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Hippocampal synaptic plasticity, spatial memory and anxiety (2014)
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Bannerman, D. M., Sprengel, R., Sanderson, D. J., McHugh, S. B., Rawlins, J. N. P., Monyer, H., & Seeburg, P. H. (2014). Hippocampal synaptic plasticity, spatial memory and anxiety. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 15(3), 181-192. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn3677

Recent studies using transgenic mice lacking NMDA receptors in the hippocampus challenge the long-standing hypothesis that hippocampal long-term potentiation-like mechanisms underlie the encoding and storage of associative long-term spatial memories.... Read More about Hippocampal synaptic plasticity, spatial memory and anxiety.

Neural mechanisms underlying visual short-term memory gain for temporally distinct objects (2014)
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Ihssen, N., Linden, D., Miller, C., & Shapiro, K. (2015). Neural mechanisms underlying visual short-term memory gain for temporally distinct objects. Cerebral Cortex, 25(8), 2149-2159. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhu021

Recent research has shown that visual short-term memory (VSTM) can substantially be improved when the to-be-remembered objects are split in 2 half-arrays (i.e., sequenced) or the entire array is shown twice (i.e., repeated), rather than presented sim... Read More about Neural mechanisms underlying visual short-term memory gain for temporally distinct objects.

Fluency affects source memory for familiar names in younger and older adults: Evidence from event-related brain potentials (2014)
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Komes, J., Schweinberger, S., & Wiese, H. (2014). Fluency affects source memory for familiar names in younger and older adults: Evidence from event-related brain potentials. NeuroImage, 92, 90-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.02.009

A current debate in memory research is whether and how the access to source information depends not only on recollection, but on fluency-based processes as well. In three experiments, we used event-related brain potentials (ERPs) to examine influence... Read More about Fluency affects source memory for familiar names in younger and older adults: Evidence from event-related brain potentials.

Breastfeeding Duration and Early Parenting Behaviour: The Importance of an Infant-Led, Responsive Style (2014)
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Brown, A., & Arnott, B. (2014). Breastfeeding Duration and Early Parenting Behaviour: The Importance of an Infant-Led, Responsive Style. PLoS ONE, 9(2), Article e83893. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0083893

Background Popular parenting literature promotes different approaches to caring for infants, based around variations in the use of parent-led routines and promoting infant independence. However, there is little empirical evidence of how these early b... Read More about Breastfeeding Duration and Early Parenting Behaviour: The Importance of an Infant-Led, Responsive Style.

Sex and strife: post-conflict sexual contacts in bonobos. (2014)
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Clay, Z., & de Waal, F. B. (2015). Sex and strife: post-conflict sexual contacts in bonobos. Behaviour, 152(3-4), 313-334. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539x-00003155

Sexual contacts are thought to play an important role in regulating social tension in bonobos (Pan paniscus), and are especially common following aggressive conflicts, either between former opponents or involving bystanders. Nevertheless, research on... Read More about Sex and strife: post-conflict sexual contacts in bonobos..

Reducing Prejudice Through Mental Imagery: Notes on Replication, Interpretation, and Generalization. (2014)
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Crisp, R. J., & Birtel, M. D. (2014). Reducing Prejudice Through Mental Imagery: Notes on Replication, Interpretation, and Generalization. Psychological Science, 25(3), 840-841. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797613520169

Imagined intergroup contact (Crisp & Turner, 2009) is a new indirect contact strategy for promoting tolerance and more positive intergroup relations. McDonald, Donnellan, Lang, and Nikolajuk (2014) were unable to replicate the findings we obtained us... Read More about Reducing Prejudice Through Mental Imagery: Notes on Replication, Interpretation, and Generalization..

Boundary coding in the rat subiculum (2014)
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Stewart, S., Jeewajee, A., Wills, T., Burgess, N., & Lever, C. (2014). Boundary coding in the rat subiculum. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 369(1635), Article 20120514. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2012.0514

The spatial mapping function of the hippocampal formation is likely derived from two sets of information: one based on the external environment and the other based on self-motion. Here, we further characterize ‘boundary vector cells’ (BVCs) in the ra... Read More about Boundary coding in the rat subiculum.

Theta phase precession of grid and place cell firing in open environments (2014)
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Jeewajee, A., Barry, C., Douchamps, V., Manson, D., Lever, C., & Burgess, N. (2014). Theta phase precession of grid and place cell firing in open environments. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 369(1635), Article 20120532. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2012.0532

Place and grid cells in the rodent hippocampal formation tend to fire spikes at successively earlier phases relative to the local field potential theta rhythm as the animal runs through the cell's firing field on a linear track. However, this ‘phase... Read More about Theta phase precession of grid and place cell firing in open environments.

Weighted cue integration in the rodent head direction system (2014)
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Knight, R., Piette, C., Page, H., Walters, D., Marozzi, E., Nardini, M., …Jeffery, K. (2014). Weighted cue integration in the rodent head direction system. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 369(1635), Article 20120512. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2012.0512

How the brain combines information from different sensory modalities and of differing reliability is an important and still-unanswered question. Using the head direction (HD) system as a model, we explored the resolution of conflicts between landmark... Read More about Weighted cue integration in the rodent head direction system.

