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Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) and chronic cognitive impairment: A scoping review by McInnes, Kerry, Friesen, Christopher L, MacKenzie, Diane E, Westwood, David A, Boe, Shaun G

“…Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), or concussion, is the most common type of traumatic brain injury. With mTBI comes symptoms that include headaches, fatigue,…”
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An evolving view of duplex vision: separate but interacting cortical pathways for perception and action by Goodale, Melvyn A, Westwood, David A

“…In 1992, Goodale and Milner proposed a division of labour in the visual pathways of the primate cerebral cortex between a dorsal stream specialised for the…”
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Converging evidence for diverging pathways: Neuropsychology and psychophysics tell the same story by Westwood, David A., Goodale, Melvyn A.

“…► We review evidence from human neuropsychology and psychophysics about the relationship between action and perception. ► We critique the idea that effects of…”
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Leveraging the effector independent nature of motor imagery when it is paired with physical practice by Kraeutner, Sarah N., McArthur, Jennifer L., Kraeutner, Paul H., Westwood, David A., Boe, Shaun G.

“…While considered analogous to physical practice, the nature of imagery-based skill acquisition—specifically whether or not both effector independent and…”
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Opposite Perceptual and Sensorimotor Responses to a Size-Weight Illusion by Grandy, Mathew S, Westwood, David A

“…School of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Submitted 12 August 2005; accepted in final form 19 March 2006 The…”
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Correction: Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) and chronic cognitive impairment: A scoping review by McInnes, Kerry, Friesen, Christopher L, MacKenzie, Diane E, Westwood, David A, Boe, Shaun G

“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174847.]…”
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Management of primary group A streptococcal peritonitis: a systematic review by Westwood, David A, Roberts, Ross H

“…Over the past 20 years, there has been a global increase in the incidence and severity of group A streptococcal diseases. Primary group A streptococcal…”
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Effect of body temperature on cold induced vasodilation by Flouris, Andreas D., Westwood, David A., Mekjavic, Igor B., Cheung, Stephen S.

“…Cold-induced vasodilation (CIVD) is an acute increase in peripheral blood flow observed during cold exposures. It is hypothesized to protect against cold…”
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Further evidence against a momentum explanation for IOR by Harris, Jonathan W, Cowper-Smith, Christopher D, Klein, Raymond M, Westwood, David A

“…Reaction times to targets presented in the same location as a preceding cue are greater than those to targets presented opposite the cued location. This…”
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The influence of visual motion on fast reaching movements to a stationary object by Whitney, David, Westwood, David A, Goodale, Melvyn A

“…One of the most important functions of vision is to direct actions to objects. However, every time that vision is used to guide an action, retinal motion…”
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Dual routes to action: contributions of the dorsal and ventral streams to adaptive behavior by Goodale, Melvyn A, Króliczak, Grzegorz, Westwood, David A

“…More than a decade ago, Goodale and Milner proposed that our perceptual experience of the world depends on visual processing that is fundamentally distinct…”
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Spatial interactions between successive eye and arm movements: signal type matters by Cowper-Smith, Christopher D, Harris, Jonathan, Eskes, Gail A, Westwood, David A

“…Spatial interactions between consecutive movements are often attributed to inhibition of return (IOR), a phenomenon in which responses to previously signalled…”
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Directional interactions between current and prior saccades by Jones, Stephanie A H, Cowper-Smith, Christopher D, Westwood, David A

“…One way to explore how prior sensory and motor events impact eye movements is to ask someone to look to targets located about a central point, returning gaze…”
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Occupational Therapists and Observation: What are You Looking At? by MacKenzie, Diane E., Westwood, David A.

“…Visual observation is a fundamental skill underlying all occupational performance assessments in occupational therapy. The purpose of this study was to…”
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Neural coding of movement direction in the healthy human brain by Cowper-Smith, Christopher D, Lau, Esther Y Y, Helmick, Carl A, Eskes, Gail A, Westwood, David A

“…Neurophysiological studies in monkeys show that activity of neurons in primary cortex (M1), pre-motor cortex (PMC), and cerebellum varies systematically with…”
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Transparent Cap-Assisted Colonoscopy Versus Standard Adult Colonoscopy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Westwood, David A, Alexakis, Nicholas, Connor, Saxon J

“…BACKGROUND:Cap-assisted colonoscopy uses a transparent plastic hood attached to the tip of the colonoscope to flatten the semilunar folds and improve mucosal…”
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The effect of a pictorial illusion on closed-loop and open-loop prehension by WESTWOOD, David A, HEATH, Matthew, ROY, Eric A

“…It has been proposed that movements to visible and remembered targets are sensitive to qualitatively different types of visual information. When the target is…”
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The control of memory-guided reaching movements in peripersonal space by Heath, Matthew, Westwood, David A, Binsted, Gordon

“…The goal of the present investigation was to explore the putative contributions of feedforward- and feedback-based processes in the control of memory-guided…”
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Movement related sensory feedback is not necessary for learning to execute a motor skill by Ingram, Tony G.J., Solomon, Jack P., Westwood, David A., Boe, Shaun G.

“…Sensory feedback has traditionally been considered critical for motor learning. While it has been shown that motor learning can occur in the absence of visual…”
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Characterizing skill acquisition through motor imagery with no prior physical practice by Kraeutner, Sarah N, MacKenzie, Laura A, Westwood, David A, Boe, Shaun G

“…Motor learning depends upon plasticity in neural networks involved in the planning and execution of movement. Physical practice (PP) is the primary means of…”
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