PeerJ – Brain and Cognition section

17 July 2018

Illusory resizing of the painful knee is analgesic in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis

Tasha R. Stanton, Helen R. Gilpin, Louisa Edwards, G. Lorimer Moseley, Roger Newport

Section Editor rating: 7 / 10

Stephen Macknik –– The use of illusory size changes to body parts—as an analgesic method—is amazing and new. The public will take notice.

13 July 2018

Assessing metacognitive beliefs about worry: validation of German versions of the Why Worry Scale II and the Consequences of Worry Scale

Editor rating: 7 / 10

Antonio Palazón-Bru –– A scientific evidence to use the German version of the analyzed questionnaire.

18 June 2018

Safe exposure distances for transcranial magnetic stimulation based on computer simulations

Editor rating: 7 / 10

Joao Rocha –– In this theoretical paper, the authors have calculated the safe occupational distance for transcranial magnetic stimulation. Of importance, they have indcated the use of a more conservative distance (0.96-1.46 m) instead of 0.7 m found in the literature.

24 May 2018

Why is nonword reading so variable in adult skilled readers?

Section Editor rating: 8 / 10

Stephen Macknik –– The reviewers and editors all agree that this is high impact.

22 May 2018

Potentially inappropriate use of benzodiazepines and z-drugs in the older population—analysis of associations between long-term use and patient-related factors

Editor rating: 7 / 10

Paul Tulkens –– I give a nice overview of what is a well known but often unmet medical and societal problem. It may contribute to come closer to improving the situation in the future.

3 May 2018

Post-traumatic stress symptoms are associated with better performance on a delayed match-to-position task

Section Editor rating: 8 / 10

Stephen Macknik –– This study reveals a potential novel mechanistic pathway in ptsd, a major health concern

2 April 2018

Effects of mental health interventions for students in higher education are sustainable over time: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Section Editor rating: 8 / 10

Stephen Macknik –– Looks really relevant to all fields of science and STEM.

2 April 2018

Selective attention on representations in working memory: cognitive and neural mechanisms

Section Editor rating: 8 / 10

Stephen Macknik –– I believe this paper will be widely read

19 March 2018

Influence of allelic variations in relation to norepinephrine and mineralocorticoid receptors on psychopathic traits: a pilot study

Editor rating: 9 / 10

Jafri Abdullah –– Receptor studies are the blue ocean for future drugs that will cure brain,mind and neurological diseases

16 January 2018

Attentional biases toward body images in males at high risk of muscle dysmorphia

Editor rating: 8 / 10

Ada Zohar –– This is a relatively new and interesting approach to measure the automatic biases which might underlie the susceptibility to eating disorders and body dysmorphia. There is an emergent field of attention bias modification which is a new approach to treating anxiety disorders and PTSD which is showing great promise for these disorders. Since ED and BD are notoriously hard to treat this emergent research on attention bias and attention bias modification which is bringing together clinical, cognitive, and neuro psychology, is exciting, and I am glad that PeerJ is publishing this paper.

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