Browsing Psychology (Scholarly Publications) by Title
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Everyday episodic memory in amnestic mild cognitive impairment: a preliminary investigation
(2011)Background: Decline in episodic memory is one of the hallmark features of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and is also a defining feature of amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), which is posited as a potential prodrome of ... -
Evidence of increased activation underlying cognitive control in ecstasy and cannabis users
(2010)Evidence suggests that users of ecstasy (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine) have behavioural and cognitive deficits and show increased impulsivity. Impulse control impairments have been shown to be common to a number of ... -
Executive `brake failure? following deactivation of human frontal lobe
(MIT Press, 2006)In the course of daily living, humans frequently encounter situations in which a motor activity, once initiated, becomes unnecessary or inappropriate. Under such circumstances, the ability to inhibit motor responses ... -
Exercising the Right Side of the Brain Might Help Protect Against Alzheimer's Disease
(2018)Alzheimer’s disease is a condition that affects the brain, changes the way people act and behave, and makes it difficult for them to remember. Lots of research has shown that older adults who get more brain exercise are ... -
The experience of guided online therapy: A longitudinal, qualitative analysis of client feedback in a naturalistic RCT
(ACM, 2020)Internet-delivered Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (iCBT) is an effective treatment for depression and anxiety disorders. However longitudinal qualitative research into the client’s subjective experience of this form of ... -
Experimental Design
(Humana Press, 2009)Non-invasive functional neuroimaging techniques enable researchers to study the neurobiological substrates of psychological processes. The increasingly large body of neuroimaging research has two fundamental purposes. ... -
An exploratory study of the effects of Mindfulness on perceived levels of stress among school-children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.
(2014)Children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are at increased risk of experiencing stress and associated social-emotional difficulties and behavioural problems, which can undermine academic performance and lead to school ... -
Exploring the impact of choral singing on mindfulness
(2018)A wealth of academic research demonstrates an empirical link between choral singing and well-being. This study investigated the construct of state mindfulness as a potential generative mechanism by which this link exists. ... -
Exploring the recollective experience during autobiographical memory retrieval in amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment.
(2010)Autonoetic consciousness refers to the ability to mentally transport oneself back in subjective time to relive elements of, or all, of a past event, and is compromised in the early stages of Alzheimer?s disease (AD). Here, ... -
Exploring the Relationship Between Usage and Outcomes of an Internet-Based Intervention for Individuals With Depressive Symptoms: Secondary Analysis of Data From a Randomized Controlled Trial
(2019)Background: Internet interventions can easily generate objective data about program usage. Increasingly, more studies explore the relationship between usage and outcomes, but they often report different metrics of use, and ... -
Factors associated with acceptance of peers with mental health problems in childhood and adolescence
(2011)Background: Research suggests that children's reactions to peers with mental health problems are related to the maintenance and outcomes of these problems. However, children's perceptions of such peers, particularly those ... -
Females have more complex patterns of childhood adversity: Implications for mental, social, and emotional outcomes in adulthood.
(2020)Background: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been identified as an important public health problem with serious implications. Less well understood is how distinct configurations of childhood adversities carry ... -
fMRI activation during response inhibition and error processing: the role of the DAT1 gene in typically developing adolescents and those diagnosed with ADHD
(2011)The DAT1 gene codes for the dopamine transporter, which clears dopamine from the synaptic cleft, and a variant of this gene has previously been associated with compromised response inhibition in both healthy and clinical ... -
A focus on adolescent mental health and well-being in Europe, central Asia and Canada
(World Health Organisation, 2023)The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study is a large school-based survey carried out every four years in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for Europe. HBSC data are used at national/regional and ... -
A focus on adolescent peer violence and bullying in Europe, central Asia and Canada
(World Health Organization, 2024)The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study is a large school-based survey carried out every four years in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for Europe. HBSC data are used at national/regional and ... -
Following up internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT): A longitudinal qualitative investigation of clients' usage of CBT skills
(2021)Background: While the acquisition and application of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) skills is a core component and likely mechanism of effect maintenance in all CBT-based treatments, the extent of post-therapeutic CBT ... -
A framework for analysis of the inclusion of human rights and vulnerable groups in health policies
(2011)Ensuring that health policies uphold core concepts of human rights and are inclusive of vulnerable groups are imperative aspects of providing equity in health care, and of realizing the United Nations? call for Health for ... -
Functional and structural connectivity of frontostriatal circuitry in Autism Spectrum Disorder.
(2013)Abnormalities in frontostriatal circuitry potentially underlie the two core deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD); social interaction and communication difficulties and restricted interests and repetitive behaviors. ... -
A functional MRI study of the influence of practice on component processes of working memory.
(Elsevier, 2004)Previous neuroimaging studies have shown that neural activity changes with task practice. The types of changes reported have been inconsistent, however, and the neural mechanisms involved remain unclear. In this study, we ...