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Oscillatory Neural Correlates of Police Firearms Decision-Making in Virtual Reality

Nicholas A. Alexander, Clíona L. Kelly, Hongfang Wang, Robert A. Nash, Shaun Beebe, Matthew J. Brookes and Klaus Kessler
eNeuro 8 July 2024, 11 (7) ENEURO.0112-24.2024; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0112-24.2024
Nicholas A. Alexander
1Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, Department of Imaging Neuroscience, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, United Kingdom
2Aston Institute of Health and Neurodevelopment, College of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7E, United Kingdom
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Clíona L. Kelly
2Aston Institute of Health and Neurodevelopment, College of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7E, United Kingdom
3Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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Hongfang Wang
2Aston Institute of Health and Neurodevelopment, College of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7E, United Kingdom
4School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Dublin D4, Ireland
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Robert A. Nash
2Aston Institute of Health and Neurodevelopment, College of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7E, United Kingdom
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Shaun Beebe
5Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2QX, United Kingdom
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Matthew J. Brookes
5Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2QX, United Kingdom
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Klaus Kessler
2Aston Institute of Health and Neurodevelopment, College of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7E, United Kingdom
4School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Dublin D4, Ireland
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https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0112-24.2024
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  • Received March 14, 2024
  • Accepted May 23, 2024
  • Published online July 8, 2024.
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Copyright © 2024 Alexander et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed.

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  1. Nicholas A. Alexander1,2,
  2. Clíona L. Kelly2,3,
  3. Hongfang Wang2,4,
  4. Robert A. Nash2,
  5. Shaun Beebe5,
  6. Matthew J. Brookes5 and
  7. Klaus Kessler2,4
  1. 1Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, Department of Imaging Neuroscience, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, United Kingdom
  2. 2Aston Institute of Health and Neurodevelopment, College of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7E, United Kingdom
  3. 3Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
  4. 4School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Dublin D4, Ireland
  5. 5Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2QX, United Kingdom
  1. Correspondence should be addressed to Nicholas A. Alexander at n.alexander{at}ucl.ac.uk or Klaus Kessler at klaus.kessler1{at}ucd.ie.
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  1. Author contributions: N.A.A., R.A.N., S.B., M.J.B., and K.K. designed research; N.A.A., C.L.K., and H.W. performed research; N.A.A., H.W., and K.K. analyzed data; N.A.A., C.L.K., and K.K. wrote the paper.

Disclosures

  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • We thank the Durham Constabulary and Cleveland Police for their generous support of this research project from inception and throughout. Without their guidance regarding AFO practices and provision of facilities, this project would not have been possible. We also thank our colleagues at the Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, Aston Institute of Health and Neurodevelopment, and Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre for valuable discussions about data analysis. We thank Nafeesa Gul for her help with the data collection conducted at Aston University. This work was supported by a collaboration between Aston University (50th Anniversary PhD Studentship) and the University of Nottingham.

  • M.J.B. is a director of Cerca Magnetics Limited, a spin-out company whose aim is to commercialise aspects of OPM-MEG technology. M.J.B. holds founding equity in Cerca Magnetics Limited.

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Nicholas A. Alexander, Clíona L. Kelly, Hongfang Wang, Robert A. Nash, Shaun Beebe, Matthew J. Brookes, Klaus Kessler
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