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Digital Learners in Higher Education: Exploring Technology Ownership Patterns and Learning Engagement
Jefferies, Amanda; Monett-Diaz, Dagmar; Kornbrot, Diana (ACPI (Academic Conference Publishing International), 2016-10-26)Recent studies into ‘digital learners’ have pointed to the high level of digital skills which many UK and US based students entering HE are now demonstrating (White & Beetham, 2013; Pew, 2013). However while students may ... -
Dissociations between directly and generatively retrieved autobiographical memories: Evidence from ageing
Markostamou, Ioanna; Randall, Chloe; Kvavilashvili, Lia (2023-05-15)Autobiographical memory research has largely focused on effortful, generative retrieval processes, particularly in cognitive ageing literature. However, recent evidence has shown that autobiographical memories are often ... -
Distinguishing involuntary autobiographical memories and déjà vu experiences: Different types of cues and memory representations?
Kvavilashvili, Lia; Markostamou, Ioanna (2023-11-14)Although involuntary autobiographical memories (IAMs) and déjà vu have important shared characteristics, in this commentary we focus on potential differences that may question the argument that two phenomena lie on a ... -
Does 'wanting the best' create more stress? : The link between baby sign classes and maternal anxiety
Howlett, Neil; Kirk, Elizabeth; Pine, Karen J. (2011)This study investigated whether gesturing classes (baby sign) affected parental frustration and stress, as advertised by many commercial products. The participants were 178 mother-infant dyads, divided into a gesture group ... -
Does Baby Signing in Germany promote individualistic educational goals and disconnection?
Kirk, Elizabeth; Kiegelmann, M.; Vallotton, C. (2013) -
Don't wait to incubate - and do something different
Gilhooly, Kenneth; Georgiou, George (2012) -
The dream maker : My app shaped their slumbers
Wiseman, Richard (2014-03-29) -
Dream precognition and sensory incorporation: : A controlled sleep laboratory study.
Wiseman, Richard; Watt, Caroline; Vuillaume, L. (2015-01-01)Controlled research into alleged psychic functioning can aid our understanding of the nature and limits of consciousness. Some commentators have suggested that the decline in positive results from dream precognition studies ... -
Dysphoric mood states are related to sensitivity to temporal changes in contingency
Msetfi, R.M.; Murphy, R.A.; Kornbrot, D. (2012-09-27)A controversial finding in the field of causal learning is that mood contributes to perceptions of uncorrelated relationships. When people are asked to report the degree of control they have, people with dysphoria or ... -
The Effect of Mild Depression on Time Discrimination
Msetfi, Rachel; Murphy, R.; Kornbrot, D. (2012-02-07)Depressed mood states affect subjective perceptions of time but it is not clear whether this is due to changes in the underlying timing mechanisms, such as the speed of the internal clock. In order to study depression ... -
The effect of processing load on loss of information from short-term memory
Norris, Dennis; Hall, Jane; Butterfield, Sally; Page, Michael (2019-02-07)We report an experiment in which we varied the nature of the articulatory suppression task being performed during a filled retention interval in serial recall. During the retention interval participants performed one of ... -
Effectiveness of a decision training aid on referral prioritisation capacity : a randomized controlled trial
Harries, P.; Tomlinson, C.; Notley, E.; Davies, M.; Gilhooly, Kenneth (2012-12)Background. In the community mental health field, occupational therapy students lack the capacity to prioritize referrals effectively. Objective. The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of a clinical ... -
Effects of age on involuntary autobiographical memories
Schlagman, Simone; Kvavilashvili, Lia; Schulz, Joerg (Blackwell, 2007) -
Effects of age on phenomenology and consistency of flashbulb memories of September 11 and a staged control event
Kvavilashvili, L.; Mirani, J.; Schlagman, S.; Erskine, J.A.K.; Kornbrot, D. (2010)In two studies, the special status of flashbulb memories was investigated by contrasting the effects of age on the phenomenology and consistency of flashbulb memories of September 11, over a 2-year delay period, with those ... -
Effects of incidental reminders on prospective memory in children
Ryder, Nuala; Kvavilashvili, Lia; Ford, Ruth (2022-03-21)Prospective memory (PM) involves remembering to carry out intended actions in the future (e.g., posting a letter on the way to school or passing on a message) and is important for children’s independent functioning in daily ... -
Effects of inhibitory control capacity and cognitive load on involuntary past and future thoughts: A laboratory study.
Barzykowski, Krystian; Hajdas, Sabina; Radel, Remi; Kvavilashvili, Lia (2022-07-30)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; ... -
Effects of thought suppression on eating behaviour in restrained and non-restrained eaters
Erskine, J.A.K.; Georgiou, G.J. (2010)Recent research has shown that suppressing food related thoughts can cause a subsequent increase in consumption relative to groups not suppressing, or thinking about food. The present study examined whether the effects of ... -
The ERP correlates of self-knowledge in ageing
Tanguay, Annick; Johnen, Ann-Kathrin; Markostamou, Ioanna; Lambert, Rachel; Rudrum, Megan; Davidson, Patrick SR; Renoult, Louis (2022-04-30)Self-knowledge is a type of personal semantic knowledge that concerns one’s self-image and personal identity. It has most often been operationalized as the summary of one’s personality traits (“I am a stubborn person”). ... -
Event-based prospective memory in mildly and severely autistic children
Sheppard, D.; Kvavilashvili, Lia; Ryder, Nuala (2016-02-01)Background There is a growing body of research into the development of prospective memory (PM) in typically developing children but research is limited in autistic children (Aut) and rarely includes children with more ... -
Everyday memory errors in Parkinson’s Disease : A study of prospective and retrospective memory errors using diaries, questionnaires and laboratory methods
Laughland, Andrew; Kvavilashvili, Lia (2014-05)The cognitive impairments that accompany Parkinson’s disease (PD) are currently under-researched, perhaps due to the more overt physical impairments associated with the illness. However, some studies have provided evidence ...