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Disentangling the effects of spatial inconsistency of targets and distractors when searching in realistic scenes. (2015)
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(2015). Disentangling the effects of spatial inconsistency of targets and distractors when searching in realistic scenes. Journal of Vision, https://doi.org/10.1167/15.2.12

Previous research has suggested that correctly placed objects facilitate eye guidance, but also that objects violating spatial associations within scenes may be prioritized for selection and subsequent inspection. We analyzed the respective eye guida... Read More about Disentangling the effects of spatial inconsistency of targets and distractors when searching in realistic scenes..

Police officers' trust beliefs in the police and their psychological adjustment (2015)
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(2015). Police officers' trust beliefs in the police and their psychological adjustment. Policing and Society, 627 -641. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2014.1000324

The public's trust in the police has been the focus of extensive investigation. By contrast, there is a scarcity of research examining police officers' trust in the police. The purpose of the current study was to fill that gap in our knowledge. This... Read More about Police officers' trust beliefs in the police and their psychological adjustment.

A simple algorithm for the offline recalibration of eye-tracking data through best-fitting linear transformation (2015)
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Vadillo, M. A., Street, C. N. H., Beesley, T., & Shanks, D. R. (2015). A simple algorithm for the offline recalibration of eye-tracking data through best-fitting linear transformation. Behavior Research Methods, 47(4), 1365-1376. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-014-0544-1

Poor calibration and inaccurate drift correction can pose severe problems for eye-tracking experiments requiring high levels of accuracy and precision. We describe an algorithm for the offline correction of eye-tracking data. The algorithm conducts a... Read More about A simple algorithm for the offline recalibration of eye-tracking data through best-fitting linear transformation.

Know versus Familiar: Differentiating states of awareness in others' subjective reports of recognition (2015)
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Williams, H., & Moulin, C. J. (2015). Know versus Familiar: Differentiating states of awareness in others' subjective reports of recognition. Memory, 23(7), 981 -990. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2014.945460

In the Remember-Know paradigm whether a Know response is defined as a high-confidence state of certainty or a low-confidence state based on familiarity varies across researchers and can influence participants' responses. The current experiment was de... Read More about Know versus Familiar: Differentiating states of awareness in others' subjective reports of recognition.

What else can music preferences do?: a commentary on Clark and Giacomantonio (2015)
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Lamont, A. (2015). What else can music preferences do?: a commentary on Clark and Giacomantonio. Empirical Musicology Review, 66-70. https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v10i1-2.4585

This commentary considers the uses to which information about music preferences can be put, considering the findings from Clark and Giacomantonio (2015) and other related studies of music preferences. It focuses on three areas. Firstly, the ways in... Read More about What else can music preferences do?: a commentary on Clark and Giacomantonio.

The Aurora Women's Leadership Programme: reflections from the inaugural Keele cohort (2015)
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Szkornik, K., Beardmore, R., Boylan, J., Hider, S., Hunter, S., Montana-Williams, K., …Watts, J. (2015). The Aurora Women's Leadership Programme: reflections from the inaugural Keele cohort. The Journal of Academic Development and Education, 54 -57

The Aurora programme is a leadership initiative for women in academic and professional roles and is designed to address the lack of women in senior positions within UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). In October 2013, 13 female staff from academ... Read More about The Aurora Women's Leadership Programme: reflections from the inaugural Keele cohort.

Shared identity predicts enhanced health at a mass gathering (2014)
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(2014). Shared identity predicts enhanced health at a mass gathering. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 504-522. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430214556703

Identifying with a group can impact (positively) upon group members’ health. This can be explained (in part) through the social relations that a shared identity allows. We investigated the relationship between a shared identity and health in a longit... Read More about Shared identity predicts enhanced health at a mass gathering.

Question Types, Responsiveness and Self-contradictions when Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys Question Alleged Victims of Child Sexual Abuse: Responsiveness and self-contradictions (2014)
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Andrews, S. J., Lamb, M. E., & Lyon, T. D. (2015). Question Types, Responsiveness and Self-contradictions when Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys Question Alleged Victims of Child Sexual Abuse: Responsiveness and self-contradictions. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 29(2), 253-261. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3103

A case-series evaluation of a brief, psycho-social approach intended for the prevention of relapse in psychosis. (2014)
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(2014). A case-series evaluation of a brief, psycho-social approach intended for the prevention of relapse in psychosis. Europe's Journal of Psychology, https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v10i4.832

There is a wealth of research into relapse prevention in psychosis; however, specific research into the effectiveness of short-term, self-management strategies aimed to prevent relapse is lacking. This pilot study aimed to evaluate the effects of Sor... Read More about A case-series evaluation of a brief, psycho-social approach intended for the prevention of relapse in psychosis..

