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The Role of Vision in the Emergence of Mate Preferences (2021)
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Scheller, M., Matorres, F., Little, A. C., Tompkins, L., & de Sousa, A. A. (2021). The Role of Vision in the Emergence of Mate Preferences. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50(8), 3785–3797. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-020-01901-w

Cross-cultural research has repeatedly demonstrated sex differences in the importance of partner characteristics when choosing a mate. Men typically report higher preferences for younger, more physically attractive women, while women typically place... Read More about The Role of Vision in the Emergence of Mate Preferences.

A clinical and cost effectiveness trial of a parent group intervention to manage challenging restricted and repetitive behaviours in young children with autism spectrum disorder: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (2021)
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Grahame, V., Dixon, L., Fletcher-Watson, S., Garland, D., Glod, M., Goodwin, J., …Rodgers, J. (2021). A clinical and cost effectiveness trial of a parent group intervention to manage challenging restricted and repetitive behaviours in young children with autism spectrum disorder: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 22, Article 240. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05175-y

Background Restricted and repetitive behaviours vary greatly across the autism spectrum, and although not all are problematic some can cause distress and interfere with learning and social opportunities. We have, alongside parents, developed a parent... Read More about A clinical and cost effectiveness trial of a parent group intervention to manage challenging restricted and repetitive behaviours in young children with autism spectrum disorder: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Risk Perception of Cigarette and E-cigarette use during Pregnancy: A Qualitative Postpartum Perspective (2021)
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Froggatt, S., Reissland, N., & Covey, J. (2021). Risk Perception of Cigarette and E-cigarette use during Pregnancy: A Qualitative Postpartum Perspective. Midwifery, 94, Article 102917. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2020.102917

Aim: The aim of this exploratory qualitative analysis is to assess the perceptions of risks of cigarette and e-cigarette use during pregnancy. Background: An important public health aim is a reduction of smoking at time of delivery (SATOD) from 10.6%... Read More about Risk Perception of Cigarette and E-cigarette use during Pregnancy: A Qualitative Postpartum Perspective.

The Life History of Learning Subsistence Skills among Hadza and BaYaka Foragers from Tanzania and the Republic of Congo (2021)
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Lew-Levy, S., Ringen, E. J., Crittenden, A. N., Mabulla, I. A., Broesch, T., & Kline, M. A. (2021). The Life History of Learning Subsistence Skills among Hadza and BaYaka Foragers from Tanzania and the Republic of Congo. Human Nature, 32(1), 16-47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-021-09386-9

Aspects of human life history and cognition, such as our long childhoods and extensive use of teaching, theoretically evolved to facilitate the acquisition of complex tasks. The present paper empirically examines the relationship between subsistence... Read More about The Life History of Learning Subsistence Skills among Hadza and BaYaka Foragers from Tanzania and the Republic of Congo.

The prospective effects of self-compassion on depressive symptoms, anxiety, and stress: A study in inflammatory bowel disease (2021)
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Trindade, I. A., & Sirois, F. M. (2021). The prospective effects of self-compassion on depressive symptoms, anxiety, and stress: A study in inflammatory bowel disease. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 146, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2021.110429

Objective To date, research with people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has only examined how self-compassion is linked with stress, and have exclusively used cross-sectional designs. This study aims to examine the associations of self-compass... Read More about The prospective effects of self-compassion on depressive symptoms, anxiety, and stress: A study in inflammatory bowel disease.

Cleaning up our acts: Psychological interventions to reduce engine idling and improve air quality (2021)
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Abrams, D., Lalot, F., Hopthrow, T., Templeton, A., Steeden, B., Özkeçeci, H., …Peckham, S. (2021). Cleaning up our acts: Psychological interventions to reduce engine idling and improve air quality. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 74, Article 101587. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101587

A large-scale field experiment tested psychological interventions to reduce engine idling at long-wait stops. Messages based on theories of normative influence, outcome efficacy, and self-regulation were displayed approaching railway crossing on stre... Read More about Cleaning up our acts: Psychological interventions to reduce engine idling and improve air quality.

Can realistic dolls protect body satisfaction in young girls? (2021)
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Boothroyd, L., Tovée, M., & Evans, E. (2021). Can realistic dolls protect body satisfaction in young girls?. Body Image, 37, 172-180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2021.02.004

Ultra-thin fashion dolls may represent a risk factor for thin-ideal internalisation and body dissatisfaction amongst young girls. We asked thirty one 5- to 9-year-old girls to engage in interactive play with commercially available dolls which were ei... Read More about Can realistic dolls protect body satisfaction in young girls?.

Neurofeedback Training versus Treatment-as-Usual for Alcohol Dependence: Results of an Early-Phase Randomized Controlled Trial and Neuroimaging Correlates (2021)
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Subramanian, L., Skottnik, L., Cox, W. M., Luhrs, M., McNamara, R., Hood, K., …Linden, D. E. (2021). Neurofeedback Training versus Treatment-as-Usual for Alcohol Dependence: Results of an Early-Phase Randomized Controlled Trial and Neuroimaging Correlates. European Addiction Research, 27(5), 381-394. https://doi.org/10.1159/000513448

Introduction: Alcohol dependence is one of the most common substance use disorders, and novel treatment options are urgently needed. Neurofeedback training (NFT) based on real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging (rtf­MRI) has emerged as an att... Read More about Neurofeedback Training versus Treatment-as-Usual for Alcohol Dependence: Results of an Early-Phase Randomized Controlled Trial and Neuroimaging Correlates.

