally ‘conditioned inhibition’) in Tourette syndrome (TS). Method: The present study used video game style conditioned inhibition procedures suitable for children and adolesc... Read More about The normal inhibition of associations is impaired by clonidine in Tourette syndrome.

Dissociable roles of dopamine within the core and medial shell of the nucleus accumbens in memory for objects and place (2010)
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Nelson, A. J., Thur, K. E., Marsden, C. A., & Cassaday, H. J. (2010). Dissociable roles of dopamine within the core and medial shell of the nucleus accumbens in memory for objects and place. Behavioral Neuroscience, 124(6), https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021114

There is increasing focus on the role of the nucleus accumbens (NAc) in learning and memory, but there is little consensus as to how the core and medial shell subregions of the NAc contribute to these processes. In the current experiments, we used sp... Read More about Dissociable roles of dopamine within the core and medial shell of the nucleus accumbens in memory for objects and place.

Catecholaminergic depletion within the prelimbic medial prefrontal cortex enhances latent inhibition (2010)
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Nelson, A. J., Thur, K. E., Marsden, C., & Cassaday, H. J. (2010). Catecholaminergic depletion within the prelimbic medial prefrontal cortex enhances latent inhibition. Neuroscience, 170(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.06.066

Latent inhibition (LI) refers to the reduction in conditioning to a stimulus that has received repeated non-reinforced pre-exposure. Investigations into the neural substrates of LI have focused on the nucleus accumbens (NAc) and its inputs from the h... Read More about Catecholaminergic depletion within the prelimbic medial prefrontal cortex enhances latent inhibition.

Corticosterone differences rather than social housing predict performance of T-maze alternation in male CD-1 mice (2009)
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Fitchett, A. E., Barnard, C. J., & Cassaday, H. J. (2009). Corticosterone differences rather than social housing predict performance of T-maze alternation in male CD-1 mice. Animal Welfare Journal, 18(1),

This study examined the effects of social housing manipulations on body weight, corticosterone levels, and performance of T-maze alternation in male CD-1 mice. Males that adopted a dominant social rank were heavier than those that adopted a subordina... Read More about Corticosterone differences rather than social housing predict performance of T-maze alternation in male CD-1 mice.

There’s no place like home: cage odours and place preference in subordinate CD-1 male mice (2006)
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Fitchett, A. E., Barnard, C. J., & Cassaday, H. J. (2006). There’s no place like home: cage odours and place preference in subordinate CD-1 male mice. Physiology and Behavior, 87(5), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.02.010

Prior studies using mice have shown that scent marks are an important source of information and can cause behavioural changes in other individuals. Studies have also shown that scent marks in the environment can affect the outcome of social interacti... Read More about There’s no place like home: cage odours and place preference in subordinate CD-1 male mice.

What’s special about the ethical challenges of studying disorders with altered brain activity?
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Cassaday, H. J. What’s special about the ethical challenges of studying disorders with altered brain activity?. In G. Lee, J. Illes, & F. Ohl (Eds.), Ethical issues in behavioral neuroscience. Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/7854_2014_333

Where there is no viable alternative, studies of neuronal activity are conducted on animals. The use of animals, particularly for invasive studies of the brain, raises a number of ethical issues. Practical or normative ethics are enforced by legislat... Read More about What’s special about the ethical challenges of studying disorders with altered brain activity?.

Effects of SKF-83566 and haloperidol on performance on progressive ratio schedules maintained by sucrose and corn oil reinforcement: quantitative analysis using a new model derived from the Mathematical Principles of Reinforcement (MPR)
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Olarte-Sánchez, C., Valencia-Torres, L., Cassaday, H. J., Bradshaw, C., & Szabadi, E. Effects of SKF-83566 and haloperidol on performance on progressive ratio schedules maintained by sucrose and corn oil reinforcement: quantitative analysis using a new model derived from the Mathematical Principles of Reinforcement (MPR). Psychopharmacology, 230(4), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-013-3189-3

Rationale Mathematical models can assist the interpretation of the effects of interventions on schedule-controlled behaviour and help to differentiate between processes that may be confounded in traditional performance measures such as response rate... Read More about Effects of SKF-83566 and haloperidol on performance on progressive ratio schedules maintained by sucrose and corn oil reinforcement: quantitative analysis using a new model derived from the Mathematical Principles of Reinforcement (MPR).

Effect of orexin-B-saporin-induced lesions of the lateral hypothalamus on performance on a progressive ratio schedule
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Olarte-Sánchez, C., Valencia Torres, L., Body, S., Cassaday, H. J., Bradshaw, C., & Szabadi, E. Effect of orexin-B-saporin-induced lesions of the lateral hypothalamus on performance on a progressive ratio schedule. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 26(6), https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881111409607

It has been suggested that a sub-population of orexinergic neurones whose somata lie in the lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) play an important role in regulating the reinforcing value of both food and drugs. This experiment examined the effect of disr... Read More about Effect of orexin-B-saporin-induced lesions of the lateral hypothalamus on performance on a progressive ratio schedule.