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Sex differences in lexical size across semantic categories
Laws, K.R. (2004)Recent studies have reported that males show better naming of nonliving things than females, while females show better naming of living things than males. Such effects may reflect sex differences in the size of lexicons ... -
Stability of set-shifting and planning abilities in patients with schizophrenia
Tyson, P. J.; Laws, K.R.; Roberts, K.H.; Mortimer, A.M. (2004)Patients with schizophrenia have deficits in executive function that involve attentional set-shifting and planning ability. It is unclear, however, whether such deficits are stable during the course of the illness or if ... -
Statistical errors and omissions in a trial of cognitive behavior techniques for psychosis : commentary on Turkington et al
Smits, Tim; Lakens, Daniël; Ritchie, Stuart J.; Laws, K.R. (2014-07) -
Storage and Access procedures in Schizophrenia: Evidence for a Two Phase Model of Lexical Impairment
Leeson, V.C.; McKenna, P. J.; Laws, K.R. (2005)Evidence has accumulated to show that schizophrenia is characterized by lexicalsemantic difficulties; however, questions remain about whether schizophrenics have problems in accessing intact representations or a loss of ... -
Superior face recognition in body dysmorphic disorder
Jefferies, K.; Laws, K.R.; Fineberg, Naomi (2011-08) -
Superior face recognition in Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Jefferies, Kiri; Laws, K.R.; Fineberg, Naomi (2012-07)Introduction: Individuals with Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) may have a propensity for viewing faces differently from healthy controls. In an attempt to explore these processing changes in more detail, we investigate face ... -
Testing for a deficit in single-case studies : Effects of departures from normality
Crawford, J.R.; Garthwaite, P.H.; Azzalini, A.; Howell, D.C.; Laws, K.R. (2006)In neuropsychological single-case research inferences concerning a patient's cognitive status are often based on referring the patient's test score to those obtained from a modestly sized control sample. Two methods of ... -
To admit or not to admit? : The effect of framing on risk assessment decision making in psychiatrists
Jefferies-Sewell, Kiri; Sharma, Shivani; Gale, Tim; Hawley, Chris J.; Georgiou, George; Laws, K.R. (2015-02)To investigate whether presentation of risk information in different formats (frequency, percentage and semantic) influences inpatient admission decisions by psychiatrists -
The use of ketamine as an antidepressant: : A systematic review and meta-analysis
Coyle, Caoimhe M.; Laws, K.R. (2015-04-21)Objective The current meta-analysis examines the effects of ketamine infusion on depressive symptoms over time in major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD). Methods Following a systematic review of the ... -
Visual object processing in schizophrenia : evidence for an associative agnosic deficit
Gabrovska, V.S.; Laws, K.R.; Sinclair, J.; McKenna, P. J. (2002)Early studies suggested visual form perception impairment in schizophrenia. To re-examine this claim and characterise the deficit neuropsychologically, 41 schizophrenic patients were administered tests sensitive to different ... -
Visual processing in Alzheimer's disease : surface detail and colour fail to aid object identification
Adlington, R.L.; Laws, K.R.; Gale, T.M. (2009)It has been suggested that object recognition in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) may be strongly influenced both by image format (e.g. colour vs. line-drawn) and by low-level visual impairments. To examine these ... -
Visual similarity is greater for line drawings of nonliving than living things: The importance of musical instruments and body-parts
Laws, K.R.; Gale, T.M.; Frank, R.; Davey, N. (2002)It has been argued that greater intra-category structural similarity for living things, and the subsequent ‘‘visual crowding,’’ makes them more difficult to recognize and name for neurologically damaged individuals and ... -
What happens to semantic memory when formal thought disorder remits? : Revisiting a case study
Leeson, V.C.; McKenna, P. J.; Murray, G.; Kondel, T.K.; Laws, K.R. (2005)Introduction: Laws, Kondel, and McKenna (1999) previously reported a case study analysis of a schizophrenic patient (TC) with severe formal thought disorder (FTD). Examining consistency across item and modality of input, ... -
What is structural similarity and is it greater in living things
Laws, K.R. (2001)Category-specific impairments of object recognition and naming are among the most intriguing disorders in neuropsychology, affecting the retrieval of knowledge about either living or nonliving things. They can give us ... -
When is category specific in Alzheimer's disease
Laws, K.R.; Gale, T.M.; Leeson, V.C.; Crawford, J.R. (2005)Mixed findings have emerged concerning whether category-specific disorders occur in Alzheimer's disease. Factors that may contribute to these inconsistencies include: ceiling effects / skewed distributions for control data ... -
Why are our similarities so different A reply to Humphreys and Riddoch
Laws, K.R.; Gale, T.M. (2002)Humphreys and Riddoch (2002: hereafter, H&R) entitle their commentary on Laws and Gale (2002) with the following question: “Do pixel level analyses describe psychological perceptual similarity”? (We will use the term ...