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Open AccessChallenges in replication: Does amygdala gray matter volume relate to social network size?
In this work, we tried to replicate and extend prior research on the relationship between social network size and the volume of the amygdala. We focused on the earliest evidence for this relationship (Bickart ...
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Domain-specific reports of visual imagery vividness are not related to perceptual expertise
Just as people vary in their perceptual expertise with a given domain, they also vary in their abilities to imagine objects. Visual imagery and perception share common mechanisms. However, it is unclear whethe...
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Measuring nonvisual knowledge about object categories: The Semantic Vanderbilt Expertise Test
How much do people differ in their abilities to recognize objects, and what is the source of these differences? To address the first question, psychologists have created visual learning tests including the Cam...
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The reliability of individual differences in face-selective responses in the fusiform gyrus and their relation to face recognition ability
Face recognition ability varies widely in the normal population and there is increasing interest in linking individual differences in perception to their neural correlates. Such brain-behavior correlations req...
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Open AccessA functional neuroimaging study of fusiform response to restricted interests in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder
While autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by both social communication deficits and restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interest, literature examining possible neural bases of the la...
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Irrelevant objects of expertise compete with faces during visual search
Prior work suggests that nonface objects of expertise can interfere with the perception of faces when the two categories are alternately presented, suggesting competition for shared perceptual resources. Here,...
