Browse research from the School of Psychology.
Submissions from 2019
Spontaneous Vicarious Perception of the Content of Another’s Visual Perspective, Patric Bach, Eleanor Ward, and Giorgio Ganis
Sensory Processing Sensitivity in the context of Environmental Sensitivity: A critical review and development of research agenda, CU Greven, F Lionetti, C Booth, EN Aron, and et al
Tailoring Self-Help Mindfulness and Relaxation Techniques for Stroke Survivors: Examining Preferences, Feasibility and Acceptability, Xu Wang, Connie Smith, Laura Ashley, and Michael E. Hyland
Locating eight comic styles in basic and broad concepts of humor: Findings from self-reports and behavior tests, Sonja Heintz
Manipulation of subcortical and deep cortical activity in the primate brain using transcranial focused ultrasound stimulation, Davide Folloni, Lennart Verhagen, Rogier B. Mars, Elsa Fouragnan, Charlotte Constans, Jean François Aubry, Matthew F.S. Rushworth, and Jérôme Sallet
What motivates academic dishonesty in students? A Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory explanation., Alison M. Bacon, Chloe McDaid, Natasha Williams, and Philip J. Corr
The relationship between stroke survivors’ perceived identity and mood, self-esteem and quality of life, Reg Morris and Irina Lapadatu
Character Strengths and Job Satisfaction: Differential Relationships Across Occupational Groups and Adulthood, Sonja Heintz and Willibald Ruch
Differential Relationships of Light and Darker Forms of Humor with Mindfulness, Jennifer Hofmann, Sonja Heintz, Dandan Pang, and Willibald Ruch
Abnormal temporal lobe morphology in asymptomatic relatives of patients with hippocampal sclerosis: A replication study, SN Yaakub, GJ Barker, SJ Carr, E Abela, and et al
Goal-directed control in Pavlovian-instrumental transfer, Tina Seabrooke, Lee Hogarth, C. E.R. Edmunds, and Chris J. Mitchell
A meta-analysis of gender differences in character strengths and age, nation, and measure as moderators, Sonja Heintz, Christoph Kramm, and Willibald Ruch
How prioritized is self-prioritization during stimulus processing?, JK Falbén, M Golubickis, R Balseryte, LM Persson, and et al
Story of a Seed: educational theatre improves students’ comprehension of plant reproduction and attitudes to plants in primary science education, Bethan C. Stagg and Michael F. Verde
A comparison of descriptive writing and drawing of plants for the development of adult novices’ botanical knowledge, Bethan C. Stagg and Michael F. Verde
An evaluation of the Fishing For Litter (FFL) scheme in the UK in terms of attitudes, behavior, barriers and opportunities, Sabine Pahl, Kayleigh J. Wyles, Lauren Carroll, and Richard C. Thompson
Are Some Natural Environments More Psychologically Beneficial Than Others? The Importance of Type and Quality on Connectedness to Nature and Psychological Restoration, Kayleigh J. Wyles, Mathew P. White, Caroline Hattam, Sabine Pahl, Haney King, and Melanie Austen
Brain Injury Case Managers' Experience of Mental Capacity and the UK's Mental Capacity Act: Supporting Decision Making, M Holloway, A Norman, and J Dean
Brief group‐based acceptance and commitment therapy for stroke survivors, Reg Morris and Sarah Majumdar
Children’s respect for ownership across diverse societies, Patricia Kanngiesser, Federico Rossano, Henriette Zeidler, Daniel Haun, and Michael Tomasello
Children’s Selective Trust in Promises, Margherita Isella, Patricia Kanngiesser, and Michael Tomasello
Dissociation between Private and Social Counterfactual Value Signals Following Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Damage, Nadège Bault, Pellegrino G di, Martina Puppi, Gaëlle Opolczynski, Alessia Monti, Davide Braghittoni, Florence Thibaut, Aldo Rustichini, and Giorgio Coricelli
Do Others Judge My Humor Style as I Do? Self-Other Agreement and Construct Validity of the Humor Styles Questionnaire, Sonja Heintz
Do Psychological Factors Relate to Energy Saving Behaviours in Inefficient and Damp Homes? A study among English social housing residents, C Boomsma, RV Jones, S Pahl, and A Fuertes
