School of Psychology
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Simulating Peers: Can puppets simulate peer interactions in studies on children's socio-cognitive development?
(WileyUnited States, 2023-02-13)Interactions with peers are fundamental to socio-cognitive development, but assessing peer interactions in standardized experiments is challenging. Therefore, researchers commonly utilize puppetry to simulate peers. This ... -
‘It should be more outspoken and not hushed away, not like put in a dark box’: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of experiences of menopause voiced by women with learning disabilities
(Wiley, 2023-04-05)Background: There is little research into experiences of menopause voiced by women with learning disabilities, who can be neglected in academic research. There is a particular lack of knowledge around the psychological ... -
Disruption of Positional Encoding at Small Separations in the Amblyopic Periphery
(Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)United States, 2022-04-21)PURPOSE: Positional judgments in amblyopia are impaired more at the center of the visual field than in the periphery. However, the effects of visual field position frequently are confounded with stimulus separation. The ... -
Position matching between the visual fields in strabismus
(Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)United States, 2018-01-01)The misalignment of visual input in strabismus disrupts positional judgments. We measured positional accuracy in the extrafoveal visual field (1°-7° eccentricity) of a large group of strabismic subjects and a normal control ... -
An expert advantage in detecting unfamiliar visual signals in noise
(Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesUnited States, 2020-10-13)<jats:title>Significance</jats:title> <jats:p>Radiologists have years of experience in inspecting medical images for anomalies and thus are visual experts with the particular object class of medical images. Do ... -
Perceptual learning of detection of textures in noise
(Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)United States, 2020-07-21)We examined whether the effects of practice on visual detection are stimulus specific and whether practice alters response bias. Eighty-four subjects performed yes-no detection of band-limited noise patterns (textures) ... -
Perception of threat and intent to harm from vocal and facial cues
(SAGE PublicationsEngland, 2023-05-10)What constitutes a “threatening tone of voice”? There is currently little research exploring how listeners infer threat, or the intention to cause harm, from speakers’ voices. Here, we investigated the influence of key ... -
Regulations governing psychologists: An international survey.
(American Psychological Association (APA), 2022-12)This study aimed to examine legal regulations on psychologists worldwide, such as those related to professional status and training models. An online survey was conducted by members of the Global Psychology Alliance and ... -
Promises on the go: A field study on keeping one's word
(Frontiers MediaSwitzerland, 2023-03-06)Promises are voluntary commitments to perform a future action and are often thought to be powerful levers for behavioral change. Here we studied the effectiveness of promises in two preregistered, incentivized field ...
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