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Loneliness and preferences for palatable foods: The role of coping (2023)
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Sirois, F. M., & Biskas, M. (2023). Loneliness and preferences for palatable foods: The role of coping. Current Research in Behavioural Sciences, 5, Article 100119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crbeha.2023.100119

Loneliness is an important public health issue with consequences for health-related outcomes. Health-related behaviors is a proposed explanatory pathway. There is some evidence that loneliness influences eating behaviors, although the reasons for thi... Read More about Loneliness and preferences for palatable foods: The role of coping.

Agent-based models of the cultural evolution of occupational gender roles (2023)
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Cross, C. P., Boothroyd, L. G., & Jefferson, C. A. (2023). Agent-based models of the cultural evolution of occupational gender roles. Royal Society Open Science, 10(6), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221346

The causes of sex differences in human behaviour are contested, with ‘evolutionary’ and ‘social’ explanations often being pitted against each other in the literature. Recent work showing positive correlations between indices of gender equality and th... Read More about Agent-based models of the cultural evolution of occupational gender roles.

Friendship habits questionnaire: A measure of group- versus dyadic-oriented socializing styles (2023)
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Howlett, P., Baysu, G., Atkinson, A. P., Jungert, T., & Rychlowska, M. (2023). Friendship habits questionnaire: A measure of group- versus dyadic-oriented socializing styles. PLoS ONE, 18(6), Article e0285767. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285767

Friendships are central to our social lives, yet little is known about individual differences associated with the number of friends people enjoy spending time with. Here we present the Friendship Habits Questionnaire (FHQ), a new scale of group versu... Read More about Friendship habits questionnaire: A measure of group- versus dyadic-oriented socializing styles.

Dichotic-listening performance after complete callosotomy: No relief from left-ear extinction by selective attention (2023)
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Westerhausen, R., Fabri, M., & Hausmann, M. (2023). Dichotic-listening performance after complete callosotomy: No relief from left-ear extinction by selective attention. Neuropsychologia, 188, Article 108627. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2023.108627

The surgical section of the corpus callosum (callosotomy) has been frequently demonstrated to result in a left-ear extinction in dichotic listening. That is, callosotomy patients report the left-ear stimulus below chance level, resulting in substanti... Read More about Dichotic-listening performance after complete callosotomy: No relief from left-ear extinction by selective attention.

A longitudinal test of secondary transfer effects of negative intergroup contact and mediating processes (2023)
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Kauff, M., Kotzur, P., Van Assche, J., Schäfer, S., van Zalk, M., & Wagner, U. (2023). A longitudinal test of secondary transfer effects of negative intergroup contact and mediating processes. European Journal of Social Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2966

Positive intergroup contact has not only been shown to be positively associated with favourable attitudes towards members of the contacted group but also with attitudes towards members of secondary outgroups (secondary transfer effect, STE). Only a f... Read More about A longitudinal test of secondary transfer effects of negative intergroup contact and mediating processes.

Tolerance of political intolerance: The impact of context and partisanship on public approval of politicians’ uncivil behavior (2023)
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Walter, L., & Kutlaca, M. (2024). Tolerance of political intolerance: The impact of context and partisanship on public approval of politicians’ uncivil behavior. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 27(1), 158-177. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302231156719

Politicians’ uncivil behaviors violate social and moral norms yet seem to be on the rise. We investigated under which circumstances politicians’ uncivil behavior towards their peers and opponents is tolerated by their supporters. We hypothesized that... Read More about Tolerance of political intolerance: The impact of context and partisanship on public approval of politicians’ uncivil behavior.

A Large-Scale Test of the Reality Constraint and Ingroup Bias Accounts of Women's Support for Male Privilege (2023)
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Owuamalam, C. K., Caricati, L., & Bonetti, C. (2023). A Large-Scale Test of the Reality Constraint and Ingroup Bias Accounts of Women's Support for Male Privilege. Psychology of Women Quarterly, https://doi.org/10.1177/03616843231176222

Why do women sometimes support systems of male privilege that clearly undercut the interests of their gender group? According to some explanations from the social identity model of system attitudes, they do so: (a) due to a preference for their count... Read More about A Large-Scale Test of the Reality Constraint and Ingroup Bias Accounts of Women's Support for Male Privilege.

Multimodal communication development in semiwild chimpanzees (2023)
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Doherty, E., Davila-Ross, M., & Clay, Z. (2023). Multimodal communication development in semiwild chimpanzees. Animal Behaviour, 201(July), 175-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.03.020

Human language is characterized by the integration of multiple signal modalities, including speech, facial and gestural signals. While language likely has deep evolutionary roots that are shared with some of our closest living relatives, studies of g... Read More about Multimodal communication development in semiwild chimpanzees.

Sensory Augmentation for a Rapid Motor Task in a Multisensory Environment (2023)
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Negen, J., Slater, H., & Nardini, M. (2023). Sensory Augmentation for a Rapid Motor Task in a Multisensory Environment. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, https://doi.org/10.3233/RNN-221279

Background: Sensory substitution and augmentation systems (SSASy) seek to either replace or enhance existing sensory skills by providing a new route to access information about the world. Tests of such systems have largely been limited to untimed, un... Read More about Sensory Augmentation for a Rapid Motor Task in a Multisensory Environment.

