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Q J Exp Psychol (Hove) ; 64(9): 1726-42, 2011 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21424984

ABSTRACT

Pure alexia is an acquired reading disorder in which previously literate adults adopt a letter-by-letter processing strategy. Though these individuals display impaired reading, research shows that they are still able to use certain lexical information in order to facilitate visual word processing. The current experiment investigates the role that a word's age of acquisition (AoA) plays in the reading processes of an individual with pure alexia (G.J.) when other lexical variables have been controlled. Results from a sentence reading task in which eye movement patterns were recorded indicated that G.J. shows a strong effect of AoA, where late-acquired words are more difficult to process than early-acquired words. Furthermore, it was observed that the AoA effect is much greater for G.J. than for age-matched control participants. This indicates that patients with pure alexia rely heavily on intact top-down information, supporting the interactive activation model of reading.


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Aging , Alexia, Pure/physiopathology , Reading , Aged , Attention , Concept Formation , Fixation, Ocular , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Photic Stimulation
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Pharmacol Biochem Behav ; 94(3): 482-7, 2010 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19931303

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Endocannabinoids may normally inhibit the generation and expression of female estrous behaviors. Previous work in our laboratory demonstrated that acute administration of a CB(1) receptor antagonist (AM251) increased sexual incentive motivation in estrous female rats. The current experiment examined the effect of CP55,940, a synthetic cannabinoid agonist, on sexual motivation. Seventy-two ovariectomized female Long-Evans rats were tested for their socio-sexual motivation via a runway methodology. Baseline motivation to approach and maintain close proximity to an empty goalbox, a female conspecific, and a male conspecific was assessed over six trials. Subjects were then grouped into nine experimental conditions and re-tested for their socio-sexual motivation after one of three possible hormonal treatments and three drug doses. Hormone treatments were: oil (nonestrous), 10 microg estradiol benzoate (partially estrous), and 10 microg estradiol+500 microg progesterone (fully estrous). Drug doses were: 0, 20, or 40 microg/kg CP55,940 (IP, 30 min prior to testing). As expected, hormonal priming with both estradiol and progesterone significantly increased sexual motivation in females that did not receive drug treatment. This occurred even though females were kept sexually-naïve throughout the experiment. CP55,940 dose-dependently attenuated sexual motivation for a male target in estrous females; the 40 microg/kg dose completely blocked sexual motivation. However, this same dose also significantly reduced social motivation for another female. Cannabinoid agonists reduce female sexual motivation, either directly by inhibiting estrus or indirectly by increasing social anxiety.


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Cannabinoids/pharmacology , Motivation/drug effects , Sexual Behavior, Animal/drug effects , Animals , Cannabinoids/administration & dosage , Cyclohexanols/pharmacology , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Estrus , Female , Male , Rats , Rats, Long-Evans
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