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The Effects of Goal–Landmark Distance on Overshadowing: a Replication in Humans (Homo sapiens) of Goodyear and Kamil (2004) (2023)
Journal Article
Herrera, E., Austen, J. M., & Urcelay, G. P. (2023). The Effects of Goal–Landmark Distance on Overshadowing: a Replication in Humans (Homo sapiens) of Goodyear and Kamil (2004). Journal of Comparative Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1037/com0000362

Goodyear and Kamil (2004) assessed the ability of Clark’s nutcrackers to find buried food based on a cross-shaped array of landmarks at different distances from the goal. Their findings suggested that proximal landmarks overshadowed learning about di... Read More about The Effects of Goal–Landmark Distance on Overshadowing: a Replication in Humans (Homo sapiens) of Goodyear and Kamil (2004).

Home enrichment is associated with visual working memory function in preschoolers (2023)
Journal Article
Davidson, C., Caes, L., Shing, Y. L., McKay, C., Rafetseder, E., & Wijeakumar, S. (2024). Home enrichment is associated with visual working memory function in preschoolers. Mind, Brain, and Education, 18(1), 72-84. https://doi.org/10.1111/mbe.12383

Home enrichment plays an important role in shaping children's development. In the current study, we inquired whether home enrichment was associated with pre-schoolers' visual working memory (VWM) function, a critical cognitive system necessary for ma... Read More about Home enrichment is associated with visual working memory function in preschoolers.

The impact of spatial and verbal working memory load on semantic relatedness judgements (2023)
Journal Article
Khanzhyn, D., van Heuven, W. J. B., & Rataj, K. (2023). The impact of spatial and verbal working memory load on semantic relatedness judgements. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-023-02323-0

Studies using a relatedness judgement task have found differences between prime-target word pairs that vary in the degree of semantic relatedness. However, the influence of working memory load on semantic processing in this task and the role of the t... Read More about The impact of spatial and verbal working memory load on semantic relatedness judgements.

Warming up cool cooperators (2023)
Journal Article
Ferguson, E., Lawrence, C., Bowen, S., Gemelli, C. N., Rozsa, A., Niekrasz, K., …Davison, T. E. (2023). Warming up cool cooperators. Nature Human Behaviour, 7, 1917-1932. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01687-6

Explaining why someone repeats high-cost cooperation towards non-reciprocating strangers is difficult. Warm-glow offers an explanation. We argue that warm-glow, as a mechanism to sustain long-term cooperation, cools off over time but can be warmed up... Read More about Warming up cool cooperators.

The role of social status in sarcasm interpretation: evidence from the United Kingdom and China (2023)
Journal Article
Zhu, N., & Filik, R. (2023). The role of social status in sarcasm interpretation: evidence from the United Kingdom and China. Discourse Processes, https://doi.org/10.1080/0163853X.2023.2252695

We investigated the effect of culture and social status on sarcasm interpretation. Two hundred U.K. participants and 200 Chinese participants read scenarios in which the final comment could be either literal or sarcastic criticism and the speaker had... Read More about The role of social status in sarcasm interpretation: evidence from the United Kingdom and China.

3-2-1, action! A combined motor control-temporal reproduction task shows intentions, motions, and consequences alter time perception (2023)
Journal Article
Spapé, M. M., Serrien, D. J., & Ravaja, N. (2023). 3-2-1, action! A combined motor control-temporal reproduction task shows intentions, motions, and consequences alter time perception. Heliyon, 9(9), Article e19728. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19728

Time estimation is a necessary mechanism for most cognitive functions. Common theories of temporal cognition therefore position the sense of time as part of central cognitive processing, influenced by perception, memory, and affective state, and used... Read More about 3-2-1, action! A combined motor control-temporal reproduction task shows intentions, motions, and consequences alter time perception.

