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Predictive extrapolation effects can have a greater impact on visual decisions, while visual adaptation has a greater impact on conscious visual experience (2023)
Journal Article
Bouyer, L. N., Arnold, D. H., Johnston, A., & Taubert, J. (2023). Predictive extrapolation effects can have a greater impact on visual decisions, while visual adaptation has a greater impact on conscious visual experience. Consciousness and Cognition, 115, Article 103583. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2023.103583

Human vision is shaped by historic and by predictive processes. The lingering impact of visual adaptation, for instance, can act to exaggerate differences between past and present inputs, whereas predictive processes can promote extrapolation effects... Read More about Predictive extrapolation effects can have a greater impact on visual decisions, while visual adaptation has a greater impact on conscious visual experience.

Tracking online searches for gambling activities and operators in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Google Trends™ analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Houghton, S., Boy, F., Bradley, A., James, R., Wardle, H., & Dymond, S. (2023). Tracking online searches for gambling activities and operators in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Google Trends™ analysis. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 12(4), 983-991. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2023.00055

Background: Whilst some research has explored the impact of COVID-19 on gambling behaviour, little is yet known about online search behaviours for gambling during this period. The current study explored gambling-related online searches before, during... Read More about Tracking online searches for gambling activities and operators in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Google Trends™ analysis.

Effects of information exposure on risk perception and worry about ocean acidification: Evidence from Norway and the UK (2023)
Journal Article
Doran, R., & OGUNBODE, C. (2023). Effects of information exposure on risk perception and worry about ocean acidification: Evidence from Norway and the UK. Climate Risk Management, 42, Article 100565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2023.100565

This paper reports on an investigation in which risk perception and worry were assessed before and after information about possible consequences of ocean acidification was presented in the form of short-written messages. Study 1 (N = 289, Norway samp... Read More about Effects of information exposure on risk perception and worry about ocean acidification: Evidence from Norway and the UK.

Targeting Mental Models of Climate Change Risk to Facilitate Climate Action - Lagos Data Brief (2023)
Report
Ogunbode, C., Isyaku, U., van den Broek, K., Pilz, T., Stefan, L., Gisela, B., Hagen, K., & Maryse, C. (2023). Targeting Mental Models of Climate Change Risk to Facilitate Climate Action - Lagos Data Brief. Nottingham: European Union Joint Programming Initiative-AXIS

This report summarises the background and topline findings from the Lagos case study of the Targeting Mental models of Climate change risk to facilitate Climate Action (MECCA) project. The research was conducted between 2019 and 2022 with the aim of... Read More about Targeting Mental Models of Climate Change Risk to Facilitate Climate Action - Lagos Data Brief.

Use of 31P magnetisation transfer magnetic resonance spectroscopy to measure ATP changes after 670 nm transcranial photobiomodulation in older adults (2023)
Journal Article
Fear, E. J., Torkelsen, F. H., Zamboni, E., Chen, K., Scott, M., Jeffery, G., Baseler, H., & Kennerley, A. J. (2023). Use of 31P magnetisation transfer magnetic resonance spectroscopy to measure ATP changes after 670 nm transcranial photobiomodulation in older adults. Aging Cell, 22(11), Article e14005. https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.14005

Mitochondrial function declines with age, and many pathological processes in neurodegenerative diseases stem from this dysfunction when mitochondria fail to produce the necessary energy required. Photobiomodulation (PBM), long‐wavelength light therap... Read More about Use of 31P magnetisation transfer magnetic resonance spectroscopy to measure ATP changes after 670 nm transcranial photobiomodulation in older adults.

Learning emotional dialects: A British population study of cross-cultural communication (2023)
Journal Article
Tsikandilakis, M., Bali, P., Lanfranco, R. C., Kausel, L., Yu, Z., Boncompte, G., Karlis, A.-K., Alshammari, A., Li, R., Milbank, A., Burdett, M., Mével, P.-A., Madan, C., & Derrfuss, J. (2023). Learning emotional dialects: A British population study of cross-cultural communication. Perception, 52(11-12), 812-843. https://doi.org/10.1177/03010066231204180

The aim of the current research was to explore whether we can improve the recognition of cross-cultural freely-expressed emotional faces in British participants. We tested several methods for improving the recognition of freely-expressed emotional fa... Read More about Learning emotional dialects: A British population study of cross-cultural communication.