Face search in CCTV surveillance, A. Mike Burton and Mila Mileva
From four to nine styles: An update on individual differences in humor, Sonja Heintz and Willibald Ruch
Individual variation in patterns of task focused, and detailed, thought are uniquely associated within the architecture of the medial temporal lobe, Nerissa Siu Ping Ho, Xiuyi Wang, Deniz Vatansever, Daniel S. Margulies, Boris Bernhardt, Elizabeth Jefferies, and Jonathan Smallwood
Learning from failure: Errorful generation improves memory for items, not associations, Tina Seabrooke, Timothy J. Hollins, Christopher Kent, Andy J. Wills, and Chris J. Mitchell
Left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex supports context-dependent prioritisation of off-task thought, A. Turnbull, HT Wang, C. Murphy, N. S.P. Ho, X Wang, M. Sormaz, T. Karapanagiotidis, R. M. Leech, B. Bernhardt, D. S. Margulies, D. Vatansever, E. Jefferies, and J. Smallwood
Linking repetition priming, recognition, and source memory: A single-system signal-detection account, Nicholas Lange, Christopher J. Berry, and Timothy J. Hollins
Long Term Care Needs Following Acquired Brain Injury and Social Care Services in the UK, M Holloway and A Norman
Mine or mother’s? Exploring the self-ownership effect across cultures, M Golubickis, NSP Ho, JK Falbén, KM Mackenzie, A Boschetti, WA Cunningham, and Macrae C Neil
Natural environments and craving: The mediating role of negative affect, Leanne Martin, Sabine Pahl, Mathew P. White, and Jon May
Neural correlates of weighted reward prediction error during reinforcement learning classify response to cognitive behavioral therapy in depression, Filippo Queirazza, Elsa Fouragnan, J. Douglas Steele, Jonathan Cavanagh, and Marios G. Philiastides
Recommendation of New Medical Alarms based on Audibility, Identifiability, and Detectability in a Randomized, Simulation-Based Study, J Edworthy, C Bennett, R Dudaryk, N Crenshaw, and R McNeer
Refractory depression – cost-effectiveness of radically open dialectical behaviour therapy: findings of economic evaluation of RefraMED trial, James Shearer, Thomas R. Lynch, Rampaul Chamba, Susan Clarke, Roelie J. Hempel, David G. Kingdon, Heather O'Mahen, Bob Remington, Sophie C. Rushbrook, Ian T. Russell, Maggie Stanton, Michaela Swales, Alan Watkins, Ben Whalley, and Sarah Byford
Social Evaluation of Faces Across Gender and Familiarity, Mila Mileva, Robin S.S. Kramer, and A. Mike Burton
Stärkenbasierte Interventionen in der Positiven Psychologie. [Strengths-based interventions in Positive Psychology.], V Vylobkova, S Heintz, and F Gander
Stop stereotyping, Johanna K. Falbén, Juliana L. Olivier, Marius Golubickis, Nerissa S.P. Ho, Linn M. Persson, Dimitra Tsamadi, Eleni Marinopoulou, Bianca Bianciardi, William A. Cunningham, and C. Neil Macrae
The CORE-10 in screening for current mental health problems and severe mental illness in prisoners, Reg Morris and Gwen O'Connor
The macaque anterior cingulate cortex translates counterfactual choice value into actual behavioral change, Elsa F. Fouragnan, Bolton K.H. Chau, Davide Folloni, Nils Kolling, Lennart Verhagen, Miriam Klein-Flügge, Lev Tankelevitch, Georgios K. Papageorgiou, Jean Francois Aubry, Jerome Sallet, and Matthew F.S. Rushworth
The potential and value of objective eye tracking in the ophthalmology clinic, R Clark, J Blundell, MJ Dunn, JT Erichsen, ME Giardini, I Gottlob, C Harris, H Lee, L Mcilreavy, A Olson, JE Self, V Vinuela-Navarro, J Waddington, JM Woodhouse, ID Gilchrist, and C Williams
Thinking outside of the box II: Disrupting the cognitive map., Matthew G. Buckley, Alastair D. Smith, and Mark Haselgrove
Two- and three-year-olds consider ownership when selecting and allocating resources, M Petrowski, Patricia Kanngiesser, and Ori Friedman
Uncertainty and blocking in human causal learning, Peter M. Jones, Tara Zaksaite, and Chris J. Mitchell
Understanding facial impressions between and within identities, Mila Mileva, Andrew W. Young, Robin S.S. Kramer, and A. Mike Burton
