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Paths to peaceful and violent action: Identity fusion and group identification (2025)
Journal Article
Ozkan, Z., El‐Astal, S., & Cakal, H. (2025). Paths to peaceful and violent action: Identity fusion and group identification. British Journal of Social Psychology, 64(3), Article e70002. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.70002

Across three studies, we examined the associations between group identification, identity fusion and pro‐group action in national (Study 1: Palestinians), religious (Study 2: Muslims in response to the Charlie Hebdo attacks) and non‐political (Study... Read More about Paths to peaceful and violent action: Identity fusion and group identification.

From who we are to what we are willing to do for social change: The action‐bound role of efficacy perceptions (2025)
Journal Article
Lucarini, A., Cocco, V. M., Vezzali, L., Mannarini, T., & Çakal, H. (2025). From who we are to what we are willing to do for social change: The action‐bound role of efficacy perceptions. British Journal of Social Psychology, 64(3), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12910

Two cross‐sectional studies conducted in Chile (Study 1, N = 587) and Italy (Study 2, N = 438) investigated the action‐bound role of perceived efficacy in explaining the association between politicized (Studies 1 and 2) and non‐politicized identity (... Read More about From who we are to what we are willing to do for social change: The action‐bound role of efficacy perceptions.

From activism to the ballot box: mediating role of social change beliefs over time (2025)
Journal Article
Jiménez-Benítez, V., González, R., & Cakal, H. (2025). From activism to the ballot box: mediating role of social change beliefs over time. Frontiers in Social Psychology, 3, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsps.2025.1440638

Introduction: In recent years, there has been a global escalation in social demonstrations and political crises, signaling widespread dissatisfaction with prevailing political systems. This discontent is mirrored in decreased electoral participation... Read More about From activism to the ballot box: mediating role of social change beliefs over time.

Sensitivity to negative-feedback processing in people with Parkinson's disease and impulsive- compulsive behaviours (2025)
Journal Article
Martini, A., Edelstyn, N., Weis, L., Tamburin, S., Schifano, R., Brooks, J. L., Mantovani, E., Grange, J. A., Lauriola, M. F., Pistonesi, F., Leoni, G., Antonini, A., Biundo, R., & Martini, A. (in press). Sensitivity to negative-feedback processing in people with Parkinson's disease and impulsive- compulsive behaviours. Journal of Neural Transmission,

Background: Biomarkers of impulsive compulsive behaviours (ICBs) in Parkinson's (PD) are lacking. We combined behavioural and electrophysiological markers of sensitivity to negative feedback to address this lack of knowledge.
Methods: Eighteen PD p... Read More about Sensitivity to negative-feedback processing in people with Parkinson's disease and impulsive- compulsive behaviours.

0919 The Effects of Nocturia on Sleep, Mood and Quality of Life in Women (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chalmers, D. (2025, June). 0919 The Effects of Nocturia on Sleep, Mood and Quality of Life in Women. Presented at 39th Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, Seattle, WA, USA

Introduction Historically nocturia has received more attention as a men’s health issue, despite the high prevalence in women as well. Nocturia in women has been thought of as a symptom of other disorders such as overactive bladder or global polyuria,... Read More about 0919 The Effects of Nocturia on Sleep, Mood and Quality of Life in Women.

A Path Out: Using Video Games to Reduce Prejudice Towards Refugees (2025)
Journal Article
Cross, L., Atherton, G., & Stiff, C. (2025). A Path Out: Using Video Games to Reduce Prejudice Towards Refugees. Behavioral Sciences, 15(5), https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15050583

Historically, research on video games has centred on their potentially adverse effects, though more recently, work has started to explore the benefits. Here, we investigate whether playing a video game portraying a refugee’s plight in escaping war-to... Read More about A Path Out: Using Video Games to Reduce Prejudice Towards Refugees.

Control of stimulus set and response set in task switching. (2025)
Journal Article
Grange, J. A. (2025). Control of stimulus set and response set in task switching. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0001459

Successful goal-directed behavior requires not only selecting the correct to an object in our environment but also requires selecting the correct in our environment upon which to act. While most task-switching studies investigate the selection an... Read More about Control of stimulus set and response set in task switching..

