Research areas
My research interests lie in seeking to understand the cognitive processes that allow us to adapt our behaviour to changes in our environment. To that end, I employ a variety of neuroscientific techniques – such as psychopharmacology and chemogenetics – to manipulate frontal cortical and/or basal ganglia function in experimental animals using bespoke behavioural tasks: to explore how attentional focus facilitates learning under some circumstances, and hinders it under others – forcing attentional adaptation; and to understand the means – both psychological processes and neurological underpinnings – by which the brain mediates such attentional shifting.
Selected publications
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Open access
Knott, T., Whyte, A., Dhawan, S. S., Tait, D. S. & Brown, V. J., 13 Sept 2024, In: Neuroscience. 555, p. 134-144 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Tait, D. S., Bowman, E. E., Miller, S., Dovlatyan, M., Sanchez, C. & Brown, V. J., 29 May 2021, Concepts, frames and cascades in semantics, cognition and ontology. Löbner, S., Gamerschlag, T., Kalenscher, T., Schrenk, M. & Zeevat, H. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 389-409 21 p. (Language, cognition and mind; vol. 7).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Open access
Wang, J., Tait, D. S., Brown, V. J. & Bowman, E. M., 17 Oct 2019, In: Behavioural Brain Research. 372, 112037.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Dhawan, S. S., Tait, D. S. & Brown, V. J., 2 May 2019, In: Behavioural Brain Research. 363, p. 45-52
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Szabo, B., Noble, D. W. A., Byrne, R. W., Tait, D. S. & Whiting, M. J., Aug 2019, In: Animal Behaviour. 154, p. 75-84 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Tait, D. S., Bowman, E. M., Neuwirth, L. S. & Brown, V. J., Jun 2018, In: Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 89, p. 72-84 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Open access
Dhawan, S. S., Xia, S., Tait, D. S., Bundgaard, C., Bowman, E. & Brown, V. J., May 2018, In: Psychopharmacology. 235, 5, p. 1527-1532 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Szabo, B., Noble, D. W. A., Byrne, R. W., Tait, D. S. & Whiting, M. J., Oct 2018, In: Animal Behaviour. 144, p. 17-26 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Tait, D. S., Phillips, J. M., Blackwell, A. D. & Brown, V. J., 14 Mar 2017, In: Neuroscience. 345, p. 287-296 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Brown, V. J. & Tait, D. S., 1 Jan 2016, Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences. Springer-Verlag, p. 363-395 33 p. (Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences; vol. 28).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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