Submissions from 2018
Perception of risk for older adults: Differences in evaluations for self vs. others and across risk domains, J Rolison, Y Hanoch, and A Freund
Slower alpha rhythm associates with poorer seizure control in epilepsy, E Abela, AD Pawley, C Tangwiriyasakul, SN Yaakub, and et al
A computationally efficient formal method for discovering simutlaneous masking in medical alarms, ML Bolton, J Edworthy, AD Boyd, J Wei, and X Zheng
A Qualitative Evaluation of Recovery Processes Experienced by Mentally Disordered Offenders following a Group Treatment Programme, Alison M. Bacon, B Colquhoun1, and Alex Lord
Investigating the association between fantasy proneness and emotional distress: the mediating role of cognitive coping strategies, AM Bacon and JJ Charlesford
Predictors of post-traumatic growth in stroke survivors, Reg Morris, Grace Kelly, and Hamsaraj Shetty
The ‘Right’ Side of Creativity: Creative Personality and Social Risk-Taking Predict Political Party Affiliation, V Tyagi, Y Hanoch, B Choma, and SL Denham
Dissecting the politics of “Obamacare”: The role of distributive justice, deservingness, and affect., Y Hanoch, B Choma, A Barnes, and R Braun
Should Phd Students Teach?, S Homer
What a discursive understanding of interprofessional team meetings might reveal: an exploration of intellectual (learning) disability managers' performances., C Smart, N Froomberg, and T Auburn
The logic sense: exploring the role of executive functioning in belief and logic-based judgments, Stephanie Howarth, Simon Handley, and Clare Walsh
Supranuclear eye movements and nystagmus in children: A review of the literature and guide to clinical examination, interpretation of findings and age-appropriate norms., D Osborne, M Theodorou, H Lee, M Ranger, F Shawkat, CM Harris, and JE Self
Eye movements while judging faces for trustworthiness and dominance, F Hermens, M Golubickis, and CN Macrae
Reaping the Benefits and Avoiding the Risks: Unrealistic Optimism in the Health Domain., Y Hanoch, J Rolison, and AM Freund
Paving the way to Eureka-introducing "Dira" as an experimental paradigm to observe the process of creative problem solving, Frank Loesche, Jeremy Goslin, and Guido Bugmann
Dynamic brain network states in human generalized spike-wave discharges, C Tangwiriyasakul, S Perani, M Centeno, SN Yaakub, and et al
Getting alarm sounds into a global standard: A cases study with reflections, J Edworthy, R McNeer, C Bennett, R Dudaryk, S McDougall, J Schlesinger, M Bolton, Edworthy J Reed, Vieira E Özcan, A Boyd, S Reid, M Rayo, M Wright, and D Osborn
Attitudes Toward Presidential Candidates in the 2012 and 2016 American Elections: Cognitive Ability and Support for Trump, Y Ganzach, Y Hanoch, and B Choma
Creativity Through Connectedness: The Role of Closeness and Perspective Taking in Group Creativity, P Öztop, KV Katsikopoulos, and M Gummerum
Automaticity and cognitive control: Effects of cognitive load on cue-controlled reward choice, Tina Seabrooke, Andy J. Wills, Lee Hogarth, and Chris J. Mitchell
Functional Imagery Training versus Motivational Interviewing for Weight Loss: A randomised controlled trial of brief individual interventions for overweight and obesity, Jackie Andrade, Linda Solbrig, Ben Whalley, David J. Kavanagh, Jon May, Tracey Parkin, and Ray Jones
Amygdala reactivity in ethnic minorities and its relationship to the social environment: an fMRI study, R McCutcheon, MAP Bloomfield, T Dahoun, M Quinlan, and et al
Emotional Preferences and Goals and Emotion Dysregulation in Children with Asperger’s Syndrome and Typically Developing Children, B Lopez-Perez, T Ambrona, and M Gummerum
Frequency-dependent top-down modulation of temporal summation by anodal transcranial direct-current stimulation of the primary motor cortex in healthy adults, SW Hughes, M Ali, P Sharma, N Insan, and PH Strutton
Children's scale errors: A by-product of lexical development?, Beata J. Grzyb, Angelo Cangelosi, Allegra Cattani, and Caroline Floccia
