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Speculators and Middlemen: The Strategy and Performance of Investors in the Housing Market by Bayer, Patrick, Geissler, Christopher, Mangum, Kyle, Roberts, James W.

“…Using data from the Los Angeles area from 1988 to 2012, we study the behavior and sources of returns of individual investors in the housing market. We document…”
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Does the threat of COVID-19 modulate automatic imitation? by Roberts, James W, Bennett, Simon J

“…The tendency to involuntarily imitate the actions of others (automatic imitation) can be modulated by social affiliative cues. Here, we explored whether the…”
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The effect of action observation and motor imagery combinations on upper limb kinematics and EMG during dart‐throwing by Romano Smith, Stephanie, Wood, Greg, Coyles, Ginny, Roberts, James W., Wakefield, Caroline J.

“…Recent research has begun to employ interventions that combine action observation and motor imagery (AOMI) with positive results. However, little is known…”
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Provision of transplant education for patients starting dialysis: Disparities persist by Villani, Vincenzo, Bertuzzi, Luca, Butler, Gabriel, Eliason, Paul, Roberts, James W., DePasquale, Nicole, Park, Christine, McElroy, Lisa M., McDevitt, Ryan C.

“…All patients starting dialysis should be informed of kidney transplant as a renal replacement therapy option. Prior research has shown disparities in provision…”
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The modulation of motor contagion by intrapersonal sensorimotor experience by Roberts, James W., Katayama, Orion, Lung, Tiffany, Constable, Merryn D., Elliott, Digby, Lyons, James L., Welsh, Timothy N.

“…•Execution is interfered when observing incongruent movements.•Underpinned by the presence of response-specific feedback.•Modulate the inhibition of…”
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Energy minimization within target-directed aiming: the mediating influence of the number of movements and target size by Roberts, James W.

“…In target-directed aiming, performers tend to more greatly undershoot targets when aiming down compared to up because they try to avoid an overshoot error and…”
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Speculative Fever: Investor Contagion in the Housing Bubble by Bayer, Patrick, Mangum, Kyle, Roberts, James W.

“…Historical anecdotes abound of new investors being drawn into a booming asset market, only to suffer when the market turns. While the role of investor…”
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How Acquisitions Affect Firm Behavior and Performance: Evidence from the Dialysis Industry by Eliason, Paul J, Heebsh, Benjamin, McDevitt, Ryan C, Roberts, James W

“…Abstract Many industries have become increasingly concentrated through mergers and acquisitions, which in health care may have important consequences for…”
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The type 1 submovement conundrum: an investigation into the function of velocity zero-crossings within two-component aiming movements by Roberts, James W., Burkitt, James J., Elliott, Digby

“…In rapid manual aiming, traditional wisdom would have it that two components manifest from feedback-based processes, where error accumulated within the primary…”
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Unobserved heterogeneity and reserve prices in auctions by Roberts, James W.

“…This article shows how reserve prices can be used to control for unobserved object heterogeneity to identify and estimate the distribution of bidder values in…”
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When Should Sellers Use Auctions? by Roberts, James W., Sweeting, Andrew

“…A bidding process can be organized so that offers are submitted simultaneously or sequentially. In the latter case, potential buyers can condition their…”
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Online corrections can occur within movement imagery: An investigation of the motor-cognitive model by Owen, Robin, Wakefield, Caroline J., Roberts, James W.

“…The motor-cognitive model proposes that movement imagery additionally requires conscious monitoring owing to an absence of veridical online sensory feedback…”
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The multiple process model of goal-directed reaching revisited by Elliott, Digby, Lyons, James, Hayes, Spencer J., Burkitt, James J., Roberts, James W., Grierson, Lawrence E.M., Hansen, Steve, Bennett, Simon J.

“…•Aiming movements prepared to optimize speed, accuracy and energy.•Prior knowledge about feedback important for limb regulation.•Two types of online…”
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Investigation into the dynamic visual acuity of skilled cricketers using a continuous motion task by KELLY, Robert, ROBERTS, James W.

“…BACKGROUND: Great demands are imposed upon the perceptual-motor system when undertaking ball-throwing and -hitting tasks including cricket. That is, performers…”
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Physicians as Owners and Agents-A Call for Further Study by Eliason, Paul J, McDevitt, Ryan C, Roberts, James W

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Performance-related stress mediates the online control and integration of sequential movements by Goddard, Natalie, Roberts, James W.

“…The effects of stress on directing attention within performance have been broadly explained by self-focus and distraction perspectives, where stress causes…”
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Examining the equivalence between imagery and execution within the spatial domain – Does motor imagery account for signal-dependent noise? by Roberts, James W., Wood, Greg, Wakefield, Caroline J.

“…Motor imagery is suggested to be functionally equivalent to physical execution as they each utilise a common neural representation. The present study examined…”
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Sequential aiming in pairs: the multiple levels of joint action by Roberts, James W., Maiden, James, Lawrence, Gavin P.

“…The task constraints imposed upon a co-actor can often influence our own actions. Likewise, the observation of somebody else’s movements can involuntarily…”
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Examining the Equivalence Between Imagery and Execution-Does Imagery Comprise the Intended Spatial Trajectory? by Roberts, James W, Wakefield, Caroline J, de Grosbois, John P

“…The functional equivalence model suggests a common internal representation initiates both imagery and execution. This suggestion is supported by the mental…”
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Online control of rapid target-directed aiming using blurred visual feedback by Roberts, James W., Bennett, Simon J.

“…The accuracy and precision of target-directed aiming is contingent upon the availability of online visual feedback. The present study aimed to examine the…”
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