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Investigating the Link Between Sleep Quality and Belief in Conspiracy Theories (2025)
Journal Article
Jolley, D., Dinnick, I., Burgin, L., Ryan, S., Morgan-Finn, O., & Muncer, S. (in press). Investigating the Link Between Sleep Quality and Belief in Conspiracy Theories. Journal of Health Psychology,

Two studies examined the link between sleep quality and conspiracy theory beliefs, as well as the underlying mechanisms. In Study 1 (n = 540), participants with poorer sleep quality over the past month reported higher conspiracy beliefs about the 201... Read More about Investigating the Link Between Sleep Quality and Belief in Conspiracy Theories.

Transfer of congruency effects between Stroop and multiplication tasks: Evidence that retrieval of multiplication facts requires inhibitory control (2025)
Journal Article
Eaves, J., Gilmore, C., Hochman, S., & Cragg, L. (2025). Transfer of congruency effects between Stroop and multiplication tasks: Evidence that retrieval of multiplication facts requires inhibitory control. Cognition, 256, Article 106054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2024.106054

Inhibitory control is classically considered a domain-general process, yet recent findings suggest it may operate in context-specific ways. This has important implications for theories in other cognitive domains, such as mathematics, in which inhibit... Read More about Transfer of congruency effects between Stroop and multiplication tasks: Evidence that retrieval of multiplication facts requires inhibitory control.

Investigating Neurometabolite Changes in Response to Median Nerve Stimulation (2025)
Journal Article
Houlgreave, M. S., Dyke, K., Berrington, A., & Jackson, S. R. (2025). Investigating Neurometabolite Changes in Response to Median Nerve Stimulation. Brain and Behavior, 15(1), Article e70250. https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.70250

Background
Rhythmic median nerve stimulation (MNS) at 10 Hz has been shown to cause a substantial reduction in tic frequency in individuals with Tourette syndrome. The mechanism of action is currently unknown but is hypothesized to involve entrainme... Read More about Investigating Neurometabolite Changes in Response to Median Nerve Stimulation.

Investigating the Relationship between Burnout, Workload, and Imposter Syndrome for Mental Health Nurses in the UK (2025)
Journal Article
Morley, E., & Langton, E. (2025). Investigating the Relationship between Burnout, Workload, and Imposter Syndrome for Mental Health Nurses in the UK. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2024.2438892

This study investigated the interrelationship between burnout, workload, and imposter syndrome among mental health nurses within the UK. Understanding their connections is crucial given the detrimental effects of these factors on workplace well-being... Read More about Investigating the Relationship between Burnout, Workload, and Imposter Syndrome for Mental Health Nurses in the UK.

Overcoming expectations: Electrophysiological effects of inhibitory control demands in a non-linguistic task on subsequent semantic relatedness judgements (2025)
Journal Article
Rataj, K., Kakuba, P., & van Heuven, W. J. (2025). Overcoming expectations: Electrophysiological effects of inhibitory control demands in a non-linguistic task on subsequent semantic relatedness judgements. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, https://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2024.2440909

This event-related potentials study focussed on whether extensive practice of inhibitory control in a conflict task affects semantic processing/decisions in a subsequent language task. Participants took part in two 40-min sessions of the Simon task w... Read More about Overcoming expectations: Electrophysiological effects of inhibitory control demands in a non-linguistic task on subsequent semantic relatedness judgements.

Novelty mismatch as a determinant of latent inhibition. (2024)
Journal Article
Haselgrove, M., Lagator, S., Mah, S. L., & Gray, E. K. (2024). Novelty mismatch as a determinant of latent inhibition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, https://doi.org/10.1037/xan0000388

Latent inhibition refers to the observation, made in both human and non-human animals, that learning about the relationship between a stimulus and an outcome progresses more rapidly when the stimulus is novel compared to when the stimulus has been re... Read More about Novelty mismatch as a determinant of latent inhibition..

