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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: ... -
Dynamic Protention: the architecture of real-time cognition for future events
(Springer, Cham, 2019)For over thirty years now a body of physiological evidence has been acquired which indicates that cognitive operations coordinate via the phase synchronization of neuronal firing. While usually ascribed to ‘binding’, i.e. ... -
Childhood fussy/picky eating behaviours: a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative studies
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020-01-03)Fussy/picky eating behaviours are common across childhood. Recent reviews of the fussy eating literature focus on quantitative research and do not adequately account for familiesâ subjective experiences, perceptions and ... -
Role of integrated knowledge translation in developing and implementing a multi-component infant feeding intervention: Insights from the CHErIsH study
(European Health Psychology Society, 2019-11-14)This article provides an overview and insights from the process of using integrated knowledge translation in developing and implementing the Choosing Healthy Eating for Infant Health (CHErIsH) ... -
Health professional-delivered obesity prevention interventions during the first 1,000 days: A systematic review of external validity reporting
(Health Research Board, 2019-10-21)Background: Childhood obesity prevention interventions delivered by health professionals during the first 1,000 days of life show some evidence of effectiveness, particularly in relation to behavioural outcomes. External ... -
Psychosis
(Springer, Cham, 2019-09-04)Psychosis is a set of symptoms related to mental health issues that occurs in a range of psychotic disorders. Psychosis in individuals with intellectual disabilities is an underexplored area in research. This chapter ... -
Introducing the social robot MARIO to people living with dementia in long term residential care: Reflections
(Springer Verlag, 2019-06-14)MARIO is a social robot developed with and for people living with dementia (PLWD) to promote social connectivity and reduce loneliness and isolation by providing access to a number of applications that PLWD can access, via ... -
Choosing Healthy Eating for Infant Health (CHErIsH) study: protocol for a feasibility study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2019-08-22)Introduction Childhood obesity is a public health challenge. There is evidence for associations between parentsâ feeding behaviours and childhood obesity risk. Primary care provides a unique opportunity for delivery of ... -
An exploration of resilience in adolescents facing maternal cancer
(Wiley, 2019-07-24)Background Research findings on the impact of parental cancer on adolescents are inconsistent, some studies identifying negative psychosocial impact but others identifying positive impact; however, there is not enough ... -
Food, connection and care: perspectives of service providers in alternative education and training settings
(Social Care Ireland, 2019)While the formal school system has been the focus for researchers, practitioners and policy-makers for food and nutrition-related research and interventions, there has been less attention to the Alternative Education and ... -
Time for complete transparency about conflicts of interest in public health nutrition research [version 2; referees: 2 approved]
(F1000Research, 2019-03-04)We are a group of researchers and academics with decades of experience in the protection and promotion of public health. We are writing to raise our concerns about how conflicts of interest are reported in public health ... -
Participants’ experiences of a sexual counseling intervention during cardiac rehabilitation: A nested qualitative study within the CHARMS pilot randomized controlled trial
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2018-09-01)BACKGROUND: International guidelines recommend sexual assessment and counseling be offered to all patients with cardiovascular disease during cardiac rehabilitation. However, sexual problems are infrequently addressed. ... -
Commonly prescribed anti-depressants: What clinicians need to know
(The Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI), 2011-10)According to two Cochrane collaboration reviews (Moncrieff, Wessely, & Hardy, 2004; Turner, Mathews, Linardatos, Tell, & Rosenthal, 2008), the efficacy of modern antidepressants has yet to be conclusively demonstrated ... -
Smartphone apps for improving medication adherence in hypertension: patients’ perspectives
(Dove Medical Press, 2018-05-14)Purpose Digital interventions, such as smartphone applications (apps), are becoming an increasingly common way to support medication adherence and self-management in chronic conditions. It is important to investigate how ... -
“It’s your turn to step into their shoes”: The role of empathy in adolescents experiencing maternal cancer
(Emerald, 2019-01-04)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the role of empathy in adolescents coping with maternal cancer to identify passive and active empathy forms and the role of these in adolescent coping at a challenging ... -
Genetically predicted complement component 4A expression: effects on memory function and middle temporal lobe activation
(Cambridge University Press, 2018-01-09)Background The longstanding association between the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) locus and schizophrenia (SZ) risk has recently been accounted for, partially, by structural variation at the complement component ... -
Early life experiences and social cognition in major psychiatric disorders: A systematic review.
(Elsevier, 2018-08-22)Objective To present a systematic review of the literature on the associations between early social environment, early life adversity, and social cognition in major psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar ... -
Computerised working memory‐based cognitive remediation therapy does not affect Reading the Mind in The Eyes test performance or neural activity during a Facial Emotion Recognition test in psychosis
(Wiley, 2018-05-27)Working memory-based cognitive remediation therapy (CT) for psychosis has recently been associated with broad improvements in performance on untrained tasks measuring working memory, episodic memory and IQ, and changes in ... -
Transparent and reproducible pain research: a critical review
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins for International Association for the Study of Pain, 2018-09-01)Recently, the degree to which scientific publications provide a reliable source of information has come under intense scrutiny. Reports suggest that a substantial amount of published literature is likely to be biased,28 ...