Psychology & Neuroscience Theses: Recent submissions
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An investigation into the benefits of musical training on cognitive control and emotional processing abilities
(University of St Andrews, 2018-03-09) - ThesisEvidence suggests that engagement in musical activity may confer cognitive control advantages though it is not clear why this may be. Here it was explored why such advantages may be observed, exploring a potential ... -
Behavioural examination of the role of the thalamic reticular nucleus in attention
(University of St Andrews, 2017-06-20) - ThesisThe ability to selectively attend to aspects of the environment which signal opportunity or danger, while marginalising irrelevant stimuli is critical to an animal’s survival. With finite cognitive resources, the brain ... -
The context of behavioural flexibility in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) : implications for the evolution of cumulative culture
(University of St Andrews, 2017-06-20) - ThesisCumulative culture is rare, if not altogether absent in non-human species. At the foundation of cumulative learning is the ability to flexibly modify, relinquish or build upon prior behaviours to make them more productive ... -
Cholinergic modulation of spinal motoneurons and locomotor control networks in mice
(University of St Andrews, 2018-12-06) - ThesisLocomotion is an innate behaviour that is controlled by different areas of the central nervous system, which allow for effectiveness of movement. The spinal cord is an important centre involved in the generation and ... -
Learning to focus and focusing to learn : more than a cortical trick
(University of St Andrews, 2018-12-06) - ThesisThe consequence of many psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease and schizophrenia, is an impairment in ‘executive functioning’; an umbrella term for several cognitive processes, including ...