Functional neuroimaging is widely used to examine changes in brain function associated with age, gender or neuropsychiatric conditions. FMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) studies employ either laboratory-designed tasks that engage the brain with abstracted and repeated stimuli, or resting state paradigms with little behavioral constraint. Recently, novel neuroimaging paradigms using n...

Researchers have been incorporating ambulatory cortisol sampling into studies of everyday life for over a decade. Such work provides an important supplement to acute laboratory stress paradigms and provides a novel perspective on the interrelationships between stress, psychological resources, and health. However, the results of many field studies have been inconclusive and more studies have bee...

since its advent in 1867,the arabic novel has been under the influence of two factors. one factor is longing for the past, the other one is infatuation with the west and submission to its hegemony. in early 20th century, some novels were written in response to public taste and arab culture. this novel is considered by critics of fiction to be a turning point in the path of arabic fiction. at th...

Theory of mind (ToM)--or thinking about the mental states of others--is a cornerstone of successful everyday social interaction. However, the brain bases of ToM are most frequently measured via explicit laboratory tasks that pose direct questions about mental states (e.g. "In this story, what does Steve think Julia believes?"). Neuroanatomical measures may provide a way to explore the brain bas...

In this précis I summarise the main ideas of my book Philosophy Psychedelics. The discusses philosophical issues arising from therapeutic use “classic” (serotonergic) psychedelic drugs such as psilocybin and LSD. is organised around what call Comforting Delusion Objection to therapy: concern that novel promising treatment relies essentially on induction non-naturalistic metaphysical beliefs, re...

Area MT has been an important target for studies of motion processing. However, previous neurophysiological studies of MT have used simple stimuli that do not contain many of the motion signals that occur during natural vision. In this study we sought to determine whether views of area MT neurons developed using simple stimuli can account for MT responses under more naturalistic conditions. We ...

We propose a novel naturalistic decision support system for complex fault management procedures onboard modern aircraft. Two experiments involving 13 civil pilots are presented. The results show that the system proposed improves pilots’ decision accuracy, decision performance and situation awareness, whilst reducing mental workload and complacency to system advisories.