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A social identity model of system attitudes (SIMSA): Multiple explanations of system justification by the disadvantaged that do not depend on a separate system justification motive (2023)
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Rubin, M., Owuamalam, C. K., Spears, R., & Caricati, L. (2023). A social identity model of system attitudes (SIMSA): Multiple explanations of system justification by the disadvantaged that do not depend on a separate system justification motive. European Review of Social Psychology, 34(2), 203-243. https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2022.2046422

System justification theory (SJT) assumes that social identity theory (SIT) cannot fully account for system justification by members of low-status (disadvantaged) groups. Contrary to this claim, we provide several elaborations of SIT that explain whe... Read More about A social identity model of system attitudes (SIMSA): Multiple explanations of system justification by the disadvantaged that do not depend on a separate system justification motive.

Sleep as a mediator of the relationship between social class and health in higher education students (2023)
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McGuffog, R., Rubin, M., Boyes, M., Caltabiano, M. L., Collison, J., Lovell, G. P., …Paolini, S. (2023). Sleep as a mediator of the relationship between social class and health in higher education students. British Journal of Psychology, 114(3), 710-730. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12645

A substantial body of research indicates that higher education students from lower social class backgrounds tend to have poorer health than those from higher social class backgrounds. To investigate sleep as a potential mediator of this relationship,... Read More about Sleep as a mediator of the relationship between social class and health in higher education students.

Which processes dominate visual search: Bottom-up feature contrast, top-down tuning or trial history? (2023)
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Becker, S. I., Grubert, A., Horstmann, G., & Ansorge, U. (2023). Which processes dominate visual search: Bottom-up feature contrast, top-down tuning or trial history?. Cognition, 236, Article 105420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2023.105420

Previous research has identified three mechanisms that guide visual attention: bottom-up feature contrasts, top-down tuning, and the trial history (e.g., priming effects). However, only few studies have simultaneously examined all three mechanisms. H... Read More about Which processes dominate visual search: Bottom-up feature contrast, top-down tuning or trial history?.

Social identity explanations of system justification: Misconceptions, criticisms, and clarifications (2023)
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Rubin, M., Owuamalam, C. K., Spears, R., & Caricati, L. (2023). Social identity explanations of system justification: Misconceptions, criticisms, and clarifications. European Review of Social Psychology, 34(2), 268-297. https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2023.2184578

In this article, we reply to Jost et al.'s (Citation2023) rejoinder to our article reviewing evidence for the social identity model of system attitudes (SIMSA; Rubin et al., Citation2023). We argue that (1) SIMSA treats system justification as the ou... Read More about Social identity explanations of system justification: Misconceptions, criticisms, and clarifications.

Associations between men's reputations for fathering and their reproductive success among BaYaka foragers in the Congo Basin (2023)
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Boyette, A. H., Lew-Levy, S., Valchy, M., & Gettler, L. T. (2023). Associations between men's reputations for fathering and their reproductive success among BaYaka foragers in the Congo Basin. Evolution and Human Behavior, 44(2), 110-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2023.02.005

It is generally recognized that paternal care is a facultative feature of human cooperative caregiving that helps underpin our evolved life history strategy. Yet, little direct evidence links variation in men's fathering to fitness outcomes. Research... Read More about Associations between men's reputations for fathering and their reproductive success among BaYaka foragers in the Congo Basin.

Dynamic resource allocation in spatial working memory during full and partial report tasks (2023)
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McAteer, S. M., Ablott, E., McGregor, A., & Smith, D. T. (2023). Dynamic resource allocation in spatial working memory during full and partial report tasks. Journal of Vision, 23(2), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.23.2.10

Serial position effects are well-documented in working memory literature. Studies of spatial short-term memory that rely on binary response; full report tasks tend to report stronger primacy than recency effects. In contrast, studies that utilize a c... Read More about Dynamic resource allocation in spatial working memory during full and partial report tasks.

