Browsing School of Psychology (Scholarly Articles) by Subject "Psychology"
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Atypical behavioural effects of lorazepam: Clues to the design of novel therapies?
(Elsevier, 2010-04)Aside from their pharmacokinetic properties, e.g. their speed of action and the duration of residual effects, benzodiazepines are still considered as equivalent in terms of their effects on cognition. Here we review evidence ... -
Bandpass characteristics of high-frequency sensitivity and visual experience in blindsight
(Elsevier, 2010-03)Patient RP suffers a unilateral right homonymous quadrant anopia but demonstrates better than chance discrimination for stimuli presented in the blind field at temporal frequencies between 33 and 47 Hz (all significant at ... -
Beings in the moment
(Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2019-12-12)Hoerl & McCormack's theory defines temporal behavior from an awareness of time, but lacks one critical element: the impact of "psychological presence" in the "moment now." Central to experience of temporal non-stationarity: ... -
Blame the patient, blame the doctor or blame the system? A meta-synthesis of qualitative studies of patient safety in primary care
(Public Library of Science, 2015-08-05)ObjectiveStudies of patient safety in health care have traditionally focused on hospital medicine. However, recent years have seen more research located in primary care settings which have different features compared to ... -
Can we explain cross-modal representation with neural algorithms alone?: Commentary on Paillard
(North-Holland, 1999)Recent research in both psychophysics and electrophysiology has revealed a number of examples in which behaviour is guided by (i.e. Spence & Driver, 1996), and brain activity has been argued to correlate with, the formation ... -
Closure of salient regions determines search for a collinear target configuration
(Psychonomic Society, 2007-01)Grouping operations offer an effective mechanism by which to structure complex visual scenes. Among the various principles that support element integration, closure may be regarded as a main factor in shape extraction. In ... -
Comparing temporal event-coding in patients with first episode psychosis and chronic schizophrenia
(Elsevier, 2008-06)Cognitive impairments are a core feature of schizophrenia. It has been suggested that the underlying cause of the cognitive deficits in schizophrenia is an impaired ability to sequence mental activity in time. Various ... -
The computation of shape orientation in search for Kanizsa figures
(Pion Ltd, 2009-01-29)Previous studies of visual search for illusory figures have provided equivocal results, with efficient search for Kanizsa squares (eg Davis and Driver, 1994 Nature 371 291-293) contrasting with inefficient search for Kanizsa ... -
Conscientiousness and mindfulness in midlife coping: An assessment based on MIDUS II
(Wiley, 2016-02-03)Research has demonstrated that conscientious individuals tend to engage in planful problem solving to cope with stressful situations. Likewise, mindful individuals tend to favour approach-based coping and are less likely ... -
A contextual behavioral approach to the study of (persecutory) delusions
(Elsevier, 2016-09-04)Throughout the past century the topic of delusions has mainly been studied by researchers operating at the mental level of analysis. According to this perspective, delusional beliefs, as well as their emergence and ... -
The contrasting impact of global and local object attributes on Kanizsa figure detection
(Psychonomic Society, 2007-11)Studies on the involvement of object completions in search for illusory figures have so far reported equivocal results. We have addressed this issue by investigating at which level object attributes in Kanizsa figures ... -
Delay in seeking medical help following transient ischemic attack (TIA) or "Mini-Stroke": a qualitative study
(Public Library of Science, 2014-08-19)Background: Prompt treatment following Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) can reduce the risk of subsequent stroke and disability. However, many patients delay in making contact with medical services. This study aimed to ... -
Development of a feasible implementation fidelity protocol within a complex physical therapy-led self-management intervention
(Oxford University Press, 2016-08-01)Implementation fidelity is poorly addressed within physical therapy interventions, which may be due to limited research on how to develop and implement an implementation fidelity protocol. The purpose of this study was ... -
Do single and multiple behavior change interventions contain different behavior change techniques? A comparison of interventions targeting physical activity in obese populations
(American Psychological Association, 2015-09)Objective: Interventions to increase physical activity can target this behavior alone or as part of multiple health behavior change (MHBC) interventions. To date little is known about the content of MHBC interventions as ... -
Does mindfulness enhance critical thinking? Evidence for the mediating effects of executive functioning in the relationship between mindfulness and critical thinking
(Frontiers Media, 2016-01-19)Mindfulness originated in the Buddhist tradition as a way of cultivating clarity of thought. Despite the fact that this behavior is best captured using critical thinking (CT) assessments, no studies have examined the effects ... -
The dynamics of operations in visual memory: A review and new evidence for oscillatory priming
(Hogrefe & Huber, 2004-10)Evidence from neurophysiological studies indicates that the synchronization of distributed neuronal assemblies in the gamma frequency range is responsible for the integration of discrete stimulus components into coherent ... -
Dynamics of perceptual grouping: similarities between the organization of visual and auditory groups
(Taylor & Francis, 2001-06)In vision, the Gestalt principles of perceptual organization are generally well understood and remain a subject of detailed analysis. However, the possibility for a unified theory of grouping across visual and auditory ... -
Effects of stimulus synchrony on mechanisms of perceptual organization
(Taylor & Francis, 2001-06-05)When neurons adopt a synchronized, oscillatory response to stimulus Gestalten, the phase of those oscillations almost always varies relative to stimulus activity. This has been taken to indicate that form-coding mechanisms ... -
The effects of subthreshold synchrony on the perception of simultaneity
(Springer, 2007)We aimed to examine the effects of subthreshold synchrony and asynchrony on the perception of simultaneity. We rendered simultaneous or asynchronous luminance changes below detection thresholds by embedding them in a ... -
The effects of subthreshold synchrony on the perception of simultaneity.
(Springer, 2007)We aimed to examine the effects of subthreshold synchrony and asynchrony on the perception of simultaneity. We rendered simultaneous or asynchronous luminance changes below detection thresholds by embedding them in a ...