A mechanics-informed machine learning framework for traumatic brain injury prediction in police and forensic investigations (2025)
Journal Article
Wei, Y., Oldroyd, J., Haste, P., Jayamohan, J., Jones, M., Casey, N., Peña, J.-M., Baylis, S., Gilmour, S., & Jérusalem, A. (in press). A mechanics-informed machine learning framework for traumatic brain injury prediction in police and forensic investigations. Communications Engineering, 4(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44172-025-00352-2

Police forensic investigations are not immune to our society’s ubiquitous search for better predictive ability. In the particular and very topical case of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), police forensic investigations aim at evaluating whether a given... Read More about A mechanics-informed machine learning framework for traumatic brain injury prediction in police and forensic investigations.

Is There an ‘Equalizing Tendency’ in Temporal Bisection in Humans? (2025)
Journal Article
Wearden, J. H., Bajic, K., & Brooks, J. (in press). Is There an ‘Equalizing Tendency’ in Temporal Bisection in Humans?. Timing and Time Perception, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1163/22134468-bja10119

Three experiments tested the conjecture that people carrying out a temporal bisection experiment have an ‘equalizing tendency’, that is, the idea that they are motivated to try to equalize the number of SHORT and LONG responses they produce. All thre... Read More about Is There an ‘Equalizing Tendency’ in Temporal Bisection in Humans?.

‘I Shouldn't Really Be Here’: University Students' Perceptions and Experiences of Transitioning to University With a Contextual Offer Admission (2025)
Journal Article
Bagnall, C. L., James, L. A., & Skipper, Y. (2025). ‘I Shouldn't Really Be Here’: University Students' Perceptions and Experiences of Transitioning to University With a Contextual Offer Admission. Higher Education Quarterly, 79(2), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.70003

Universities may offer students from disadvantaged personal or socioeconomic contexts a lower threshold for entry compared to students from a more stable or affluent background; this is termed a contextual offer. Examples may include having a health... Read More about ‘I Shouldn't Really Be Here’: University Students' Perceptions and Experiences of Transitioning to University With a Contextual Offer Admission.

On the nonlinear link between stigma and collective action: Evidence from sexual and gender minorities in 25 countries (2025)
Journal Article
Selvanathan, H. P., Valdenegro, D., Noor, M., Visintin, E. P., Lalot, F., Sainz, M., Bilewicz, M., Hayward, L., Sebben, S., Ullrich, J., & Hässler, T. (2025). On the nonlinear link between stigma and collective action: Evidence from sexual and gender minorities in 25 countries. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302241309539

The stigma faced by gender and sexual minorities varies across countries. How does stigma relate to collective action for social change? We propose a curvilinear link (i.e., an inverted U-curve) between stigma and collective action such that increase... Read More about On the nonlinear link between stigma and collective action: Evidence from sexual and gender minorities in 25 countries.

Antecedents and consequences of political moral laxity: a Peruvian case (2025)
Journal Article
Espinosa, A., Anaya, R., Juárez, J., & Çakal, H. (in press). Antecedents and consequences of political moral laxity: a Peruvian case. Frontiers in Political Science, 6, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpos.2024.1473964

Political Moral Laxity is defined as a set of beliefs and attitudes that tolerate and support dishonest or corrupt actions of authorities and politicians, especially when these actions benefit private interests to the detriment of the public good. Po... Read More about Antecedents and consequences of political moral laxity: a Peruvian case.

Students' perceptions and experiences of taking a Leave of Absence (LOA) during their degree (2024)
Journal Article
James, L., Noor, M., Halim, A., & Fox, C. (2024). Students' perceptions and experiences of taking a Leave of Absence (LOA) during their degree. Open Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 3(2), 102-119. https://doi.org/10.56230/osotl.105

Although literature suggests that students may encounter a range of difficulties whilst studying at university, our understanding of the experiences of those who have to take time away from their studies during their course is limited. This study ado... Read More about Students' perceptions and experiences of taking a Leave of Absence (LOA) during their degree.

