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Development and validation of the suicidal behaviours questionnaire - autism spectrum conditions in a community sample of autistic, possibly autistic and non-autistic adults (2021)
Journal Article
Cassidy, S. A., Bradley, L., Cogger-Ward, H., & Rodgers, J. (2021). Development and validation of the suicidal behaviours questionnaire - autism spectrum conditions in a community sample of autistic, possibly autistic and non-autistic adults. Molecular Autism, 12(1), Article 46. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13229-021-00449-3

Background: Autistic people and those with high autistic traits are at high risk of experiencing suicidality. Yet, there are no suicidality assessment tools developed or validated for these groups. Methods: A widely used and validated suicidality ass... Read More about Development and validation of the suicidal behaviours questionnaire - autism spectrum conditions in a community sample of autistic, possibly autistic and non-autistic adults.

Big Changes Start With Small Talk: Twitter and Climate Change in Times of Coronavirus Pandemic (2021)
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Gaytan Camarillo, M., Ferguson, E., Ljevar, V., & Spence, A. (2021). Big Changes Start With Small Talk: Twitter and Climate Change in Times of Coronavirus Pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.661395

Behavioural scientists have been studying public perceptions to understand how and why people behave the way they do towards climate change. In recent times, enormous changes to behaviour and people’s interactions have been brought about by the world... Read More about Big Changes Start With Small Talk: Twitter and Climate Change in Times of Coronavirus Pandemic.

Autistic Adults' Experiences of Camouflaging and Its Perceived Impact on Mental Health (2021)
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Bradley, L., Shaw, R., Baron-Cohen, S., & Cassidy, S. (2021). Autistic Adults' Experiences of Camouflaging and Its Perceived Impact on Mental Health. Autism in Adulthood, 3(4), 320–329. https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2020.0071

Background: Camouflaging (also referred to as “masking”) is a commonly reported strategy used by autistic adults in everyday life to help them cope in social situations. Autistic adults report that camouflaging can have a devastating effect on mental... Read More about Autistic Adults' Experiences of Camouflaging and Its Perceived Impact on Mental Health.

The Use of Social Media in Research on Gambling: a Systematic Review (2021)
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James, R. J. E., & Bradley, A. (2021). The Use of Social Media in Research on Gambling: a Systematic Review. Current Addiction Reports, 8, 235–245. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-021-00364-w

Purpose of Review Social media enables a range of possibilities in the way gamblers and gambling operators interact and content communicate with gambling. The purpose of this systematic review was to synthesise the extant literature to identify the... Read More about The Use of Social Media in Research on Gambling: a Systematic Review.

Inequality Averse and Compassionate Blood Donor Implication for Interventions (2021)
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Ferguson, E. (2021). Inequality Averse and Compassionate Blood Donor Implication for Interventions. Vox Sanguinis, https://doi.org/10.1111/vox.13088

Background and objectives: Blood donors, compared to non‐donors, are more likely to show a preference to help others either by sharing resources to directly compensate those in need or indirectly by punishing those who act unfairly. Knowing the dom... Read More about Inequality Averse and Compassionate Blood Donor Implication for Interventions.

Time or place? Dissociation between object-in-place and relative recency in young APPswe/PS1dE9 mice. (2021)
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Bonardi, C., Pardon, M., & Armstrong, P. (2021). Time or place? Dissociation between object-in-place and relative recency in young APPswe/PS1dE9 mice. Behavioral Neuroscience, 135(1), 39-50. https://doi.org/10.1037/bne0000431

This study tests the predictions of a novel analysis of recognition memory based on a theory of associative learning, according to which recognition comprises two independent underlying processes, one relying on the to-be-recognized item having been... Read More about Time or place? Dissociation between object-in-place and relative recency in young APPswe/PS1dE9 mice..

Autism and the double empathy problem: Implications for development and mental health (2021)
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Mitchell, P., Sheppard, E., & Cassidy, S. (2021). Autism and the double empathy problem: Implications for development and mental health. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 39(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12350

Autism and the double empathy problem: Implications for development and mental health This article explores how the experience of living in a largely neurotypical society could hinder development of abilities which allow smooth interactions between a... Read More about Autism and the double empathy problem: Implications for development and mental health.

