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Oxytocin and human social behaviour (2010)
Journal Article
Campbell, A. (2010). Oxytocin and human social behaviour. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 14(3), 281-295. https://doi.org/10.1177/1088868310363594

Despite a general consensus that oxytocin (OT) has prosocial effects, there is no clear agreement on how these effects are achieved. Human research on OT is reviewed under three broad research initiatives: attachment and trust, social memory, and fea... Read More about Oxytocin and human social behaviour.

A body-centred frame of reference drives spatial priming in visual search (2010)
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Ball, K., Smith, D., Ellison, A., & Schenk, T. (2010). A body-centred frame of reference drives spatial priming in visual search. Experimental Brain Research, 204(4), 585-594. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-010-2327-y

Spatial priming in visual search is a well-documented phenomenon. If the target of a visual search is presented at the same location in subsequent trials, the time taken to find the target at this repeated target location is significantly reduced. Pr... Read More about A body-centred frame of reference drives spatial priming in visual search.

Functional magnetic resonance imaging reveals the neural substrates of arm transport and grip formation in reach-to-grasp actions in humans (2010)
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Cavina-Pratesi, C., Monaco, S., Fattori, P., Galletti, C., McAdam, T., Quinlan, D., …Culham, J. (2010). Functional magnetic resonance imaging reveals the neural substrates of arm transport and grip formation in reach-to-grasp actions in humans. Journal of Neuroscience, 30(31), 10306-10323. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.2023-10.2010

Picking up a cup requires transporting the arm to the cup (transport component) and preshaping the hand appropriately to grasp the handle (grip component). Here, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging to examine the human neural substrates of... Read More about Functional magnetic resonance imaging reveals the neural substrates of arm transport and grip formation in reach-to-grasp actions in humans.

Evidence from visuomotor adaptation for two partially independent visuomotor systems (2010)
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Thaler, L., & Todd, J. (2010). Evidence from visuomotor adaptation for two partially independent visuomotor systems. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 36(4), 924-935. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0017603

Visual information can specify spatial layout with respect to the observer (egocentric) or with respect to an external frame of reference (allocentric). People can use both of these types of visual spatial information to guide their hands. The questi... Read More about Evidence from visuomotor adaptation for two partially independent visuomotor systems.

Interactions between "light-from-above" and convexity priors in visual development (2010)
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Thomas, R., Nardini, M., & Mareschal, D. (2010). Interactions between "light-from-above" and convexity priors in visual development. Journal of Vision, 10(8), https://doi.org/10.1167/10.8.6

Having a prior assumption about where light originates can disambiguate perceptual scenarios. Previous studies have reported that adult observers use a “light-from-above” prior as well as a convexity prior to constrain perception of shape from shadin... Read More about Interactions between "light-from-above" and convexity priors in visual development.

Feeling socially powerless makes you more prone to bumping into things on the right and induces leftward line bisection error (2010)
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Wilkinson, D., Guinote, A., Weick, M., Molinari, R., & Graham, K. (2010). Feeling socially powerless makes you more prone to bumping into things on the right and induces leftward line bisection error. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 17(6), 910-914. https://doi.org/10.3758/pbr.17.6.910

Social power affects the manner in which people view themselves and act toward others, a finding that has attracted broad interest from the social and political sciences. However, there has been little interest from those within cognitive neuroscienc... Read More about Feeling socially powerless makes you more prone to bumping into things on the right and induces leftward line bisection error.

Hormonal effects on the plasticity of cognitive brain functions (2010)
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Hausmann, M. (2010). Hormonal effects on the plasticity of cognitive brain functions. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science, 1(4), 607-612. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.21

Sex hormones have powerful neuronal actions in the brain and affect the interaction between functionally linked cortical areas within and across cerebral hemispheres, probably via their neuromodulatory properties on gamma-aminobutyric acid and glutam... Read More about Hormonal effects on the plasticity of cognitive brain functions.

Supramodal representations of perceived emotions in the human brain (2010)
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Peelen, M., Atkinson, A., & Vuilleumier, P. (2010). Supramodal representations of perceived emotions in the human brain. Journal of Neuroscience, 30(30), 10127-10134. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.2161-10.2010

Basic emotional states (such as anger, fear, and joy) can be similarly conveyed by the face, the body, and the voice. Are there human brain regions that represent these emotional mental states regardless of the sensory cues from which they are percei... Read More about Supramodal representations of perceived emotions in the human brain.