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Conditioning and Associative Learning (2024)
Book Chapter
Mason, A., Ludvig, E. A., & Madan, C. R. (2024). Conditioning and Associative Learning. In M. J. Kahana, & A. D. Wagner (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Human Memory (334–352). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/82nqj

Associative learning is the process whereby humans and other animals learn the predictive relationship between cues in their environment. This process underlies simple forms of learning from rewards, such as classical and operant conditioning. This c... Read More about Conditioning and Associative Learning.

The precision test of metacognitive sensitivity and confidence criteria (2024)
Journal Article
Arnold, D. H., Clendinen, M., Johnston, A., Lee, A. L., & Yarrow, K. (2024). The precision test of metacognitive sensitivity and confidence criteria. Consciousness and Cognition, 123, Article 103728. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2024.103728

Humans experience feelings of confidence in their decisions. In perception, these feelings are typically accurate – we tend to feel more confident about correct decisions. The degree of insight people have into the accuracy of their decisions is know... Read More about The precision test of metacognitive sensitivity and confidence criteria.

Beliefs, mindset and personality of farm managers working in large commercial dairy herds: Association with calf on-farm mortality (2024)
Journal Article
Mõtus, K., Viidu, D.-A., Kaart, T., & Ferguson, E. (2024). Beliefs, mindset and personality of farm managers working in large commercial dairy herds: Association with calf on-farm mortality. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 230, Article 106283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2024.106283

This study aimed to describe the attitudes and personalities of farm managers (FMs) in large Estonian dairy herds and analyse the potential associations with calf mortality. The study included FMs from 114 free-stall farms with at least 100 cows. Eac... Read More about Beliefs, mindset and personality of farm managers working in large commercial dairy herds: Association with calf on-farm mortality.

How Do Autistic Students Do in the Eyes of Their Peers? Non-Autistic Judgments About the Academic Experiences of Autistic and Non-Autistic University Students, Based on Brief Samples of Behavior (2024)
Journal Article
Alhusayni, A., Sheppard, E., Mitchell, P., & Marsh, L. (2024). How Do Autistic Students Do in the Eyes of Their Peers? Non-Autistic Judgments About the Academic Experiences of Autistic and Non-Autistic University Students, Based on Brief Samples of Behavior. Autism in Adulthood, https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2023.0049

Background: Previous research has found that people can make a variety of judgments about others based on brief samples of their behavior such as judging their social favorability and whether they wish to socialize with them. Non-autistic people freq... Read More about How Do Autistic Students Do in the Eyes of Their Peers? Non-Autistic Judgments About the Academic Experiences of Autistic and Non-Autistic University Students, Based on Brief Samples of Behavior.

Evaluating educational apps for preschoolers: Differences and agreements between the assessments of experts, parents, and their children (2024)
Journal Article
Wirth, A., Mues, A., Birtwistle, E., & Niklas, F. (2024). Evaluating educational apps for preschoolers: Differences and agreements between the assessments of experts, parents, and their children. Computers in Human Behavior, 160, Article 108361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2024.108361

Educational apps offer a wide range of opportunities to foster children's early competency development during preschool age. However, due to inconsistent evaluation criteria, comparing the educational value of different apps is challenging, and concl... Read More about Evaluating educational apps for preschoolers: Differences and agreements between the assessments of experts, parents, and their children.

Conspiracy Theories (2024)
Book Chapter
Brotherton, R., French, C., & Jolley, D. (2024). Conspiracy Theories. In D. Groome, & R. Roberts (Eds.), Parapsychology: The Science of Unusual Experience (173-193). (3rd edition). Taylor and Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003361367-12

According to assorted popular conspiracy theories, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, were orchestrated not by members of al-Qaeda but by the United States government; Princess Diana’s death was the result not of a tragic accident but of a... Read More about Conspiracy Theories.

Policy Brief: Autism and Driving (2024)
Report
Sheppard, E. (2024). Policy Brief: Autism and Driving. University of Nottingham

More than one in 100 people in the UK are autistic. Despite the prevalence of autism within society, autistic people face barriers in their everyday lives. One example of this is with learning to drive.

Research shows that autistic people are less... Read More about Policy Brief: Autism and Driving.

Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) and Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) approaches in mental health projects involving young people: a scoping review protocol (2024)
Journal Article
de Alcântara Mendes, J. A., Lucassen, M., Adams, A., Martin, L., Aicardi, C., Woodcock, R., Nielsen, E., Townsend, E., & Jirotka, M. (2024). Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) and Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) approaches in mental health projects involving young people: a scoping review protocol. Research Involvement and Engagement, 10, Article 60. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-024-00591-1

Background:
Rather than being perceived as merely ‘part of the problem’, the perspectives and experiences of young people play a pivotal role in devising effective solutions for mental health challenges. Two distinct methodologies that aid in this... Read More about Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) and Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) approaches in mental health projects involving young people: a scoping review protocol.

Collaborative imagination synchronizes representations of the future and fosters social connection in the present (2024)
Journal Article
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.

Leveraging multiple digital footprint datasets to predict racial, sex-based, and sexual-orientation bias across US states (2024)
Journal Article
Derecki, R., O'Shea, B., & Goulding, J. (2024). Leveraging multiple digital footprint datasets to predict racial, sex-based, and sexual-orientation bias across US states. International Journal of Population Data Science, 9(4), Article 15. https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v9i4.2429

Introduction & Background
Racial, gender, and sexual-orientation biases are pervasive throughout society. Importantly, modern digitally oriented datasets can elucidate important societal variables and potential solutions. One contemporary theory tha... Read More about Leveraging multiple digital footprint datasets to predict racial, sex-based, and sexual-orientation bias across US states.

Propranolol attenuates the establishment of conditioned context aversions: differential effects compared to MK-801 in an animal model of anticipatory nausea and vomiting (2024)
Journal Article
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.

Upholding social hierarchies: Social dominance orientation moderates the link between (intergroup) conspiracy exposure and violent extremism (2024)
Journal Article
Schrader, T., Jolley, D., Jolley, R., & Krahenbuhl, S. (2025). Upholding social hierarchies: Social dominance orientation moderates the link between (intergroup) conspiracy exposure and violent extremism. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 28(2), 277-299. 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.

Feasibility and acceptability of autism adapted safety plans: an external pilot randomised controlled trial (2024)
Journal Article
Rodgers, J., Cassidy, S., Pelton, M., Goodwin, J., Wagnild, J., Bhattarai, N., Gordon, I., Wilson, C., Heslop, P., Ogundimu, E., O'Connor, R. C., Ramsay, S. E., Townsend, E., & Vale, L. (2024). Feasibility and acceptability of autism adapted safety plans: an external pilot randomised controlled trial. eClinicalMedicine, 73, Article 102662. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102662

Background: Autistic people are a high-risk group for self-harm and suicide. There are no evidence-based suicide prevention interventions developed specifically for autistic people. We undertook a pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial of auti... Read More about Feasibility and acceptability of autism adapted safety plans: an external pilot randomised controlled trial.

Pathways between digital activity and depressed mood in adolescence: outlining a developmental model integrating risk, reactivity, resilience and reciprocity (2024)
Journal Article
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 systematic review and narrative synthesis exploring the relationship between friendships and peer relationships, and self-harm ideation and behaviour among young people (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
Bilello, D., Townsend, E., Broome, M. R., Armstrong, G., & Burnett Heyes, S. A systematic review and narrative synthesis exploring the relationship between friendships and peer relationships, and self-harm ideation and behaviour among young people

Friendships and peer relationships have an important role in the experience of self-harm ideation and behaviour in young people, yet they typically remain overlooked. The present systematic review and narrative synthesis explore the extant literature... Read More about A systematic review and narrative synthesis exploring the relationship between friendships and peer relationships, and self-harm ideation and behaviour among young people.

A Developmental Trajectory of Latent Inhibition (2024)
Journal Article
Haselgrove, M., & Mah, S. L. (2024). A Developmental Trajectory of Latent Inhibition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, 50(3), 186-196. 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.

The impacts associated with having ADHD: an umbrella review (2024)
Journal Article
French, B., Nalbant, G., Wright, H., Sayal, K., Daley, D., Groom, M. J., Cassidy, S., & 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)
Journal Article
James, R. J., Tillsley, J. E., Hitcham, L., Mou, C., Kim, H., & Tunney, R. J. (2025). Disordered gambling, or dependence and consequences: a bifactor exploratory structural equation model analysis of the problem gambling severity index. Addiction Research and Theory, 33(2), 122-133. 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.