Developing self-regulatory skills and reflective practice in professional English soccer academy goalkeepers using think aloud. A pilot study (2024)
Journal Article
Mcgreary, M., Lawrence, J., & Whitehead, A. E. (2024). Developing self-regulatory skills and reflective practice in professional English soccer academy goalkeepers using think aloud. A pilot study. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 55, 565-585. https://doi.org/10.7352/IJSP.2024.55.565

Think aloud (TA) has previously been used as a tool that facilitates the development of self-regulatory and reflective practice skills in coaches and golfers (Birch et al., 2022). This pilot study aimed to further explore the use of TA as a tool to f... Read More about Developing self-regulatory skills and reflective practice in professional English soccer academy goalkeepers using think aloud. A pilot study.

Computational modeling of selective attention differentiates subtypes of amnestic mild cognitive impairment. (2024)
Journal Article
Rabi, R., Chow, R., Grange, J. A., Hasher, L., Alain, C., & Anderson, N. D. (in press). Computational modeling of selective attention differentiates subtypes of amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology, and cognition, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2024.2442786

Individuals with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), a prodromal stage of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, show inhibition deficits in addition to episodic memory. How the latent processes of selective attention (i.e., from perception... Read More about Computational modeling of selective attention differentiates subtypes of amnestic mild cognitive impairment..

Development of Integrative mindfulness enhanced neuro-psychotherapy intervention module for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) patients (2024)
Journal Article
Dhandapani, P., & Somasundaram, T. (2024). Development of Integrative mindfulness enhanced neuro-psychotherapy intervention module for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) patients. Indian Journal of Clinical Psychology, 50(03), 78-83

Aim:
To discuss the development and validation of a structured intervention for improving neurocognitive functioning and well-being of traumatic brain-injured (TBI) patients

Materials and Methods
Both qualitative and quantitative methodologies w... Read More about Development of Integrative mindfulness enhanced neuro-psychotherapy intervention module for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) patients.

Replicating What Motivates Conflicting Groups to Engage in Competitive Victimhood: The Roles of Need for Power and Need for Morality (2024)
Journal Article
Halabi, S., Masi, N., & Dovidio, J. F. (in press). Replicating What Motivates Conflicting Groups to Engage in Competitive Victimhood: The Roles of Need for Power and Need for Morality. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.13078

ABSTRACTBecause of the growing evidence pointing to the adverse impact of competitive victimhood on intergroup relations, research has focused on revealing what motivates conflicting groups to engage in competitive victimhood. Whereas Sullivan et al.... Read More about Replicating What Motivates Conflicting Groups to Engage in Competitive Victimhood: The Roles of Need for Power and Need for Morality.

The Effect of Swearing on Error-Related Negativity as an Indicator for State Disinhibition (2024)
Journal Article
Beck, V., L. Brooks, J., & Stephens, R. (2024). The Effect of Swearing on Error-Related Negativity as an Indicator for State Disinhibition. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218241308560

Introduction: Swearing has been linked to increased strength performance (Stephens et al., 2022) and state disinhibition (Hirsch et al, 2011) may be the mechanism linking swearing and strength. Error-related negativity (ERN) is a neural signal associ... Read More about The Effect of Swearing on Error-Related Negativity as an Indicator for State Disinhibition.

GFW Impact Report 2024 (2024)
Report
Hutchinson, M., & Vestergren, S. (2024). GFW Impact Report 2024. Green Football Weekend

In February 2024, the second annual Green Football Weekend mobilised fans, clubs and leagues to take action to protect our world, sparking conversations on and off the pitch, engaging fans and players in the issue, and eliciting new commitments from... Read More about GFW Impact Report 2024.

Effect of swearing on physical performance: a mini-review (2024)
Journal Article
Washmuth, N. B., Stephens, R., & Ballmann, C. G. (2024). Effect of swearing on physical performance: a mini-review. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1445175

Swearing, or using taboo language with the potential to offend, has been shown to improve physical performance during short and intense tasks requiring strength and power development. While consistent ergogenic effects of swearing have been observed... Read More about Effect of swearing on physical performance: a mini-review.