A longitudinal, multi-parametric functional MRI study to determine age-related changes in the rodent brain (2020)
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Crofts, A., Trotman-Lucas, M., Janus, J., Kelly, M., & Gibson, C. L. (2020). A longitudinal, multi-parametric functional MRI study to determine age-related changes in the rodent brain. NeuroImage, 218, Article 116976. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116976

As the population ages, the incidence of age-related neurological diseases and cognitive decline increases. To further understand disease-related changes in brain function it is advantageous to examine brain activity changes in healthy aging rodent m... Read More about A longitudinal, multi-parametric functional MRI study to determine age-related changes in the rodent brain.

Investigating effects of emoji on neutral narrative text: Evidence from eye movements and perceived emotional valence (2020)
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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.

Measurement Properties of the Suicidal Behaviour Questionnaire-Revised in Autistic Adults (2020)
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Cassidy, S. A., Bradley, L., Cogger-Ward, H., Shaw, R., Bowen, E., Glod, M., …Rodgers, J. (2020). Measurement Properties of the Suicidal Behaviour Questionnaire-Revised in Autistic Adults. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 50, 3477-3488. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04431-5

We explored the appropriateness and measurement properties of a suicidality assessment tool (SBQ-R) developed for the general population, in autistic adults—a high risk group for suicide. 188 autistic adults and 183 general population adults complete... Read More about Measurement Properties of the Suicidal Behaviour Questionnaire-Revised in Autistic Adults.

Cross-cultural effects on detecting multiple sources of driving hazard: Evidence from the deceleration detection flicker test (2020)
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Lee, Y. M., Miller, K., Crundall, D., & Sheppard, E. (2020). Cross-cultural effects on detecting multiple sources of driving hazard: Evidence from the deceleration detection flicker test. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 69, 222-234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2020.01.013

Collision rates in Malaysia are much higher than the UK; do these reflect poorer hazard perception skill or does exposure to hazardous events improve hazard detection ability? The deceleration detection flicker test (DDFT) was used to investigate the... Read More about Cross-cultural effects on detecting multiple sources of driving hazard: Evidence from the deceleration detection flicker test.

Baseline self-report ‘central mechanisms’ trait predicts persistent knee pain in the Knee Pain in the Community (KPIC) cohort (2019)
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Akin-Akinyosoye, K., Sarmanova, A., Fernandes, G., Frowd, N., Swaithes, L., Stocks, J., …Walsh, D. A. (2020). Baseline self-report ‘central mechanisms’ trait predicts persistent knee pain in the Knee Pain in the Community (KPIC) cohort. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 28(2), 173-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2019.11.004

Objectives We investigated whether baseline scores for a self-report trait linked to central mechanisms predict 1 year pain outcomes in the Knee Pain in the Community cohort. Method 1471 participants reported knee pain at baseline and respon... Read More about Baseline self-report ‘central mechanisms’ trait predicts persistent knee pain in the Knee Pain in the Community (KPIC) cohort.

Under the influence of the environment: children’s responding invigorated and biased by predictive cues (2019)
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Alarcón, D., & Bonardi, C. (2020). Under the influence of the environment: children’s responding invigorated and biased by predictive cues. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 191, Article 104741. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2019.104741

Cues that signal motivationally significant consequences can elevate responding and bias choice. A task known as Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer (PIT) has been used to assess the influence of these cues on independently trained responses, and to s... Read More about Under the influence of the environment: children’s responding invigorated and biased by predictive cues.

Quand le cerveau en fait trop (2019)
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Bast, T. (2019). Quand le cerveau en fait trop. Cerveau & Psycho, 116, 16-22

« Mais où ai-je garé ma voiture ? Pourquoi suis-je étourdi ce matin ? Mon cerveau n'est pas réveillé ! » Longtemps, on a cru que des troubles cognitifs et de nombreuses maladies mentales étaient dus à une activité cérébrale insuffisante. En fait, c'... Read More about Quand le cerveau en fait trop.

Individual variation in inter-ocular suppression and sensory eye dominance (2019)
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Wang, M., McGraw, P., & Ledgeway, T. (2019). Individual variation in inter-ocular suppression and sensory eye dominance. Vision Research, 163, 33-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2019.07.004

The competitive and inhibitory interactions between the two eyes’ images are a pervasive aspect of binocular vision. Over the last decade, our understanding of the neural processes underpinning binocular rivalry (BR) and continuous flash suppression... Read More about Individual variation in inter-ocular suppression and sensory eye dominance.