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Neural substrates of visual spatial coding and visual feedback control for hand movements in allocentric and target-directed tasks (2011)
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Thaler, L., & Goodale, M. (2011). Neural substrates of visual spatial coding and visual feedback control for hand movements in allocentric and target-directed tasks. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 5, Article 92. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2011.00092

Neuropsychological evidence suggests that different brain areas may be involved in movements that are directed at visual targets (e.g., pointing or reaching), and movements that are based on allocentric visual information (e.g., drawing or copying).... Read More about Neural substrates of visual spatial coding and visual feedback control for hand movements in allocentric and target-directed tasks.

Experience-dependent plasticity acts via GluR1 and a novel neuronal nitric oxide synthase-dependent synaptic mechanism in adult cortex (2011)
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Dachtler, J., Hardingham, N., Glazewski, S., Wright, N., Blain, E., & Fox, K. (2011). Experience-dependent plasticity acts via GluR1 and a novel neuronal nitric oxide synthase-dependent synaptic mechanism in adult cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 31(31), 11220-11230. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.1590-11.2011

Synaptic plasticity directs development of the nervous system and is thought to underlie memory storage in adult animals. A great deal of our current understanding of the role of AMPA receptors in synaptic plasticity comes from studies on developing... Read More about Experience-dependent plasticity acts via GluR1 and a novel neuronal nitric oxide synthase-dependent synaptic mechanism in adult cortex.

The involvement of posterior parietal cortex in feature and conjunction visuomotor search (2011)
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Lane, A., Smith, D., Schenk, T., & Ellison, A. (2011). The involvement of posterior parietal cortex in feature and conjunction visuomotor search. The Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23(8), 1964-1972. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn.2010.21576

Successful interaction with the environment often involves the identification and localization of a particular item. Right posterior parietal cortex (rPPC) is necessary for the successful completion of conjunction but not feature visual search, regar... Read More about The involvement of posterior parietal cortex in feature and conjunction visuomotor search.

Subarachnoid hemorrhage patients' fears of recurrence are related to the presence of posttraumatic stress disorder (2011)
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Noble, A., Baisch, S., Covey, J., Mukerji, N., Nath, F., & Schenk, T. (2011). Subarachnoid hemorrhage patients' fears of recurrence are related to the presence of posttraumatic stress disorder. Neurosurgery, 69(2), 323-333. https://doi.org/10.1227/neu.0b013e318216047e

BACKGROUND: Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) patients illustrate a chronic fear of recurrence. A third of patients develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after SAH, and PTSD after other conditions is associated with a more negative outlook on life... Read More about Subarachnoid hemorrhage patients' fears of recurrence are related to the presence of posttraumatic stress disorder.

Do Facial Expressions Develop before Birth? (2011)
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Reissland, N., Francis, B., Mason, J., & Lincoln, K. (2011). Do Facial Expressions Develop before Birth?. PLoS ONE, 6(8), Article e24081. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024081

Background: Fetal facial development is essential not only for postnatal bonding between parents and child, but also theoretically for the study of the origins of affect. However, how such movements become coordinated is poorly understood. 4-D ultras... Read More about Do Facial Expressions Develop before Birth?.

Separate encoding of model-based and model-free valuations in the human brain (2011)
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Beierholm, U. R., Anen, C., Quartz, S., & Bossaerts, P. (2011). Separate encoding of model-based and model-free valuations in the human brain. NeuroImage, 58(3), 955-962. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.06.071

Behavioral studies have long shown that humans solve problems in two ways, one intuitive and fast (System 1, model-free), and the other reflective and slow (System 2, model-based). The neurobiological basis of dual process problem solving remains unk... Read More about Separate encoding of model-based and model-free valuations in the human brain.

Spatial priming in visual search: memory for body-centred information (2011)
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Ball, K., Lane, A., Ellison, A., & Schenk, T. (2011). Spatial priming in visual search: memory for body-centred information. Experimental Brain Research, 212(3), 477-485. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-011-2754-4

Spatial priming allows memory for target locations to be evaluated, whereby when a target appears in the same location across trials, participants become more efficient at locating it and consequently their search times decrease. Previously, we repor... Read More about Spatial priming in visual search: memory for body-centred information.

The neuropsychology of face perception: Beyond simple dissociations and functional selectivity (2011)
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Atkinson, A., & Adolphs, R. (2011). The neuropsychology of face perception: Beyond simple dissociations and functional selectivity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 366(1571), 1726-1738. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0349

Face processing relies on a distributed, patchy network of cortical regions in the temporal and frontal lobes that respond disproportionately to face stimuli, other cortical regions that are not even primarily visual (such as somatosensory cortex), a... Read More about The neuropsychology of face perception: Beyond simple dissociations and functional selectivity.

