2024
Dissociable Codes in Motor Working Memory
Hillman H, Botthof T, Forrence A, McDougle S. Dissociable Codes in Motor Working Memory. Psychological Science 2024, 35: 150-161. PMID: 38236687, DOI: 10.1177/09567976231221756.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWorking memoryInterfering movementsVisuospatial working memory loadWorking memory loadWorking memory subsystemsVarying cognitive loadMemory loadAbstract codeMotor informationSkill learningSensory domainsDegree of interferenceBehavioral controlMWMCognitive loadRepresentation formatComputational structureMemoryCodeTaskMemory subsystemMotorParticipantsDomain
2023
A common format for representing spatial location in visual and motor working memory
Yousif S, Forrence A, McDougle S. A common format for representing spatial location in visual and motor working memory. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 2023, 31: 697-707. PMID: 37670158, DOI: 10.3758/s13423-023-02366-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRecall errorsSpatial localization taskMotor modalitiesSpatial biasVisual inputLocalization taskSpatial representationSpatial locationLocation representationParticipant influenceTaskKinesthetic inputParticipantsRepresentationMemoryPerceptionMindItemsModalitiesFormatPeopleInformationMeasuresBiasLocation information“Don't [ruminate], be happy”: A cognitive perspective linking depression and anhedonia
Rutherford A, McDougle S, Joormann J. “Don't [ruminate], be happy”: A cognitive perspective linking depression and anhedonia. Clinical Psychology Review 2023, 101: 102255. PMID: 36871425, DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2023.102255.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive affectNegative affectSustained negative affectCognitive constructsCognitive theoryCognitive perspectiveLack of pleasureCognitive deficitsSpecific thoughtsIntervention effortsDifferent theoretical lensesAffectRuminationAnhedoniaDeficitsExtant literatureMemoryDepressionHallmark featureComputational modelingTheoretical lensesEnvironmental cuesLess focusDebilitating disorderCues
2021
Post-error Slowing During Instrumental Learning is Shaped by Working Memory-based Choice Strategies
McDougle SD. Post-error Slowing During Instrumental Learning is Shaped by Working Memory-based Choice Strategies. Neuroscience 2021, 486: 37-45. PMID: 34695537, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2021.10.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-error slowingPost-error processingDistinct neural correlatesMemory-based strategyMedial prefrontal cortexProgress of learningMultiple distinct processesExecutive resourcesWorking memoryNeural signaturesNeural correlatesCognitive loadVisuomotor skillsReinforcement learning systemTask performanceInstrumental learningPrefrontal cortexHigh load conditionsSensorimotor regionsMemoryChoice strategiesDistinct processesComputational modelLearningLearning system
2020
Behavioral, Physiological, and Neural Signatures of Surprise during Naturalistic Sports Viewing
Antony JW, Hartshorne TH, Pomeroy K, Gureckis TM, Hasson U, McDougle SD, Norman KA. Behavioral, Physiological, and Neural Signatures of Surprise during Naturalistic Sports Viewing. Neuron 2020, 109: 377-390.e7. PMID: 33242421, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.10.029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent segmentation theoryLong-term memoryFlow of experienceNeural signaturesNeural correlatesEvent boundariesReal-world contextsAffective experienceGame enjoymentResilient memoryPupil dilationSurprising momentsNeocortical patternsTheoretical conceptualizationOngoing experienceSubcortical regionsPredominant beliefsBasketball analyticsSegmentation theoryBelief stateKey predictionsSports ViewingMemoryBasketball gamesSurpriseModeling the influence of working memory, reinforcement, and action uncertainty on reaction time and choice during instrumental learning
McDougle SD, Collins AGE. Modeling the influence of working memory, reinforcement, and action uncertainty on reaction time and choice during instrumental learning. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 2020, 28: 20-39. PMID: 32710256, PMCID: PMC7854965, DOI: 10.3758/s13423-020-01774-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInstrumental learningInstrumental learning processesReaction time effectsStages of learningDegree of deliberationReward contingenciesPerceptual evidenceParsimonious accountTask complexityInternal representationAction uncertaintyUnique predictionDecision dynamicsAction valuesPast experienceLearning processReaction timeMemoryLearningProcess modelTime effectsTaskDecision-making frameworkContingenciesPrior uncertaintyVisuomotor Adaptation Tasks as a Window into the Interplay between Explicit and Implicit Cognitive Processes
Taylor J, McDougle S. Visuomotor Adaptation Tasks as a Window into the Interplay between Explicit and Implicit Cognitive Processes. 2020, 549-558. DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11442.003.0060.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive neuroscienceImplicit cognitive processesVisuomotor adaptation taskSocial neuroscienceCognitive processesComplex cognitionAlfonso CaramazzaPsychological realityStanislas DehaeneAdaptation taskNeuroscienceValue of theoryBiological underpinningsCognitionComputational modelDecision makingScientific habitsLatest researchCaramazzaDehaeneIvryMemoryRewardMcDermottShohamy
2015
Explicit and Implicit Processes Constitute the Fast and Slow Processes of Sensorimotor Learning
McDougle S, Bond K, Taylor J. Explicit and Implicit Processes Constitute the Fast and Slow Processes of Sensorimotor Learning. Journal Of Neuroscience 2015, 35: 9568-9579. PMID: 26134640, PMCID: PMC4571499, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5061-14.2015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImplicit processesSensorimotor learningImplicit learningMotor learningPutative psychological mechanismsComputational modeling analysisMultiplicity of processesExplicit learningPsychological mechanismsMotor memoryNeural substratesTask performanceSensorimotor tasksModeling analysisLearning processLearningLearning operationDistinct manifestationsMemoryRecent evidenceSensorimotorWide netTaskPopular modelsLearning curve