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The Fear Factor: Examining the Impact of Fear on Vaccine Hesitancy and Anti-Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs (2024)
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Jolley, D., Shepherd, L., & Maughan, A. (2024). The Fear Factor: Examining the Impact of Fear on Vaccine Hesitancy and Anti-Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs. Psychology and Health,

Objectives: While anti-vaccine conspiracy beliefs can reduce vaccine intentions, longitudinal research shows that vaccine hesitancy can increase conspiracy beliefs. In three experiments (N = 949), we examined the effect of fear about a vaccine on vac... Read More about The Fear Factor: Examining the Impact of Fear on Vaccine Hesitancy and Anti-Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs.

Safety signals reinforce instrumental avoidance in humans (2024)
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Fisher, C. T. L., & Urcelay, G. (in press). Safety signals reinforce instrumental avoidance in humans. Learning and Memory,

Safety signals reinforce instrumental avoidance behavior in non-human animals. However, there are no conclusive demonstrations of this phenomenon in humans. Using human participants in an avoidance task, Experiments 1-3 and 5 were conducted online to... Read More about Safety signals reinforce instrumental avoidance in humans.

“Going through life on hard mode”- The experience of late diagnosis of autism and/or ADHD: a qualitative study (2024)
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French, B., & Cassidy, S. (2024). “Going through life on hard mode”- The experience of late diagnosis of autism and/or ADHD: a qualitative study. Autism in Adulthood, https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2024.0085

Background – In the UK, over 2.5 million adults with undiagnosed neurodevelopmental conditions, such as autism and ADHD, can face difficulties accessing diagnosis and support. Our qualitative study explores people’s experiences of receiving a diagnos... Read More about “Going through life on hard mode”- The experience of late diagnosis of autism and/or ADHD: a qualitative study.

A psychological mechanism for the development of anxiety (2024)
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Urcelay, G. P. (in press). A psychological mechanism for the development of anxiety. Behavioral Neuroscience,

Although numerous behavioural constructs have been proposed to account for anxiety disorders, how these develop within an individual has been difficult to predict. In this perspective, I selectively review clinical and experimental evidence suggestin... Read More about A psychological mechanism for the development of anxiety.

Collaborative imagination synchronizes representations of the future and fosters social connection in the present (2024)
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Fowler, Z., Palombo, D. J., Madan, C. R., & O’Connor, B. B. (2024). Collaborative imagination synchronizes representations of the future and fosters social connection in the present. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(25), Article e2318292121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2318292121

From close friends to people on a first date, imagining a shared future appears fundamental to relationships. Yet, no previous research has conceptualized the act of imagination as a socially constructed process that affects how connected we feel to... Read More about Collaborative imagination synchronizes representations of the future and fosters social connection in the present.

Propranolol attenuates the establishment of conditioned context aversions: differential effects compared to MK-801 in an animal model of anticipatory nausea and vomiting (2024)
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İlhan, Ç. F., Ülke, E., Urcelay, G. P., & Kişlal, S. (2024). Propranolol attenuates the establishment of conditioned context aversions: differential effects compared to MK-801 in an animal model of anticipatory nausea and vomiting. Behavioural Pharmacology, 35(5), 293–302. https://doi.org/10.1097/fbp.0000000000000779

Cancer patients often experience anticipatory nausea and vomiting (ANV) due to Pavlovian conditioning. Both N-methyl-D-aspartate and beta-adrenergic receptors are known to mediate memory formation, but their role in the development of ANV remains unc... Read More about Propranolol attenuates the establishment of conditioned context aversions: differential effects compared to MK-801 in an animal model of anticipatory nausea and vomiting.

Test Performance in Optional Shift and Configural Acquired-Equivalence Are Positively Correlated (2024)
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García, S. B., George, D. N., & Robinson, J. (in press). Test Performance in Optional Shift and Configural Acquired-Equivalence Are Positively Correlated. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition,

In 2 experiments, participants completed 2 computer-based tasks: a configural acquired-equivalence procedure and an optional-shift procedure. Both revealed that test performance was positively correlated, even when controlling for non-specific variab... Read More about Test Performance in Optional Shift and Configural Acquired-Equivalence Are Positively Correlated.

Upholding social hierarchies: Social dominance orientation moderates the link between (intergroup) conspiracy exposure and violent extremism (2024)
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Schrader, T., Jolley, D., Jolley, R., & Krahenbuhl, S. (2024). Upholding social hierarchies: Social dominance orientation moderates the link between (intergroup) conspiracy exposure and violent extremism. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302241247985

Across two experimental studies, we explored whether exposure to intergroup conspiracy theories can increase violent reactions towards targeted groups. We also examined how ideological attitudes may moderate the effect. In Study 1 (N = 160, preregist... Read More about Upholding social hierarchies: Social dominance orientation moderates the link between (intergroup) conspiracy exposure and violent extremism.