Effects of norm referent salience on young people’s dietary orientation (2014)
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(2014). Effects of norm referent salience on young people’s dietary orientation. Appetite, 160 -164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2014.11.018

We examined the effects of making salient different norm referents on young people's dietary orientation. Participants were exposed to a referent who was either of similar age to themselves or older before reporting their normative beliefs, attitudes... Read More about Effects of norm referent salience on young people’s dietary orientation.

Agency, ‘good motherhood’ and ‘a load of mush’: Constructions of baby-led weaning in the press (2014)
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Locke, A. (2015). Agency, ‘good motherhood’ and ‘a load of mush’: Constructions of baby-led weaning in the press. Women's Studies International Forum, 53, 139-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2014.10.018

In this age of ‘intensive motherhood’, new mothers are flooded with information on the best ways in which to raise their children. One of the key issues is infant feeding, in particular, the timing and method of weaning their children onto solid food... Read More about Agency, ‘good motherhood’ and ‘a load of mush’: Constructions of baby-led weaning in the press.

Acculturation and Parenting in First-Generation Chinese Immigrants in the United Kingdom (2014)
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Huang, C., & Lamb, M. E. (2015). Acculturation and Parenting in First-Generation Chinese Immigrants in the United Kingdom. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 46(1), 150-167. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022114555763

This study examined acculturation and parenting among 37 first-generation Chinese immigrant parents in the United Kingdom. The findings showed that these parents still felt stronger affiliation with the Chinese than with the English culture. There we... Read More about Acculturation and Parenting in First-Generation Chinese Immigrants in the United Kingdom.

Experiences in the war zone, shared narratives, and shifting identities: Systematic review of qualitative research (2014)
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(2014). Experiences in the war zone, shared narratives, and shifting identities: Systematic review of qualitative research. Humanistic Psychologist, 331 - 353. https://doi.org/10.1080/08873267.2014.893514

This systematic review examines qualitative research into the mental health issues encountered by military veteran personnel deployed to a combat zone. A small number of researchers have examined the often information-rich and complex experiences of... Read More about Experiences in the war zone, shared narratives, and shifting identities: Systematic review of qualitative research.

The growth and the stagnation of work stress: Publication trends and scientific representations 1960-2011 (2014)
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(2014). The growth and the stagnation of work stress: Publication trends and scientific representations 1960-2011. History of the Human Sciences, 116 - 138. https://doi.org/10.1177/0952695114525168

Stress at work is a frequent subject of scientific research. In most of this, the unit of analysis has been the employee and his or her work stress. Historical, cultural and macro-contextual approaches have rarely been included in the analytical fram... Read More about The growth and the stagnation of work stress: Publication trends and scientific representations 1960-2011.

The effect of N-3 on N-2 repetition costs in task switching (2014)
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Grange, J. (2014). The effect of N-3 on N-2 repetition costs in task switching. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 760 -767. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000059

N-2 task repetition cost is a response time and error cost returning to a task recently performed after one intervening trial (i.e., an ABA task sequence) compared with returning to a task not recently performed (i.e., a CBA task sequence). This cost... Read More about The effect of N-3 on N-2 repetition costs in task switching.

Efficacy and well-being in rural north India: the role of social identification with a large-scale community identity (2014)
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(2014). Efficacy and well-being in rural north India: the role of social identification with a large-scale community identity. European Journal of Social Psychology, 787-798. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2060

Identifying with a group can contribute to a sense of well-being. The mechanisms involved are diverse: social identification with a group can impact individuals' beliefs about issues such as their connections with others, the availability of social s... Read More about Efficacy and well-being in rural north India: the role of social identification with a large-scale community identity.

How do gym members engage with music during exercise? (2014)
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Lamont. (2014). How do gym members engage with music during exercise?. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 411-427. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676x.2014.949835

Music is widely used to accompany exercise, and research has investigated its effects on a range of physical, physiological and psychological outcomes using quantitative methods. This research sought to investigate music and exercise using a qualitat... Read More about How do gym members engage with music during exercise?.

Visual hallucinations in Parkinson’s Disease: A hierarchy of impairments involving perception, source monitoring and reasoning (2014)
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Edelstyn, N. M. J., Drakeford, J., & Ellis, S. (2014). Visual hallucinations in Parkinson’s Disease: A hierarchy of impairments involving perception, source monitoring and reasoning. Austin Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 1(6), Article 1031

Up to 45% of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) will develop visual hallucinations (VH) at some point in their illness. Although medication, depression, illness duration and ophthalmic abnormalities are identified as risk factors for VH-PD, speci... Read More about Visual hallucinations in Parkinson’s Disease: A hierarchy of impairments involving perception, source monitoring and reasoning.