Exploring views of members of the public and policymakers on the acceptability of population level dietary and active-travel policies: a qualitative study (2023)
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Toumpakari, Z., Valerino-Perea, S., Willis, K., Adams, J., White, M., Vasiljevic, M., …Jago, R. (2023). Exploring views of members of the public and policymakers on the acceptability of population level dietary and active-travel policies: a qualitative study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 20, Article 64. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-023-01465-7

(As yet) unsolved questions about amniotic fluid-borne flavours and their perception by the human fetus. Reply to the letter by Dr J. G. Alves in Psychological Science (2023)
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Schaal, B., Ustun, B., Blissett, J., & Reissland, N. (2023). (As yet) unsolved questions about amniotic fluid-borne flavours and their perception by the human fetus. Reply to the letter by Dr J. G. Alves in Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/bmct2

We thank Dr Alves for his comments on our paper entitled “Flavor Sensing in Utero and Emerging Behaviors in the Human Fetus” (Ustun et al., 2022). As we acknowledge and Dr Alves highlights, the behavioural responsiveness of the human fetus to chemose... Read More about (As yet) unsolved questions about amniotic fluid-borne flavours and their perception by the human fetus. Reply to the letter by Dr J. G. Alves in Psychological Science.

Right-leaning egalitarians are just as susceptible to social justice-induced product patronage! Evidence from the US and Malaysia (2023)
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Wong, R. M. M., Owuamalam, C. K., & Stewart-Williams, S. (2023). Right-leaning egalitarians are just as susceptible to social justice-induced product patronage! Evidence from the US and Malaysia. Acta Psychologica, 237, Article 103935. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2023.103935

We investigated the impact of egalitarianism on consumers’ inclination to support fair-trade products and examined whether this effect was observed among individuals with different political affiliations. In four experiments featuring a fictional cho... Read More about Right-leaning egalitarians are just as susceptible to social justice-induced product patronage! Evidence from the US and Malaysia.

Multisensory perception and decision-making with a new sensory skill (2023)
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Negen, J., Bird, L., Slater, H., Thaler, L., & Nardini, M. (2023). Multisensory perception and decision-making with a new sensory skill. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 49(5), 600-622. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0001114

It is clear that people can learn a new sensory skill – a new way of mapping sensory inputs onto world states. It remains unclear how flexibly a new sensory skill can become embedded in multisensory perception and decision-making. To address this, we... Read More about Multisensory perception and decision-making with a new sensory skill.

6-hour Training in click-based echolocation changes practice in visual impairment professionals (2023)
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Thaler, L., Di Gregorio, G., & Foresteire, D. (2023). 6-hour Training in click-based echolocation changes practice in visual impairment professionals. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, https://doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2023.1098624

Click-based echolocation can support mobility and orientation in people with vision impairments (VI) when used alongside other mobility methods. Only a small number of people with VI use click-based echolocation. Previous research about echolocation... Read More about 6-hour Training in click-based echolocation changes practice in visual impairment professionals.

Laterality indices consensus initiative (LICI): A Delphi expert survey report on recommendations to record, assess, and report asymmetry in human behavioural and brain research. (2023)
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Vingerhoets, G., Verhelst, H., Gerrits, R., Badcock, N., Bishop, D., Carey, D., …LICI consortium. (2023). Laterality indices consensus initiative (LICI): A Delphi expert survey report on recommendations to record, assess, and report asymmetry in human behavioural and brain research. Laterality, 28(2-3), 122-191. https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2023.2199963

Language exposure and brain myelination in early development (2023)
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Fibla, L., Forbes, S. H., McCarthy, J., Mee, K., Magnotta, V., Deoni, S., …Spencer, J. P. (2023). Language exposure and brain myelination in early development. Journal of Neuroscience, https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.1034-22.2023

The language environment to which children are exposed has an impact on later language abilities as well as on brain development; however, it is unclear how early such impacts emerge. This study investigates the effects of children’s early language e... Read More about Language exposure and brain myelination in early development.

Migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees: Different labels for immigrants influence attitudes through perceived benefits in nine countries (2023)
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Graf, S., Rubin, M., Assilamehou‐Kunz, Y., Bianchi, M., Carnaghi, A., Fasoli, F., …Sczesny, S. (2023). Migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees: Different labels for immigrants influence attitudes through perceived benefits in nine countries. European Journal of Social Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2947

The world is witnessing the highest level of displacement of people on record. Public discourse often uses labels to describe people on the move such as ‘migrants’, ‘asylum seekers’, or ‘refugees’ interchangeably. A preregistered study in nine countr... Read More about Migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees: Different labels for immigrants influence attitudes through perceived benefits in nine countries.

‘This is hardcore’: a qualitative study exploring service users’ experiences of Heroin-Assisted Treatment (HAT) in Middlesbrough, England (2023)
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Riley, F., Harris, M., Poulter, H., Moore, H., Ahmed, D., Towl, G., & Walker, T. (2023). ‘This is hardcore’: a qualitative study exploring service users’ experiences of Heroin-Assisted Treatment (HAT) in Middlesbrough, England. Harm Reduction Journal, 20, Article 66. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-023-00785-y

Background: Heroin Assisted Treatment (HAT) is well evidenced internationally to improve health and social outcomes for people dependent on opioids who have not been helped by traditional treatment options. Despite this evidence base, England has bee... Read More about ‘This is hardcore’: a qualitative study exploring service users’ experiences of Heroin-Assisted Treatment (HAT) in Middlesbrough, England.