http://hdl.handle.net/10142/12276 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:39:54 GMT 2013-05-24T21:39:54Z http://hdl.handle.net/10142/127929 Title: Transcranial magnetic stimulation: a treatment for smell and taste dysfunction Authors: Silas, Jonathan; Atif, Muhammad Ali; Doty, Richard Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10142/127929 2010-02-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10142/127910 Title: No evidence for specific benefit of acupuncture over vitamin B complex in treating persons with olfactory dysfunction Authors: Silas, Jonathan; Doty, Richard Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10142/127910 2010-09-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10142/127909 Title: Sex and individual differences in induced and evoked EEG measures of action observation Authors: Jonathan Silas; Joseph P. Levy; Maria Kragh Nielsen; Lance Slade; Amanda Holmes Abstract: We used two established methods for analysing the EEG response of the neurotypical adult human brain to examine the execution and observation of simple motor actions. In one, execution or observation of a button-press in response to a tone caused a decrease in the power at 8–13 Hz (“mu”) frequencies. In the other, the response preparation (or the inferred response preparation when these actions are observed in another person) was measured by the averaged response time-locked potentials measured over motor cortex – the “readiness potential”. Results indicated that the mirrored readiness potentials were bilaterally generated. We found sex differences for both measures. However, whereas females showed a greater degree of response for the mu power measure during the observation of movement only, males showed larger readiness potentials during both movement performance and observation. Both measures have been claimed to be neural correlates of mirror systems in the brain where processes responsible for actions are linked to the perception of such actions. Such mirror systems have also been implicated in higher order social cognition such as empathy. However, we found no correlations between either of our EEG measures and self-report scales of social cognition. The results imply sex differences in the measured systems and for mirroring that are not directly related to social cognition. We suggest that the results may indicate two dissociable motor mirroring systems that can be measured by induced and evoked EEG. Keywords: Mirror systems; Action observation; EEG Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10142/127909 2010-07-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10142/122265 Title: Inner Lives, World Outside: in Search of the Role of School Counsellors Authors: Lloyd, Lucy-Jean Description: Dissertation Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10142/122265 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z