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The relationship between autistic traits, expressiveness, readability and social perceptions (2024)
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Alkhaldi, R. S., Sheppard, E., Ellerby, Z., Burdett, E. R. R., & Mitchell, P. (2024). The relationship between autistic traits, expressiveness, readability and social perceptions. PLoS ONE, 19(3), Article e0301003. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301003

This study investigated the relationship between autistic traits, expressiveness, readability (both actual and perceived), social favourability, and likability. Sixty participants designated as ‘targets’ were video recorded in a range of social scena... Read More about The relationship between autistic traits, expressiveness, readability and social perceptions.

Further exploring the impact of cumulative lifetime adversity on life satisfaction, psychological flourishing, and depressive symptoms (2024)
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Bossert, S. A., Jayawickreme, E., Blackie, L. E., & Cole, V. T. (2024). Further exploring the impact of cumulative lifetime adversity on life satisfaction, psychological flourishing, and depressive symptoms. Journal of Research in Personality, 110, Article 104488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104488

Current research provides conflicting views of the relationship between cumulative lifetime adversity and dispositional functioning. We examined this relationship in a sample of adults (N = 1009), conducting the analysis three ways: by utilizing a su... Read More about Further exploring the impact of cumulative lifetime adversity on life satisfaction, psychological flourishing, and depressive symptoms.

Precision computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) for adolescents with depression: a pilot and feasibility randomised controlled trial protocol for SPARX-UK (2024)
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Khan, K., Hall, C. L., Babbage, C., Dodzo, S., Greenhalgh, C., Lucassen, M., …Hollis, C. (2024). Precision computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) for adolescents with depression: a pilot and feasibility randomised controlled trial protocol for SPARX-UK. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 10(1), Article 53. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-024-01475-7

Background : A serious game called SPARX (Smart, Positive, Active, Realistic, X-factor thoughts), originally developed in New Zealand and incorporating cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) principles, has been shown to help reduce symptoms of depressi... Read More about Precision computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) for adolescents with depression: a pilot and feasibility randomised controlled trial protocol for SPARX-UK.

Tracking subjects' strategies in behavioural choice experiments at trial resolution. (2024)
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Maggi, S., Hock, R. M., O'Neill, M., Buckley, M. J., Moran, P. M., Bast, T., …Humphries, M. D. (2024). Tracking subjects' strategies in behavioural choice experiments at trial resolution. eLife, 13, Article e86491. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.86491

Investigating how, when, and what subjects learn during decision-making tasks requires tracking their choice strategies on a trial-by-trial basis. Here we present a simple but effective probabilistic approach to tracking choice strategies at trial re... Read More about Tracking subjects' strategies in behavioural choice experiments at trial resolution..

Patterns of affective images of animal-sourced food in Norway: Land versus sea (2024)
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Böhm, N., Doran, R., Böhm, G., & Ogunbode, C. A. (2024). Patterns of affective images of animal-sourced food in Norway: Land versus sea. Food Quality and Preference, 117, Article 105168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2024.105168

To get an understanding of drivers of animal-sourced protein consumption, we explored laypeople's affective images of animal-sourced food. A national representative sample of the Norwegian population (N = 783) provided free associations to six food p... Read More about Patterns of affective images of animal-sourced food in Norway: Land versus sea.

Measurement properties of tools used to assess self-harm in autistic and general population adults (2024)
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Newell, V., Townsend, E., Richards, C., & Cassidy, S. (2024). Measurement properties of tools used to assess self-harm in autistic and general population adults. Clinical Psychology Review, 109, Article 102412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2024.102412

Autistic people are at increased risk of experiencing self-harm compared to the general population. However, it is unclear which tools are being used to assess self-harm in autistic people, or whether existing tools need to be adapted for this group.... Read More about Measurement properties of tools used to assess self-harm in autistic and general population adults.

