Outputs (1446)

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.

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

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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.

The Appraisal Model of Conspiracy Theories (AMCT): Applying Appraisal Theories to Understand Emotional and Behavioral Reactions to Conspiracy Theories (2024)
Journal Article
Pummerer, L., Gkinopoulos, T., Douglas, K., JOLLEY, D., & Sassenberg, K. (in press). The Appraisal Model of Conspiracy Theories (AMCT): Applying Appraisal Theories to Understand Emotional and Behavioral Reactions to Conspiracy Theories. Psychological Inquiry,

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 rather than 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.

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.

Memory for health information: Influences of age, hearing aids, and multisensory presentation (2024)
Journal Article
Stacey, J. E., Atkin, C., Roberts, K. L., Henshaw, H., Allen, H. A., & Badham, S. P. (2024). Memory for health information: Influences of age, hearing aids, and multisensory presentation. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218241295722

We investigated how presenting online health information in different modalities can influence memory, as this may be particularly important for older adults who may need to make regular decisions about health and could also face additional challenge... Read More about Memory for health information: Influences of age, hearing aids, and multisensory presentation.

Climate justice beliefs related to climate action and policy support around the world (2024)
Journal Article
Ogunbode, C. A., Doran, R., Ayanian, A. H., Park, J., Utsugi, A., van den Broek, K. L., Ghorayeb, J., Aquino, S. D., Lins, S., Aruta, J. J., Reyes, M. E., Zick, A., & Clayton, S. (2024). Climate justice beliefs related to climate action and policy support around the world. Nature Climate Change, 14, 1144-1150. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02168-y

Climate justice is increasingly prominent in climate change communication and advocacy but little is known about public understanding of the concept or how widely it resonates with different groups. In our global survey of 5,627 adults in 11 countrie... Read More about Climate justice beliefs related to climate action and policy support around the world.