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The impact of hyperbole on perception of victim testimony (2021)
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Desai, S., Mclean, J., Lawrence, C., & Filik, R. (2021). The impact of hyperbole on perception of victim testimony. Journal of Pragmatics, 174, 143-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2021.01.013

This paper investigates how individuals perceive hyperbole in victim statements. Despite being one of the most commonly used literary tropes, the comprehension and cognition of hyperbole has been largely ignored in the psycholinguistics literature, a... Read More about The impact of hyperbole on perception of victim testimony.

A typology of blood donor motivations (2020)
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Brailsford, S. R., Ferguson, E., Hill, A., Lam, M., Reynolds, C., Davison, K., …Brailsford, S. .. (2020). A typology of blood donor motivations. Transfusion, 60(9), 2010-2020. https://doi.org/10.1111/trf.15913

Background: Although the need for whole blood is declining, so too are the number of first-time and repeat blood donors. To develop new recruitment and retention strategies, therefore, we need to draw on as wide a variation in blood donor motivations... Read More about A typology of blood donor motivations.

Altruistic and Warm-Glow Motivations: Differentiating First Time From Repeat Donors (2019)
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Ferguson, E., & Lawrence, C. (2019). Altruistic and Warm-Glow Motivations: Differentiating First Time From Repeat Donors. TPM: Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology, 26(4), 639-651. https://doi.org/10.4473/TPM26.4.10

The conversion rate of 1st time donors to their 2nd and 3rd donation is low creating a significant problem to transfusion services. We hypothesise that feelings of warm-glow associated with donating blood, contribute to the differentiation between 1... Read More about Altruistic and Warm-Glow Motivations: Differentiating First Time From Repeat Donors.

When the relatively poor prosper: the Underdog Effect on charitable donations (2018)
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Bradley, A., Lawrence, C., & Ferguson, E. (2019). When the relatively poor prosper: the Underdog Effect on charitable donations. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 48(1), 108-127. https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764018794305

In fundraising, it is common for the donor to see how much a charity has received so far. What is the impact of this information on a) how much people choose to donate and b) which charity they choose to donate to? Conditional cooperation suggests th... Read More about When the relatively poor prosper: the Underdog Effect on charitable donations.

Does observability affect prosociality? (2018)
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Bradley, A., Lawrence, C., & Ferguson, E. (2018). Does observability affect prosociality?. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285(1875), Article 20180116. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.0116

The observation of behaviour is a key theoretical parameter underlying a number of models of prosociality. However, the empirical findings showing the effect of observability on prosociality are mixed. In this meta-analysis, we explore the boundary c... Read More about Does observability affect prosociality?.

It’s only fair: blood donors are more sensitive to violations of fairness norms than non-donors: converging psychometric and ultimatum game evidence (2018)
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Ferguson, E., & Lawrence, C. (2018). It’s only fair: blood donors are more sensitive to violations of fairness norms than non-donors: converging psychometric and ultimatum game evidence. Vox Sanguinis, 113(3), 242-250. https://doi.org/10.1111/vox.12636

Background and Objectives: The design of effective donor recruitment campaigns requires an accurate understanding of donor motivations. This requires cross-validation of theoretically derived, psychometrically assessed motivations with behavioural pr... Read More about It’s only fair: blood donors are more sensitive to violations of fairness norms than non-donors: converging psychometric and ultimatum game evidence.

Public health messages about antibiotic treatment for respiratory tract infection may increase perceived symptom severity reporting (2016)
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Lawrence, C., & Eamonn, F. (2019). Public health messages about antibiotic treatment for respiratory tract infection may increase perceived symptom severity reporting. Journal of Health Psychology, 24(5), 623-627. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105316683242

Public health campaigns to reduce expectations for antibiotic treatment for respiratory tract infections (RTIs) have shown little or no effect on antibiotic prescribing and consumption. We examined whether such messages can increase RTI symptom repor... Read More about Public health messages about antibiotic treatment for respiratory tract infection may increase perceived symptom severity reporting.

Neural correlates of three types of negative life events during angry face processing in adolescents (2016)
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Gollier-Briant, F., Pallière-Martinot, M., Lemaitre, H., Miranda, R., Vulser, H., Goodman, R., …Artiges, E. (2016). Neural correlates of three types of negative life events during angry face processing in adolescents. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 11(12), https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsw100

Negative life events (NLE) contribute to anxiety and depression disorders, but their relationship with brain functioning in adolescence has rarely been studied. We hypothesized that neural response to social threat would relate to NLE in the frontal–... Read More about Neural correlates of three types of negative life events during angry face processing in adolescents.

Blood donation and altruism: the mechanism of altruism (MOA) approach (2016)
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Ferguson, E., & Lawrence, C. (2016). Blood donation and altruism: the mechanism of altruism (MOA) approach. ISBT Science Series, 11, https://doi.org/10.1111/voxs.12209

Is blood donation a pure altruistic act? The answer to this question has profound implications for the type of interventions we can adopt and the way in which research is conducted into blood donor behaviour. This review will address this question an... Read More about Blood donation and altruism: the mechanism of altruism (MOA) approach.

New evidence of factor structure and measurement invariance of the SDQ across five European nations (2015)
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Ortuño-Sierra, J., Fonseca-Pedrero, E., Aritio-Solana, R., Velasco, A. M., de Luis, E. C., Schumann, G., …Lawrence, C. (2015). New evidence of factor structure and measurement invariance of the SDQ across five European nations. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-015-0729-x

The main purpose of the present study was to test the internal structure and to study the measurement invariance of the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), self-reported version, in five European countries. The sample consisted of 3012 ado... Read More about New evidence of factor structure and measurement invariance of the SDQ across five European nations.