The development and diversity of religious cognition and behavior: Protocol for Wave 1 data collection with children and parents by the Developing Belief Network (2024)
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Weisman, K., Ghossainy, M. E., Williams, A. J., Payir, A., Lesage, K. A., Reyes-Jaquez, B., … Developing Belief Network, . D. B. N. (2024). The development and diversity of religious cognition and behavior: Protocol for Wave 1 data collection with children and parents by the Developing Belief Network. PLoS ONE, 19(3), Article e0292755. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/wkjgs

The Developing Belief Network is a consortium of researchers studying human development in diverse social-cultural settings, with a focus on the interplay between general cognitive development and culturally specific processes of socialization and cu... Read More about The development and diversity of religious cognition and behavior: Protocol for Wave 1 data collection with children and parents by the Developing Belief Network.

Young dictators—Speaking about oneself decreases generosity in children from two cultural contexts (2024)
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Weltzien, S., Marsh, L., Kanngiesser, P., & Hood, B. (2024). Young dictators—Speaking about oneself decreases generosity in children from two cultural contexts. PLoS ONE, 19(3), Article e0300200. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300200

Sharing of resources is a common feature of human societies. Yet, there is substantial societal variation in children’s generosity, and this variation emerges during middle childhood. Societal differences in self-construal orientation may be one fact... Read More about Young dictators—Speaking about oneself decreases generosity in children from two cultural contexts.

Sexism and Feminist Conspiracy Beliefs: Hostile Sexism Moderates the Link Between Feminist Conspiracy Beliefs and Rape Myth Acceptance (2024)
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Jolley, D., Mari, S., Schrader, T., & Cookson, D. (2024). Sexism and Feminist Conspiracy Beliefs: Hostile Sexism Moderates the Link Between Feminist Conspiracy Beliefs and Rape Myth Acceptance. Violence Against Women, https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012241234892

This research examined the effect of belief in feminist conspiracy theories and sexist ideology on endorsing rape myths. Study 1 (N = 201) uncovered that the relationship between feminist conspiracy beliefs and rape myth acceptance was conditional on... Read More about Sexism and Feminist Conspiracy Beliefs: Hostile Sexism Moderates the Link Between Feminist Conspiracy Beliefs and Rape Myth Acceptance.

Eye-movements during reading and noisy-channel inference making (2024)
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Cutter, M. G., Paterson, K. B., & Filik, R. (2024). Eye-movements during reading and noisy-channel inference making. Journal of Memory and Language, 137, Article 104513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2024.104513

This novel experiment investigates the relationship between readers’ eye movements and their use of “noisy channel” inferences when reading implausible sentences, and how this might be affected by cognitive aging. Young (18-26 years) and older (65-87... Read More about Eye-movements during reading and noisy-channel inference making.

Potential Mechanisms Underlying Suicidality in Autistic People with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Testing Hypotheses from the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide (2024)
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Moseley, R. L., Gregory, N. J., Smith, P., Allison, C., Cassidy, S., & Baron-Cohen, S. (2024). Potential Mechanisms Underlying Suicidality in Autistic People with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Testing Hypotheses from the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide. Autism in Adulthood, 6(1), 9-24. https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2022.0042

Background: Autistic people with co-occurring attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) appear to be at heightened risk of suicide. To understand why, we explored two explanatory mechanisms from the interpersonal theory of suicide: first, that... Read More about Potential Mechanisms Underlying Suicidality in Autistic People with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Testing Hypotheses from the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide.

Clarifying the Virtue Profile of the Good Thinker: An Interdisciplinary Approach (2024)
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Ratchford, J. L., Fleeson, W., King, N. L., Blackie, L. E., Zhang, Q., Porter, T., & Jayawickreme, E. (2024). Clarifying the Virtue Profile of the Good Thinker: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Topoi, 43, 1067–1076. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-024-10028-9

What does it mean to be a good thinker? Which virtues work together in someone who possesses good intellectual character? Although recent research on virtues has highlighted the benefits of individual intellectual virtues, being an excellent thinker... Read More about Clarifying the Virtue Profile of the Good Thinker: An Interdisciplinary Approach.

Introduction to the special issue on new approaches to figurative language research (2024)
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Olkoniemi, H., & Filik, R. (2024). Introduction to the special issue on new approaches to figurative language research. Discourse Processes, 61(1-2), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1080/0163853x.2024.2312049

The use and interpretation of figurative expressions (e.g., irony, idiom, and metaphor) is an integral part of everyday human communication. Thus, the ability to comprehend figurative language underpins successful communication and social functioning... Read More about Introduction to the special issue on new approaches to figurative language research.

