Author(s): Paine AL; Hashmi S; Fink E; Mitchell P; Howe N;
Humour plays a crucial role in children's early interactions, likely promoting the development of social understanding and fostering positive social relationships. To date, the connection between humour production in peer play and the development of social understanding skills in middle childhood has received limited attention. In a community sample o ...
Article GUID: 40355511
Author(s): Goldman EJ; Baumann AE; Pare L; Beaudoin J; Poulin-Dubois D;
The present work examined children's attribution of psychological properties to inanimate agents in two experiments. In Study 1, an Interview Task and the Theory of Mind Scale (ToM Scale) were administered to 4-year-olds with either a human or a humanoid robot (NAO) protagonist. Parents also completed the Children's Social Understanding Scale (CSU ...
Article GUID: 40348850
Author(s): Lazzari G; Costantini G; La Rocca S; Massironi A; Cattaneo L; Penhune V; Lega C;
Humans can flexibly extract a regular beat from complex rhythmic auditory patterns, as often occurs in music. Contemporary models of beat perception suggest that the premotor cortex (PMC) and the supplementary motor area (SMA) are integral to this process. However, how these motor planning regions actively contribute to beat perception, along with any pot ...
Article GUID: 40344601
Author(s): Murch WS; Scheurich R; Monson E; French M; Kairouz S;
The Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI) is a popular tool for assessing past-year problems related to gambling. Multiple categorization schemes have been proposed, with scores 3-7 variously interpreted as reflecting a 'moderate' degree of problems. Crucially, it is possible to land in this Moderate-risk category by reporting one or two persiste ...
Article GUID: 40338426
Author(s): Medvetskaya A; Ryder AG; Doucerain MM;
In superdiverse societies like Canada, characterized by high levels of cultural and ethnic plurality, national identity boundaries are often blurry. While policies may officially promote inclusiveness, public discourse on national identity is frequently dominated by mainstream groups, whose willingness to expand these boundaries plays a crucial role in fo ...
Article GUID: 40282118
Author(s): Pellerin S; Houzé B; Bedetti C; Phillips N; Brambati SM;
BackgroundMild cognitive impairment (MCI), a prodromal stage of Alzheimer's disease (AD) for many individuals, is accompanied by widespread connected speech (CS) changes (e.g., shorter CS samples, mention of fewer semantic content units, lower syntactic complexity). Nevertheless, findings on CS in MCI are heterogeneous. This heterogeneity, combined wi ...
Article GUID: 40232260
Author(s): Germé K; Persad D; Petit-Robinson J; Amir S; Pfaus JG;
Rationale: Male rats trained to associate a neutral odor (almond) with nonreceptive females during their initial sexual experiences develop a conditioned sexual inhibition (CSI) toward the female bearing the olfactory cue when given a choice in a final copulatory preference test between two receptive females (one unscented and one scented) in an open fiel ...
Article GUID: 40232387
Author(s): Liu M; Arseneau-Bruneau I; Farrés Franch M; Latorre ME; Samuels J; Issa E; Payumo A; Rahman N; Loureiro N; Leung TCM; Nave KM; von Handorf KM; Hoddinott JD; Coffey EBJ; Grahn J; Zatorre RJ;
This study investigates the interactions between musicianship and two auditory cognitive processes: auditory working memory (AWM) and stream segregation. The primary hypothesis is that AWM could mediate a relationship between musical training and enhanced stream segregation capabilities. Two grou ...
Article GUID: 40226491
Author(s): Wilson S; Mesli N; Mehak A; Racine SE;
Objectives: Uncertainty regarding the self and fear of self have been independently identified as relevant to both obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and eating disorders (EDs). The present study aimed to examine self-ambivalence (an indicator of uncertainty regarding the self often characterized by conflicting self-beliefs) as a potential transdiagnosti ...
Article GUID: 40227164
Author(s): Leir TMW; Gardner MPH;
New results help address a longstanding debate regarding which learning strategies allow animals to anticipate negative events based on past associations between sensory stimuli.
Article GUID: 40146623
Author(s): Tremblay SA; Nathan Spreng R; Wearn A; Alasmar Z; Pirhadi A; Tardif CL; Chakravarty MM; Villeneuve S; Leppert IR; Carbonell F; Medina YI; Steele CJ; Gauthier CJ;
Early detection of pathological changes in Alzheimer's disease (AD) has garnered significant attention in the last few decades as interventions aiming to prevent progression will likely be most effective when initiated early. White matter (WM) alterations are among the earliest changes in AD, ...
Article GUID: 40086421
Author(s): Cruz-Santiago D; Meng X; Canac-Marquis M; Sengupta A; Brassard JP; Pavey E; Girouard H; Vinh DC; Gouin JP;
Background: SARS-CoV-2 infection can lead to persistent post-acute neuropsychiatric symptoms. Older adults with multimorbidity may be at increased risk of post-acute symptoms after COVID-19. The goals of the present study were to assess the associations of SARS-CoV-2 infection with neuropsychiatr ...
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