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The influence of social context and social connection on visual perceptual processes by Laforest, Justin, MacGillivray, Megan, Lam, Melanie Y.

“…The aim of this study was twofold: (1) to re-test whether a minimal social context has an influence on gaze patterns, and (2) to determine if a social…”
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Structural magnetic resonance imaging demonstrates volumetric brain abnormalities in down syndrome: Newborns to young adults by McCann, Bernadette, Levman, Jacob, Baumer, Nicole, Lam, Melanie Y., Shiohama, Tadashi, Cogger, Liam, MacDonald, Allissa, Ijner, Prahar, Takahashi, Emi

“…•Volumetric abnormalities detected in the perirhinal, entorhinal memory regions.•Volumetric abnormalities detected in key additional brain regions.•Extensive…”
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Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Based Surface Morphometry Analysis of Pediatric Down Syndrome by Levman, Jacob, McCann, Bernadette, Baumer, Nicole, Lam, Melanie Y, Shiohama, Tadashi, Cogger, Liam, MacDonald, Allissa, Takahashi, Emi

“…Down syndrome (DS) is a genetic disorder characterized by intellectual disability whose etiology includes an additional partial or full copy of chromosome 21…”
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The Role of Awareness on Motor-Sensory Temporal Recalibration by Bubna, Mikaela, Lam, Melanie Y, Cressman, Erin K

“…Temporal recalibration (TR) may arise to realign asynchronous stimuli after exposure to a short, constant delay between voluntary movement and sensory…”
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Therapists' perceptions of social media and video game technologies in upper limb rehabilitation by Tatla, Sandy K, Shirzad, Navid, Lohse, Keith R, Virji-Babul, Naznin, Hoens, Alison M, Holsti, Liisa, Li, Linda C, Miller, Kimberly J, Lam, Melanie Y, Van der Loos, H F Machiel

“…The application of technologies, such as video gaming and social media for rehabilitation, is garnering interest in the medical field. However, little research…”
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Spatial Response Discrimination May Elicit a Simon Effect on a Non-Complementary Task by Lam, Melanie Y., Chua, Romeo

“…When paired participants are each assigned a complementary half of the Simon task, a joint Simon effect (JSE) has been observed. Co-representation, a cognitive…”
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Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrates gyral abnormalities in Tourette syndrome by McCann, Bernadette, Lam, Melanie Y., Shiohama, Tadashi, Ijner, Prahar, Takahashi, Emi, Levman, Jacob

“…Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary and repetitive movements known as tics. A retrospective analysis of magnetic…”
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Considerations for the use of a startling acoustic stimulus in studies of motor preparation in humans by Carlsen, Anthony N., Maslovat, Dana, Lam, Melanie Y., Chua, Romeo, Franks, Ian M.

“…Recent studies have used a loud (>120dB) startle-eliciting acoustic stimulus as a probe to investigate early motor response preparation in humans. The use of a…”
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Whose turn is it anyway? The moderating role of response-execution certainty on the joint Simon effect by Karlinsky, April, Lam, Melanie Y., Chua, Romeo, Hodges, Nicola J.

“…When a two-choice “Simon task” is distributed between two people, performance in the shared go/no-go task resembles performance in the whole task alone. This…”
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Anchoring in a novel bimanual coordination pattern by Maslovat, Dana, Lam, Melanie Y., Brunke, Kirstin M., Chua, Romeo, Franks, Ian M.

“…Anchoring in cyclical movements has been defined as regions of reduced spatial or temporal variability [Beek, P. J. (1989). Juggling dynamics. PhD thesis…”
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Bimanual joint action: correlated timing or “bimanual” movements accomplished by two people by Lam, Melanie Y., Blinch, Jarrod, Connors, Elizabeth M., Doan, Jon B., Gonzalez, Claudia L. R.

“…A crew of two rowing together in perfect synchrony is an example of a task that requires each performer to maintain meticulous timing when coordinating their…”
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A Characterization of Movement Skills in Obese Children With and Without Prader-Willi Syndrome by Lam, Melanie Y., Rubin, Daniela A., Duran, Andrea T., Chavoya, Frank A., White, Elizabeth, Rose, Debra J.

“…Purpose: The aim of this study was twofold: (a) to measure and compare motor proficiency in obese children with Prader-Willi syndrome (OB-PWS) to that in obese…”
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Test-retest reliability of the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, Second Edition for youth with Prader-Willi syndrome by Lam, Melanie Y., Rubin, Daniela A., White, Elizabeth, Duran, Andrea T., Rose, Debra J.

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Reaction time effects due to imperative stimulus modality are absent when a startle elicits a pre-programmed action by Carlsen, Anthony N., Lam, Melanie Y., Maslovat, Dana, Chua, Romeo

“…• Subjects performed a simple RT task with either an acoustic or visual “go” signal. • A startling acoustic stimulus was delivered along with the go signal on…”
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Influence of stimulus–response assignment on the joint-action correspondence effect by Lam, Melanie Y., Chua, Romeo

“…Sebanz et al. (Cognition 88:B11–B21, 2003) have shown that spatial correspondence effects are observed even when the two-choice reaction time task is…”
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Unconscious and out of control: Subliminal priming is insensitive to observer expectations by Cressman, Erin K., Lam, Melanie Y., Franks, Ian M., Enns, James T., Chua, Romeo

“…•Is the influence of an invisible prime on movement dependent on conscious movement expectations?•Participants reached to a target, which triggered a…”
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Movement duration does not affect automatic online control by Cressman, Erin K., Cameron, Brendan D., Lam, Melanie Y., Franks, Ian M., Chua, Romeo

“…Pisella et al. (2000) have shown that fast aiming movements are automatically modified on-line in response to a change in target position. Specifically, when a…”
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Perceptions of Technology and Its Use for Therapeutic Application for Individuals With Hemiparesis: Findings From Adult and Pediatric Focus Groups by Lam, Melanie Y, Tatla, Sandy K, Lohse, Keith R, Shirzad, Navid, Hoens, Alison M, Miller, Kimberly J, Holsti, Liisa, Virji-Babul, Naznin, Van der Loos, H F Machiel

“…Digital technology is becoming an increasingly popular means of delivering meaningful therapy to individuals with neurological impairments. An understanding of…”
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Evidence for Slowing as a Function of Index of Difficulty in Young Adults with Down Syndrome by Lam, Melanie Y, Hodges, Nicola J, Virji-Babul, Naznin, Latash, Mark L

“…Speed-accuracy trade-offs in persons with Down syndrome and typically developing controls were tested with a Fitts' task. Movement time scaled linearly with…”
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The effect of response uncertainty on illusory biases of perception and action by Keetch, Katherine M., Glazebrook, Cheryl M., Lyons, James, Lam, Melanie Y., Weeks, Daniel J., Elliott, Digby

“…When task requirements were known in advance, Glazebrook et al. [C.M. Glazebrook, V.P. Dhillon, K.M. Keetch, J. Lyons, E. Amazeen, D.J. Weeks, D. Elliott,…”
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