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‘Treat GTAs as colleagues, rather than spare parts’: the identity, agency, and wellbeing of graduate teaching assistants (2023)
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Slack, H. R., & Pownall, M. (2023). ‘Treat GTAs as colleagues, rather than spare parts’: the identity, agency, and wellbeing of graduate teaching assistants. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 47(9), 1262-1275. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877x.2023.2241392

In recent years, the wellbeing of students and staff in Higher Education has received increased attention in pedagogical research. However, the experiences of Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs), or PhD researchers who teach alongside their doctoral... Read More about ‘Treat GTAs as colleagues, rather than spare parts’: the identity, agency, and wellbeing of graduate teaching assistants.

Improving Translational Relevance in Preclinical Psychopharmacology (iTRIPP) (2023)
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Bailey, S. J., Bast, T., Chaby, L., Kinon, B. J., Harte, M. K., Mead, S., …Ajram, L. A. (2023). Improving Translational Relevance in Preclinical Psychopharmacology (iTRIPP). Journal of Psychopharmacology, 37(11), 1051-1057. https://doi.org/10.1177/02698811231182607

Animal models are important in preclinical psychopharmacology to study mechanisms and potential treatments for psychiatric disorders. A working group of 14 volunteers, comprising an international team of researchers from academia and industry, conven... Read More about Improving Translational Relevance in Preclinical Psychopharmacology (iTRIPP).

Handedness effects on imagery of dominant‐ versus non‐dominant‐hand movements: An electroencephalographic investigation (2023)
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Lambert, K. J. M., Chen, Y. Y., Donoff, C., Elke, J., Madan, C. R., & Singhal, A. (2023). Handedness effects on imagery of dominant‐ versus non‐dominant‐hand movements: An electroencephalographic investigation. European Journal of Neuroscience, 58(5), 3286-3298. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.16096

Mental representations of our bodies are thought to influence how we interact with our surroundings. We can examine these mental representations through motor imagery, the imagination of movement using scalp EEG recordings. The visual modality of mot... Read More about Handedness effects on imagery of dominant‐ versus non‐dominant‐hand movements: An electroencephalographic investigation.

Heading Frequency and Risk of Cognitive Impairment in Retired Male Professional Soccer Players (2023)
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Espahbodi, S., Hogervorst, E., Macnab, T. P., Thanoon, A., Fernandes, G. S., Millar, B., …Zhang, W. (2023). Heading Frequency and Risk of Cognitive Impairment in Retired Male Professional Soccer Players. JAMA Network Open, 6(7), Article e2323822. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.23822

Importance Although professional soccer players appear to be at higher risk of neurodegenerative disease, the reason remains unknown. Objective To examine whether heading frequency is associated with risk of cognitive impairment in retired profe... Read More about Heading Frequency and Risk of Cognitive Impairment in Retired Male Professional Soccer Players.

Relationship between autonomic arousal and attention orienting in children and adolescents with ADHD, autism and co-occurring ADHD and autism (2023)
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Bellato, A., Arora, I., Kochhar, P., Ropar, D., Hollis, C., & Groom, M. J. (2023). Relationship between autonomic arousal and attention orienting in children and adolescents with ADHD, autism and co-occurring ADHD and autism. Cortex, 166, 306-321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2023.06.002

Introduction Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) may be characterized by different profiles of visual attention orienting. However, there are also many inconsistent findings emerging from the literature... Read More about Relationship between autonomic arousal and attention orienting in children and adolescents with ADHD, autism and co-occurring ADHD and autism.

More than a prejudice reduction effect: Positive intergroup contact reduces conspiracy theory beliefs (2023)
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Jolley, D., Seger, C. R., & Meleady, R. (2023). More than a prejudice reduction effect: Positive intergroup contact reduces conspiracy theory beliefs. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53(6), 1262-1275. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2973

Emerging research suggests intergroup contact has broader implications than prejudice reduction. In three studies, we explored whether positive intergroup contact may serve as a means to reduce conspiracy beliefs. Study 1 (n = 287, pre‐registered) de... Read More about More than a prejudice reduction effect: Positive intergroup contact reduces conspiracy theory beliefs.