Energetically efficient learning in neuronal networks (2023)
Journal Article
Pache, A., & van Rossum, M. C. (2023). Energetically efficient learning in neuronal networks. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 83, Article 102779. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2023.102779

Human and animal experiments have shown that acquiring and storing information can require substantial amounts of metabolic energy. However, computational models of neural plasticity only seldom take this cost into account, and might thereby miss an... Read More about Energetically efficient learning in neuronal networks.

Perception and neurocognitive aging (2023)
Book Chapter
Allen, H. (in press). Perception and neurocognitive aging. In Encyclopedia of the Human Brain. (2). Elsevier

There are sensory changes and decline in all senses, although people are often more aware of the changes in vision and hearing than those in touch, smell and taste. In the first part of this article, I will summarize and discuss these changes. In the... Read More about Perception and neurocognitive aging.

LexMAL: A quick and reliable lexical test for Malay speakers (2023)
Journal Article
Lee, S. T., van Heuven, W. J. B., Price, J. M., & Leong, C. X. R. (2023). LexMAL: A quick and reliable lexical test for Malay speakers. Behavior Research Methods, https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-023-02202-5

Objective language proficiency measures have been found to provide better and more consistent estimates of bilinguals’ language processing than self-rated proficiency (e.g., Tomoschuk et al., 2019; Wen & van Heuven, 2017a). However, objectively measu... Read More about LexMAL: A quick and reliable lexical test for Malay speakers.

SUBTLEX-CY: A new word frequency database for Welsh (2023)
Journal Article
van Heuven, W. J. B., Payne, J. S., & Jones, M. W. (2023). SUBTLEX-CY: A new word frequency database for Welsh. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218231190315

We present SUBTLEX-CY, a new word frequency database created from a 32-million-word corpus of Welsh television subtitles. An experiment comprising a lexical decision task examined SUBTLEX-CY frequency estimates against words with inconsistent frequen... Read More about SUBTLEX-CY: A new word frequency database for Welsh.

Two-Dimensional Population Receptive Field Mapping of Human Primary Somatosensory Cortex (2023)
Journal Article
Asghar, M., Sanchez-Panchuelo, R., Schluppeck, D., & Francis, S. (2023). Two-Dimensional Population Receptive Field Mapping of Human Primary Somatosensory Cortex. Brain Topography, 36, 816-834. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10548-023-01000-8

Functional magnetic resonance imaging can provide detailed maps of how sensory space is mapped in the human brain. Here, we use a novel 16 stimulator setup (a 4 × 4 grid) to measure two-dimensional sensory maps of between and within-digit (D2–D4) spa... Read More about Two-Dimensional Population Receptive Field Mapping of Human Primary Somatosensory Cortex.

Further evidence for the role of temporal contiguity as a determinant of overshadowing (2023)
Journal Article
Alcala, J., Ogallar, P., Prados, J., & Urcelay, G. (2023). Further evidence for the role of temporal contiguity as a determinant of overshadowing. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218231197170

Three experiments explored whether weakening temporal contiguity between auditory cues and an aversive outcome attenuated cue-competition in an avoidance learning task with human participants. Overall, with strong temporal contiguity between auditory... Read More about Further evidence for the role of temporal contiguity as a determinant of overshadowing.

Attitudes to the use of animals in biomedical research: Effects of stigma and selected research project summaries (2023)
Journal Article
Cassaday, H. J., Cavenagh, L., Aluthgamage, H., Crooks, A., Bonardi, C., Stevenson, C. W., …Muir, C. (2023). Attitudes to the use of animals in biomedical research: Effects of stigma and selected research project summaries. PLoS ONE, 18(8), Article e0290232. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290232

Three groups of participants (largely recruited from the UK) completed a survey to examine attitudes to the use of animals in biomedical research, after reading the lay (N = 182) or technical (N = 201) summary of a research project, or no summary (N... Read More about Attitudes to the use of animals in biomedical research: Effects of stigma and selected research project summaries.