Pathways between digital activity and depressed mood in adolescence: outlining a developmental model integrating risk, reactivity, resilience and reciprocity (2024)
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Sonuga-Barke, E. J., Stoilova, M., Kostyrka-Allchorne, K., Bourgaize, J., Murray, A., Tan, M. P., Hollis, C., Townsend, E., & Livingstone, S. (2024). Pathways between digital activity and depressed mood in adolescence: outlining a developmental model integrating risk, reactivity, resilience and reciprocity. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 58, Article 101411. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2024.101411

Digital technology use (i.e. digital activity) has been proposed to contribute to a decline in adolescents’ mental health. We present a new model of how risky digital activity may increase depressed mood via reciprocal pathways, cre... Read More about Pathways between digital activity and depressed mood in adolescence: outlining a developmental model integrating risk, reactivity, resilience and reciprocity.

A Developmental Trajectory of Latent Inhibition (2024)
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Haselgrove, M., & Mah, S. L. (in press). A Developmental Trajectory of Latent Inhibition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, https://doi.org/10.1037/xan0000381

Latent inhibition is said to occur when learning about the relationship between a cue and an outcome proceeds more readily when the cue is novel relative to when the cue has been rendered familiar through mere preexposure. Previous studies suggest th... Read More about A Developmental Trajectory of Latent Inhibition.

Renewal of instrumental avoidance in humans (2024)
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Urcelay, G. P., Symmons, K., Amos, B., Toutounji, H., & Prével, A. (in press). Renewal of instrumental avoidance in humans. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition,

The ABA renewal effect occurs when behaviour is trained in one context (A), extinguished in a second context (B), and test occurs in the training context (A). Two mechanisms that explain ABA renewal are context summation at test and contextual modula... Read More about Renewal of instrumental avoidance in humans.

The impacts associated with having ADHD: an umbrella review (2024)
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French, B., Nalbant, G., Wright, H., Sayal, K., Daley, D., Groom, M. J., …Hall, C. L. (2024). The impacts associated with having ADHD: an umbrella review. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15, Article 1343314. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1343314

Introduction: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) affects up to 5% of the population and is characterised by symptoms of impulsivity, hyperactivity and inattention. These symptoms are significantly impairing and carry additional risks for... Read More about The impacts associated with having ADHD: an umbrella review.

Disordered gambling, or dependence and consequences: a bifactor exploratory structural equation model analysis of the problem gambling severity index (2024)
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James, R. J., Tillsley, J. E., Hitcham, L., Mou, C., Kim, H., & Tunney, R. J. (in press). Disordered gambling, or dependence and consequences: a bifactor exploratory structural equation model analysis of the problem gambling severity index. Addiction Research and Theory, https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2024.2352094

Background The Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI) is a widely used assessment of disordered gambling. However, it has been claimed that instead of measuring a single factor of problem gambling severity, the PGSI measures two correlated factors o... Read More about Disordered gambling, or dependence and consequences: a bifactor exploratory structural equation model analysis of the problem gambling severity index.

Collective plasticity of binocular interactions in the adult visual system (2024)
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Wang, M., McGraw, P. V., & Ledgeway, T. (2024). Collective plasticity of binocular interactions in the adult visual system. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 10494. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57276-8

Binocular visual plasticity can be initiated via either bottom-up or top-down mechanisms, but it is unknown if these two forms of adult plasticity can be independently combined. In seven participants with normal binocular vision, sensory eye dominanc... Read More about Collective plasticity of binocular interactions in the adult visual system.

Emotional Responses to Aesthetically Integrated and Standard Subtitles in a Fantasy-Thriller Audiovisual Context (2024)
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Leveridge, F., Mével, P.-A., & Tsikandilakis, M. (2024). Emotional Responses to Aesthetically Integrated and Standard Subtitles in a Fantasy-Thriller Audiovisual Context. Journal of Audiovisual Translation, 7(1), 1-32. https://doi.org/10.47476/jat.v7i1.2024.266

Situated at the intersection of Psychology, Film Studies, Accessibility Studies and Translation Studies, this article investigates the emotional correlates of two types of subtitles (standard and aesthetically integrated) on audiences in the context... Read More about Emotional Responses to Aesthetically Integrated and Standard Subtitles in a Fantasy-Thriller Audiovisual Context.

Age Deficits in Associative Memory Are Not Alleviated by Multisensory Paradigms (2024)
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Badham, S. P., Atkin, C., Stacey, J. E., Henshaw, H., Allen, H. A., & Roberts, K. L. (2024). Age Deficits in Associative Memory Are Not Alleviated by Multisensory Paradigms. Journals of Gerontology, Series B, 79(7), Article gbae063. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbae063

OBJECTIVES: Age deficits in memory are widespread, this affects individuals at a personal level, and investigating memory has been a key focus in cognitive aging research. Age deficits occur in memory for an episode, where information from the enviro... Read More about Age Deficits in Associative Memory Are Not Alleviated by Multisensory Paradigms.

Approaching future rewards or waiting for them to arrive: Spatial representations of time and intertemporal choice (2024)
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Fletcher, D., Houghton, R., & Spence, A. (2024). Approaching future rewards or waiting for them to arrive: Spatial representations of time and intertemporal choice. PLoS ONE, 19(4), Article e0301781. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301781

Our mental representation of the passage of time is structured by concepts of spatial motion, including an ego-moving perspective in which the self is perceived as approaching future events and a time-moving perspective in which future events are per... Read More about Approaching future rewards or waiting for them to arrive: Spatial representations of time and intertemporal choice.