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• Vicario, C. M., Makris, S., Culicetto, L., Lucifora, C., Falzone, A., Martino, G., ... & Craparo, G. (2023). Evidence of Altered Fear Extinction Learning in Individuals with High Vaccine Hesitancy During Covid-19 Pandemic. Clinical neuropsychiatry, 20(4), 364-369.

• Aithal, S., Karkou, V., Makris, S., Karaminis, T., & Powell, J. (2023). Supporting the wellbeing of caregivers of children on the autism spectrum: A qualitative report on experiences of attending group dance movement psychotherapy. Plos one, 18(8), e0288626.

• McNeill, A. M., Monk, R. L., Qureshi, A. W., Makris, S., Cazzato, V., & Heim, D. (2022). Elevated ad libitum alcohol consumption following continuous theta burst stimulation to the left-dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is partially mediated by changes in craving. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 22(1), 160-170.

• Aithal, S., Karkou, V., Makris, S., Karaminis, T., & Powell, J. (2021). Impact of Dance Movement Psychotherapy on the wellbeing of caregivers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Public health, 200, 109-115.

• Aithal, S., Moula, Z., Karkou, V. V., Karaminis, T., Powell, J., & Makris, S. (2021). A Systematic Review of the Contribution of Dance Movement Psychotherapy towards the Wellbeing of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Frontiers in psychology, 4238.

• Makris, S., & Cazzato, V. (2021). Implicit visual sensitivity towards slim versus overweight bodies modulates motor resonance in the primary motor cortex: A tDCS study. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 21(1), 93-104.

• Aithal, S., Karkou, V. V., Makris, S., Karaminis, T., & Powell, J. (2021). A dance movement psychotherapy intervention for the wellbeing of children with autism spectrum disorders: a pilot intervention study. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 2672.

• Makris, S., Richards, M., Karkou, V., Aithal, S., Lewis, J., Perris, E. (2020). A systematic review on the psychological interventions for supporting the mental health and wellbeing of the general public, patients and frontline staff during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020. PROSPERO International prospective register of systematic reviews.

• Cazzato, V., & Makris, S. (2019). Implicit preference towards slim bodies and weight-stigma modulate the understanding of observed familiar actions. Psychological research, 83(8), 1825-1835.

• Aithal, S., Karkou, V., Moula, Z., Karaminis, T., Makris, S. (2018). A systematic review on the contribution of dance movement psychotherapy towards the wellbeing of children on the autism spectrum. PROSPERO International prospective register of systematic reviews.

• McNeill, A. M., Monk, R. L., Qureshi, A. W., Makris, S., & Heim, D. (2018). Continuous theta burst transcranial magnetic stimulation of the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex impairs inhibitory control and increases alcohol consumption. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioural Neuroscience, 18, 1198-1206.

• Cazzato, V., Makris, S., Flavell, J. C., & Vicario, C. M. (2018). Group membership and racial bias modulate the temporal estimation of in-group/out-group body movements. Experimental Brain Research, 236(8), 2427-2437. doi: 10.1007/s00221-018-5313-4

• Finisguerra, A., Amoruso, L., Makris, S., Urgesi, C. (2018). Dissociated representations of deceptive intentions and kinematic adaptations in the observer’s motor system. Cerebral Cortex, 28(1), 33-47

• Vicario, C.*, Makris, S.*, Urgesi, C. (2017). Do experts see it in slow motion? Altered timing of action simulation uncovers domain-specific perceptual processing in expert athletes. Psychological Research, 81(6), 1201-1212 *Equal contribution

• Makris, S., Randle, J., & Cazzato, V. (2017). Cathodal tDCS evidence on how perceived body weight similarity and weight stigma can modulate the understanding of observed familiar actions. Brain Stimulation: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation, 10 (4), e27

• Cazzato, V., Williams, H., & Makris, S. (2017). Off-line rTMS of left Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex reduces food cravings in females but not males. Brain Stimulation: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation, 10 (4), e24

• Cazzato, V., Makris, S., & Urgesi, C. (2017). Cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation of the extrastriate visual cortex modulates implicit anti-fat bias in male, but not female, participants. Neuroscience, 359, 92-104

• Makris, S. & Marchant, D. (2017). The neural correlates of detecting deception in expert soccer players. Proceedings of the Experimental Psychology Society 2017. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 70 (12), 2586-2596

• Makris, S., & Cazzato, V. (2016). Perceived body weight similarity and weight stigma modulate the understanding of observed familiar actions. Proceedings of the Experimental Psychology Society 2016.The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 62 (12), 2487-2502

• Cazzato, V., Makris, S., Urgesi, C. (2015). Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of the Extrastriate Body Area modulates implicit anti-fat bias. Proceedings of the Experimental Psychology Society 2015. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 68 (12), 2464-2474

• Makris, S., Urgesi, C. (2015). Neural underpinnings of superior action-prediction abilities in soccer players. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 10 (3), 342 – 351

• Makris, S. (2015). Objects, nouns and affordances: A case for discussion. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9, 337

• Makris, S. (2014). Sport neuroscience revisited (?). Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8, 929

• Makris, S., Yarrow, K. (2014). Unconscious presentation of object affordances evokes a negative compatibility effect, i-Perception, 5 (5), 58

• Urgesi, C., Makris, S. (2013). Neural underpinnings of superior action-prediction abilities in soccer players, Neuropsychological Trends, 14, 136

• Makris, S., Hadar, A.A., Yarrow, K. (2013). Are object affordances fully automatic? A case of covert attention, Behavioral Neuroscience 127 (5), 797-802

• Makris, S., Grant, S., Hadar, A.A., Yarrow, K. (2013). Binocular vision enhances a rapidly evolving affordance priming effect: behavioural and TMS evidence, Brain and Cognition, 83 (3), 279-287

• Makris, S., Urgesi, C. (2013). Anticipatory motor simulation of deceptive actions in soccer players. Clinical Neurophysiology, 124 (10), e134

• Hadar, A.A., Makris, S., Yarrow, K. (2012). The truth-telling motor cortex: Response competition in M1 discloses deceptive behaviour. Biological Psychology, 89 (2), 495-502

• Makris, S., Yarrow, K. (2011). Viewing objects and planning actions: On the potentiation of grasping behaviours by visual objects. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 64 (12), 2470-2480

• Hadar, A. A., Makris, S., Yarrow, K. (2011). Letter to the Editor: Single-pulse TMS related syncopal spell in a healthy subject. Headache, 83 (13)

• Hadar, A., Makris, S., Yarrow, K. (2011). Single-pulse TMS related syncopal spell in a healthy subject. Brain Stimulation, 5 (4), 652-653

• Hadar, A., Makris, S., Yarrow, K. (2011). The truth-telling motor cortex: Response competition in M1 discloses deceptive behavior. i-Perception, 2 (4), 277

• Makris, S., Hadar, A. A., Yarrow, K. (2011). Viewing objects and planning actions: On the potentiation of grasping behaviours by visual objects. Brain and Cognition, 77 (2), 257-264