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Domains, brains, and evolution (2001)
Book Chapter
Wheeler, M., & Atkinson, A. (2001). Domains, brains, and evolution. In D. Walsh (Ed.), Naturalism, evolution and mind (239-266). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511563843.012

Our aim in this paper is to do some conceptual spring-cleaning. Several prominent evolutionary psychologists have argued that the human cognitive architecture consists in a large number of domain-specific features, rather than, as dissenters claim, a... Read More about Domains, brains, and evolution.

Rethinking maternal sensitivity: Mothers' comments on infants' mental processes predict security of attachment at 12 months (2001)
Journal Article
Meins, E., Fernyhough, C., Fradley, E., & Tuckey, M. (2001). Rethinking maternal sensitivity: Mothers' comments on infants' mental processes predict security of attachment at 12 months. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 42(5), 637-648. https://doi.org/10.1111/1469-7610.00759

This study investigated predictors of attachment security in a play context using a sample of 71 mothers and their 6-month-old infants. We sought to rethink the concept of maternal sensitivity by focusing on mothers' ability accurately to read the me... Read More about Rethinking maternal sensitivity: Mothers' comments on infants' mental processes predict security of attachment at 12 months.

Crossed unilateral lesions of medial forebrain bundle and either inferior temporal or frontal cortex impair object recognition memory in Rhesus monkeys. (2001)
Journal Article
Easton, A., Parker, A., & Gaffan, D. (2001). Crossed unilateral lesions of medial forebrain bundle and either inferior temporal or frontal cortex impair object recognition memory in Rhesus monkeys. Behavioural Brain Research, 121(1-2), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0166-4328%2800%2900384-3

In monkeys, section of the fornix, amygdala and anterior temporal stem results in a severe anterograde amnesia. Immunolesions of the cholinergic cells of the basal forebrain suggest that this amnesia is a result of isolating the inferior temporal cor... Read More about Crossed unilateral lesions of medial forebrain bundle and either inferior temporal or frontal cortex impair object recognition memory in Rhesus monkeys..

Complementary localization and lateralization of orienting and motor attention (2001)
Journal Article
Rushworth, M., Ellison, A., & Walsh, V. (2001). Complementary localization and lateralization of orienting and motor attention. Nature Neuroscience, 4(6), 656-661. https://doi.org/10.1038/88492

It is widely agreed that the right posterior parietal cortex has a preeminent role in visuospatial and orienting attention. A number of lines of evidence suggest that although orienting and the preparation of oculomotor responses are dissociable from... Read More about Complementary localization and lateralization of orienting and motor attention.

People's preferences for safety control: Why does baseline risk matter? (2001)
Journal Article
Covey, J. (2001). People's preferences for safety control: Why does baseline risk matter?. Risk Analysis, 21(2), 331-340. https://doi.org/10.1111/0272-4332.212115

Previous tests of how people's valuations of safety vary with the level of baseline risk have left policymakers with a rather mixed message. Some data support the conventional hypothesis derived from economic theory that marginal valuations of risk c... Read More about People's preferences for safety control: Why does baseline risk matter?.

The role of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in studies of vision, attention and cognition (2001)
Journal Article
Stewart, L., Ellison, A., Walsh, V., & Cowey, A. (2001). The role of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in studies of vision, attention and cognition. Acta Psychologica, 107(1-3), 275-291. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0001-6918%2801%2900035-x

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can be conceptualized as a virtual lesion technique, capable of disrupting organized cortical activity, transiently and reversibly. The technique combines good spatial and temporal resolution and, moreover, bec... Read More about The role of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in studies of vision, attention and cognition.

Malnutrition and mental development: is there a sensitive period? A nested case-control study (2001)
Journal Article
Drewett, R., Wolke, D., Asefa, M., Kaba, M., & Tessema, F. (2001). Malnutrition and mental development: is there a sensitive period? A nested case-control study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 42(2), 181-187. https://doi.org/10.1111/1469-7610.00709

To examine the possibility that there is an early sensitive period for the effects of malnutrition on cognitive development, three groups of children (N = 197) were recruited from a birth cohort with known growth characteristics in south-west Ethiopi... Read More about Malnutrition and mental development: is there a sensitive period? A nested case-control study.

fMRI and cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia (2001)
Journal Article
Mitchell, R., Elliott, R., & Woodruff, P. (2001). fMRI and cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 5(2), 71-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1364-6613%2800%2901599-0

Despite being one of the most prevalent psychiatric conditions, SCHIZOPHRENIA is still poorly understood, with no clear objective biological marker. The advent of neuroimaging has enabled in vivo investigations to complement older techniques, and has... Read More about fMRI and cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia.