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Cortical β Power Reflects a Neural Implementation of Decision Boundary Collapse in Speeded Decisions (2024)
Journal Article
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.

Risk and protective factors for self-harm thoughts and behaviours in transgender and gender diverse people: A systematic review (2024)
Journal Article
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.

Individual differences in emoji comprehension: Gender, age, and culture (2024)
Journal Article
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.

The role of cognitive and applied executive function skills in learning rational number knowledge (2024)
Journal Article
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.

“Look for Internship or Placement Roles in Areas That Support Research” (2024)
Book Chapter
Palmer, D. (2024). “Look for Internship or Placement Roles in Areas That Support Research”. In C. R. Madan (Ed.), Academia and the World Beyond, Volume 2: A PhD Is Not a Commitment to Academia (185-192). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47980-9_20

In our interview with Donna Palmer, she shares her journey from a chemistry PhD to managing doctoral training programmes. Initially planning for a postdoctoral position, Donna realised through conversations with peers that conducting her own research... Read More about “Look for Internship or Placement Roles in Areas That Support Research”.

Internal attention modulates the functional state of novel stimulus-response associations in working memory (2024)
Journal Article
Formica, S., Palenciano, A. F., Vermeylen, L., Myers, N. E., Brass, M., & González-García, C. (2024). Internal attention modulates the functional state of novel stimulus-response associations in working memory. Cognition, 245, Article 105739. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2024.105739

Information in working memory (WM) is crucial for guiding behavior. However, not all WM representations are equally relevant simultaneously. Current theoretical frameworks propose a functional dissociation between ‘latent’ and ‘active’ states, in whi... Read More about Internal attention modulates the functional state of novel stimulus-response associations in working memory.

Academia and the World Beyond, Volume 2: A PhD Is Not a Commitment to Academia (2024)
Book
Madan, C. R. (Ed.). Academia and the World Beyond, Volume 2: A PhD Is Not a Commitment to Academia. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47980-9

A common question posed to PhD students from friends and family is, “What will you do after?” But many students are too focused on the PhD itself and have not yet had a chance to sufficiently think about post-PhD life. This book is a collection of 31... Read More about Academia and the World Beyond, Volume 2: A PhD Is Not a Commitment to Academia.

The importance of need‐altruism and kin‐altruism to blood donor behaviour for black and white people (2024)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

“I expect it as part of the kind of package deal when you sign up to these things”—Motivations and experiences of ghosting. (2024)
Journal Article
Dean Marshall, N., O’Shea, A., Akhtar, R., Abbs, T., Fogarty, E., Sajiv Kumar, P., & Partridge, B. J. (2024). “I expect it as part of the kind of package deal when you sign up to these things”—Motivations and experiences of ghosting. Psychology of Popular Media, https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000504

Most online dating users perceive ghosting to be common and expect that there is a chance of being ghosted on online dating platforms (ODPs). The current study extends previous research by gaining qualitative insight into what people believe constitu... Read More about “I expect it as part of the kind of package deal when you sign up to these things”—Motivations and experiences of ghosting..

When Vegas comes to Wall Street: Associations between stock price volatility and trading frequency among gamblers (2024)
Journal Article
Weiss-Cohen, L., Newall, P., Bart, Y., Zloteanu, M., Peacey, M., Ayton, P., & Clacher, I. (2024). When Vegas comes to Wall Street: Associations between stock price volatility and trading frequency among gamblers. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-023-01229-1

Both gambling and trading involve risk-taking in exchange for potential financial gains. In particular, speculative high-risk high-frequency trading closely resembles disordered gambling behaviour by attracting the same individuals who tend to be ove... Read More about When Vegas comes to Wall Street: Associations between stock price volatility and trading frequency among gamblers.

The impact of emotional valence on generalization gradients (2024)
Journal Article
Alcalá, J. A., Martínez-Tomás, C., Urcelay, G. P., & Hinojosa, J. A. (2024). The impact of emotional valence on generalization gradients. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 31, 1670-1679. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-023-02450-8

Generalization enables individuals to respond to novel stimuli based on previous experiences. The degree to which organisms respond is determined by their physical resemblance to the original conditioned stimulus (CS+), with a stronger response elici... Read More about The impact of emotional valence on generalization gradients.

The impact of caregiver inhibitory control on infant visual working memory (2024)
Journal Article
Davidson, C., Theyer, A., Amaireh, G., & Wijeakumar, S. (2024). The impact of caregiver inhibitory control on infant visual working memory. Infant Behavior and Development, 74, Article 101921. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101921

Visual working memory (VWM) emerges in the first year of life and has far-reaching implications for academic and later life outcomes. Given that caregivers play a significant role in shaping cognitive function in children, it is important to understa... Read More about The impact of caregiver inhibitory control on infant visual working memory.

It was the best of times; it was the worst of times - Health and wellbeing in Nottingham during the 2022 heatwave (2024)
Report
Ogunbode, C., Cooper, E., Prosser, A., Kirkcaldy, H., & Hui, A. (2024). It was the best of times; it was the worst of times - Health and wellbeing in Nottingham during the 2022 heatwave. Nottingham: Nottingham City Council

Previous research provided indications of areas in Nottingham that face higher risks during hot periods based on social and geographical data, but there was little insight into lived experiences of dealing with heat among Nottingham communities. We d... Read More about It was the best of times; it was the worst of times - Health and wellbeing in Nottingham during the 2022 heatwave.

Intermittent theta burst stimulation with synchronised transcranial alternating current stimulation leads to enhanced frontal theta oscillations and a positive shift in emotional bias (2024)
Journal Article
Briley, P. M., Boutry, C., Webster, L., Veniero, D., Harvey-Seutcheu, C., Jung, J., Liddle, P. F., & Morriss, R. (2024). Intermittent theta burst stimulation with synchronised transcranial alternating current stimulation leads to enhanced frontal theta oscillations and a positive shift in emotional bias. Imaging Neuroscience, 2, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1162/imag_a_00073

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), delivered to left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, is an FDA-approved, and NICE-recommended, neuromodulation therapy for major depressive disorder (MDD). However, there is considerable inter-individ... Read More about Intermittent theta burst stimulation with synchronised transcranial alternating current stimulation leads to enhanced frontal theta oscillations and a positive shift in emotional bias.

Enhancing emotion regulation with an in situ socially assistive robot among LGBTQ+ youth with self-harm ideation: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2024)
Journal Article
Williams, A. J., Cleare, S., Borschmann, R., Tench, C. R., Gross, J., Hollis, C., Chapman-Nisar, A., Naeche, N., Townsend, E., & Slovak, P. (2024). Enhancing emotion regulation with an in situ socially assistive robot among LGBTQ+ youth with self-harm ideation: protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 14(1), Article e079801. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079801

Introduction: Purrble, a socially assistive robot, was codesigned with children to support in situ emotion regulation. Preliminary evidence has found that LGBTQ+ youth are receptive to Purrble and find it to be an acceptable intervention to assist wi... Read More about Enhancing emotion regulation with an in situ socially assistive robot among LGBTQ+ youth with self-harm ideation: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Visual effects on tactile texture perception (2024)
Journal Article
Roberts, R. D., Li, M., & Allen, H. A. (2024). Visual effects on tactile texture perception. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 632. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-50596-1

How does vision affect active touch in judgments of surface roughness? We contrasted direct (combination of visual with tactile sensory information) and indirect (vision alters the processes of active touch) effects of vision on touch. Participants j... Read More about Visual effects on tactile texture perception.

Terms of debate: Consensus definitions to guide the scientific discourse on visual distraction (2024)
Journal Article
Liesefeld, H. R., Lamy, D., Gaspelin, N., Geng, J. J., Kerzel, D., Schall, J. D., Allen, H. A., Anderson, B. A., Boettcher, S., Busch, N. A., Carlisle, N. B., Colonius, H., Draschkow, D., Egeth, H., Leber, A. B., Müller, H. J., Röer, J. P., Schubö, A., Slagter, H. A., Theeuwes, J., & Wolfe, J. (2024). Terms of debate: Consensus definitions to guide the scientific discourse on visual distraction. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 86, 1445-1472. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-023-02820-3

Hypothesis-driven research rests on clearly articulated scientific theories. The building blocks for communicating these theories are scientific terms. Obviously, communication – and thus, scientific progress – is hampered if the meaning of these ter... Read More about Terms of debate: Consensus definitions to guide the scientific discourse on visual distraction.