It is important to understand the influence of common artefacts when processing fMRI data, and how best to remove these in order to produce reliable outcomes. This information affects clinicians and researchers. Little is ...

In traditional studies into the wisdom of the crowd - for example the study by Galton (1907b), which inaugurated this field of research - crowd wisdom tends to be represented as a simple aggregate of individual judgments. ...

Singing is a ubiquitous and enjoyable human activity in which many individuals participate without any formal training. In recent years, increasing attention has been focused on the possibility that singing training and/or ...

Early Pregnancy Loss (EPL), a loss occurring before 14 weeks gestation, is a relatively common event, occurring in about 20% of pregnancies. Although many women and their partners do not experience psychological difficulties ...

Music is central to modern life and ubiquitous in human culture. A unique functional neurobiological property of music is its greater bilateral representation in the brain, which is hypothesised to account for the proposed ...

Converging evidence from epidemiological, family, and genetic studies supports that epilepsy and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) share underlying mechanisms. However, uncovering these mechanisms has been challenging because ...

Men’s violence against women continues to be a frequent and serious problem globally. Women are most likely to experience violence at the hands of a romantic partner, with one in four Australian women being a victim of ...

Sensory-processing sensitivity encompasses the overlapping characteristics of low sensory threshold, heightened awareness of and reactivity to sensory stimuli, heightened top-down inhibitory processes, and deep processing ...

Nicotine dependence is the main cause of preventable mortality and morbidity worldwide. Besides health detriments, nicotine dependence appears associated with impairments in emotional and cognitive processes. Dependent ...

Background: The childhood to adolescent transition is a period of marked brain development and increases in mental health difficulties. Both early pubertal timing and adverse parenting styles have been consistently associated ...