Performance metrics outperform physiological indicators in robotic teleoperation workload assessment (2024)
Journal Article
Odoh, G., Landowska, A., Crowe, E. M., Benali, K., Cobb, S., Wilson, M. L., Maior, H. A., & Kucukyilmaz, A. (2024). Performance metrics outperform physiological indicators in robotic teleoperation workload assessment. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 30984. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-82112-4

Robotics holds the potential to streamline the execution of repetitive and dangerous tasks, which are difficult or impossible for a human operator. However, in complex scenarios, such as nuclear waste management or disaster response, full automation... Read More about Performance metrics outperform physiological indicators in robotic teleoperation workload assessment.

“Sentio ergo est”: Unmasking the psychological realities of emotional misperception (2024)
Journal Article
Tsikandilakis, M., Bali, P., Karlis, A., Morfi, P., Mével, P.-A., Madan, C., & Milbank, A. (2025). “Sentio ergo est”: Unmasking the psychological realities of emotional misperception. Perception, 54(1), 3-31. https://doi.org/10.1177/03010066241302996

Perception is an important aspect of our personal lives, interpersonal interactions and professional activities and performance. A large body of psychological research has been dedicated to exploring how perception happens, whether and when it involv... Read More about “Sentio ergo est”: Unmasking the psychological realities of emotional misperception.

Rethinking Memory Impairments: Retrieval Failure (2024)
Journal Article
Alfei, J., Miller, R., Ryan, T., & Urcelay, G. (in press). Rethinking Memory Impairments: Retrieval Failure. Psychological Review,

A canonical view in the neuroscience of learning and memory literature is that failures in memory expression reflect storage failures, and hence amnesic manipulations following training or following memory reactivation can permanently erase memory tr... Read More about Rethinking Memory Impairments: Retrieval Failure.

Gender characteristics and comparisons in the emotional reception of standard and aesthetically integrated subtitles in a fantasy-thriller context (2024)
Journal Article
Mevel, P.-A., Leveridge, F., & Tsikandilakis, M. (in press). Gender characteristics and comparisons in the emotional reception of standard and aesthetically integrated subtitles in a fantasy-thriller context. Journal of Audiovisual Translation,

In this article, we test the findings by Leveridge and colleagues (2024) regarding as regards the reception of aesthetically integrated subtitles (AIS), and most critically, we explore the role of gender in these outcomes. We explore psychophysiologi... Read More about Gender characteristics and comparisons in the emotional reception of standard and aesthetically integrated subtitles in a fantasy-thriller context.

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. (2024). Misrepresentation by online study participants—a threat to data integrity. Lancet Psychiatry, 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. (2024). Distinct components of Stroop interference and facilitation: The role of phonology and response modality. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 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.

Trading is a losing game: An audit of deceptive choice architecture in demo-mode Contract for Difference trading apps (2024)
Journal Article
Andrade, M., Costa, D., Weiss-Cohen, L., Torrance, J., & Newall, P. (in press). Trading is a losing game: An audit of deceptive choice architecture in demo-mode Contract for Difference trading apps. Behavioural Public Policy,

Mobile-based trading apps have made investing easier than ever before, but this includes enabling access to risky investments that many investors may not be able to trade safely. The UK financial regulator thereby requires Contract for Difference (CF... Read More about Trading is a losing game: An audit of deceptive choice architecture in demo-mode Contract for Difference trading apps.

Assessing Bilingual Language Proficiency with a Yes/No Vocabulary Test: The Role of Form- Meaning Vocabulary Knowledge (2024)
Journal Article
Lee, S. T., Van Heuven, W. J. B., Price, J. M., & Leong, C. X. R. (in press). Assessing Bilingual Language Proficiency with a Yes/No Vocabulary Test: The Role of Form- Meaning Vocabulary Knowledge. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition,

Validated yes/no vocabulary tests that measure bilinguals’ language proficiency based on vocabulary knowledge have been widely used in psycholinguistic research. However, it is unclear what aspects of test takers’ vocabulary knowledge is employed in... Read More about Assessing Bilingual Language Proficiency with a Yes/No Vocabulary Test: The Role of Form- Meaning Vocabulary Knowledge.

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.

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

Objective:

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.