Listening efficiency in adult cochlear-implant users compared with normally-hearing controls at ecologically relevant signal-to-noise ratios (2023)
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Perea Pérez, F., Hartley, D. E. H., Kitterick, P. T., Zekveld, A. A., Naylor, G., & Wiggins, I. M. (2023). Listening efficiency in adult cochlear-implant users compared with normally-hearing controls at ecologically relevant signal-to-noise ratios. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 17, Article 1214485. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2023.1214485

Introduction: Due to having to work with an impoverished auditory signal, cochlear-implant (CI) users may experience reduced speech intelligibility and/or increased listening effort in real-world listening situations, compared to their normally-heari... Read More about Listening efficiency in adult cochlear-implant users compared with normally-hearing controls at ecologically relevant signal-to-noise ratios.

Emotional reactions to climate change: a comparison across France, Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom (2023)
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Böhm, G., Pfister, H., Doran, R., Ogunbode, C. A., Poortinga, W., Tvinnereim, E., …Pidgeon, N. (2023). Emotional reactions to climate change: a comparison across France, Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, Article 1139133. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1139133

We present a study of emotional reactions to climate change utilizing representative samples from France, Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom (UK). Drawing on appraisal theories of emotion, we examine relations between appraisals, emotions, and b... Read More about Emotional reactions to climate change: a comparison across France, Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom.

LexCHI: A quick lexical test for estimating language proficiency in Chinese (2023)
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Wen, Y., Qiu, Y., Leong, C. X. R., & van Heuven, W. J. (2024). LexCHI: A quick lexical test for estimating language proficiency in Chinese. Behavior Research Methods, 56(3), 2333-2352. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-023-02151-z

A prominent methodological issue in cognitive research on bilingualism is the lack of consistency in measuring second language (L2) proficiency. To reduce the inconsistency in L2 proficiency measurements, brief and valid vocabulary tests have been de... Read More about LexCHI: A quick lexical test for estimating language proficiency in Chinese.

Category relevance attenuates overshadowing in human predictive learning. (2023)
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Alcalá, J. A., Prados, J., & Urcelay, G. P. (2023). Category relevance attenuates overshadowing in human predictive learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, 49(3), 162-178. https://doi.org/10.1037/xan0000357

In situations in which multiple predictors anticipate the presence or absence of an outcome, cues compete to anticipate the outcome, resulting in a loss of associative strength compared to control conditions without additional cues. Critically, there... Read More about Category relevance attenuates overshadowing in human predictive learning..

‘But wait, that isn't real’: A proof‐of‐concept study evaluating ‘Project Real’, a co‐created intervention that helps young people to spot fake news online (2023)
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Skipper, Y., Jolley, D., & Reddington, J. (2023). ‘But wait, that isn't real’: A proof‐of‐concept study evaluating ‘Project Real’, a co‐created intervention that helps young people to spot fake news online. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 41(4), 371-384. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12456

As misinformation is one of the top risks facing the world today, it is vital to ensure that young people have the confidence and skills to recognize fake news. Therefore, we used co-creation to develop an intervention (called ‘Project Real’) and tes... Read More about ‘But wait, that isn't real’: A proof‐of‐concept study evaluating ‘Project Real’, a co‐created intervention that helps young people to spot fake news online.

Genetic and environmental influences on one-trial conditioned context aversion in mice (2023)
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İlhan, Ç. F., Urcelay, G. P., & Kışlal, S. (2023). Genetic and environmental influences on one-trial conditioned context aversion in mice. Genes, Brain and Behavior, Article e12857. https://doi.org/10.1111/gbb.12857

Anticipatory nausea (AN) is caused by an association between contextual cues and the experience of nausea (the side effects of chemotherapy or radiation treatment) and it develops predominantly in female patients undergoing chemotherapy. Preclinical... Read More about Genetic and environmental influences on one-trial conditioned context aversion in mice.

