Psychology & Neuroscience: Recent submissions
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Investigating facial correlates of dominance and trustworthiness : their biological underpinnings and perceptual properties
(University of St Andrews, 2013) - ThesisInformation conveyed by the face can be used in social encounters to make fast decisions about another person. Recently, a new model of face perception has been postulated (Oosterhof & Todorov, 2009) suggesting that there ... -
Development of a neurophysiological sensory gating model in the rat to aid in the preclinical identification of possible treatments of sensory flooding in schizophrenia
(University of St Andrews, 2011) - ThesisObjective: It has been widely hypothesized that a failure to properly filter, or ‘gate’, incoming auditory information occurs in schizophrenic patients. This can be observed in a reduced event-related potential response ... -
Some aspects of visual discomfort
(University of St Andrews, 2013-06-25) - ThesisVisual discomfort is the adverse sensations, such as headaches and eyestrain, encountered on viewing certain stimuli. These sensations can arise under certain viewing conditions, such as stereoscopic viewing and prolonged ... -
The effects of conflict strength and ageing on cognitive control
(University of St Andrews, 2013-06) - ThesisIn this thesis, I investigated effects of conflict strength and ageing on cognitive control. Conflict strength was manipulated in the Eriksen flanker task using two different approaches: 1. independent variation of flanker ... -
Face evaluation : perceptual and neurophysiological responses to pro-social attributions
(University of St Andrews, 2013-06-25) - ThesisThe pro-sociality of humans is manifested by the existence of cooperation in levels not common with any other species. Previous studies suggest that snap judgements of individuals are enough to determine if someone is a ...