Publications by authors named "J Silas"
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- The study investigates the safety and feasibility of different VTE prophylactic treatments in critically ill burn patients admitted to the ICU.
- Conducted as a pilot randomized controlled trial, patients received either high-dose or standard-dose enoxaparin or unfractionated heparin, with various outcomes related to bleeding assessed.
- Results showed a low recruitment rate but high consent rate, with some instances of bleeding, indicating no major safety issues with the prophylaxis options tested.
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- Previous research indicates that presenting stimuli in a rhythmic manner enhances recognition memory and involves different brain activities compared to non-rhythmic presentation.
- This study used EEG to investigate if improved memory from rhythmic stimuli is caused by automatic entrainment to rhythm or temporal prediction, testing four presentation conditions.
- While behavioral results did not support earlier findings of enhanced recognition from temporal predictability, EEG analysis revealed effects of temporal position interacting with rhythm, suggesting temporal prediction influences encoding but its impact on memory may not be as strong as previously believed.
Using Electroencephalography (EEG) an event-related change in alpha activity has been observed over primary sensory cortices during the allocation of spatial attention. This is most prominent during top-down, or endogenous, attention, and nearly absent in bottom-up, or exogenous orienting. These changes are highly lateralised, such that an increase in alpha power is seen ipsilateral to the attended region of space and a decrease is seen contralaterally.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevious research has demonstrated a 'seductive allure' of technical or reductive language such that bad (e.g., circular) explanations are judged better when irrelevant technical terms are included.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: This study aimed to adapt the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA) questionnaire for younger respondents.
Method: The language of the MAIA was revised and children aged 7-10 years (n = 212) and adolescents aged 11-17 years (n = 217) completed the questionnaire.
Results: The original eight-factor model was tested for fit using confirmatory factor analysis.