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Apparent statistical inference in crows may reflect simple reinforcement learning (2024)
Journal Article
George, D. N., Dwyer, D. M., Haselgrove, M., & Le Pelley, M. E. (2024). Apparent statistical inference in crows may reflect simple reinforcement learning. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218241305622

Johnston et al. report results which they argue demonstrate that crows engage in statistical inference during decision-making. They trained two crows to associate a set of stimuli with different reward probabilities (from 10% to 90%) before choice te... Read More about Apparent statistical inference in crows may reflect simple reinforcement learning.

Exploring how parasocial intergroup contact with transgender influencers on TikTok reduces transgender conspiracy beliefs (2024)
Journal Article
Jolley, D., Paterson, J. L., Deric, D., Lovato, T., & McCarthy, J. (2025). Exploring how parasocial intergroup contact with transgender influencers on TikTok reduces transgender conspiracy beliefs. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 35(1), Article e70020. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.70020

As harmful conspiracy beliefs against transgender people are becoming increasingly popular, three experiments examined how cisgender people's contact with transgender individuals might reduce these beliefs. In Study 1a (N = 222), positive parasocial... Read More about Exploring how parasocial intergroup contact with transgender influencers on TikTok reduces transgender conspiracy beliefs.

Misrepresentation by online study participants—a threat to data integrity (2024)
Journal Article
French, B., Babbage, C., Cassidy, S., & Rennick-Egglestone, S. (2025). Misrepresentation by online study participants—a threat to data integrity. Lancet Psychiatry, 12(3), 168-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366%2824%2900359-6

As a group of researchers experienced in collecting health research data using online methods, we have become increasingly concerned with the problem of participants misrepresenting themselves within our studies. Forms of misrepresentation include pa... Read More about Misrepresentation by online study participants—a threat to data integrity.

Distinct components of Stroop interference and facilitation: The role of phonology and response modality (2024)
Journal Article
Qiu, Y., & van Heuven, W. J. B. (2025). Distinct components of Stroop interference and facilitation: The role of phonology and response modality. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 78(5), 997-1015. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218241302490

Multi-stage accounts of Stroop effects suggest that Stroop effects result from different conflict and facilitation components. Consistent with these accounts, Augustinova et al. reported evidence for task, semantic, and response components in Stroop... Read More about Distinct components of Stroop interference and facilitation: The role of phonology and response modality.

The infected blood inquiry: Impact on public perceptions of blood supply risk, safety, and donation attitudes (2024)
Journal Article
Mills, R., Merz, E., Croucher, M., Masser, B., Brailsford, S. R., Smith, R., & Ferguson, E. (2024). The infected blood inquiry: Impact on public perceptions of blood supply risk, safety, and donation attitudes. Transfusion Medicine, 34(6), 478-490. https://doi.org/10.1111/tme.13108

Background: The UK’s Infected Blood Inquiry (IBI) highlighted a major public health scandal, with at least 30,000 people infected and more than 3,000 deaths attributable to infected blood and blood products. This study investigates the impact of the... Read More about The infected blood inquiry: Impact on public perceptions of blood supply risk, safety, and donation attitudes.

The effectiveness of game-based literacy app learning in preschool children from diverse backgrounds (2024)
Journal Article
Schiele, T., Edelsbrunner, P., Mues, A., Birtwistle, E., Wirth, A., & Niklas, F. (2025). The effectiveness of game-based literacy app learning in preschool children from diverse backgrounds. Learning and Individual Differences, 117, Article 102579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2024.102579

Family background factors like socio-economic status (SES) and migration background, along with child characteristics such as gender and intelligence, significantly influence early childhood competencies. Children from families with low SES and/or mi... Read More about The effectiveness of game-based literacy app learning in preschool children from diverse backgrounds.

Illusion of Control or Passive Superstition? A Comparison of Two Explanations for Irrational Gambling Beliefs (2024)
Journal Article
Monson, A., James, R. J. E., Wootton, R. E., & Newall, P. (2024). Illusion of Control or Passive Superstition? A Comparison of Two Explanations for Irrational Gambling Beliefs. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0001036

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The “illusion of control” is a dominant cognitive illusion in disordered gambling, but its role in shaping irrational gambling beliefs has been questioned by recent null experimental findings. Here, we aimed to test this recent work, i... Read More about Illusion of Control or Passive Superstition? A Comparison of Two Explanations for Irrational Gambling Beliefs.

Questions on travel and sexual behaviours negatively impact ethnic minority donor recruitment: Effect of negative word-of-mouth and avoidance (2024)
Journal Article
Ferguson, E., Mills, R., Dawe-Lane, E., Khan, Z., Reynolds, C., Davison, K., Edge, D., Smith, R., O'Hagan, N., Desai, R., Croucher, M., Eaton, N., & Brailsford, S. R. (2024). Questions on travel and sexual behaviours negatively impact ethnic minority donor recruitment: Effect of negative word-of-mouth and avoidance. Vox Sanguinis, 119(12), 1245-1256. https://doi.org/10.1111/vox.13748

Background and Objectives
Donor selection questions differentially impacting ethnic minorities can discourage donation directly or via negative word-of-mouth. We explore the differential impact of two blood safety questions relating to (i) sexual co... Read More about Questions on travel and sexual behaviours negatively impact ethnic minority donor recruitment: Effect of negative word-of-mouth and avoidance.

Competitive plasticity to reduce the energetic costs of learning (2024)
Journal Article
van Rossum, M. C. W., & Pache, A. (2024). Competitive plasticity to reduce the energetic costs of learning. PLoS Computational Biology, 20(10), Article e1012553. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012553

The brain is not only constrained by energy needed to fuel computation, but it is also constrained by energy needed to form memories. Experiments have shown that learning simple conditioning tasks which might require only a few synaptic updates, alre... Read More about Competitive plasticity to reduce the energetic costs of learning.

Reinforcement learning when your life depends on it: A neuro-economic theory of learning (2024)
Journal Article
Jiang, J., Foyardg, E., & van Rossumg, M. C. (2024). Reinforcement learning when your life depends on it: A neuro-economic theory of learning. PLoS Computational Biology, 20(10), Article e1012554. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012554

Synaptic plasticity enables animals to adapt to their environment, but memory formation can require a substantial amount of metabolic energy, potentially impairing survival. Hence, a neuro-economic dilemma arises whether learning is a profitable inve... Read More about Reinforcement learning when your life depends on it: A neuro-economic theory of learning.