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What is the relationship between body mass index and eating disorder symptomatology in female fashion models? (2020)
Journal Article
Ralph-Nearman, C., Yeh, H., Khalsa, S. S., Feusner, J. D., & Filik, R. (2020). What is the relationship between body mass index and eating disorder symptomatology in female fashion models?. Psychiatry Research, 293, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113358

Low body mass index (BMI [less than] 18/18.5) is utilized as a mandated cutoff for professional fashion model employment, based on assumptions that low BMI indicates eating disorder pathology. No previous studies have examined the association between... Read More about What is the relationship between body mass index and eating disorder symptomatology in female fashion models?.

Development and validation of new figural scales for female body dissatisfaction assessment on two dimensions: thin-ideal and muscularity-ideal (2020)
Journal Article
Ralph-Nearman, C., & Filik, R. (2020). Development and validation of new figural scales for female body dissatisfaction assessment on two dimensions: thin-ideal and muscularity-ideal. BMC Public Health, 20, Article 1114. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09094-6

Background: Body dissatisfaction influences women’s mental and physical health. To date, most research has focused on body dissatisfaction in relation to the ‘thin-ideal’. Thus, the association between body dissatisfaction, eating disorder symptoma... Read More about Development and validation of new figural scales for female body dissatisfaction assessment on two dimensions: thin-ideal and muscularity-ideal.

Examining the role of context in written sarcasm comprehension: Evidence from eye-tracking during reading (2020)
Journal Article
Țurcan, A., Howman, H., & Filik, R. (2020). Examining the role of context in written sarcasm comprehension: Evidence from eye-tracking during reading. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 46(10), 1966-1976. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000910

This article addresses a current theoretical debate between modular and interactive accounts of sarcasm processing, by investigating the role of context (specifically, knowing that a character has been sarcastic before) in the comprehension of a sarc... Read More about Examining the role of context in written sarcasm comprehension: Evidence from eye-tracking during reading.

The Role of Emoticons in Sarcasm Comprehension in Younger and Older Adults: Evidence from an Eye-Tracking Experiment (2020)
Journal Article
Filik, R., & Howman, H. E. (2020). The Role of Emoticons in Sarcasm Comprehension in Younger and Older Adults: Evidence from an Eye-Tracking Experiment. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1177/1747021820922804

We present an eye-tracking experiment examining moment-to-moment processes underlying the comprehension of emoticons. Younger (18-30) and older (65+) participants had their eye movements recorded whilst reading scenarios containing comments that were... Read More about The Role of Emoticons in Sarcasm Comprehension in Younger and Older Adults: Evidence from an Eye-Tracking Experiment.

Investigating effects of emoji on neutral narrative text: Evidence from eye movements and perceived emotional valence (2020)
Journal Article
Robus, C. M., Hand, C. J., Filik, R., & Pitchford, M. (2020). Investigating effects of emoji on neutral narrative text: Evidence from eye movements and perceived emotional valence. Computers in Human Behavior, 109, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106361

Digital images of faces such as emoji in virtual communication have become increasingly popular, but current research findings are inconsistent regarding their emotional effects on perceptions of text. Similarly, emoji effects on reading behaviours a... Read More about Investigating effects of emoji on neutral narrative text: Evidence from eye movements and perceived emotional valence.

Emotional Processing of Ironic Versus Literal Criticism in Autistic and Nonautistic Adults: Evidence From Eye-Tracking (2020)
Journal Article
Barzy, M., Filik, R., Ferguson, H. J., & Williams, D. (2020). Emotional Processing of Ironic Versus Literal Criticism in Autistic and Nonautistic Adults: Evidence From Eye-Tracking. Autism Research, 13(4), 563-578. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2272

© 2020 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Typically developing adults are able to keep track of story characters' emotional states online while reading. Filik et al. showed that initially, participants expected the vic... Read More about Emotional Processing of Ironic Versus Literal Criticism in Autistic and Nonautistic Adults: Evidence From Eye-Tracking.