Psychology
Welcome to the research outputs of the University of Exeter Department of Psychology, part of the College of Life and Environmental Sciences
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Communication behaviors associated with successful conversation in semantic variant primary progressive aphasia.
(Cambridge University Press (CUP) for International Psychogeriatric Association, 2017-06-08)BACKGROUND: Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) affects a range of language and cognitive domains that impact on conversation. Little is known about conversation breakdown in the semantic variant of PPA (svPPA, also known ... -
Leadership as social identity management: Introducing the Identity Leadership Inventory (ILI) to assess and validate a four-dimensional model
(Elsevier, 2014-01-01)Although nearly two decades of research have provided support for the social identity approach to leadership, most previous work has focused on leaders' identity prototypicality while neglecting the assessment of other ... -
Study 2 data status and conflict characterization
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An online paradigm for exploring the self-reference effect.
(Public Library of Science, 2017-05-04)People reliably encode information more effectively when it is related in some way to the self-a phenomenon known as the self-reference effect. This effect has been recognized in psychological research for almost 40 years, ... -
Admiration: A Conceptual Review
(SAGE Publications, 2016-01-21)Admiration is thought to have essential functions for social interaction: it inspires us to learn from excellent models, to become better people, and to praise others and create social bonds. In intergroup relations, ... -
Using Machine Learning to Discover Latent Social Phenotypes in Free-Ranging Macaques
(MDPI AG, 2017-07-21)Investigating the biological bases of social phenotypes is challenging because social behavior is both high-dimensional and richly structured, and biological factors are more likely to influence complex patterns of behavior ... -
Attenuated intrinsic connectivity within cognitive control network among individuals with remitted depression: Temporal stability and association with negative cognitive styles.
(Wiley, 2017-03-27)Many individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD) experience cognitive dysfunction including impaired cognitive control and negative cognitive styles. Functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging studies of ... -
A novel continuous inhibitory-control task: Variation in individual performance by young pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) - dataset
(University of Exeter, 2017)Dataset to accompany the article "A novel continuous inhibitory-control task: Variation in individual performance by young pheasants (Phasianus colchicus)" to be published in Animal Cognition -
When identity hurts: how positive intragroup experiences yield negative mental health implications for ethnic and sexual minorities
(Wiley, 2017)Two studies (longitudinal, N=510; cross-sectional; N=249) explain how feeling valued in one’s ethnic/sexual minority group has benefits for mental health but also certain costs through the way it shapes minorities’ ... -
When and how does normative feedback reduce intentions to drink irresponsibly? An experimental investigation
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)Objectives: To test the effects of exposure to a campaign to discourage drinking alcohol drinks down in one gulp (“bolting”). Method: Laboratory experiments assessed the effects of exposure to (1) the campaign (Pilot ... -
The Political Glass Cliff: Understanding How Seat Selection Contributes to the Underperformance of Ethnic Minority Candidates
(SAGE Publications, 2013-07-17)An archival study of U.K. General Election results from 2001, 2005, and 2010 revealed that Conservative black and minority ethnic (BME) candidates were less successful than their white counterparts. However, mediation ... -
Initial training with difficult items does not facilitate category learning
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2017)In the phenomenon of transfer along a continuum (TAC), initial training on easy items facilitates later learning of a harder discrimination. TAC is a widely replicated cross-species phenomenon that is well predicted by ... -
Status and conflict characterization paper materials
(University of Exeter, 2017-07-13)Status and conflict characterization paper materials -
How to stay perfect: the role of memory and behavioural traits in an experienced problem and a similar problem
(Springer Verlag, 2017-07-11)When animals encounter a task they have solved previously, or the same problem appears in a different apparatus, how does memory, alongside behavioural traits such as persistence, selectivity and flexibility, enhance ... -
Conflict over non-partitioned resources may explain between-species differences in declines: the anthropogenic competition hypothesis
(Springer Verlag, 2017-06-10)Human alterations of habitats are causing declines in many species worldwide. The extent of declines varies greatly among closely related species, for often unknown reasons that must be understood in order to maintain ... -
Multiple Group Membership and Well-Being: Is There Always Strength in Numbers?
(Frontiers Media, 2017-06-21)A growing body of research points to the value of multiple group memberships for individual well-being. However, much of this work considers group memberships very broadly and in terms of number alone. We conducted two ... -
To pace or not to pace? A review of what Abnormal Repetitive Behavior tells us about zoo animal management
(Elsevier, 2017-03-06)Performance of abnormal repetitive behavior (ARB) is noted in many captive wild species. ARB can be categorized into 2 basic forms: those whose aim appears to be to compulsively reach an inappropriate goal and those whose ... -
Development of a core outcome set for disease modification trials in mild to moderate dementia: a systematic review, patient and public consultation and consensus recommendations.
(NIHR Journals Library, 2017-05)BACKGROUND: There is currently no disease-modifying treatment available to halt or delay the progression of the disease pathology in dementia. An agreed core set of the best-available and most appropriate outcomes for ... -
Acceptability and feasibility of collecting data from fathers on their psychosocial adaptation to the birth of a very low birth weight infant.
(SAGE Publications, 2017)The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility and acceptability of collecting outcome data from parents of very low birth weight infants, and to explore the psychological and social adaptation of fathers. ... -
Assessing inhibitory control in early-stage Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease using the Hayling Sentence Completion Test.
(Wiley, 2017-06-20)The ability to inhibit irrelevant information is essential for coping with the demands of everyday life. Inhibitory deficits are present in all stages of dementia and commonly observed in people with Parkinson's disease ...