From Puzzle to Progress: How Engaging With Neurodiversity Can Improve Cognitive Science (2023)
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Manalili, M. A. R., Pearson, A., Sulik, J., Creechan, L., Elsherif, M., Murkumbi, I., …Morstead, T. (2023). From Puzzle to Progress: How Engaging With Neurodiversity Can Improve Cognitive Science. Cognitive Science: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 47(2), Article e13255. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.13255

In cognitive science, there is a tacit norm that phenomena such as cultural variation or synaesthesia are worthy examples of cognitive diversity that contribute to a better understanding of cognition, but that other forms of cognitive diversity (e.g.... Read More about From Puzzle to Progress: How Engaging With Neurodiversity Can Improve Cognitive Science.

Mental health burden for NHS healthcare staff during the COVID-19 pandemic: First results of a longitudinal survey (2023)
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Danson, S., Sirois, F., Fradley, K., Wadsley, J., Ray, J., Bishop, R., …Bentall, R. (2023). Mental health burden for NHS healthcare staff during the COVID-19 pandemic: First results of a longitudinal survey. Heliyon, 9(3), Article e13765. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13765

Background The current investigation aimed to assess the mental health burden on healthcare workers during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods A link to an online survey was sent to an estimate of 18,100 employees of Sheffield Teaching... Read More about Mental health burden for NHS healthcare staff during the COVID-19 pandemic: First results of a longitudinal survey.

The Role of Sexual and Romantic Attraction in Human Mate Preferences (2023)
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Scheller, M., de Sousa, A. A., Brotto, L. A., & Little, A. C. (2023). The Role of Sexual and Romantic Attraction in Human Mate Preferences. The Journal of Sex Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2023.2176811

Sex differences in mate preferences are ubiquitous, having been evidenced across generations and cultures. Their prevalence and persistence have compellingly placed them in the evolutionarily adaptive context of sexual selection. However, the psycho-... Read More about The Role of Sexual and Romantic Attraction in Human Mate Preferences.

Is Someone Looking Over My Shoulder? An Investigation into Supervisor Monitoring Variability, Subordinates’ Daily Felt Trust, and Well-being (2023)
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Zheng, X. (., Nieberle, K. W., Braun, S., & Schyns, B. (2023). Is Someone Looking Over My Shoulder? An Investigation into Supervisor Monitoring Variability, Subordinates’ Daily Felt Trust, and Well-being. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 44(5), 818-837. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2699

Remote working has become the new norm in organizations. However, little is known about how supervisors’ monitoring affects their relationships with subordinates in remote work settings. Our research aims to enhance the understanding of the daily dyn... Read More about Is Someone Looking Over My Shoulder? An Investigation into Supervisor Monitoring Variability, Subordinates’ Daily Felt Trust, and Well-being.

Association between Hyperemesis Gravidarum in pregnancy on postnatal ability of infants to attend to a play task with their mother (2023)
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Reissland, N., Matthewson, J., & Einbeck, J. (2023). Association between Hyperemesis Gravidarum in pregnancy on postnatal ability of infants to attend to a play task with their mother. Infant Behavior & Development, 71, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101823

Research indicates a higher prevalence of attention deficits in children exposed to HG in utero compared to controls with some claiming that the deficit is due to prenatal effects of malnutrition in HG mothers and others that it is due to maternal me... Read More about Association between Hyperemesis Gravidarum in pregnancy on postnatal ability of infants to attend to a play task with their mother.

Freely chosen positive intergroup imagery causes improved outgroup emotions and encourages increased contact seeking immediately and at follow up (2023)
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Husnu, S., Paolini, S., & Berrigan, A. (2023). Freely chosen positive intergroup imagery causes improved outgroup emotions and encourages increased contact seeking immediately and at follow up. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302221147000

In two ethnic contexts, we focus on volitional imagined contact as a potential method to increase individuals’ readiness to voluntarily initiate intergroup contact and engage in responses with implications for reconciliation. In Study 1, we used a qu... Read More about Freely chosen positive intergroup imagery causes improved outgroup emotions and encourages increased contact seeking immediately and at follow up.