Imitating the child with autism: A strategy for early intervention? (2014)
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Lidstone, J., Uljarević, M., Kanaris, H., Mullis, J., Fasoli, L., & Leekam, S. (2014). Imitating the child with autism: A strategy for early intervention?. Autism-open access, 4(1), Article 124. https://doi.org/10.4172/2165-7890.1000124

Research indicates that imitation is a promising strategy for early intervention with children who have autism. Using a single case design we studied the effectiveness of an established imitation-based intervention, Intensive Interaction, for two 3-y... Read More about Imitating the child with autism: A strategy for early intervention?.

Menstrual cycle effects on selective attention and its underlying cortical networks (2014)
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Thimm, M., Weis, S., Hausmann, M., & Sturm, W. (2014). Menstrual cycle effects on selective attention and its underlying cortical networks. Neuroscience, 258, 307-317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.11.010

It was the aim of the present study to investigate menstrual cycle effects on selective attention and its underlying functional cerebral networks. Twenty-one healthy, right-handed, normally cycling women were investigated by means of functional magne... Read More about Menstrual cycle effects on selective attention and its underlying cortical networks.

Short-term memory affects color perception in context (2014)
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Olkkonen, M., & Allred, S. (2014). Short-term memory affects color perception in context. PLoS ONE, 9(1), Article e86488. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086488

Color-based object selection — for instance, looking for ripe tomatoes in the market — places demands on both perceptual and memory processes: it is necessary to form a stable perceptual estimate of surface color from a variable visual signal, as wel... Read More about Short-term memory affects color perception in context.

Is mind-mindedness trait-like or a quality of close relationships? Evidence from descriptions of significant others, famous people, and works of art (2014)
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Meins, E., Fernyhough, C., & Harris-Waller, J. (2014). Is mind-mindedness trait-like or a quality of close relationships? Evidence from descriptions of significant others, famous people, and works of art. Cognition, 130(3), 417-427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2013.11.009

The four studies reported here sought to explore the nature of the construct of mind-mindedness. In Study 1, involving 37 mothers of 5- to 8-year-old children, mothers’ verbal mind-minded descriptions of their children were positively correlated with... Read More about Is mind-mindedness trait-like or a quality of close relationships? Evidence from descriptions of significant others, famous people, and works of art.

Multi-Modal Use of a Socially Directed Call in Bonobos (2014)
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Genty, E., Clay, Z., Hobaiter, C., & Zuberbühler, K. (2014). Multi-Modal Use of a Socially Directed Call in Bonobos. PLoS ONE, 9(1), Article e84738. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084738

‘Contest hoots’ are acoustically complex vocalisations produced by adult and subadult male bonobos (Pan paniscus). These calls are often directed at specific individuals and regularly combined with gestures and other body signals. The aim of our stud... Read More about Multi-Modal Use of a Socially Directed Call in Bonobos.

Spatial attention can be allocated rapidly and in parallel to new visual objects (2014)
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Eimer, M., & Grubert, A. (2014). Spatial attention can be allocated rapidly and in parallel to new visual objects. Current Biology, 24(2), 193-198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2013.12.001

In real-life visual environments, where multiple objects compete for processing, new objects that require immediate attention often appear when attention is already focused elsewhere. The question of whether spatial attention can be directed independ... Read More about Spatial attention can be allocated rapidly and in parallel to new visual objects.

Effects of attractiveness on face memory separated from distinctiveness: Evidence from event-related brain potentials (2014)
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Wiese, H., Altmann, C., & Schweinberger, S. (2014). Effects of attractiveness on face memory separated from distinctiveness: Evidence from event-related brain potentials. Neuropsychologia, 56, 26-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.12.023

The present study examined effects of attractiveness on behavioral and event-related potential (ERP) correlates of face memory. Extending previous reports, we controlled for potential moderating effects of distinctiveness, a variable known to affect... Read More about Effects of attractiveness on face memory separated from distinctiveness: Evidence from event-related brain potentials.

How brain asymmetry relates to performance – a large scale dichotic listening study (2014)
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Hirnstein, M., Hugdahl, K., & Hausmann, M. (2014). How brain asymmetry relates to performance – a large scale dichotic listening study. Frontiers in Psychology, 4, Article 997. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00997

All major mental functions including language, spatial and emotional processing are lateralized but how strongly and to which hemisphere is subject to inter- and intraindividual variation. Relatively little, however, is known about how the degree and... Read More about How brain asymmetry relates to performance – a large scale dichotic listening study.

Evaluations of and reasoning about normative and deviant ingroup and outgroup members: development of the black sheep effect (2014)
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Abrams, D., Palmer, S., Rutland, A., Cameron, L., & Van de Vyver, J. (2014). Evaluations of and reasoning about normative and deviant ingroup and outgroup members: development of the black sheep effect. Developmental Psychology, 50(1), 258-270. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0032461

Research with adults has demonstrated a “black sheep effect” (BSE) whereby, relative to evaluations of normative group members, ingroup deviants are derogated more than outgroup deviants. The developmental subjective group dynamics (DSGD) model holds... Read More about Evaluations of and reasoning about normative and deviant ingroup and outgroup members: development of the black sheep effect.