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Predictive processing of music and language in autism: Evidence from Mandarin and English speakers (2024)
Journal Article
Zhao, C., Ong, J. H., Veic, A., Patel, A. D., Jiang, C., Fogel, A. R., Wang, L., Hou, Q., Das, D., Crasto, C., Chakrabarti, B., Williams, T. I., Loutrari, A., & Liu, F. (in press). Predictive processing of music and language in autism: Evidence from Mandarin and English speakers. Autism Research, https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.3133

Atypical predictive processing has been associated with autism across multiple domains, based mainly on artificial antecedents and consequents. As structured sequences where expectations derive from implicit learning of combinatorial principles, lang... Read More about Predictive processing of music and language in autism: Evidence from Mandarin and English speakers.

The efficacy of the Self‐Administered Interview: A systematic review (2024)
Journal Article
Bird, E., Wiener, J., Huang, C., & Attard‐Johnson, J. (in press). The efficacy of the Self‐Administered Interview: A systematic review. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, Article e1632. https://doi.org/10.1002/jip.1632

Obtaining accurate information from eyewitnesses is a crucial element in criminal investigations. Interview strategies such as the Cognitive Interview (CI) and the Self‐Administered Interview (SAI) have been developed and implemented to minimise inac... Read More about The efficacy of the Self‐Administered Interview: A systematic review.

To beckon or not to beckon: Testing a causal-evaluative modelling approach to moral judgment: A registered report (2024)
Journal Article
McHugh, C., Francis, K. B., Everett, J. A., & Timmons, S. (2024). To beckon or not to beckon: Testing a causal-evaluative modelling approach to moral judgment: A registered report. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 113, Article 104616. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2024.104616

Moral judgments are increasingly being understood as showing context dependent variability. A growing literature has identified a range of specific contextual factors (e.g., emotions, intentions) that can influence moral judgments in predictable ways... Read More about To beckon or not to beckon: Testing a causal-evaluative modelling approach to moral judgment: A registered report.

Why groups don’t forgive: refining the contributions of ingroup identity, ingroup attachment, justice concerns, and conflict type to intergroup forgiveness (2024)
Thesis
Dinnick, I. Why groups don’t forgive: refining the contributions of ingroup identity, ingroup attachment, justice concerns, and conflict type to intergroup forgiveness. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/775650

Researchers have begun to investigate the role of forgiveness in disrupting intergroup conflict and promoting peace. This thesis has refined our understanding of the ingroup identity and forgiveness relationship by determining which ingroup identity... Read More about Why groups don’t forgive: refining the contributions of ingroup identity, ingroup attachment, justice concerns, and conflict type to intergroup forgiveness.

Political attitudes and social change: The role of intergroup contact and social identity complexity (2024)
Thesis
Kızık, B. Political attitudes and social change: The role of intergroup contact and social identity complexity. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/775323

This thesis explores the impact of intergroup contact on political attitudes via social identity complexity (SIC) across WEIRD and non-WEIRD societies, including post-conflict contexts. This research aims to test whether and how dimensions of intergr... Read More about Political attitudes and social change: The role of intergroup contact and social identity complexity.

UK healthcare professionals’ attitudes towards the introduction of varicella vaccine into the routine childhood vaccination schedule and their preferences for administration (2024)
Journal Article
Sherman, S. M., Allerton-Price, C., Lingley-Heath, N., Lai, J., & Bedford, H. (2024). UK healthcare professionals’ attitudes towards the introduction of varicella vaccine into the routine childhood vaccination schedule and their preferences for administration. Vaccine, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.03.002

Background
Varicella (chickenpox) is a highly contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus. Although typically mild, varicella can cause complications leading to severe illness and even death. Safe and effective varicella vaccines are ava... Read More about UK healthcare professionals’ attitudes towards the introduction of varicella vaccine into the routine childhood vaccination schedule and their preferences for administration.

UK healthcare professionals’ attitudes towards the introduction of varicella vaccine into the routine childhood vaccination schedule and their preferences for delivery (2024)
Journal Article
Sherman, S. M., Allerton-Price, C., Lingley-Heath, N., Lai, J., & Bedford, H. (2024). UK healthcare professionals’ attitudes towards the introduction of varicella vaccine into the routine childhood vaccination schedule and their preferences for delivery. Vaccine, 42(10), 2621-2627. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.03.002

Background Varicella (chickenpox) is a highly contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus. Although typically a mild disease, varicella can cause complications leading to severe illness and even death. Safe and effective varicella vaccine... Read More about UK healthcare professionals’ attitudes towards the introduction of varicella vaccine into the routine childhood vaccination schedule and their preferences for delivery.

The secondary transfer effects of contact in facilitating peace in a frozen conflict: The case of Turkish immigrants in Cyprus (2024)
Journal Article
Ünver‐Aba, H., & Çakal, H. (in press). The secondary transfer effects of contact in facilitating peace in a frozen conflict: The case of Turkish immigrants in Cyprus. European Journal of Social Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3044

The present research focuses on the secondary transfer effect of contact, a relatively less researched dimension of intergroup contact, on reconciliation in the context of one of the most intractable and longest surviving interethnic conflicts in Eur... Read More about The secondary transfer effects of contact in facilitating peace in a frozen conflict: The case of Turkish immigrants in Cyprus.

