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Rankin W. McGugin
Psychology
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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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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,...
