Psychology & Neuroscience (School of): Recent submissions
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Targeting benefits and interactions in multisensory processing : a novel modelling framework for exploring the redundant signal effect
(University of St Andrews, 2019-06-28) - ThesisAn overarching goal of multisensory research is to understand the rules by which multiple sensory signals are combined to produce behavioural benefits. One example of a multisensory benefit is that response times (RTs) to ... -
Cooperation and teaching in the context of cumulative culture
(University of St Andrews, 2019-06-28) - ThesisCumulative culture enables humans to shape their niche and to live in extreme environments. To understand the factors enabling cumulative culture, we need to understand which cognitive abilities support it, how they ... -
Stress programming through life history : implications for physiological ageing
(University of St Andrews, 2019-06-28) - ThesisStress exposure throughout life can shape ageing phenotypes by causing changes within an individual’s physiology, such that growth, lifespan and many fitness-related traits are significantly and sometimes permanently ... -
The psychology of crowd policing
(University of St Andrews, 2001-06-22) - ThesisTraditional psychological explanations of crowd theory have decontextualised events and obscured the fact that crowd incidents are typically inter group encounters. This has led to research being rooted in the crowd ... -
Muscarinic modulation of the Xenopus laevis tadpole spinal mechanosensory pathway
(2018-05) - Journal articleMuscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs) mediate effects of acetylcholine (ACh) in many systems, including those involved in spinal functions like locomotion. In Xenopus laevis tadpoles at two days old, a model vertebrate ...