Risks Associated With Undiagnosed ADHD and/or Autism: A Mixed-Method Systematic Review (2023)
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French, B., Daley, D., Groom, M., & Cassidy, S. (2023). Risks Associated With Undiagnosed ADHD and/or Autism: A Mixed-Method Systematic Review. Journal of Attention Disorders, 27(12), 1393-1410. https://doi.org/10.1177/10870547231176862

Background: The two most prevalent neurodevelopmental disorders—Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism (ASD)—(ASD/ADHD) strongly impact individuals’ functions. This is worsened when individuals are undiagnosed and risks such as in... Read More about Risks Associated With Undiagnosed ADHD and/or Autism: A Mixed-Method Systematic Review.

Overshadowing, but not relative validity, between the elements of an outcome during human associative learning (2023)
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Quigley, M., & Haselgrove, M. (2023). Overshadowing, but not relative validity, between the elements of an outcome during human associative learning. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 203, Article 107790. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2023.107790

Overshadowing and relative validity constitute two phenomena that inspired the development of the Rescorla-Wagner model in 1972. They demonstrate that cues will interact with one another for an association with the presence or absence of an outcome.... Read More about Overshadowing, but not relative validity, between the elements of an outcome during human associative learning.

Subjective memory measures: metamemory questionnaires currently in use (2023)
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Gopi, Y., & Madan, C. R. (2023). Subjective memory measures: metamemory questionnaires currently in use. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218231183855

Subjective memory evaluation is important for assessing memory abilities and complaints alongside objective measures. In research and clinical settings, questionnaires are used to examine perceived memory ability, memory complaints, and memory belief... Read More about Subjective memory measures: metamemory questionnaires currently in use.

Cognitive Impairment and Self-Reported Dementia in UK Retired Professional Soccer Players: A Cross Sectional Comparative Study (2023)
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Macnab, T. P., Espahbodi, S., Hogervorst, E., Thanoon, A., Fernandes, G. S., Millar, B., …Zhang, W. (2023). Cognitive Impairment and Self-Reported Dementia in UK Retired Professional Soccer Players: A Cross Sectional Comparative Study. Sports Medicine - Open, 9, Article 43. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-023-00588-2

Background Previous studies based on death certificates have found professional soccer players were more likely to die with neurodegenerative diseases, including dementia. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate whether retired professional male... Read More about Cognitive Impairment and Self-Reported Dementia in UK Retired Professional Soccer Players: A Cross Sectional Comparative Study.

Eye movements are made to the centre of gravity of texture-defined targets (2023)
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Sidhu, S. K., Allen, H. A., & Keeble, D. R. (2023). Eye movements are made to the centre of gravity of texture-defined targets. Vision Research, 210, Article 108264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2023.108264

Saccadic localisation of targets of various properties has been extensively studied, but rarely for texture-defined figures. In this paper, three experiments that investigate the way information from a texture target is processed in order to provide... Read More about Eye movements are made to the centre of gravity of texture-defined targets.

Exposure to and learning from the IPCC special report on 1.5 °C global warming, and public support for climate protests and mitigation policies (2023)
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Doran, R., Ogunbode, C. A., Böhm, G., & Gregersen, T. (2023). Exposure to and learning from the IPCC special report on 1.5 °C global warming, and public support for climate protests and mitigation policies. npj Climate Action, 2, Article 11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44168-023-00042-9

Based on national survey data from Norway, the present study assesses if and how exposure to the IPCC special report on global warming of 1.5°C can be associated with support for climate protests and mitigation policies. Respondents were asked if the... Read More about Exposure to and learning from the IPCC special report on 1.5 °C global warming, and public support for climate protests and mitigation policies.

Online updating of obstacle positions when intercepting a virtual target (2023)
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Crowe, E. M., Smeets, J. B., & Brenner, E. (2023). Online updating of obstacle positions when intercepting a virtual target. Experimental Brain Research, 241(7), 1811–1820. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-023-06634-5

People rely upon sensory information in the environment to guide their actions. Ongoing goal-directed arm movements are constantly adjusted to the latest estimate of both the target and hand's positions. Does the continuous guidance of ongoing arm mo... Read More about Online updating of obstacle positions when intercepting a virtual target.