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The role of the eye region for neural correlates of familiar face recognition: The N250r reveals no evidence for eye-centred face representations (2023)
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Quinn, B. P., Popova, T., Green, P. C., Talfourd-Cook, R., & Wiese, H. (2023). The role of the eye region for neural correlates of familiar face recognition: The N250r reveals no evidence for eye-centred face representations. Visual Cognition, 31(7), 501-519. https://doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2024.2315787

Humans recognize familiar faces highly accurately. However, it is unclear precisely what information is stored in the underlying long-term face representations. While some have emphaszsed the importance of the eye region, other evidence has shown tha... Read More about The role of the eye region for neural correlates of familiar face recognition: The N250r reveals no evidence for eye-centred face representations.

Precision in spatial working memory examined with mouse pointing (2023)
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McAteer, S. M., McAteer, S. M., McGregor, A., Smith, D. T., & Smith, D. T. (2024). Precision in spatial working memory examined with mouse pointing. Vision Research, 215, Article 108343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2023.108343

The capacity of visuospatial working memory (VSWM) is limited. However, there is continued debate surrounding the nature of this capacity limitation. The resource model (Bays et al., 2009) proposes that VSWM capacity is limited by the precision with... Read More about Precision in spatial working memory examined with mouse pointing.

Recommendations for a better understanding of sex and gender in neuroscience of mental health (2023)
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Wierenga, L. M., Ruigrok, A., Aksnes, E. R., Barth, C., Beck, D., Burke, S., …Bos, M. G. N. (2024). Recommendations for a better understanding of sex and gender in neuroscience of mental health. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science, 4(2), Article 100283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsgos.2023.100283

There are prominent sex/gender differences in the prevalence, expression and lifespan course of mental health and neurodiverse conditions. Yet the underlying sex and gender related mechanisms and their interactions are still not fully understood. Thi... Read More about Recommendations for a better understanding of sex and gender in neuroscience of mental health.

How, when, and why is social class linked to mental health and wellbeing? A systematic meta-review. (2023)
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Dougall, I., Vasiljevic, M., Wright, J. D., & Weick, M. (2024). How, when, and why is social class linked to mental health and wellbeing? A systematic meta-review. Social Science & Medicine, 343, Article 116542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116542

Rationale: Meta-reviews synthesising research on social class and mental health and wellbeing are currently limited and focused on specific facets of social class (e.g., social capital) or mental health and wellbeing (e.g., mental health disorders),... Read More about How, when, and why is social class linked to mental health and wellbeing? A systematic meta-review..

Comparing social perceptions of culturally emic protagonists using the Stereotype Content Model: A scale development and adaption process across four languages and eight countries (2023)
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Schemmerling, M., Friehs, M., Kotzur, P. F., Bastias, F., De Keersmaecker, J., Macedo, F. G., …Boehnke, K. (2023). Comparing social perceptions of culturally emic protagonists using the Stereotype Content Model: A scale development and adaption process across four languages and eight countries. Psychological Test Adaptation and Development, 4(1), 350-362. https://doi.org/10.1027/2698-1866/a000067

Cross-cultural comparisons are often based on a single itemset that is used in several cultures and languages being translated semantically correct. In contrast, a new, emic, approach measures the same construct with individually created items for ea... Read More about Comparing social perceptions of culturally emic protagonists using the Stereotype Content Model: A scale development and adaption process across four languages and eight countries.

Knockout of NMDARs in CA1 and dentate gyrus fails to impair temporal control of conditioned behaviour in mice (2023)
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Strickland, J., Austen, J., Sprengel, R., & Sanderson, D. (2024). Knockout of NMDARs in CA1 and dentate gyrus fails to impair temporal control of conditioned behaviour in mice. Hippocampus, 34(3), 126-140. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.23593

The hippocampus has been implicated in temporal learning. Plasticity within the hippocampus requires NMDA receptor-dependent glutamatergic neurotransmission. We tested the prediction that hippocampal NMDA receptors are required for learning about tim... Read More about Knockout of NMDARs in CA1 and dentate gyrus fails to impair temporal control of conditioned behaviour in mice.

A Scoping Review of the Effects of Ambient Air Quality on Cognitive Frailty (2023)
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Hodgson, J. R., Benkowitz, C., Castellani, B. C., Ellison, A., Yassaie, R., Twohig, H., …Fowler-Davis, S. (2024). A Scoping Review of the Effects of Ambient Air Quality on Cognitive Frailty. Environments, 11(1), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments11010004

Environmental and public health research has given considerable attention to the impact of air quality on brain health, with systematic reviews being widespread. No literature review has been conducted for cognitive frailty—a multidimensional syndrom... Read More about A Scoping Review of the Effects of Ambient Air Quality on Cognitive Frailty.

Conceptual replication and extension of health behavior theories' predictions in the context of COVID‐19: Evidence across countries and over time (2023)
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Abakoumkin, G., Tseliou, E., McCabe, K. O., Lemay, E. P., Stroebe, W., Agostini, M., …Leander, N. P. (2024). Conceptual replication and extension of health behavior theories' predictions in the context of COVID‐19: Evidence across countries and over time. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 18(2), Article e12909. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12909

Virus mitigation behavior has been and still is a powerful means to fight the COVID-19 pandemic irrespective of the availability of pharmaceutical means (e.g., vaccines). We drew on health behavior theories to predict health-protective (coping-specif... Read More about Conceptual replication and extension of health behavior theories' predictions in the context of COVID‐19: Evidence across countries and over time.