The Specificity of Age-Related Decline in Interpretation of Emotion Cues From Prosody (2011)
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Mitchell, R., Kingston, R., & Boucas, S. (2011). The Specificity of Age-Related Decline in Interpretation of Emotion Cues From Prosody. Psychology and Aging, 26(2), 406-414. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021861

Older adults are not as good as younger adults at decoding prosodic emotions. We sought to determine the specificity of this finding. Performance of older and younger adults was compared on a prosodic emotion task, a “pure” prosodic emotion task, a l... Read More about The Specificity of Age-Related Decline in Interpretation of Emotion Cues From Prosody.

Type and token bigram frequencies for two-through nine-letter words and the prediction of anagram difficulty (2011)
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Knight, D., & Muncer, S. (2011). Type and token bigram frequencies for two-through nine-letter words and the prediction of anagram difficulty. Behavior Research Methods, 43(2), 491-498. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-011-0068-x

Recent research on anagram solution has produced two original findings. First, it has shown that a new bigram frequency measure called top rank, which is based on a comparison of summed bigram frequencies, is an important predictor of anagram difficu... Read More about Type and token bigram frequencies for two-through nine-letter words and the prediction of anagram difficulty.

Neural correlates of natural human echolocation in early and late blind echolocation experts (2011)
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Thaler, L., Arnott, S., & Goodale, M. (2011). Neural correlates of natural human echolocation in early and late blind echolocation experts. PLoS ONE, 6(5), Article e20162. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020162

Background: A small number of blind people are adept at echolocating silent objects simply by producing mouth clicks and listening to the returning echoes. Yet the neural architecture underlying this type of aid-free human echolocation has not been i... Read More about Neural correlates of natural human echolocation in early and late blind echolocation experts.

Downplaying a compromised social image: The effect of metastereotype valence on social identification (2011)
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Owuamalam, C. K., & Zagefka, H. (2011). Downplaying a compromised social image: The effect of metastereotype valence on social identification. European Journal of Social Psychology, 41(4), 528-537. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.805

This research examined the prediction that group members' levels of identification with the in-group would be influenced by the valence of salient metastereotypes. Specifically, we expected those group members who activate negative metastereotypes to... Read More about Downplaying a compromised social image: The effect of metastereotype valence on social identification.

Self-knowledge in childhood: Relations with children’s imaginary companions and understanding of mind (2011)
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Davis, P., Meins, E., & Fernyhough, C. (2011). Self-knowledge in childhood: Relations with children’s imaginary companions and understanding of mind. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 29(3), 680-686. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-835x.2011.02038.x

Relations between interior self-knowledge and (a) imaginary companion (IC) status, and (b) theory of mind abilities were investigated in a sample (N=80) of 4- to 7-year-olds. Interior self-knowledge was assessed in terms of the extent to which childr... Read More about Self-knowledge in childhood: Relations with children’s imaginary companions and understanding of mind.

Gender symmetry in intimate aggression: An effect of intimacy or target sex? (2011)
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Cross, C., Tee, W., & Campbell, A. (2011). Gender symmetry in intimate aggression: An effect of intimacy or target sex?. Aggressive Behavior, 37(3), 268-277. https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.20388

Men's greater use of direct aggression is not evident in studies of intimate partner aggression. In previous research, the effects of target sex and relationship intimacy have frequently been confounded. This study sought to examine these effects sep... Read More about Gender symmetry in intimate aggression: An effect of intimacy or target sex?.

Congenital Prosopagnosia: Multistage Anatomical and Functional Deficits in Face Processing Circuitry (2011)
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Dinkelacker, V., Grüter, M., Klaver, P., Grüter, T., Specht, K., Weis, S., …Fernandez, G. (2011). Congenital Prosopagnosia: Multistage Anatomical and Functional Deficits in Face Processing Circuitry. Journal of Neurology, 258(5), 770-782. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-010-5828-5

Face recognition is a primary social skill which depends on a distributed neural network. A pronounced face recognition deficit in the absence of any lesion is seen in congenital prosopagnosia. This study investigating 24 congenital prosopagnosic sub... Read More about Congenital Prosopagnosia: Multistage Anatomical and Functional Deficits in Face Processing Circuitry.

Bonobos Extract Meaning from Call Sequences (2011)
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Clay, Z., & Zuberbühler, K. (2011). Bonobos Extract Meaning from Call Sequences. PLoS ONE, 6(4), Article e18786. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018786

Studies on language-trained bonobos have revealed their remarkable abilities in representational and communication tasks. Surprisingly, however, corresponding research into their natural communication has largely been neglected. We address this issue... Read More about Bonobos Extract Meaning from Call Sequences.