Browsing Psychology & Neuroscience (School of) by Title
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Able-bodied wild chimpanzees imitate a motor procedure used by a disabled individual to overcome handicap
(2010-08-05) - Journal articleChimpanzee culture has generated intense recent interest, fueled by the technical complexity of chimpanzee tool-using traditions; yet it is seriously doubted whether chimpanzees are able to learn motor procedures by imitation ... -
Abnormal center-periphery gradient in spatial attention in simultanagnosia
(2014-06-04) - Journal articlePatients suffering from simultanagnosia cannot perceive more than one object at a time. The underlying mechanism is incompletely understood. One hypothesis is that simultanagnosia reflects "tunnel vision," a constricted ... -
Acoustic models of orangutan hand-assisted alarm calls
(2015-03-18) - Journal articleOrangutans produce alarm calls called kiss-squeaks, which they sometimes modify by putting a hand in front of their mouth. Through theoretical models and observational evidence, we show that using the hand when making a ... -
Acting in solidarity: testing an extended dual-pathway model of collective action by bystander group members
(2015-09) - Journal articleWe examined predictors of collective action among bystander group members in solidarity with a disadvantaged group by extending the dual pathway model of collective action, which proposes one efficacy-based and one ... -
Adaptation to facial trustworthiness is different in female and male observers
(2013-07-19) - Journal articleFace adaptation paradigms have been used extensively to investigate the mechanisms underlying the processing of several different facial characteristics including face shape, identity, view and emotional expression. ... -
Adapting to time : duration channels do not mediate human time perception
(2016-03) - Journal articleAccurately encoding the duration and temporal order of events is essential for survival and important to everyday activities, from holding conversations to driving in fast-flowing traffic. Although there is a growing body ... -
Adding a psychological dimension to mass gatherings medicine
(2016-06) - Journal articleObjectives. Mass gatherings pose distinctive challenges for medicine. One neglected aspect of this is that the behaviour of people participating in such events is different from the behaviour they exhibit in their everyday ... -
Adenosine-mediated modulation of ventral horn interneurons and spinal motoneurons in neonatal mice
(2015-10) - Journal articleNeuromodulation allows neural networks to adapt to varying environmental and biomechanical demands. Purinergic signalling is known to be an important modulatory system in many parts of the CNS, including motor control ... -
Adherence in behavioural interventions for stroke patients : measurement and prediction
(University of St Andrews, 2005) - ThesisBackground: With the increasing incidence in stroke and the resultant high prevalence of residual disability resources are not adequately meeting the needs of the patients. Furthermore patients continue to express ... -
Adolescent stress and social experiences : developmental antecedents of adult behavioural responses to unfamiliar stimuli and the underlying neuroendocrine mechanisms
(University of St Andrews, 2017-12-07) - ThesisDuring adolescence, animals leave the natal home and interact with potentially threatening stimuli (i.e. stressors), e.g. unfamiliar environments and conspecifics. Adolescent stressors can result in fewer interactions with ... -
Adult protection in Scotland in 1857 and in 2015 : what have we learned?
(2016-04-01) - Journal articlePurpose: The purpose of this paper is to compare recent developments in adult protection legislation, policy and practice in Scotland in 2015 with the first attempts at adult protection of adults at risk of harm, in 1857-62, ... -
Aesthetic and incentive salience of cute infant faces : studies of observer sex, oral contraception and menstrual cycle
(2013-05-29) - Journal articleInfant cuteness can influence adult-infant interaction and has been shown to activate reward centres in the brain. In a previous study, we found men and women to be differentially sensitive to small differences in infant ... -
African elephants (Loxodonta africana) recognize visual attention from face and body orientation
(2014-07-10) - Journal articleHow do animals determine when others are able and disposed to receive their communicative signals? In particular, it is futile to make a silent gesture when the intended audience cannot see it. Some non-human primates use ... -
Anti-predator behaviour of black-fronted titi monkeys (Callicebus nigrifrons)
(University of St Andrews, 2012-06) - ThesisTiti monkeys have long been known for their complex vocal behaviour with numerous high- and low-pitched calls, which can be uttered singly or combined in more complex structures. However, up to date very little is known ... -
Anti-predator behaviour of Guereza colobus monkeys (Colobus guereza)
(University of St Andrews, 2009-06-24) - ThesisBlack-and-white colobus monkeys are renowned for their impressive vocal behaviour, but up to date there have been only very few systematic efforts to study this. These monkeys are able to produce loud and low-pitched roars ... -
Are apes essentialists? Scope and limits of psychological essentialism in great apes
(2016-09) - Journal articleHuman reasoning is characterized by psychological essentialism (Gelman, 2003): when reasoning about objects we distinguish between deep essential properties defining the object’s kind and identity, and merely superficial ... -
Assessing host-virus codivergence for close relatives of Merkel cell polyomavirus infecting African great apes
(2016-10) - Journal articleIt has long been hypothesized that polyomaviruses (PyV; family Polyomaviridae) codiverged with their animal hosts. In contrast, recent analyses suggested that codivergence may only marginally influence the evolution of ... -
The assessment of behavioural deficits following focal cerebral ischemia
(University of St Andrews, 1997) - ThesisEvaluating the efficacy of neuroprotective drugs in rat models of focal cerebral ischemia has involved histological and behavioural batteries to examine pathology and sensorimotor function. However, the behavioural tests ... -
Assessment of health in human faces is context-dependent
(2016-04) - Journal articleWhen making decisions between options, humans are expected to choose the option that returns the highest benefit. In practice, however, adding inferior alternatives to the choice set can alter these decisions. Here we ... -
Assessment of interpersonal risk (AIR) in adults with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour – piloting a new risk assessment tool
(2012) - Journal articleA new risk assessment tool, Assessment of Interpersonal Risk (AIR), was piloted and evaluated to measure risk factors and compatibility between individuals living in an assessment and treatment unit in one NHS area. The ...