Psychology & Neuroscience: Recent submissions
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Developmental mechanisms influencing decision-making
(University of St Andrews, 2009-06-24) - ThesisThe main aim of this thesis was to investigate decision making from a broad developmental perspective to clarify the role of the underlying mechanisms influencing it. Problem solving and cognitive inhibitory capacity were ... -
What do Diana monkeys know about the focus of attention of a conspecific?
(2004) - Journal articleConverging experimental and observational evidence suggests that some non-human primates are able to co-orient with shifts in visual attention, both of conspecifics and humans. However, the underlying cognitive mechanisms ... -
Gestural communication in orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus and Pongo abelii) : a cognitive approach
(University of St Andrews, 2009-06) - ThesisWhile most human language is expressed verbally, the gestures produced concurrent to speech provide additional information, help listeners interpret meaning, and provide insight into the cognitive processes of the speaker. ... -
Is it through emotion that we know ourselves? : a psychophysiological investigation into self-reference and emotional valence
(University of St Andrews, 2008-06-26) - ThesisThe aims of the present thesis were two fold. The first aim was to investigate the relationship between self-referential and emotional processing. The second aim was to investigate the extent to which self-referential ... -
Immediate early gene expression in the mesopontine tegmentum and midbrain after acute or chronic nicotine administration
(University of St Andrews, 2008-06) - ThesisThe reinforcing properties of nicotine depend partly on cholinergic projections from the pedunculopontine tegmental (PPTg) and laterodorsal tegmental (LDTg) nuclei to midbrain dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area ...