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Potential Mechanisms Underlying Suicidality in Autistic People with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Testing Hypotheses from the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide (2024)
Journal Article
Moseley, R. L., Gregory, N. J., Smith, P., Allison, C., Cassidy, S., & Baron-Cohen, S. (2024). Potential Mechanisms Underlying Suicidality in Autistic People with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Testing Hypotheses from the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide. Autism in Adulthood, 6(1), 9-24. https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2022.0042

Background: Autistic people with co-occurring attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) appear to be at heightened risk of suicide. To understand why, we explored two explanatory mechanisms from the interpersonal theory of suicide: first, that... Read More about Potential Mechanisms Underlying Suicidality in Autistic People with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Testing Hypotheses from the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide.

Eye-movements during reading and noisy-channel inference making (2024)
Journal Article
Cutter, M. G., Paterson, K. B., & Filik, R. (2024). Eye-movements during reading and noisy-channel inference making. Journal of Memory and Language, 137, Article 104513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2024.104513

This novel experiment investigates the relationship between readers’ eye movements and their use of “noisy channel” inferences when reading implausible sentences, and how this might be affected by cognitive aging. Young (18-26 years) and older (65-87... Read More about Eye-movements during reading and noisy-channel inference making.

Clarifying the Virtue Profile of the Good Thinker: An Interdisciplinary Approach (2024)
Journal Article
Ratchford, J. L., Fleeson, W., King, N. L., Blackie, L. E., Zhang, Q., Porter, T., & Jayawickreme, E. (2024). Clarifying the Virtue Profile of the Good Thinker: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Topoi, 43, 1067–1076. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-024-10028-9

What does it mean to be a good thinker? Which virtues work together in someone who possesses good intellectual character? Although recent research on virtues has highlighted the benefits of individual intellectual virtues, being an excellent thinker... Read More about Clarifying the Virtue Profile of the Good Thinker: An Interdisciplinary Approach.

Introduction to the special issue on new approaches to figurative language research (2024)
Journal Article
Olkoniemi, H., & Filik, R. (2024). Introduction to the special issue on new approaches to figurative language research. Discourse Processes, 61(1-2), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1080/0163853x.2024.2312049

The use and interpretation of figurative expressions (e.g., irony, idiom, and metaphor) is an integral part of everyday human communication. Thus, the ability to comprehend figurative language underpins successful communication and social functioning... Read More about Introduction to the special issue on new approaches to figurative language research.

Cortical β Power Reflects a Neural Implementation of Decision Boundary Collapse in Speeded Decisions (2024)
Journal Article
Kirschner, H., Fischer, A. G., Danielmeier, C., Klein, T. A., & Ullsperger, M. (2024). Cortical β Power Reflects a Neural Implementation of Decision Boundary Collapse in Speeded Decisions. Journal of Neuroscience, 44(13), Article e1713232024. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1713-23.2024

A prominent account of decision-making assumes that information is accumulated until a fixed response threshold is crossed. However, many decisions require weighting of information appropriately against time. Collapsing response thresholds are a math... Read More about Cortical β Power Reflects a Neural Implementation of Decision Boundary Collapse in Speeded Decisions.

Risk and protective factors for self-harm thoughts and behaviours in transgender and gender diverse people: A systematic review (2024)
Journal Article
Bird, K., Arcelus, J., Matsagoura, L., O'Shea, B. A., & Townsend, E. (2024). Risk and protective factors for self-harm thoughts and behaviours in transgender and gender diverse people: A systematic review. Heliyon, 10(5), Article E26074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26074

Background: Self-harm (any self-injury or -poisoning regardless of intent) is highly prevalent in transgender and gender diverse (TGD) populations. It is strongly associated with various adverse health and wellbeing outcomes, including suicide. Despi... Read More about Risk and protective factors for self-harm thoughts and behaviours in transgender and gender diverse people: A systematic review.

Individual differences in emoji comprehension: Gender, age, and culture (2024)
Journal Article
Chen, Y., Yang, X., Howman, H., & Filik, R. (2024). Individual differences in emoji comprehension: Gender, age, and culture. PLoS ONE, 19(2), Article e0297379. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297379

Emoji are an important substitute for non-verbal cues (such as facial expressions) in online written communication. So far, however, little is known about individual differences regarding how they are perceived. In the current study, we examined the... Read More about Individual differences in emoji comprehension: Gender, age, and culture.

The role of cognitive and applied executive function skills in learning rational number knowledge (2024)
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Gilmore, C., Simsek, E., Eaves, J., & Cragg, L. (2024). The role of cognitive and applied executive function skills in learning rational number knowledge. Learning and Individual Differences, 110, Article 102408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2024.102408

Executive functions are associated with concurrent and future mathematics achievement, however, we know less about how they are involved in learning new mathematics material. We investigated the contribution of executive functions to learning new mat... Read More about The role of cognitive and applied executive function skills in learning rational number knowledge.

The importance of need‐altruism and kin‐altruism to blood donor behaviour for black and white people (2024)
Journal Article
Ferguson, E., Dawe‐Lane, E., Ajayi, O., Osikomaiya, B., Mills, R., & Okubanjo, A. (2024). The importance of need‐altruism and kin‐altruism to blood donor behaviour for black and white people. Transfusion Medicine, 34(2), 112-123. https://doi.org/10.1111/tme.13032

Background
Need-altruism (a preference to help people in need) and kin-altruism (a preference to help kin over non-kin) underlie two hypotheses for voluntary blood donation: (i) Need-altruism underlies motivations for volunteer blood donation and (i... Read More about The importance of need‐altruism and kin‐altruism to blood donor behaviour for black and white people.

Friendship and self-harm: a retrospective qualitative study of young adults' experiences of supporting a friend who self-harmed during adolescence (2024)
Journal Article
Bilello, D., Townsend, E., Broome, M. R., & Burnett Heyes, S. (2024). Friendship and self-harm: a retrospective qualitative study of young adults' experiences of supporting a friend who self-harmed during adolescence. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, Article 1221661. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1221661

Introduction: Self-harm amongst young people is becoming increasingly prevalent. Understanding, responding to, and supporting young people who self-harm is vital. Friends are typically the first and sometimes the only source of support sought by adol... Read More about Friendship and self-harm: a retrospective qualitative study of young adults' experiences of supporting a friend who self-harmed during adolescence.