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Novelty mismatch as a determinant of latent inhibition. (2024)
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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, 51(1), 13-34. 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..

The Appraisal Model of Conspiracy Theories (AMCT): Applying Appraisal Theories to Understand Emotional and Behavioral Reactions to Conspiracy Theories (2024)
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Pummerer, L., Gkinopoulos, T., Douglas, K., Douglas, K. M., Jolley, D., & Sassenberg, K. (2024). The Appraisal Model of Conspiracy Theories (AMCT): Applying Appraisal Theories to Understand Emotional and Behavioral Reactions to Conspiracy Theories. Psychological Inquiry, 35(3-4), 159-178. https://doi.org/10.1080/1047840X.2024.2442906

Beliefs in conspiracy theories are related to a diverse set of emotional and behavioral consequences. At the same time, a theoretical model detailing when a conspiracy theory is more likely to elicit confrontation compared to withdrawal, indirect agg... Read More about The Appraisal Model of Conspiracy Theories (AMCT): Applying Appraisal Theories to Understand Emotional and Behavioral Reactions to Conspiracy Theories.

Performance metrics outperform physiological indicators in robotic teleoperation workload assessment (2024)
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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.

Neural signatures of word learning during adult-child interactions (2024)
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Mosteller, S., Wijeakumar, S., & Wass, S. (2025). Neural signatures of word learning during adult-child interactions. Imaging Neuroscience, 3, Article 00407. https://doi.org/10.1162/imag_a_00407

Early language acquisition relies on the successful communication of specific word meanings when speaking or encoding labels. Here, we tested for evidence of this communication within the parallel functional neural activation that occurred for adults... Read More about Neural signatures of word learning during adult-child interactions.

Exploring the Relationship between Basic Psychological Needs and Motivation in Online Citizen Science (2024)
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Dowthwaite, L., Spence, A., Lintott, C., Miller, G., Sprinks, J., Blickhan, S., & Houghton, R. (2025). Exploring the Relationship between Basic Psychological Needs and Motivation in Online Citizen Science. ACM Transactions on Social Computing, 8(1-2), 1-36. https://doi.org/10.1145/3702210

Understanding engagement with and motivations to contribute to online citizen science projects can improve user experience and aid in attracting and retaining users. This article proposes that the fundamental grounding of self-determination theory, b... Read More about Exploring the Relationship between Basic Psychological Needs and Motivation in Online Citizen Science.

“Sentio ergo est”: Unmasking the psychological realities of emotional misperception (2024)
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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.

Apparent statistical inference in crows may reflect simple reinforcement learning (2024)
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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)
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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.