Expertise in evaluating choreographic creativity: an online adaptation of the Consensual Assessment Technique, Lucie Clements, Sell NM Lefebvre, Emma Redding, and Jon May
Inter-rater agreement in trait judgements from faces, Robin S.S. Kramer, Mila Mileva, and Kay L. Ritchie
Perceptual Teleology: Expectations of Action Efficiency Bias Social Perception, Matthew Hudson, Patric Bach, Katrina L. McDonough, and Rhys Edwards
Self-relevance enhances the benefits of attention on perception, CN Macrae, A Visokomogilski, M Golubickis, and A Sahraie
Can self-defeating humor make you happy? Cognitive interviews reveal the adaptive side of the self-defeating humor style, Sonja Heintz and Willibald Ruch
What influences women to continue or stop breastfeeding? A thematic analysis, Alyson Norman, Jessica Keevash, Hannah Forrest, and Samantha Mortimer
Risk as reward: Reinforcement sensitivity theory and psychopathic personality perspectives on everyday risk-taking, Liam P. Satchell, L.P., Alison M. Bacon, Jennifer L. Firth, and Philip J. Corr
The construction and validation of the Severe Asthma Questionnaire, Michael E. Hyland, Rupert C. Jones, Joseph W. Lanario, and Matthew Masoli
Lexical knowledge boosts statistically-driven speech segmentation, SD Palmer, J Hudson, L White, and SL Mattys
Acoustic features of auditory medical alarms - an experimental study of alarm volume, Schlesinger, JJ, SH Baum, K Nash, M Bruce, D Ashmead, MS Shotwell, MT Wallace, MB Weinger, and J Edworthy
Humor Assessment and Interventions in Palliative Care: A Systematic Review, Lisa M. Linge-Dahl, Sonja Heintz, Willibald Ruch, and Lukas Radbruch
Social contact patterns can buffer costs of forgetting in the evolution of cooperation, Jeffrey R. Stevens, Jan K. Woike, Lael J. Schooler, Stefan Lindner, and Thorsten Pachur
A spotlight on safeguarding in trainee selection: The Plymouth programmes experience of safer recruitment, H Lloyd and M Heath
Call to claim your prize: Perceived benefits and risk drive intention to comply in a mass marketing scam., S Wood, P-J Liu, Y Hanoch, PM Xi, and L Klapatch
Updating an International Medical Device Standard: A Process for Audible Alarms, J Edworthy, R Mcneer, C Bennett, and R Dudaryk
Should We Play Games Where Energy Is Concerned? Perceptions of Serious Gaming as a Technology to Motivate Energy Behaviour Change among Social Housing Residents, C Boomsma, R Hafner, S Pahl, RV Jones, and A Fuertes
Similar but separate systems underlie perceptual bistability in vision and audition, SL Denham, D Farkas, R van Ee, M Taranu, and et al
Designing Road Safety Interventions for Young Drivers: the Power of Peer Influence, L Weston and EJ Hellier
Psychometric evaluation of the revised Sense of Humor Scale and the construction of a parallel form, Willibald Ruch and Sonja Heintz
Correction: Prospective mental imagery as its link with anxiety and depression in prisoners, B López-Pérez, C Deeprose, and Y Hanoch
Trust in artificial voices, Ilaria Torre, Jeremy Goslin, Laurence White, and Debora Zanatto
Evaluation of an innovative evidence-guided PBL approach, HF Lloyd
Framing of Online Risk: Young Adults’ and Adolescents’ Representations of Risky Gambles., CM White, M Gummerum, and Y Hanoch
Evaluation of an innovative, evidence- guided, PBL approach, Stephanie Bull, Hilary Neve, Helen Lloyd, Kerry Gilbert, and Karen Mattick
Prospective mental imagery as its link with anxiety and depression in prisoners, B López-Pérez, C Deeprose, and Y Hanoch
Health Literacy and Plan Choice: Implications for Medicare Managed Care, RT Braun, AJ Barnes, Y Hanoch, and AD Federman
A Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory explanation of antisocial behaviour, Alison M. Bacon, Philip J. Corr, and Liam Paul Satchell
Perceived language proficiency and pain assessment by registered and student nurses in native English-speaking and EAL children aged 4–7 years, Allegra Cattani, Pary M. Azize, and Ruth Endacott
The visual influence of ostracism, M Golubickis, A Sahraie, AR Hunt, and et al