Developing precision computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) for adolescent depression: a pilot and feasibility protocol for the SPARX-UK trial (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper
Khan, K., Hall, C. L., Babbage, C., Dodzo, S., Greenhalgh, C., Lucassen, M., Merry, S., Sayal, K., Sprange, K., Stasiak, K., Tench, C. R., Townsend, E., Stallard, P., & Hollis, C. Developing precision computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) for adolescent depression: a pilot and feasibility protocol for the SPARX-UK trial

Background:

A serious game (SPARX), developed in New Zealand and incorporating cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) principles, has been shown to help reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety in adolescents with mild to moderate depression. Howev... Read More about Developing precision computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) for adolescent depression: a pilot and feasibility protocol for the SPARX-UK trial.

Implicit and explicit COVID‐19‐vaccine harmfulness/helpfulness associations predict vaccine beliefs, intentions, and behaviors (2023)
Journal Article
Hinojosa, B. M., Meese, W. B., Howell, J. L., Lindgren, K. P., O’Shea, B., Teachman, B. A., & Werntz, A. (2023). Implicit and explicit COVID‐19‐vaccine harmfulness/helpfulness associations predict vaccine beliefs, intentions, and behaviors. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 17(12), Article e12905. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12905

We investigated the role of implicit and explicit associations between harm and COVID-19 vaccines using a large sample (N = 4668) of online volunteers. The participants completed a brief implicit association test and explicit measures to evaluate the... Read More about Implicit and explicit COVID‐19‐vaccine harmfulness/helpfulness associations predict vaccine beliefs, intentions, and behaviors.

The effect of unisensory and multisensory information on lexical decision and free recall in young and older adults (2023)
Journal Article
Atkin, C., Stacey, J. E., Roberts, K. L., Allen, H. A., Henshaw, H., & Badham, S. P. (2023). The effect of unisensory and multisensory information on lexical decision and free recall in young and older adults. Scientific Reports, 13, Article 16575. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41791-1

Studies using simple low-level stimuli show that multisensory stimuli lead to greater improvements in processing speed for older adults than young adults. However, there is insufficient evidence to explain how these benefits influence performance for... Read More about The effect of unisensory and multisensory information on lexical decision and free recall in young and older adults.

Refusing to Pay Taxes: Loneliness, Conspiracy Theorizing, and Non-Normative Political Action (2023)
Journal Article
Jolley, D., Paterson, J., & Thomas, R. (2023). Refusing to Pay Taxes: Loneliness, Conspiracy Theorizing, and Non-Normative Political Action. Social Psychology, 54(5), 308-319. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000529

Conspiracy theorising can motivate non-normative intentions (e.g., tax evasion and violence). However, less is known about the contributors of these conspiracy-inspired intentions or if they translate into behaviours. Two studies (N = 1,155) found a... Read More about Refusing to Pay Taxes: Loneliness, Conspiracy Theorizing, and Non-Normative Political Action.

No evidence of fast mapping in healthy adults using an implicit memory measure: failures to replicate the lexical competition results of Coutanche and Thompson-Schill (2014) (2023)
Journal Article
Gurunandan, K., Cooper, E., Tibon, R., Henson, R. N., & Greve, A. (2023). No evidence of fast mapping in healthy adults using an implicit memory measure: failures to replicate the lexical competition results of Coutanche and Thompson-Schill (2014). Memory, 31(10), 1320-1339. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2023.2262188

Fast mapping (FM) is a hypothetical, incidental learning process that allows rapid acquisition of new words. Using an implicit reaction time measure in a FM paradigm, Coutanche and Thompson-Schill (Coutanche, M. N., & Thompson-Schill, S. L. (2014). F... Read More about No evidence of fast mapping in healthy adults using an implicit memory measure: failures to replicate the lexical competition results of Coutanche and Thompson-Schill (2014).

Predicting suicidal ideation in psychiatrically hospitalized veterans using the death/suicide Implicit Association Test: A prospective cohort study (2023)
Journal Article
Smith, E. G., Howard, A., Schultz, M., Li, M., Salvatore, P., & O'Shea, B. A. (2023). Predicting suicidal ideation in psychiatrically hospitalized veterans using the death/suicide Implicit Association Test: A prospective cohort study. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 53(6), 994-1009. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12998

Introduction
We investigated whether the Death/Suicide Implicit Association Test (D/S-IAT) predicted suicidal ideation (SI) in psychiatric inpatients.

Methods
One hundred eighty veterans admitted for either SI or suicidal behavior (SB) (the prim... Read More about Predicting suicidal ideation in psychiatrically hospitalized veterans using the death/suicide Implicit Association Test: A prospective cohort study.

Spotlight - How people of colour experience and engage with climate change in Britain (2023)
Report
Ogunbode, C., Anim, N., Kidwell, J., Sawas, A., & Solanki, S. (2023). Spotlight - How people of colour experience and engage with climate change in Britain. University of Birmingham, University of Nottingham

Climate change is a globally devastating phenomenon. Our response must therefore be a globally inclusive and creative transformation. Around the world, people of colour are disproportionately affected by climate change. Some of the most devastating e... Read More about Spotlight - How people of colour experience and engage with climate change in Britain.