Cortical β Power Reflects a Neural Implementation of Decision Boundary Collapse in Speeded Decisions (2024)
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Kirschner, H., Fischer, A. G., Danielmeier, C., Klein, T. A., & Ullsperger, M. (2024). Cortical β Power Reflects a Neural Implementation of Decision Boundary Collapse in Speeded Decisions. Journal of Neuroscience, 44(13), Article e1713232024. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1713-23.2024

A prominent account of decision-making assumes that information is accumulated until a fixed response threshold is crossed. However, many decisions require weighting of information appropriately against time. Collapsing response thresholds are a math... Read More about Cortical β Power Reflects a Neural Implementation of Decision Boundary Collapse in Speeded Decisions.

Individual differences in emoji comprehension: Gender, age, and culture (2024)
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Chen, Y., Yang, X., Howman, H., & Filik, R. (2024). Individual differences in emoji comprehension: Gender, age, and culture. PLoS ONE, 19(2), Article e0297379. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297379

Emoji are an important substitute for non-verbal cues (such as facial expressions) in online written communication. So far, however, little is known about individual differences regarding how they are perceived. In the current study, we examined the... Read More about Individual differences in emoji comprehension: Gender, age, and culture.

Risk and protective factors for self-harm thoughts and behaviours in transgender and gender diverse people: A systematic review (2024)
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Bird, K., Arcelus, J., Matsagoura, L., O'Shea, B. A., & Townsend, E. (2024). Risk and protective factors for self-harm thoughts and behaviours in transgender and gender diverse people: A systematic review. Heliyon, 10(5), Article E26074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26074

Background: Self-harm (any self-injury or -poisoning regardless of intent) is highly prevalent in transgender and gender diverse (TGD) populations. It is strongly associated with various adverse health and wellbeing outcomes, including suicide. Despi... Read More about Risk and protective factors for self-harm thoughts and behaviours in transgender and gender diverse people: A systematic review.

The role of cognitive and applied executive function skills in learning rational number knowledge (2024)
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Gilmore, C., Simsek, E., Eaves, J., & Cragg, L. (2024). The role of cognitive and applied executive function skills in learning rational number knowledge. Learning and Individual Differences, 110, Article 102408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2024.102408

Executive functions are associated with concurrent and future mathematics achievement, however, we know less about how they are involved in learning new mathematics material. We investigated the contribution of executive functions to learning new mat... Read More about The role of cognitive and applied executive function skills in learning rational number knowledge.

The importance of need‐altruism and kin‐altruism to blood donor behaviour for black and white people (2024)
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Ferguson, E., Dawe‐Lane, E., Ajayi, O., Osikomaiya, B., Mills, R., & Okubanjo, A. (2024). The importance of need‐altruism and kin‐altruism to blood donor behaviour for black and white people. Transfusion Medicine, 34(2), 112-123. https://doi.org/10.1111/tme.13032

Background
Need-altruism (a preference to help people in need) and kin-altruism (a preference to help kin over non-kin) underlie two hypotheses for voluntary blood donation: (i) Need-altruism underlies motivations for volunteer blood donation and (i... Read More about The importance of need‐altruism and kin‐altruism to blood donor behaviour for black and white people.

Friendship and self-harm: a retrospective qualitative study of young adults' experiences of supporting a friend who self-harmed during adolescence (2024)
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Bilello, D., Townsend, E., Broome, M. R., & Burnett Heyes, S. (2024). Friendship and self-harm: a retrospective qualitative study of young adults' experiences of supporting a friend who self-harmed during adolescence. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, Article 1221661. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1221661

Introduction: Self-harm amongst young people is becoming increasingly prevalent. Understanding, responding to, and supporting young people who self-harm is vital. Friends are typically the first and sometimes the only source of support sought by adol... Read More about Friendship and self-harm: a retrospective qualitative study of young adults' experiences of supporting a friend who self-harmed during adolescence.