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2011
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The Emergence of Perceived Position in the Visual System
■ Representing object position is one of the most critical functions of the visual system, but this task is not as simple as reading off an objectʼs retinal coordinates. A rich...
Jason Fischer, Nicole Spotswood, David Whitney
JOCN
2011
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Brain Structure in Young and Old East Asians and Westerners: Comparisons of Structural Volume and Cortical Thickness
■ There is an emergent literature suggesting that East Asians and Westerners differ in cognitive processes because of cultural biases to process information holistically (East A...
Michael Wei Liang Chee, Hui Zheng, Joshua Oon Soo ...
JOCN
2011
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ERP Correlates of Word Production before and after Stroke in an Aphasic Patient
■ Changes in brain activity characterizing impaired speech production after brain damage have usually been investigated by comparing aphasic speakers with healthy subjects becau...
Marina Laganaro, Stéphanie Morand, Christop...
JOCN
2011
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Right Hemisphere Dominance in Visual Statistical Learning
■ Several studies report a right hemisphere advantage for visuospatial integration and a left hemisphere advantage for inferring conceptual knowledge from patterns of covariatio...
Matthew E. Roser, József Fiser, Richard N. ...
JOCN
2011
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Picture Superiority Doubly Dissociates the ERP Correlates of Recollection and Familiarity
■ Two experiments investigated the processes underlying the picture superiority effect on recognition memory. Studied pictures were associated with higher accuracy than studied ...
Tim Curran, Jeanne Doyle
JOCN
2011
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Differential Hemodynamic Response in Affective Circuitry with Aging: An fMRI Study of Novelty, Valence, and Arousal
■ Emerging evidence indicates that stimulus novelty is affectively potent and reliably engages the amygdala and other portions of the affective workspace in the brain. Using fun...
Yoshiya Moriguchi, Alyson Negreira, Mariann Weieri...
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2011
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Establishing Causal Coherence across Sentences: An ERP Study
■ This study examined neural activity associated with establishing causal relationships across sentences during on-line comprehension. ERPs were measured while participants read...
Gina R. Kuperberg, Martin Paczynski, Tali Ditman
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2011
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An fMRI Investigation of Attributing Negative Social Treatment to Racial Discrimination
■ We used fMRI to examine the neural responses that occur during experiences of perceived racial discrimination. Previous neuroimaging studies have focused exclusively on the pr...
Carrie L. Masten, Eva H. Telzer, Naomi I. Eisenber...
JOCN
2011
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Medial Prefrontal Cortex Predicts Intertemporal Choice
■ People often make shortsighted decisions to receive small benefits in the present rather than large benefits in the future, that is, to favor their current selves over their f...
Jason P. Mitchell, Jessica Schirmer, Daniel L. Ame...
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2011
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Neural Changes Associated with Nonspeech Auditory Category Learning Parallel Those of Speech Category Acquisition
■ Native language experience plays a critical role in shaping speech categorization, but the exact mechanisms by which it does so are not well understood. Investigating category...
Ran Liu, Lori L. Holt