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When trust fails: the relation between children's trust beliefs in peers and their peer interactions in a natural setting. (2014)
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(2014). When trust fails: the relation between children's trust beliefs in peers and their peer interactions in a natural setting. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-013-9835-8

One hundred and forty-nine 8-11 year-old children (86 males; M?=?9 years - 4 months and SD?=?7 months) from the UK were administered the Trust Beliefs in Peers scale and were observed in the playground over one school year. Quadratic relations were f... Read More about When trust fails: the relation between children's trust beliefs in peers and their peer interactions in a natural setting..

Can time-based decay explain temporal distinctiveness effects in task switching? (2014)
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Grange, J. (2014). Can time-based decay explain temporal distinctiveness effects in task switching?. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 19 -45. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2014.934696

In task switching, extending the response-cue interval (RCI) reduces the switch cost--the detriment to performance when switching compared to repeating tasks. This reduction has been used as evidence for the existence of task-set decay processes. Rec... Read More about Can time-based decay explain temporal distinctiveness effects in task switching?.

Does the gender of the bully/victim dyad and the type of bullying influence children's responses to a bullying incident? (2014)
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Fox, C. L., Jones, S. E., Stiff, C. E., & Sayers, J. (2014). Does the gender of the bully/victim dyad and the type of bullying influence children's responses to a bullying incident?. Aggressive behavior, 359 - 368. https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.21529

Children's responses to bullying are context related; they will vary depending on the specific bullying episode. The aim of the present study was to explore whether children's responses to bullying vary depending on the gender of the bully and victim... Read More about Does the gender of the bully/victim dyad and the type of bullying influence children's responses to a bullying incident?.

Television advertisements create false memories for competitor brands (2014)
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Sherman, S., Follows, H., Mushore, A., Hampson-Jones, K., & Wright-Bevans, K. (2014). Television advertisements create false memories for competitor brands. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 4(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2014.06.001

False memories can be created using the Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) paradigm. This paradigm has been used to induce false memories for words, pictures and has been extended to induce false memories of brand names. We present the first experimental... Read More about Television advertisements create false memories for competitor brands.

Anarchic hand with abnormal agency following right inferior parietal lobe damage: a case report (2014)
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Jenkinson, P. M., Edelstyn, N., Preston, C., & Ellis, S. J. (2014). Anarchic hand with abnormal agency following right inferior parietal lobe damage: a case report. Neurocase, 471 -478. https://doi.org/10.1080/13554794.2014.925936

Anarchic hand syndrome (AHS) is characterized by goal-directed movements performed without volitional control (agency). Different AHS subtypes have been identified; however, few studies have examined the posterior subtype. We report a case of AHS fol... Read More about Anarchic hand with abnormal agency following right inferior parietal lobe damage: a case report.

Experiences of Racial Microaggression Among Migrant Nurses in the United Kingdom. (2014)
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(2014). Experiences of Racial Microaggression Among Migrant Nurses in the United Kingdom. Global Qualitative Nursing Research, 2333393614532618 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1177/2333393614532618

In this article, we explore the experiences of racial microaggression among migrant nurses in the United Kingdom. Eleven migrant nurses kept a reflective diary for 6 weeks to record and reflect on their experiences of living and working in the United... Read More about Experiences of Racial Microaggression Among Migrant Nurses in the United Kingdom..

Training-induced recovery of low-level vision followed by mid-level perceptual improvements in developmental object and face agnosia (2014)
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Lev, M., Gilaie-Dotan, S., Gotthilf-Nezri, D., Yehezkel, O., Brooks, J. L., Perry, A., …Polat, U. (2015). Training-induced recovery of low-level vision followed by mid-level perceptual improvements in developmental object and face agnosia. Developmental Science, 18(1), 50 - 64. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12178

Long-term deprivation of normal visual inputs can cause perceptual impairments at various levels of visual function, from basic visual acuity deficits, through mid-level deficits such as contour integration and motion coherence, to high-level face an... Read More about Training-induced recovery of low-level vision followed by mid-level perceptual improvements in developmental object and face agnosia.

This is Abuse... Or is it? Domestic abuse perpetrators' responses to anti-domestic violence publicity (2014)
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(2014). This is Abuse... Or is it? Domestic abuse perpetrators' responses to anti-domestic violence publicity. Crime, Media, Culture, 3 - 22. https://doi.org/10.1177/1741659013475462

Social marketing has become a key component of policy initiatives aimed at reducing the incidence of domestic abuse. However, its efficacy remains debated, with most measures of effectiveness being somewhat crude. More subtle effects of social market... Read More about This is Abuse... Or is it? Domestic abuse perpetrators' responses to anti-domestic violence publicity.

A critical analysis of alcohol hangover research methodology for surveys or studies of effects on cognition (2014)
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Stephens, R., Grange, J. A., Jones, K., & Owen, L. (2014). A critical analysis of alcohol hangover research methodology for surveys or studies of effects on cognition. Psychopharmacology, 231(11), 2223-2236. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-014-3531-4

Alcohol hangover may be defined as an adverse effect of heavy alcohol consumption present after sufficient time has elapsed for the alcohol to have been eliminated from the blood. Understanding how hangover may impair performance is important for pub... Read More about A critical analysis of alcohol hangover research methodology for surveys or studies of effects on cognition.

