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The relationship between mood state and perceived control in contingency learning : Effects of individualist and collectivist values
Msetfi, Rachel; Kornbrot, Diana; Matute, Helen; Murphy, Robin A. (2015-09-29)Perceived control in contingency learning is linked to psychological wellbeing with low levels of perceived control thought to be a cause or consequence of depression and high levels of control considered to be the hallmark ... -
The relationship between symbolic gesture, maternal mind-mindedness and theory of mind.
Kirk, Elizabeth; Wheatley, Lisa (2013-09) -
Repetition-spacing and item-overlap effects in the Hebb repetition task
Page, M.P.A.; Cumming, N.; Norris, D.; McNeil, A.M.; Hitch, G.J. (2013-11)In four experiments using a variation of the Hebb repetition task, we investigated the effects on learning rate, of repetition spacing and of the overlap in experimental items between repeating and nonrepeating lists. In ... -
Replication, replication, replication
Ritchie, Stuart J.; Wiseman, Richard; French, Christopher C. (2012-05) -
Repressive coping and ageing : psychologically protective yet physically destructive?
Erskine, James; Georgiou, George; Kvavilashvili, Lia; Myers, Lynn (2013) -
Reverse production effect: Children recognize novel words better when they are heard rather than produced
Zamuner, Tania S.; Strahm, Stephanie; Morin-Lessard, Elizabeth; Page, Michael (2017-11-15)This research investigates the effect of production on 4.5- to 6-year-old children’s recognition of newly learned words. In Experiment 1, children were taught four novel words in a produced or heard training condition ... -
Rich pickings in comedy
Wiseman, Richard; Herring, Richard (2013-04)Richard Wiseman, Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, talks to comedian Richard Herring -
Rip It Up : Forget positive thinking, it's time for positive action
Wiseman, Richard (Macmillan, 2015-01)Most self-help books encourage you to think differently; to think yourself thin, imagine a richer self or to visualize the perfect you. This is difficult, time consuming and often doesn’t work. Drawing on a dazzling array ... -
The role of inhibitory control and ADHD symptoms in the occurrence of involuntary thoughts about the past and future: An individual differences study
Barzykowski, Krystian; Hajdas, Sabina; Radel, Remi; Niedzwienska, Agnieszka; Kvavilashvili, Lia (2021-10-01)The present study focused on involuntary thoughts about personal past events (i.e., involuntary autobiographical memories; IAMs), and involuntary thoughts about future events and plans (i.e., involuntary future thoughts; ... -
The Role of Thought Suppression in Incubation Effects
Georgiou, George (2012)Symposium - Advances in Thinking, Problem Solving and Creativity: A Festschrift for Kenneth J. Gilhooly -
Role of triggers and dysphoria in mind-wandering about past, present and future : A laboratory study
Plimpton, Ben; Patel, Priya; Kvavilashvili, Lia (2015-05)To bridge the related but separate areas of research on mind-wandering and Involuntary Autobiographical Memory (IAM), the frequency and temporal focus of task unrelated thoughts about past, present, and future was compared ... -
Seeing the impossible: the impact of watching magic on positive emotions, optimism, and wellbeing
Wiseman, Richard; Watt, Caroline (2024-04-30)Watching a magic trick is a unique experience in which seemingly impossible events appear possible but without any suspension of disbelief. Unfortunately, relatively little work has examined the psychological impact of ... -
Shakers and Maracas: Action-based Categorisation Choices in Triads Are Influenced by Task Instructions
Shipp, Nicholas; Vallée-Tourangeau, F.; Anthony, Susan (Cognitive Science Society, 2016-08-13)The forced-choice triad task has become increasingly popular in use over recent years. While it is seen as being a categorisation task (Lin & Murphy, 2001) variation in task instructions often leads to different results. ... -
Solving the Mystery of Intrusive Flashbacks in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Comment on Brewin 2014)
Kvavilashvili, Lia (2014-01)In the light of current controversy about the nature of intrusions in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the review by Brewin (2014) is timely and important. It will undoubtedly stimulate further research and guide ... -
Spontaneous and deliberate future thinking: A dual process account
Cole, Scott; Kvavilashvili, Lia (2019-12-05)In this article, we address an apparent paradox in the literature on mental time travel and mind-wandering: How is it possible that future thinking is both constructive, yet often experienced as occurring spontaneously? ... -
Spontaneous past and future thinking about the COVID-19 pandemic across 14 countries: Effects of individual and country-level COVID-19 impact indicators
Cole, Scott; Markostamou, Ioanna; Watson, Lynn Ann; Barzykowski, Krystian; Ergen, İrem; Taylor, Andrea; Öner, Sezin (2022-10-27)In 2020, the world was amid a global health crisis—the COVID-19 pandemic. Nations had varying levels of morbidity and mortality and adopted different measures to prevent the spread of infection. Effects of the pandemic on ... -
Spontaneous retrieval deficits in amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment: : A case of focal event-based prospective memory
Niedzwienska, Agnieszka; Kvavilashvili, Lia; Ashaye, Kunle; Neckar, Jacek (2017-10-31)Objective: Research on early cognitive markers of Alzheimer’s disease is primarily focused on retrospective recall (of word lists, pairs of items, stories) and executive functions. However, research shows that people with ... -
Sticking to the manifesto
Page, M.P.A. (2000)Over the last decade, fully distributed models have become dominant in connectionist psychological modelling, whereas the virtues of localist models have been underestimated. This target article illustrates some of the ... -
Supporting older and younger adults’ memory for recent everyday events: A prospective sampling study using SenseCam
Mair, Ali; Poirier, Marie; Conway, Martin A. (2017-03-01)This study measured the effect of a wearable camera, SenseCam, on older and younger adults’ memories of recently experienced everyday events. Participants used SenseCam to prospectively sample events from a typical week, ... -
Take the field! Investigating prospective memory in naturalistic and real-life settings
Rummel, Jan; Kvavilashvili, Lia (Taylor & Francis Group, 2019-05-31)This chapter discusses promises and pitfalls of investigating prospective memory outside the laboratory in daily-life settings. The chapter starts with the observation that although early prospective memory studies often ...