Psychology: Recent submissions
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Attractiveness is positively related to World Cup performance in male, but not female, biathletes
(Oxford University Press, 2019)Whole-organism performance capacity is thought to play a key role in sexual selection,through its impacts on both intrasexual competition and intersexual mate choice. Based on data from elite sports, several studies have ... -
STRETCH: a Sensor Platform for Non-Invasive Remote Monitoring of Older People in Real Time
(Springer Nature, 2019)The population of older adults is increasing across the globe; this growth is predicted to continue into the future. Most older adults prefer to live in their own home, but many live alone without immediate support. ... -
Caregivers’ beliefs about dementia: findings from the IDEAL study
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge) for European Health Psychology Society, 22 April 2019)Objective: Informal caregivers of people with dementia develop their own beliefs about the condition, referred to as Dementia Representations (DRs), as they try to make sense of the changes they are observing. The first ... -
The relationship between perceived functional difficulties and the ability to live well with mild-to-moderate dementia: findings from the IDEAL study.
(Wiley, 29 April 2019)OBJECTIVES: The objectives of the study are to investigate how different levels of functional ability relate to quality of life, well-being and satisfaction with life, conceptualised as reflecting capability to 'live well', ... -
The Academic Outcomes of Working Memory and Metacognitive Strategy Training in Children: A Double-Blind Randomised Controlled Trial
(Wiley for International Association of Bioethics, 2019)Working memory training has been shown to improve performance on untrained working memory tasks in typically developing children, at least when compared to nonadaptive training; however, there is little evidence that it ...