Michael J. Wesley
University of Kentucky
36 Papers
254 Citations
Michael J. Wesley is an academic researcher from University of Kentucky. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Functional magnetic resonance imaging. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 31 publications. Previous affiliations of Michael J. Wesley include Virginia Tech & Yerkes National Primate Research Center.
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Papers
Tactical use of unimodal and bimodal communication by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
David A. Leavens,David A. Leavens,Autumn B. Hostetter,Michael J. Wesley,William D. Hopkins,William D. Hopkins +5 more
TL;DR: Chimpanzees tactically deployed their communicative behaviours in the visual and auditory domains in accordance with the manipulated attentional and intentional status of a human observer.
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Remember the Future II: Meta-analyses and Functional Overlap of Working Memory and Delay Discounting
TL;DR: A portion of the left lateral prefrontal cortex is a unique location where delay discounting and working memory processes overlap in the brain and represents a therapeutic target for improving behaviors that rely on the integration of the recent past with the foreseeable future.
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Grip morphology and hand use in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Evidence of a left hemisphere specialization in motor skill.
TL;DR: The cumulative results indicate that chimpanzees show a left-hemisphere asymmetry in motor skill that is associated with the use of precision grips.
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Elevated gray and white matter densities in cocaine abstainers compared to current users.
TL;DR: These data suggest that individuals able to remain abstinent from cocaine for at least 1 month have elevated neocortical tissue density and perform better on multiple cognitive tests, relative to current cocaine users.
Gestural communication in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): the influence of experimenter position on gesture type and hand preference.
TL;DR: Overall, a significant population-level right hand bias was found, particularly for food beg gestures, which suggest that lateralisation in gestural communication is left hemisphere dominant.