Trevor W. Robbins

TL;DR: The hypothesis that ceruleo-cortical NA depletion broadens the span of attention, particularly under stressful circumstances, is supported, and the results indicate that striatal DA depletion mainly affects vigour of responding, as measured by swim speed, and that this effect can be reversed by the stressful effects of cold water.

TL;DR: The findings, in relation to a mean BMI of 15·3, are compatible with, in general, subtle impairments in neurocognition in AN, however, in those patients with relatively severe degrees of impairments, these may have adverse effects on complex tasks of social and occupational functioning.

TL;DR: These findings demonstrate that sub-chronic NMDA receptor antagonism is sufficient to produce highly-localized morphological abnormalities in brain areas implicated in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia.

TL;DR: Investigating the effects of excitotoxic lesions of the rat HPC and the basolateral amygdala on the acquisition of a number of appetitive behaviors suggested that hippocampal lesions may have increased the incentive motivational properties of food and associated conditioned stimuli, consistent with the hypothesis that the HPC is involved in inhibitory processes in appetitive conditioning.

TL;DR: This paper critically reviews the unidimensional construct of General Arousal as utilised by models of temperament in differential psychology for example, to underlie 'Extraversion', suggesting that their functionality can be classified using three universal aspects of actions related to expansion, to selection-integration and to maintenance of chosen behavioural alternatives.