Publications by John Christian Thoresen

Acute stress affects peripersonal space representation in cortisol stress responders

Maria del Carmen Sandi Perez, John Christian Thoresen, Andrea Serino, Manon Chloé Durand-Ruel

Peripersonal space is the representation of the space near the body. It is implemented by a dedicated multisensory-motor network, whose purpose is to predict and plan interactions with the environment, and which can vary depending on environmental circumst ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2022

Dominant men are faster in decision-making situations and exhibit a distinct neural signal for promptness

Maria del Carmen Sandi Perez, Michael Herzog, Vitaly Chicherov, Patricia Figueiredo, John Christian Thoresen, Janir Nuno Ramos Antunes Da Cruz, João Pedro de Matos Rodrigues

2018

The effects of visual realism, spatial abilities, and competition on performance in map-based route learning in men

Rebecca Francelet, John Christian Thoresen

We report on how visual realism might influence map-based route learning performance in a controlled laboratory experiment with 104 male participants in a competitive context. Using animations of a dot moving through routes of interest, we find that partic ...

TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC2018

Acute stress alters individual risk taking in a time-dependent manner and leads to anti-social risk

Maria del Carmen Sandi Perez, Samuel Bendahan, Fiona Hollis, John Christian Thoresen, Lorenz Goette, Leyla Loued-Khenissi

Decision-making processes can be modulated by stress, and the time elapsed from stress induction seems to be a crucial factor in determining the direction of the effects. Although current approaches consider the ﬁrst post-stress hour a uniform period, the ...

2017

Not all anxious individuals get lost: trait anxiety and mental rotation ability interact to explain performance in map-based route learning in men

Maria del Carmen Sandi Perez, Rebecca Francelet, John Christian Thoresen

Navigation through an environment is a fundamental human activity. Although group differences in navigational ability are documented (e.g., gender), little is known about traits that predict these abilities. Apart from a well-established link between menta ...

2016

Stress pulls us apart: Anxiety leads to differences in competitive confidence under stress

Maria del Carmen Sandi Perez, Samuel Bendahan, Fiona Hollis, John Christian Thoresen, Lorenz Goette

Social competition is a fundamental mechanism of evolution and plays a central role in structuring individual interactions and communities. Little is known about the factors that affect individuals’ competitive success, particularly in humans. Key factors ...

2015

Individual Differences in the Discrimination of Novel Speech Sounds: Effects of Sex, Temporal Processing, Musical and Cognitive Abilities

John Christian Thoresen

This study examined whether rapid temporal auditory processing, verbal working memory capacity, non-verbal intelligence, executive functioning, musical ability and prior foreign language experience predicted how well native English speakers (N = 120) discr ...

Public Library of Science2012

First impressions: Gait cues drive reliable trait judgements

John Christian Thoresen

Personality trait attribution can underpin important social decisions and yet requires little effort; even a brief exposure to a photograph can generate lasting impressions. Body movement is a channel readily available to observers and allows judgements to ...

Elsevier Science Bv2012