Genomic architecture of human neuroanatomical diversity (2014)
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Toro, R., Poline, J., Huguet, G., Loth, E., Frouin, V., Banaschewski, T., …Bourgeron, T. (2015). Genomic architecture of human neuroanatomical diversity. Molecular Psychiatry, 20(8), 1011-1016. https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2014.99

Human brain anatomy is strikingly diverse and highly inheritable: genetic factors may explain up to 80% of its variability. Prior studies have tried to detect genetic variants with a large effect on neuroanatomical diversity, but those currently iden... Read More about Genomic architecture of human neuroanatomical diversity.

Neuropsychosocial profiles of current and future adolescent alcohol misusers (2014)
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Whelan, R., Watts, R., Orr, C. A., Althoff, R. R., Artiges, E., Banaschewski, T., …Ziesch, V. (2014). Neuropsychosocial profiles of current and future adolescent alcohol misusers. Nature, 512(7513), 185-189. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13402

A comprehensive account of the causes of alcohol misuse must accommodate individual differences in biology, psychology and environment, and must disentangle cause and effect. Animal models can demonstrate the effects of neurotoxic substances; however... Read More about Neuropsychosocial profiles of current and future adolescent alcohol misusers.

SPACA3gene variants in a New Zealand cohort of infertile and fertile couples (2014)
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Prendergast, D., Woad, K. J., Chamley, L. W., Holland, O. J., & Shelling, A. N. (2014). SPACA3gene variants in a New Zealand cohort of infertile and fertile couples. Human Fertility, 17(2), https://doi.org/10.3109/14647273.2014.907506

SPRASA (also referred to as SLLP1) is a protein identified in the acrosome of human sperm and encoded by the gene SPACA3. SPRASA is associated with sperm-oocyte recognition and binding, and may play a role in fertility. In order to determine whether... Read More about SPACA3gene variants in a New Zealand cohort of infertile and fertile couples.

Fast to Forgive, Slow to Retaliate: Intuitive Responses in the Ultimatum Game Depend on the Degree of Unfairness (2014)
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Ferguson, E., Lawrence, C., Bibby, P., & Maltby, J. (2014). Fast to Forgive, Slow to Retaliate: Intuitive Responses in the Ultimatum Game Depend on the Degree of Unfairness. PLoS ONE, 9(5), Article e96344. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096344

Evolutionary accounts have difficulty explaining why people cooperate with anonymous strangers they will never meet. Recently models, focusing on emotional processing, have been proposed as a potential explanation, with attention focusing on a dual s... Read More about Fast to Forgive, Slow to Retaliate: Intuitive Responses in the Ultimatum Game Depend on the Degree of Unfairness.

Single nucleotide polymorphism in the neuroplastin locus associates with cortical thickness and intellectual ability in adolescents (2014)
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Desrivières, S., the IMAGEN Consortium, Lourdusamy, A., Tao, C., Toro, R., Jia, T., …Schumann, G. (2015). Single nucleotide polymorphism in the neuroplastin locus associates with cortical thickness and intellectual ability in adolescents. Molecular Psychiatry, 20(2), 263-274. https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2013.197

Despite the recognition that cortical thickness is heritable and correlates with intellectual ability in children and adolescents, the genes contributing to individual differences in these traits remain unknown. We conducted a large-scale association... Read More about Single nucleotide polymorphism in the neuroplastin locus associates with cortical thickness and intellectual ability in adolescents.

Oxytocin Receptor Genotype Modulates Ventral Striatal Activity to Social Cues and Response to Stressful Life Events (2013)
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Loth, E., Poline, J., Thyreau, B., Jia, T., Tao, C., Lourdusamy, A., …Schumann, G. (2014). Oxytocin Receptor Genotype Modulates Ventral Striatal Activity to Social Cues and Response to Stressful Life Events. Biological Psychiatry, 76(5), 367-376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.07.043

Background Common variants in the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) have been shown to influence social and affective behavior and to moderate the effect of adverse experiences on risk for social-affective problems. However, the intermediate neurobiologi... Read More about Oxytocin Receptor Genotype Modulates Ventral Striatal Activity to Social Cues and Response to Stressful Life Events.

White-matter microstructure and gray-matter volumes in adolescents with subthreshold bipolar symptoms (2013)
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Paillère Martinot, M., Lemaitre, H., Artiges, E., Miranda, R., Goodman, R., Penttilä, J., …Martinot, J. (2014). White-matter microstructure and gray-matter volumes in adolescents with subthreshold bipolar symptoms. Molecular Psychiatry, 19, 462-470. https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2013.44

Abnormalities in white-matter (WM) microstructure, as lower fractional anisotropy (FA), have been reported in adolescent-onset bipolar disorder and in youth at familial risk for bipolarity. We sought to determine whether healthy adolescents with subt... Read More about White-matter microstructure and gray-matter volumes in adolescents with subthreshold bipolar symptoms.

Noise levels and noise perception from small and micro wind turbines (2013)
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Taylor, J., Eastwick, C., Lawrence, C., & Wilson, R. (in press). Noise levels and noise perception from small and micro wind turbines. Renewable Energy, 55, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2012.11.031

Noise concerns frequently pose a barrier to widespread implementation of wind turbines and while the perception of noise from large turbines has been investigated, there is a relative gap in the research for small and micro wind turbines. This paper... Read More about Noise levels and noise perception from small and micro wind turbines.