Schizotypy dimensions do not predict overshadowing (2023)
Journal Article
Quigley, M., Bradley, A., & Haselgrove, M. (2023). Schizotypy dimensions do not predict overshadowing. Behavioural Brain Research, 453, Article 114631. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2023.114631

When two cues are presented together and reliably predict an outcome (AB-O1) an “overshadowing” effect is typically observed. That is, the relationship between these cues and the outcome is learned about less well than a cue presented on its own with... Read More about Schizotypy dimensions do not predict overshadowing.

Artificial intelligence for diagnostic and prognostic neuroimaging in dementia: A systematic review (2023)
Journal Article
Borchert, R. J., Azevedo, T., Badhwar, A., Bernal, J., Betts, M., Bruffaerts, R., …Rittman, T. (2023). Artificial intelligence for diagnostic and prognostic neuroimaging in dementia: A systematic review. Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.13412

Introduction Artificial intelligence (AI) and neuroimaging offer new opportunities for diagnosis and prognosis of dementia. Methods We systematically reviewed studies reporting AI for neuroimaging in diagnosis and/or prognosis of cognitive neur... Read More about Artificial intelligence for diagnostic and prognostic neuroimaging in dementia: A systematic review.

Looking at Emotions to Understand Responses to Environmental Challenges (2023)
Journal Article
Clayton, S., & Ogunbode, C. (2023). Looking at Emotions to Understand Responses to Environmental Challenges. Emotion Review, 15(4), 275-278. https://doi.org/10.1177/17540739231193757

Emotions are keys to understanding the response to environmental problems. We discuss three important roles. First, emotions like worry, anxiety, pride and hope can motivate pro-environmental behaviour. Second, emotions are also consequences; the emo... Read More about Looking at Emotions to Understand Responses to Environmental Challenges.

‘Treat GTAs as colleagues, rather than spare parts’: the identity, agency, and wellbeing of graduate teaching assistants (2023)
Journal Article
Slack, H. R., & Pownall, M. (2023). ‘Treat GTAs as colleagues, rather than spare parts’: the identity, agency, and wellbeing of graduate teaching assistants. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 47(9), 1262-1275. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877x.2023.2241392

In recent years, the wellbeing of students and staff in Higher Education has received increased attention in pedagogical research. However, the experiences of Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs), or PhD researchers who teach alongside their doctoral... Read More about ‘Treat GTAs as colleagues, rather than spare parts’: the identity, agency, and wellbeing of graduate teaching assistants.

Improving Translational Relevance in Preclinical Psychopharmacology (iTRIPP) (2023)
Journal Article
Bailey, S. J., Bast, T., Chaby, L., Kinon, B. J., Harte, M. K., Mead, S., …Ajram, L. A. (2023). Improving Translational Relevance in Preclinical Psychopharmacology (iTRIPP). Journal of Psychopharmacology, 37(11), 1051-1057. https://doi.org/10.1177/02698811231182607

Animal models are important in preclinical psychopharmacology to study mechanisms and potential treatments for psychiatric disorders. A working group of 14 volunteers, comprising an international team of researchers from academia and industry, conven... Read More about Improving Translational Relevance in Preclinical Psychopharmacology (iTRIPP).

Handedness effects on imagery of dominant‐ versus non‐dominant‐hand movements: An electroencephalographic investigation (2023)
Journal Article
Lambert, K. J. M., Chen, Y. Y., Donoff, C., Elke, J., Madan, C. R., & Singhal, A. (2023). Handedness effects on imagery of dominant‐ versus non‐dominant‐hand movements: An electroencephalographic investigation. European Journal of Neuroscience, 58(5), 3286-3298. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.16096

Mental representations of our bodies are thought to influence how we interact with our surroundings. We can examine these mental representations through motor imagery, the imagination of movement using scalp EEG recordings. The visual modality of mot... Read More about Handedness effects on imagery of dominant‐ versus non‐dominant‐hand movements: An electroencephalographic investigation.