Search Results - "MacSweeney, M."

Neural systems underlying British Sign Language and audio‐visual English processing in native users by MacSweeney, Mairéad, Woll, Bencie, Campbell, Ruth, McGuire, Philip K., David, Anthony S., Williams, Steven C. R., Suckling, John, Calvert, Gemma A., Brammer, Michael J.

“…In order to understand the evolution of human language, it is necessary to explore the neural systems that support language processing in its many forms. In…”
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Does Congenital Deafness Affect the Structural and Functional Architecture of Primary Visual Cortex? by Smittenaar, C R, MacSweeney, M, Sereno, M I, Schwarzkopf, D S

“…Deafness results in greater reliance on the remaining senses. It is unknown whether the cortical architecture of the intact senses is optimized to compensate…”
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An ongoing measles outbreak linked to a suspected imported case, Ireland, April to June 2016 by Barrett, Peter, Chaintarli, Katerina, Ryan, Fiona, Cotter, Suzanne, Cronin, Anthony, Carlton, Louise, MacSweeney, Mary, McDonnell, Mairead, Connell, Jeff, Fitzgerald, Rose, Hamilton, Douglas, Ward, Mary, Glynn, Ronan, Migone, Chantal

“…We report an outbreak of measles which started in April 2016 and which, by 13 June, has resulted in 22 confirmed and five probable measles cases occurring in…”
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Cortical substrates for the perception of face actions: an fMRI study of the specificity of activation for seen speech and for meaningless lower-face acts (gurning) by Campbell, Ruth, MacSweeney, Mairéad, Surguladze, Simon, Calvert, Gemma, McGuire, Philip, Suckling, John, Brammer, Michael John, David, Anthony S

“…Can the cortical substrates for the perception of face actions be distinguished when the superficial visual qualities of these actions are very similar? Two…”
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Dispersed activation in the left temporal cortex for speech-reading in congenitally deaf people by MacSweeney, Mairéad, Campbell, Ruth, Calvert, Gemma A., McGuire, Philip K., David, Anthony S., Suckling, John, Andrew, Chris, Woll, Bencie, Brammer, Michael J.

“…Does the lateral temporal cortex require acoustic exposure in order to become specialized for speech processing? Six hearing participants and six congenitally…”
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Enhanced activation of the left inferior frontal gyrus in deaf and dyslexic adults during rhyming by MacSweeney, Mairéad, Brammer, Michael J., Waters, Dafydd, Goswami, Usha

“…Hearing developmental dyslexics and profoundly deaf individuals both have difficulties processing the internal structure of words (phonological processing) and…”
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Sign Language and the Brain: A Review by Campbell, Ruth, MacSweeney, Mairéad, Waters, Dafydd

“…How are signed languages processed by the brain? This review briefly outlines some basic principles of brain structure and function and the methodological…”
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Hand and mouth: cortical correlates of lexical processing in British Sign Language and speechreading English by Capek, Cheryl M, Waters, Dafydd, Woll, Bencie, MacSweeney, Mairéad, Brammer, Michael J, McGuire, Philip K, David, Anthony S, Campbell, Ruth

“…Spoken languages use one set of articulators -- the vocal tract, whereas signed languages use multiple articulators, including both manual and facial actions…”
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Varieties of Short-Term Memory Coding in Deaf Teenagers by MacSweeney, Mairead, Campbell, Ruth, Donlan, Chris

“…Two experiments explored qualitative aspects of immediate memory for pictures in deaf teenagers by attempting to equate for memory span and then imposing…”
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Dissociating linguistic and nonlinguistic gestural communication in the brain by MacSweeney, Mairéad, Campbell, Ruth, Woll, Bencie, Giampietro, Vincent, David, Anthony S, McGuire, Philip K, Calvert, Gemma A, Brammer, Michael J

“…Gestures of the face, arms, and hands are components of signed languages used by Deaf people. Signaling codes, such as the racecourse betting code known as Tic…”
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Lexical and sentential processing in British Sign Language by MacSweeney, Mairéad, Campbell, Ruth, Woll, Bencie, Brammer, Michael J., Giampietro, Vincent, David, Anthony S., Calvert, Gemma A., McGuire, Philip K.

“…Studies of spoken and written language suggest that the perception of sentences engages the left anterior and posterior temporal cortex and the left inferior…”
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Acoustic noise and functional magnetic resonance imaging: Current strategies and future prospects by Amaro Jr, Edson, Williams, Steve C.R., Shergill, Sukhi S., Fu, Cynthia H.Y., MacSweeney, Mairead, Picchioni, Marco M., Brammer, Michael J., McGuire, Philip K.

“…Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has become the method of choice for studying the neural correlates of cognitive tasks. Nevertheless, the scanner…”
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A monolithic silicon based integrated signal generation and detection system for monitoring DNA hybridisation by Bertolino, Chiara, MacSweeney, Marion, Tobin, Jane, O’Neill, Brendan, Sheehan, Michelle M., Coluccia, Salvatore, Berney, Helen

“…The aim of this work was to develop an integrated solution to DNA hybridisation monitoring for diagnostics on a monolithic silicon platform. A fabrication…”
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Treatment of Impetigo Contagiosa by MacSweeney, M.

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Neural correlates of British sign language comprehension: spatial processing demands of topographic language by MacSweeney, Mairéad, Woll, Bencie, Campbell, Ruth, Calvert, Gemma A, McGuire, Philip K, David, Anthony S, Simmons, Andrew, Brammer, Michael J

“…In all signed languages used by deaf people, signs are executed in "sign space" in front of the body. Some signed sentences use this space to map detailed…”
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Silent speechreading in the absence of scanner noise: an event-related fMRI study by MacSweeney, Mairéad, Amaro, Edson, Calvert, Gemma A, Campbell, Ruth, David, Anthony S, McGuire, Philip, Williams, Steve C. R, Woll, Bencie, Brammer, Michael J

“…In a previous study we used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to demonstrate activation in auditory cortex during silent speechreading. Since image…”
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Speechreading Skill and Visual Movement Sensitivity are Related in Deaf Speechreaders by Mohammed, Tara, Campbell, Ruth, MacSweeney, Mairéad, Milne, Elizabeth, Hansen, Peter, Coleman, Michael

“…Individual speechreading abilities have been linked with a range of cognitive and language-processing factors. The role of specifically visual abilities in…”
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Speechreading circuits in people born deaf by MacSweeney, Mairéad, Calvert, Gemma A, Campbell, Ruth, McGuire, Philip K, David, Anthony S, Williams, Steven C.R, Woll, Bencie, Brammer, Michael J

“…In hearing people, silent speechreading generates bilateral activation in superior temporal regions specialised for the perception of auditory speech [Science…”
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A Study of Poverty in Cork City by MacSweeney, A. M.

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Relations of Language and Thought: The View from Sign Language and Deaf Children by MacSweeney, Mairead

“…MacSweeney reviews "Relations of Language and Thought: The View from Sign Language and Deaf Children" by Marc Marschark, Patricia Siple, Diane Lillo-Martin,…”
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