The effects of goal–landmark distance on overshadowing: A replication in humans (Homo sapiens) of Goodyear and Kamil (2004). (2023)
Journal Article
Herrera, E., Austen, J. M., & Urcelay, G. P. (2024). The effects of goal–landmark distance on overshadowing: A replication in humans (Homo sapiens) of Goodyear and Kamil (2004). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 138(2), 108-117. https://doi.org/10.1037/com0000362

Goodyear and Kamil (2004) assessed the ability of Clark’s nutcrackers to find buried food based on a cross-shaped array of landmarks at different distances from the goal. Their findings suggested that proximal landmarks overshadowed learning about di... Read More about The effects of goal–landmark distance on overshadowing: A replication in humans (Homo sapiens) of Goodyear and Kamil (2004)..

Home enrichment is associated with visual working memory function in preschoolers (2023)
Journal Article
Davidson, C., Caes, L., Shing, Y. L., McKay, C., Rafetseder, E., & Wijeakumar, S. (2024). Home enrichment is associated with visual working memory function in preschoolers. Mind, Brain, and Education, 18(1), 72-84. https://doi.org/10.1111/mbe.12383

Home enrichment plays an important role in shaping children's development. In the current study, we inquired whether home enrichment was associated with pre-schoolers' visual working memory (VWM) function, a critical cognitive system necessary for ma... Read More about Home enrichment is associated with visual working memory function in preschoolers.

The impact of spatial and verbal working memory load on semantic relatedness judgements (2023)
Journal Article
Khanzhyn, D., van Heuven, W. J. B., & Rataj, K. (2024). The impact of spatial and verbal working memory load on semantic relatedness judgements. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 31, 781-789. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-023-02323-0

Studies using a relatedness judgement task have found differences between prime-target word pairs that vary in the degree of semantic relatedness. However, the influence of working memory load on semantic processing in this task and the role of the t... Read More about The impact of spatial and verbal working memory load on semantic relatedness judgements.

Warming up cool cooperators (2023)
Journal Article
Ferguson, E., Lawrence, C., Bowen, S., Gemelli, C. N., Rozsa, A., Niekrasz, K., van Dongen, A., Williams, L. A., Thijsen, A., Guerin, N., Masser, B., & Davison, T. E. (2023). Warming up cool cooperators. Nature Human Behaviour, 7, 1917-1932. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01687-6

Explaining why someone repeats high-cost cooperation towards non-reciprocating strangers is difficult. Warm-glow offers an explanation. We argue that warm-glow, as a mechanism to sustain long-term cooperation, cools off over time but can be warmed up... Read More about Warming up cool cooperators.

The role of social status in sarcasm interpretation: evidence from the United Kingdom and China (2023)
Journal Article
Zhu, N., & Filik, R. (2024). The role of social status in sarcasm interpretation: evidence from the United Kingdom and China. Discourse Processes, 61(1-2), 69-89. https://doi.org/10.1080/0163853X.2023.2252695

We investigated the effect of culture and social status on sarcasm interpretation. Two hundred U.K. participants and 200 Chinese participants read scenarios in which the final comment could be either literal or sarcastic criticism and the speaker had... Read More about The role of social status in sarcasm interpretation: evidence from the United Kingdom and China.

3-2-1, action! A combined motor control-temporal reproduction task shows intentions, motions, and consequences alter time perception (2023)
Journal Article
Spapé, M. M., Serrien, D. J., & Ravaja, N. (2023). 3-2-1, action! A combined motor control-temporal reproduction task shows intentions, motions, and consequences alter time perception. Heliyon, 9(9), Article e19728. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19728

Time estimation is a necessary mechanism for most cognitive functions. Common theories of temporal cognition therefore position the sense of time as part of central cognitive processing, influenced by perception, memory, and affective state, and used... Read More about 3-2-1, action! A combined motor control-temporal reproduction task shows intentions, motions, and consequences alter time perception.

Incorporating heterogeneity in farmer disease control behaviour into a livestock disease transmission model (2023)
Journal Article
Hill, E., Prosser, N., Brown, P., Ferguson, E., Green, M., Kaler, J., Keeling, M., & Tildesley, M. (2023). Incorporating heterogeneity in farmer disease control behaviour into a livestock disease transmission model. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 219, Article 106019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.106019

Human behaviour is critical to effective responses to livestock disease outbreaks, especially with respect to vaccination uptake. Traditionally, mathematical models used to inform this behaviour have not taken heterogeneity in farmer behaviour into a... Read More about Incorporating heterogeneity in farmer disease control behaviour into a livestock disease transmission model.