2019
The functional consequences of social attention on memory precision and on memory-guided orienting in development
Doherty B, Fraser A, Nobre A, Scerif G. The functional consequences of social attention on memory precision and on memory-guided orienting in development. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2019, 36: 100625. PMID: 30844682, PMCID: PMC6969233, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2019.100625.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-social scenesSocial distractorsMemory precisionNaturalistic scenesSocial attentionSocial scenesDevelopmental cognitive neuroscienceSocial attentional biasingMemory-guided attentionNon-social distractorsEye-tracking measuresAge-related differencesAttentional biasAttentional captureCognitive neuroscienceSocial stimuliVisual searchYear old childrenDistractorsEye trackingGaze behaviorMemoryYoung adultsSocial biasesVisual scene
2017
Preventing intrusive memories after trauma via a brief intervention involving Tetris computer game play in the emergency department: a proof-of-concept randomized controlled trial
Iyadurai L, Blackwell S, Meiser-Stedman R, Watson P, Bonsall M, Geddes J, Nobre A, Holmes E. Preventing intrusive memories after trauma via a brief intervention involving Tetris computer game play in the emergency department: a proof-of-concept randomized controlled trial. Molecular Psychiatry 2017, 23: 674-682. PMID: 28348380, PMCID: PMC5822451, DOI: 10.1038/mp.2017.23.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntrusive memoriesTrauma memoriesIntrusive trauma memoriesReal-life traumaAttention-placebo controlDisrupt consolidationIntrusive symptomsCognitive neuroscienceVisual memorySymptom clustersRandomized controlled trialsPsychiatric interventionBehavioral interventionsPsychological traumaNeuroscientific insightsEmergency departmentPost-traumaMemoryControl conditionMotor vehicle accidentsInterventionSymptomsTraumaComputer gamesTetris