Supporting and challenging hate in an online discussion of a controversial refugee policy (2024)
Journal Article
Goodman, S., & Locke, A. (2024). Supporting and challenging hate in an online discussion of a controversial refugee policy. Discourse Studies, 26(4), 465-480. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614456231225448

Online hate is a serious problem affecting a range of minoritised people. Existing theories suggest that poor behaviour online is due to anonymity but fail to explore how such discussions unfold. This is where a discursive and rhetorical psychologica... Read More about Supporting and challenging hate in an online discussion of a controversial refugee policy.

Revisiting Snodgrass and Vanderwart in Photograph Form: The Keele Photo Stimulus Set (KPSS) (2024)
Journal Article
Adams, J., Sherman, S., & Williams, H. L. (2024). Revisiting Snodgrass and Vanderwart in Photograph Form: The Keele Photo Stimulus Set (KPSS). Behavior Research Methods, https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-024-02351-1

Over the last 40 years, object recognition studies have moved from using simple line-drawings, to more detailed illustrations, to more ecologically valid photographic representations. Researchers now have access to various stimuli sets, however, exis... Read More about Revisiting Snodgrass and Vanderwart in Photograph Form: The Keele Photo Stimulus Set (KPSS).

Mood moderates the effects of prefrontal tDCS on executive functions: A meta-analysis testing the affective state-dependency hypothesis. (2024)
Journal Article
Di Rosa, E., Masina, F., Pastorino, A., Galletti, E., Gambarota, F., Altoè, G., Edelstyn, N., & Mapelli, D. (2024). Mood moderates the effects of prefrontal tDCS on executive functions: A meta-analysis testing the affective state-dependency hypothesis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 351, 920-930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.02.009

In recent decades, numerous studies have investigated the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on cognitive functioning. However, results of these studies frequently display inconsistency and pose challenges regarding replicabili... Read More about Mood moderates the effects of prefrontal tDCS on executive functions: A meta-analysis testing the affective state-dependency hypothesis..

Think aloud research in sport and exercise psychology: A focused mapping review and synthesis. (2024)
Journal Article
McGreary, M., Jackman, P. C., Eccles, D. W., & Whitehead, A. (2024). Think aloud research in sport and exercise psychology: A focused mapping review and synthesis. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1037/spy0000343

Use of Ericsson and Simon (1980, 1993) think aloud (TA) method within sport and exercise psychology research has increased in recent years. The purpose of this review was to map current research that has used the TA method with athletes and exerciser... Read More about Think aloud research in sport and exercise psychology: A focused mapping review and synthesis..

Happy parents, happy kids: Marital happiness, parenting styles, and children's behavioral outcomes in Chinese societies (2024)
Journal Article
Huang, C., Shen, A. C., Li, X., & Feng, J. Y. (in press). Happy parents, happy kids: Marital happiness, parenting styles, and children's behavioral outcomes in Chinese societies. Family Relations, https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12997

Objective
We examine the impacts of parental marital happiness on child outcomes. We also examine the potential mediating role of parenting styles in the relationship between marital happiness and children's behavioral outcomes.

Background
Paren... Read More about Happy parents, happy kids: Marital happiness, parenting styles, and children's behavioral outcomes in Chinese societies.

Single versus multiple firesetting: an examination of demographic, behavioural and psychological factors (2024)
Journal Article
Sambrooks, K., Tyler, N., & Gannon, T. A. (in press). Single versus multiple firesetting: an examination of demographic, behavioural and psychological factors. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2023.2272904

Deliberate firesetting is a prevalent issue. While a number of psychological treatment needs have been identified for adults who set fires, their association with multiple firesetting has received limited attention. This study examined whether demogr... Read More about Single versus multiple firesetting: an examination of demographic, behavioural and psychological factors.

The dynamics of statistical learning in visual search and its interaction with salience processing: An EEG study (2024)
Journal Article
Dolci, C., Rashal, E., Santandrea, E., Hamed, S. B., Chelazzi, L., Macaluso, E., & Boehler, C. N. (2024). The dynamics of statistical learning in visual search and its interaction with salience processing: An EEG study. NeuroImage, 286, Article 120514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120514

Visual attention can be guided by statistical regularities in the environment, that people implicitly learn from past experiences (statistical learning, SL). Moreover, a perceptually salient element can automatically capture attention, gaining proces... Read More about The dynamics of statistical learning in visual search and its interaction with salience processing: An EEG study.

Humor styles in the classroom: students’ perceptions of lecturer humor (2024)
Journal Article
James, L. A., & Fox, C. L. (2024). Humor styles in the classroom: students’ perceptions of lecturer humor. Humor, 37(1), 109-123. https://doi.org/10.1515/humor-2023-0061

Previous research has shown that humor can have an impact on people’s interpersonal relationships and the way they are perceived by others. In addition, it has been suggested that use of humor by teachers can be positive, but also negative. The aim o... Read More about Humor styles in the classroom: students’ perceptions of lecturer humor.

Putting the Spotlight Back Onto the Flanker Task in Autism: Autistic Adults Show Increased Interference from Foils Compared with Non-autistic Adults. (2024)
Journal Article
Poole, D., Grange, J. A., & Milne, E. (2024). Putting the Spotlight Back Onto the Flanker Task in Autism: Autistic Adults Show Increased Interference from Foils Compared with Non-autistic Adults. Journal of Cognition, 7(1), 46. https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.369

Autistic people may have a less focused spotlight of spatial selective attention than non-autistic people, meaning that distracting stimuli are less effectively suppressed. Previous studies using the flanker task have supported this suggestion with o... Read More about Putting the Spotlight Back Onto the Flanker Task in Autism: Autistic Adults Show Increased Interference from Foils Compared with Non-autistic Adults..