Perceptions of competence: Age moderates views of healthy aging and Alzheimer’s disease (2014)
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Berry, J. M., Williams, H. L., Thomas, K. D., & Blair, J. (2014). Perceptions of competence: Age moderates views of healthy aging and Alzheimer’s disease. Experimental Aging Research, 41(2), 157-176. https://doi.org/10.1080/0361073X.2015.1001653

Background/Study Context: Older adults have more complex and differentiated views of aging than do younger adults, but less is known about age-related perceptions of Alzheimer’s disease. This study investigated age-related perceptions of competence o... Read More about Perceptions of competence: Age moderates views of healthy aging and Alzheimer’s disease.

How context information and target information guide the eyes from the first epoch of search in real-world scenes. (2014)
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(2014). How context information and target information guide the eyes from the first epoch of search in real-world scenes. Journal of Vision, https://doi.org/10.1167/14.2.7

This study investigated how the visual system utilizes context and task information during the different phases of a visual search task. The specificity of the target template (the picture or the name of the target) and the plausibility of target pos... Read More about How context information and target information guide the eyes from the first epoch of search in real-world scenes..

Evaluating the effectiveness of domestic abuse prevention education: Are certain children more or less receptive to the messages conveyed? (2014)
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Fox, C., Corr, M., Gadd, D., & Sim, J. (2014). Evaluating the effectiveness of domestic abuse prevention education: Are certain children more or less receptive to the messages conveyed?. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 212-227. https://doi.org/10.1111/lcrp.12046

Purpose A number of school-based domestic abuse prevention programmes have been developed in the United Kingdom, but evidence as to the effectiveness of such programmes is limited. The aim of the research was to evaluate the effectiveness of one suc... Read More about Evaluating the effectiveness of domestic abuse prevention education: Are certain children more or less receptive to the messages conveyed?.

Some thoughts on Likert-type scales (2014)
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(2014). Some thoughts on Likert-type scales. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 83 -86. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1697-2600%2814%2970040-7

Many articles published in the International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology describe the results obtained in studies that have used Likert-type scales. Such scales have advantages and disadvantages and in this article I comment on some of... Read More about Some thoughts on Likert-type scales.

Social history of health psychology: context and textbooks (2014)
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(2014). Social history of health psychology: context and textbooks. Health Psychology Review, 215 -237. https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2012.701058

Health psychology as a field of research and practice formally developed 30 years ago but it was prefigured by sustained debate within social and applied psychology about the nature of psychology and its role in society. This article considers this p... Read More about Social history of health psychology: context and textbooks.

The effects of age and delay on responses to repeated questions in forensic interviews with children alleging sexual abuse. (2013)
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Andrews, S. J., & Lamb, M. E. The effects of age and delay on responses to repeated questions in forensic interviews with children alleging sexual abuse. Law and Human Behavior, 38(2), 171-180. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000064

We examined transcripts of forensic interviews with 115 children aged between 3 and 12 years, interviewed between 1 day and 18 months after allegedly experiencing a single incident of sexual abuse. Repeated questions were categorized with respect to... Read More about The effects of age and delay on responses to repeated questions in forensic interviews with children alleging sexual abuse..

Social Identities and Intergroup Emotions: The Background of Forgiveness Attitudes and Political Reparation in Chile (2013)
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González, R., Manzi, J., & Noor, M. (2013). Social Identities and Intergroup Emotions: The Background of Forgiveness Attitudes and Political Reparation in Chile. Psykhe (Santiago), 22(2), 129-146. https://doi.org/10.7764/psykhe.22.2.575

In the context of the Chilean political reconciliation process, the present study conceptualizes and tests a meditational model that examines the relational pattern established between social identities (national and political) and attitudes toward p... Read More about Social Identities and Intergroup Emotions: The Background of Forgiveness Attitudes and Political Reparation in Chile.

Are Chinese Children More Compliant? Examination of the Cultural Difference in Observed Maternal Control and Child Compliance (2013)
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Huang, C., & Lamb, M. E. (2014). Are Chinese Children More Compliant? Examination of the Cultural Difference in Observed Maternal Control and Child Compliance. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 45(4), 507-533. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022113513652

Children themselves play active roles in shaping their developmental trajectories. The constant interplay of a wide range of biological, familial, social, and cultural factors shapes development. In this study, we examined the links between maternal... Read More about Are Chinese Children More Compliant? Examination of the Cultural Difference in Observed Maternal Control and Child Compliance.

Crowdedness Mediates the Effect of Social Identification on Positive Emotion in a Crowd: A Survey of Two Crowd Events (2013)
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Stott. (2013). Crowdedness Mediates the Effect of Social Identification on Positive Emotion in a Crowd: A Survey of Two Crowd Events. PloS one, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078983

Exposure to crowding is said to be aversive, yet people also seek out and enjoy crowded situations. We surveyed participants at two crowd events to test the prediction of self-categorization theory that variable emotional responses to crowding are a... Read More about Crowdedness Mediates the Effect of Social Identification on Positive Emotion in a Crowd: A Survey of Two Crowd Events.

Bridging the gap: facilitating students' transition from pre-tertiary to university psychology education (2013)
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(2013). Bridging the gap: facilitating students' transition from pre-tertiary to university psychology education. Psychology Teaching Review, 15 - 30

The transition from school or college to university education is an exciting time for most students, but also one that is filled with new challenges. Students are faced with new styles of teaching and learning, and are required to be more independent... Read More about Bridging the gap: facilitating students' transition from pre-tertiary to university psychology education.