Validation of a Latin-American Spanish version of the Body Esteem Scale for Adolescents and Adults (BESAA-LA) in Colombian and Nicaraguan adults (2023)
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Andres, F. E., Thornborrow, T., Bowie, W. N., Chamorro, A. M., De la Rosa, G., Evans, E. H., …Boothroyd, L. G. (2023). Validation of a Latin-American Spanish version of the Body Esteem Scale for Adolescents and Adults (BESAA-LA) in Colombian and Nicaraguan adults. Journal of eating disorders, 11(1), Article 219. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-023-00942-5

Background: Body dissatisfaction (BD) is a growing concern in Latin America; reliable and culturally appropriate scales are necessary to support body image research in Spanish speaking Latin American countries. We sought to validate a Latin-American... Read More about Validation of a Latin-American Spanish version of the Body Esteem Scale for Adolescents and Adults (BESAA-LA) in Colombian and Nicaraguan adults.

Experience sampling reveals the role that covert goal states play in task-relevant behavior (2023)
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Mckeown, B., Strawson, W. H., Zhang, M., Turnbull, A., Konu, D., Karapanagiotidis, T., …Smallwood, J. (2023). Experience sampling reveals the role that covert goal states play in task-relevant behavior. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 21710. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48857-0

Cognitive neuroscience has gained insight into covert states using experience sampling. Traditionally, this approach has focused on off-task states. However, task-relevant states are also maintained via covert processes. Our study examined whether ex... Read More about Experience sampling reveals the role that covert goal states play in task-relevant behavior.

Balance between solitude and socializing: everyday solitude time both benefits and harms well-being (2023)
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Weinstein, N., Vuorre, M., Adams, M., & Nguyen, T. (2023). Balance between solitude and socializing: everyday solitude time both benefits and harms well-being. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 21160. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-44507-7

Two literatures argue that time alone is harmful (i.e., isolation) and valuable (i.e., positive solitude). We explored whether people benefit from a balance between their daily solitude and social time, such that having ‘right’ quantities of both max... Read More about Balance between solitude and socializing: everyday solitude time both benefits and harms well-being.

Lifelong learning of cognitive styles for physical problem-solving: The effect of embodied experience (2023)
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Allen, K. R., Smith, K. A., Bird, L., Tenenbaum, J. B., Makin, T. R., & Cowie, D. (2023). Lifelong learning of cognitive styles for physical problem-solving: The effect of embodied experience. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-023-02400-4

‘Embodied cognition’ suggests that our bodily experiences broadly shape our cognitive capabilities. We study how embodied experience affects the abstract physical problem-solving styles people use in a virtual task where embodiment does not affect ac... Read More about Lifelong learning of cognitive styles for physical problem-solving: The effect of embodied experience.

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Autism: A Meta-Analysis. (2023)
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Hartley, G., Sirois, F., Purrington, J., & Rabey, Y. (2023). Adverse Childhood Experiences and Autism: A Meta-Analysis. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380231213314

Evidence suggests that autistic children have a higher probability of experiencing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) compared to their non-autistic peers. This meta-analysis (PROSPERO: CRD42022262635) aimed to quantify the association of autism an... Read More about Adverse Childhood Experiences and Autism: A Meta-Analysis..

Incidental visual processing of spatiotemporal cues in communicative interactions: An fMRI investigation (2023)
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Atkinson, A. P., & Vuong, Q. C. (2023). Incidental visual processing of spatiotemporal cues in communicative interactions: An fMRI investigation. Imaging Neuroscience, https://doi.org/10.1162/imag_a_00048

The interpretation of social interactions between people is important in many daily situations. The coordination of the relative body movements between them may provide visual cues that observers use without attention to discriminate such social inte... Read More about Incidental visual processing of spatiotemporal cues in communicative interactions: An fMRI investigation.

Group-specific expressions of co-feeding tolerance in bonobos and chimpanzees preclude dichotomous species generalizations (2023)
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van Leeuwen, E. J., Staes, N., Brooker, J. S., Kordon, S., Nolte, S., Clay, Z., …Stevens, J. M. (2023). Group-specific expressions of co-feeding tolerance in bonobos and chimpanzees preclude dichotomous species generalizations. iScience, 26(12), Article 108528. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.108528

Bonobos are typically portrayed as more socially tolerant than chimpanzees, yet the current evidence supporting such a species-level categorization is equivocal. Here, we used validated group-level co-feeding assays to systematical... Read More about Group-specific expressions of co-feeding tolerance in bonobos and chimpanzees preclude dichotomous species generalizations.

Understanding the Patterns of Hate Incidents and Reporting Attitudes at a UK University (2023)
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Siddiqui, N., Towl, G., Matthewson, J., & Earnshaw, M. (2023). Understanding the Patterns of Hate Incidents and Reporting Attitudes at a UK University. Qeios, https://doi.org/10.32388/D3PO6I

Widening participation, through diversity and inclusion, has become a major goal to achieve in UK Higher Education, with the potential of the most able, rather than simply the socially advantaged, attending university. Addressing challenges of racism... Read More about Understanding the Patterns of Hate Incidents and Reporting Attitudes at a UK University.

Restricting social networking site use for one week produces varied effects on mood but does not increase explicit or implicit desires to use SNSs: Findings from an ecological momentary assessment study (2023)
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Wadsley, M., & Ihssen, N. (2023). Restricting social networking site use for one week produces varied effects on mood but does not increase explicit or implicit desires to use SNSs: Findings from an ecological momentary assessment study. PLoS ONE, 18(11), Article e0293467. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293467

Recent research on the addictive potential of modern technologies such as the internet, smartphones, or social networking sites (SNSs) has suggested that emotional and motivational changes associated with the sudden discontinuation of engagement with... Read More about Restricting social networking site use for one week produces varied effects on mood but does not increase explicit or implicit desires to use SNSs: Findings from an ecological momentary assessment study.