Author(s): Savard MA; Merlo R; Samithamby A; Paas A; Coffey EBJ;

Narratives are effective tools for evoking emotions, and physiological measurements provide a means of objectively assessing emotional reactions - making them a potentially powerful pair of tools for studying emotional processes. However, extent research combining emotional narratives and physiological measurement varies widely in design and application, ...

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Author(s): Chapelle A; Savard MA; Restani R; Ghaemmaghami P; Thillou N; Zardoui K; Chandrasekaran B; Coffey EBJ;

Sleep can increase consolidation of new knowledge and skills. It is less clear whether sleep plays a role in other aspects of experience-dependent neuroplasticity, which underlie important human capabilities such as spoken language processing. Theories of sensory learning differ in their predicti ...

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Author(s): Savard MA; Sares AG; Coffey EBJ; Deroche MLD;

Individuals with misophonia, a disorder involving extreme sound sensitivity, report significant anger, disgust, and anxiety in response to select but usually common sounds. While estimates of prevalence within certain populations such as college students have approached 20%, it is currently unknown what percentage of people experience misophonic responses ...

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