Understanding the implementation of ‘Making Every Contact Count’ (MECC) delivered by healthcare professionals in a mental health hospital: protocol for a pragmatic formative process evaluation (2023)
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Rodrigues, A. M., Kemp, E., Aquino, M. R. J., Wilson, R., Vasiljevic, M., McBride, K., …Haighton, C. (2023). Understanding the implementation of ‘Making Every Contact Count’ (MECC) delivered by healthcare professionals in a mental health hospital: protocol for a pragmatic formative process evaluation. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 11(1), Article 2174698. https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2023.2174698

‘Making Every Contact Count’ (MECC) is a public health strategy supporting public-facing workers to use opportunities during routine contacts to enable health behaviour change. A mental health hospital in the North East of England is currently implem... Read More about Understanding the implementation of ‘Making Every Contact Count’ (MECC) delivered by healthcare professionals in a mental health hospital: protocol for a pragmatic formative process evaluation.

Frequency matters: how changes in hippocampal theta frequency can influence temporal coding, anxiety-reduction, and memory (2023)
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Hines, M., Poulter, S., Douchamps, V., Pibiri, F., McGregor, A., & Lever, C. (2023). Frequency matters: how changes in hippocampal theta frequency can influence temporal coding, anxiety-reduction, and memory. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 16, https://doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2022.998116

Hippocampal theta frequency is a somewhat neglected topic relative to theta power, phase, coherence, and cross-frequency coupling. Accordingly, here we review and present new data on variation in hippocampal theta frequency, focusing on functional as... Read More about Frequency matters: how changes in hippocampal theta frequency can influence temporal coding, anxiety-reduction, and memory.

Chimpanzee communities differ in their inter- and intrasexual social relationships (2023)
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Rawlings, B. S., van Leeuwen, E. J., & Davila-Ross, M. (2023). Chimpanzee communities differ in their inter- and intrasexual social relationships. Learning & Behavior, 51, 48-58. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-023-00570-8

Male and female human social bonding strategies are culturally shaped, in addition to being genetically rooted. Investigating nonhuman primate bonding strategies across sex groups allows researchers to assess whether, as with humans, they are shaped... Read More about Chimpanzee communities differ in their inter- and intrasexual social relationships.

Turn that music down! Affective musical bursts cause an auditory dominance in children recognising bodily emotions (2023)
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Ross, P., Williams, E., Herbert, G., Manning, L., & Lee, B. (2023). Turn that music down! Affective musical bursts cause an auditory dominance in children recognising bodily emotions. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 230, Article 105632. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2023.105632

Previous work has shown that different sensory channels are prioritized across the life course, with children preferentially responding to auditory information. The aim of the current study was to investigate whether the mechanism that drives this au... Read More about Turn that music down! Affective musical bursts cause an auditory dominance in children recognising bodily emotions.

BaYaka forager food sharing networks in the Congo Basin: The roles of gender homophily and kin sharing (2023)
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Gettler, L. T., Redhead, D., Dzabatou, A., & Lew-Levy, S. (2023). BaYaka forager food sharing networks in the Congo Basin: The roles of gender homophily and kin sharing. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 181(1), 59-69. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24688

Objectives Food sharing is a costly form of cooperation that was likely critical to human evolutionary success, including the emergence of human's life history strategy. Food sharing in human communities may be maintained through a number of pathway... Read More about BaYaka forager food sharing networks in the Congo Basin: The roles of gender homophily and kin sharing.

Pre-frontal stimulation does not reliably increase reward responsiveness (2023)
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Hadden, L., Penny, H., Jones, A., Partridge, A., Lancaster, T., & Allen, C. (2023). Pre-frontal stimulation does not reliably increase reward responsiveness. Cortex, 159, 268-285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2022.11.011

Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide and its effects can be fatal, with over 800,000 people dying by suicide each year. Neuromodulatory treatments such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) are being used to treat depression.... Read More about Pre-frontal stimulation does not reliably increase reward responsiveness.

Between-group variation in production of pant-grunt vocalizations by wild bonobos (Pan paniscus) (2023)
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Schamberg, I., Clay, Z., Townsend, S. W., & Surbeck, M. (2023). Between-group variation in production of pant-grunt vocalizations by wild bonobos (Pan paniscus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 77(1), Article 14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-022-03285-4

The potential for aggression is inherent in social interaction, and strategies to reduce the costs of aggression are ubiquitous among group-living animals. One strategy employed by lower-ranking individuals in a variety of species is the production o... Read More about Between-group variation in production of pant-grunt vocalizations by wild bonobos (Pan paniscus).