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The impact of hyperbole on perception of victim testimony (2021)
Journal Article
Desai, S., Mclean, J., Lawrence, C., & Filik, R. (2021). The impact of hyperbole on perception of victim testimony. Journal of Pragmatics, 174, 143-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2021.01.013

This paper investigates how individuals perceive hyperbole in victim statements. Despite being one of the most commonly used literary tropes, the comprehension and cognition of hyperbole has been largely ignored in the psycholinguistics literature, a... Read More about The impact of hyperbole on perception of victim testimony.

“Speak of the Devil… and he Shall Appear”: Religiosity, Unconsciousness, and the Effects of Explicit Priming in the Misperception of Immorality (2021)
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Tsikandilakis, M., Leong, M. Q., Yu, Z., Paterakis, G., Bali, P., Derrfuss, J., …Mitchell, P. (2022). “Speak of the Devil… and he Shall Appear”: Religiosity, Unconsciousness, and the Effects of Explicit Priming in the Misperception of Immorality. Psychological Research, 86(1), 37-65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-020-01461-7

Psychological theory and research suggest that religious individuals could have differences in the appraisal of immoral behaviours and cognitions compared to non-religious individuals. This effect could occur due to adherence to prescriptive and invi... Read More about “Speak of the Devil… and he Shall Appear”: Religiosity, Unconsciousness, and the Effects of Explicit Priming in the Misperception of Immorality.

Whole blood donors' post‐donation symptoms diminish quickly but are discouraging: Results from 6‐day symptom diaries (2021)
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Sweegers, M. G., Twisk, J. W., Quee, F. A., Ferguson, E., & van den Hurk, K. (2021). Whole blood donors' post‐donation symptoms diminish quickly but are discouraging: Results from 6‐day symptom diaries. Transfusion, 61(3), 811-821. https://doi.org/10.1111/trf.16220

Background: Whole blood donors may experience post-donation symptoms such as fatigue, dizziness or headache after blood donation, which could influence donor retention. We aimed to examine post-donation symptoms during one week after whole blood dona... Read More about Whole blood donors' post‐donation symptoms diminish quickly but are discouraging: Results from 6‐day symptom diaries.

A systematic review and meta-analysis of victimisation and mental health prevalence among LGBTQ+ young people with experiences of self-harm and suicide (2021)
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Williams, A. J., Jones, C., Arcelus, J., Townsend, E., Lazaridou, A., & Michail, M. (2021). A systematic review and meta-analysis of victimisation and mental health prevalence among LGBTQ+ young people with experiences of self-harm and suicide. PLoS ONE, 16(1), Article e0245268. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245268

Background: LGBTQ+ youth have higher rates of self-harm and suicide than cisgender, heterosexual peers. Less is known about prevalence of risks within these populations. Objectives: The first systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the... Read More about A systematic review and meta-analysis of victimisation and mental health prevalence among LGBTQ+ young people with experiences of self-harm and suicide.

Window Views: Difference of Perception during the COVID-19 Lockdown (2021)
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Batool, A., Rutherford, P., McGraw, P., Ledgeway, T., & Altomonte, S. (2021). Window Views: Difference of Perception during the COVID-19 Lockdown. LEUKOS, 17(4), 380-390. https://doi.org/10.1080/15502724.2020.1854780

The provision of daylight, fresh air, and of a view outdoors are among the known characteristics of windows. But how does the perception of a window differ when it becomes the primary way of connecting to the physical world outside? In the first half... Read More about Window Views: Difference of Perception during the COVID-19 Lockdown.

Social influence matters: We follow pandemic guidelines most when our close circle does (2021)
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Tunçgenç, B., El Zein, M., Sulik, J., Newson, M., Zhao, Y., Dezecache, G., & Deroy, O. (2021). Social influence matters: We follow pandemic guidelines most when our close circle does. British Journal of Psychology, 112(3), 763-780. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12491

Why do we adopt new rules, such as social distancing? Although human sciences research stresses the key role of social influence in behaviour change, most COVID‐19 campaigns emphasize the disease’s medical threat. In a global data set (n = 6,674), we... Read More about Social influence matters: We follow pandemic guidelines most when our close circle does.

An examination of perseverative errors and cognitive flexibility in autism (2021)
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Landry, O., & Mitchell, P. (2021). An examination of perseverative errors and cognitive flexibility in autism. PLoS ONE, 16(1), Article e0223160. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223160

Perseveration is a well-replicated finding in autism. The aim of this study was to examine how the context of the task influences performance with respect to this phenomenon. We randomly assigned 137 children aged 6–12 with and without autism to comp... Read More about An examination of perseverative errors and cognitive flexibility in autism.

Convergent and distinct effects of multimodal integration on statistical learning using a computer glove (2021)
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Madan, C. R., & Singhal, A. (2021). Convergent and distinct effects of multimodal integration on statistical learning using a computer glove. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 599125. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.599125

Learning to play a musical instrument involves mapping visual + auditory cues to motor movements and anticipating transitions. Inspired by the serial reaction time task and artificial grammar learning, we investigated explicit and implicit knowledge... Read More about Convergent and distinct effects of multimodal integration on statistical learning using a computer glove.

Cross-sectional and prospective associations between stress, perseverative cognition and health behaviours (2021)
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Clancy, F., Prestwich, A., Ferguson, E., & O’Connor, D. B. (2022). Cross-sectional and prospective associations between stress, perseverative cognition and health behaviours. Psychology and Health, 37(1), 87-104. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2020.1867727

Objectives The Perseverative Cognition Hypothesis (proposing negative repetitive thinking has detrimental effects on physical health), has been extended to include health behaviours. This study aimed to examine relationships between perseverative c... Read More about Cross-sectional and prospective associations between stress, perseverative cognition and health behaviours.

Reinforcement Learning approaches to hippocampus-dependent flexible spatial navigation (2021)
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Bast, T., Coombes, S., O’Dea, R., & Tessereau, C. (2021). Reinforcement Learning approaches to hippocampus-dependent flexible spatial navigation. Brain and Neuroscience Advances, 5, https://doi.org/10.1177/2398212820975634

Humans and non-human animals show great flexibility in spatial navigation, including the ability to return to specific locations based on as few as one single experience. To study spatial navigation in the laboratory, watermaze tasks, in which rats h... Read More about Reinforcement Learning approaches to hippocampus-dependent flexible spatial navigation.