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The fear factor: examining the impact of fear on vaccine hesitancy and anti-vaccine conspiracy beliefs (2024)
Journal Article
Jolley, D., Shepherd, L., & Maughan, A. (2024). The fear factor: examining the impact of fear on vaccine hesitancy and anti-vaccine conspiracy beliefs. Psychology and Health, https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2024.2381235

Objectives: While anti-vaccine conspiracy beliefs can reduce vaccine intentions, longitudinal research shows that vaccine hesitancy can increase conspiracy beliefs. In three experiments (N = 949), we examined the effect of fear about a vaccine on vac... Read More about The fear factor: examining the impact of fear on vaccine hesitancy and anti-vaccine conspiracy beliefs.

“Going Through Life on Hard Mode”—The Experience of Late Diagnosis of Autism and/or ADHD: A Qualitative Study (2024)
Journal Article
French, B., & Cassidy, S. (2024). “Going Through Life on Hard Mode”—The Experience of Late Diagnosis of Autism and/or ADHD: A Qualitative Study. Autism in Adulthood, https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2024.0085

Background: In the United Kingdom, more than 2.5 million adults with undiagnosed neurodevelopmental conditions, such as autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), can face difficulties accessing diagnosis and support. Our qualitative... Read More about “Going Through Life on Hard Mode”—The Experience of Late Diagnosis of Autism and/or ADHD: A Qualitative Study.

Conditioning and Associative Learning (2024)
Book Chapter
Mason, A., Ludvig, E. A., & Madan, C. R. (2024). Conditioning and Associative Learning. In M. J. Kahana, & A. D. Wagner (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Human Memory (334–352). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/82nqj

Associative learning is the process whereby humans and other animals learn the predictive relationship between cues in their environment. This process underlies simple forms of learning from rewards, such as classical and operant conditioning. This c... Read More about Conditioning and Associative Learning.

The precision test of metacognitive sensitivity and confidence criteria (2024)
Journal Article
Arnold, D. H., Clendinen, M., Johnston, A., Lee, A. L., & Yarrow, K. (2024). The precision test of metacognitive sensitivity and confidence criteria. Consciousness and Cognition, 123, Article 103728. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2024.103728

Humans experience feelings of confidence in their decisions. In perception, these feelings are typically accurate – we tend to feel more confident about correct decisions. The degree of insight people have into the accuracy of their decisions is know... Read More about The precision test of metacognitive sensitivity and confidence criteria.

Beliefs, mindset and personality of farm managers working in large commercial dairy herds: Association with calf on-farm mortality (2024)
Journal Article
Mõtus, K., Viidu, D.-A., Kaart, T., & Ferguson, E. (2024). Beliefs, mindset and personality of farm managers working in large commercial dairy herds: Association with calf on-farm mortality. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 230, Article 106283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2024.106283

This study aimed to describe the attitudes and personalities of farm managers (FMs) in large Estonian dairy herds and analyse the potential associations with calf mortality. The study included FMs from 114 free-stall farms with at least 100 cows. Eac... Read More about Beliefs, mindset and personality of farm managers working in large commercial dairy herds: Association with calf on-farm mortality.

How Do Autistic Students Do in the Eyes of Their Peers? Non-Autistic Judgments About the Academic Experiences of Autistic and Non-Autistic University Students, Based on Brief Samples of Behavior (2024)
Journal Article
Alhusayni, A., Sheppard, E., Mitchell, P., & Marsh, L. (2024). How Do Autistic Students Do in the Eyes of Their Peers? Non-Autistic Judgments About the Academic Experiences of Autistic and Non-Autistic University Students, Based on Brief Samples of Behavior. Autism in Adulthood, https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2023.0049

Background: Previous research has found that people can make a variety of judgments about others based on brief samples of their behavior such as judging their social favorability and whether they wish to socialize with them. Non-autistic people freq... Read More about How Do Autistic Students Do in the Eyes of Their Peers? Non-Autistic Judgments About the Academic Experiences of Autistic and Non-Autistic University Students, Based on Brief Samples of Behavior.

Evaluating educational apps for preschoolers: Differences and agreements between the assessments of experts, parents, and their children (2024)
Journal Article
Wirth, A., Mues, A., Birtwistle, E., & Niklas, F. (2024). Evaluating educational apps for preschoolers: Differences and agreements between the assessments of experts, parents, and their children. Computers in Human Behavior, 160, Article 108361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2024.108361

Educational apps offer a wide range of opportunities to foster children's early competency development during preschool age. However, due to inconsistent evaluation criteria, comparing the educational value of different apps is challenging, and concl... Read More about Evaluating educational apps for preschoolers: Differences and agreements between the assessments of experts, parents, and their children.

Conspiracy Theories (2024)
Book Chapter
Brotherton, R., French, C., & Jolley, D. (2024). Conspiracy Theories. In D. Groome, & R. Roberts (Eds.), Parapsychology: The Science of Unusual Experience (173-193). (3rd edition). Taylor and Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003361367-12

According to assorted popular conspiracy theories, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, were orchestrated not by members of al-Qaeda but by the United States government; Princess Diana’s death was the result not of a tragic accident but of a... Read More about Conspiracy Theories.