“A Right to Lead”: The Role of Leader Legitimacy on Group Reactions to Transgressive Leadership (2021)
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Marques, A., Pinto, I., Leite, A., Randsley de Moura, G., van Prooijen, J., & Marques, J. (2021). “A Right to Lead”: The Role of Leader Legitimacy on Group Reactions to Transgressive Leadership. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 51(4), 350-362. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12739

Research on the transgression credit shows that groups may sometimes turn a blind eye to ingroup leaders who transgress moral norms. Although there is substantial research investigating the underlying criteria of what makes a ‘good’ leader, research... Read More about “A Right to Lead”: The Role of Leader Legitimacy on Group Reactions to Transgressive Leadership.

Do alcohol product labels stating lower strength verbal description, percentage alcohol‐by‐volume, or their combination affect wine consumption? A bar laboratory adaptive randomised controlled trial (2021)
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Vasiljevic, M., Frings, D., Pilling, M., & Marteau, T. (2021). Do alcohol product labels stating lower strength verbal description, percentage alcohol‐by‐volume, or their combination affect wine consumption? A bar laboratory adaptive randomised controlled trial. Addiction, 116(9), 2339-2347. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15444

Background and Aims A previous research study concluded that wine and beer labelled as lower in strength increase consumption compared with the same drinks labelled as regular strength. The label included both a verbal and numerical descriptor of str... Read More about Do alcohol product labels stating lower strength verbal description, percentage alcohol‐by‐volume, or their combination affect wine consumption? A bar laboratory adaptive randomised controlled trial.

Factors Associated With Psychological Distress in Health-Care Workers During an Infectious Disease Outbreak: A Rapid Systematic Review of the Evidence (2021)
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Sirois, F. M., & Owens, J. (2021). Factors Associated With Psychological Distress in Health-Care Workers During an Infectious Disease Outbreak: A Rapid Systematic Review of the Evidence. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.589545

Objective: Health-care workers (HCW) are at risk for psychological distress during an infectious disease outbreak, such as the coronavirus pandemic, due to the demands of dealing with a public health emergency. This rapid systematic review examined t... Read More about Factors Associated With Psychological Distress in Health-Care Workers During an Infectious Disease Outbreak: A Rapid Systematic Review of the Evidence.

Growing desire or growing apart? Consequences of personal self-expansion for romantic passion. (2021)
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Carswell, K. L., Muise, A., Harasymchuk, C., Horne, R. M., Visserman, M. L., & Impett, E. A. (2021). Growing desire or growing apart? Consequences of personal self-expansion for romantic passion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 121(2), 354-377. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000357

Romantic passion represents one of the most fragile and elusive elements of relationship quality but one that is increasingly valued and tied to relationship and individual well-being. We provide the first examination of whether experiencing personal... Read More about Growing desire or growing apart? Consequences of personal self-expansion for romantic passion..

Spatial Attention and Spatial Short Term Memory in PSP and Parkinson’s Disease (2021)
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Smith, D., Casteau, S., & Archibald, N. (2021). Spatial Attention and Spatial Short Term Memory in PSP and Parkinson’s Disease. Cortex, 137, 49-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2020.12.019

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterised by deterioration in motor, oculomotor and cognitive function. A key clinical feature of PSP is the progressive paralysis of eye movements, most notably for vertical sa... Read More about Spatial Attention and Spatial Short Term Memory in PSP and Parkinson’s Disease.

Cultural Components of Sex Differences in Color Preference (2021)
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Davis, J. T. M., Robertson, E., Lew-Levy, S., Neldner, K., Kapitany, R., Nielsen, M., & Hines, M. (2021). Cultural Components of Sex Differences in Color Preference. Child Development, 92(4), 1574-1589. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13528

Preferences for pink and blue were tested in children aged 4–11 years in three small-scale societies: Shipibo villages in the Peruvian Amazon, kastom villages in the highlands of Tanna Island, Vanuatu, and BaYaka foragers in the northern Republic of... Read More about Cultural Components of Sex Differences in Color Preference.

Demonstrating the utility of Egocentric Relational Event Modelling using focal follow data from Congolese BaYaka children and adolescents engaging in work and play (2021)
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Ellis-Davies, K., Lew-Levy, S., Fleming, E., Boyette, A., & Baguley, T. (2021). Demonstrating the utility of Egocentric Relational Event Modelling using focal follow data from Congolese BaYaka children and adolescents engaging in work and play. Field Methods, 33(3), 287-304. https://doi.org/10.1177/1525822X20987073

Temporal aspects of child and adolescent time allocation in diverse cultural settings have been difficult to model using conventional statistical techniques. A new statistical approach, Egocentric Relational Event Modelling (EREM), allows for the sim... Read More about Demonstrating the utility of Egocentric Relational Event Modelling using focal follow data from Congolese BaYaka children and adolescents engaging in work and play.