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Exploring touch in humans: how single afferents contribute to complex sensations
-This event was cancelled
Our touch system presents a complex network of afferents, where a multitude of sensations can be felt, from more simple facets like vibration to blended percepts such as wetness. The technique of microneurography permits recordings from single human afferents, via the insertion of an electrode into a peripheral nerve. The...
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First impressions: face perception and social stereotyping
-Despite the common advice “not to judge a book by its cover”, we form impressions of character within a second of seeing a stranger’s face. These impressions have widespread consequences for society and for the economy. It is therefore vital that we have a clear theoretical understanding of which impressions are important and...
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Why conversations are easy to hold but hard to study
-Everyday conversation is characterized by smooth turn-taking, i.e. short gaps and frequent overlaps between turns. Switching quickly between the tasks of listening and speaking, and planning one's turn during an interlocutor's utterance should render conversation a taxing task. Yet, it is not commonly experienced as such. Why is this? I...
February
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How does inner speech work and why do we care?
-Our minds are enriched and shaped by our experience of language. As we go through our day, we often hear an inner speech in our mind’s ear. Inner speech is pervasive in human cognition, playing a functional role in thinking, problem solving, working memory, reading and writing. Yet, we know...
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Consciousness as something that the brain learns to do
-Understanding consciousness — what if feels like — remains a formidable challenge. Different theories of consciousness have proposed vastly different mechanisms to account for phenomenal experience. Here, appealing to aspects of global workspace theory, higher-order theories, social theories, and predictive processing, I introduce a novel framework: the Self-Organizing Metarerpresentational Account (SOMA),...
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"It feels like she's talking to me": explaining assignments using lecturer-videos
-This study investigates how Psychology students experience the implementation of ‘assignment videos’. These videos were created by the course-coordinator and posted on our university’s VLE. They explain assignments and are available throughout the semester. End-of-course comments about the videos were largely positive. The current study showed a three-fold cause of...
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Investigating the pathways underlying residual vision in hemianopia
-Damage to the primary visual cortex leads to loss of the visual field contralateral to the damaged cortex. However, in spite of this loss, some patients are still able to detect visual information about stimuli presented within their blind field. A growing area of research aims to exploit this residual...