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Psychology, Biological
Alexandra T. Tyra, Danielle A. Young, Annie T. Ginty
Summary: This study examines the relationship between emotion regulation and cardiovascular stress reactivity, as well as habituation of cardiovascular reactivity. The results indicate that impulse control difficulties when distressed are significantly associated with blunted cardiovascular responses to stress and impaired habituation across repeated stressors.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY
(2023)
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Psychology, Biological
Aysenur Benevento
Summary: The current paper explores the contributions of Psychoanalytic, Cognitive, Behaviorist, and Socio-cultural theories to the study of radicalization, emphasizing the need to consider radicalization as a process and to account for socio-cultural, political, and historical context in research. The article argues that Psychology, with its well-established theoretical contributions to understanding human beings and its focus on differences among people across different contexts, can better contribute to the diverse field of radicalization research.
INTEGRATIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE
(2023)
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Psychology, Biological
Zahra Alinam, Kristian Tylen, Mohammad Taghi Pirbabaei, Minou Gharehbaglou
Summary: The paper introduces a framework that studies the interaction between material, cultural, and social mechanisms and human cognition, behavior, and emotions. The authors propose a conceptual model that integrates dynamic interactions between cognitive-cultural affordances and the environment, and provide several illustrative case examples. The model has significant implications for understanding the role of environmental design, particularly urban design.
INTEGRATIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE
(2023)
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Psychology, Biological
Darcianne K. Watanabe, Vida Pourmand, Jocelyn Lai, Gewnhi Park, Julian Koenig, Cameron R. Wiley, Julian F. Thayer, DeWayne P. Williams
Summary: There are differences in emotion regulation between Asian Americans and European Americans, particularly regarding adaptive emotion regulation strategies and resting heart rate variability (HRV). Research suggests that Asian Americans may be more affected by resting HRV in relation to emotion regulation difficulties, especially in accessing emotion regulation strategies when facing negative emotions.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY
(2023)
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Psychology, Biological
Cristina Romero-Diaz, Bryce R. Wetherell, Danielle Ury, Mikayla Reuter, Jake A. Pruett, Emilia P. Martins, Alison G. Ossip-Drahos
Summary: This study examines the behavior and signal use of three closely related populations of the Sceloporus undulatus species complex. The findings suggest that populations differ in their use of communicative signals in a way that deviates from expectations based on phylogeographic proximity or habitat, indicating the importance of plasticity or adaptation to varying conditions. The study highlights the role of phenotypic and environmental variation, combined with phylogeographic knowledge, in understanding the origin and maintenance of organismal diversity in communicative behavior.
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Psychology, Biological
Samantha Straus, Leticia Aviles
Summary: This study investigates the interaction between confamilial kleptoparasitic spiders and social spider colonies, and finds that the kleptoparasites cause harm to the host colonies, as evidenced by a decrease in scaled mass indices. This provides empirical evidence for the virulence of kleptoparasitism in this study system.
Article
Psychology, Biological
Li Shen Chong, Kate L. Senich, Sadena Ahmad, Christy L. Olezeski, Elana B. Gordis
Summary: Psychologically aggressive parenting (PAP) has a negative effect on children's development of aggression, but not all children exposed to PAP display aggressive behaviors. The activity of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and sex may influence the impact of early adversity on aggression. This study found that childhood PAP was associated with emerging adulthood anger, hostility, physical, and verbal aggression. Males were more likely to exhibit aggression and had higher levels of SNS reactivity than females.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Scott E. King, Jack T. Waddell, William R. Corbin
Summary: Pregaming is a high-risk drinking event for young adults, and impulsivity traits play a significant role in predicting alcohol use and negative outcomes. Pregaming events may have social and physical stimuli that are particularly appealing to impulsive individuals, increasing the risk for negative outcomes. This study found that certain subfacets of impulsivity, such as sensation seeking and lack of premeditation, moderated the relationship between pregaming and drinking quantity as well as negative consequences. Understanding these interactions can inform prevention efforts in reducing pregaming frequency, especially among impulsive individuals, to lower the overall risk for heavy drinking.
EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Hagen Knofe, Jan M. Engelmann, Sebastian Grueneisen, Esther Herrmann
Summary: In a study comparing short-term reciprocity between chimpanzees and human children, it was found that children consistently reciprocated help, while chimpanzees stopped discriminating between helpful and unhelpful partners as the experiment progressed. This demonstrates differences in short-term reciprocity between the two species.
Article
Psychology, Biological
Tobia Spampatti, Ulf J. J. Hahnel, Evelina Trutnevyte, Tobias Brosch
Summary: Decades after the resolution of the scientific debate on the anthropogenic causes of climate change, climate disinformation continues to challenge public acceptance of scientific evidence. This study investigates the effectiveness of six inoculation strategies targeting psychological factors in combating real-world disinformation about climate science and mitigation actions. The findings show limited protective effects of the inoculations, suggesting the need for further research and intervention to fight climate disinformation.
NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Nora S. Newcombe
Summary: This article provides an overview of the research and controversy surrounding Cheng's hypothesis of a purely geometric module in spatial representation. Despite numerous experiments, there is still no consensus model for understanding spatial behavior across different species, ages, and conditions. The author argues for an adaptive combination approach that focuses on ecological niches, experience-expectant development, continued plasticity in changing environmental conditions, and the role of language as a cognitive tool in supporting spatial behavior.
LEARNING & BEHAVIOR
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Gustaf Gredeback, Marcus Lindskog, Jonathan Hall
Summary: This study examines the development of proactive control strategies in Syrian refugee families and finds that children's age and their mothers' post-traumatic stress symptoms are associated with the degree of proactive control in children. Furthermore, there is a significant association between mothers' mental health and proactive control strategies in children.
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Victoria Markham, Jennifer Austin, Gareth Roderique-Davies, Richard May
Summary: This study compared the effectiveness of stimulus fading, stimulus shaping, and trial-and-error learning in a perceptual categorization task. The results showed that stimulus shaping was more effective than stimulus fading and trial-and-error learning in the initial acquisition of discrimination and stimulus generalization. These findings have implications for the selection of errorless learning strategies in clinical settings.
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Ilaria Torre, Laurence White, Jeremy Goslin, Sarah Knight
Summary: There is a reciprocal relationship between trust and vocal communication in human interactions. Trust is necessary for meaningful and effective communication, and vocal cues are used to signal trustworthiness. The effects of speaker accent and prosody on trusting behavior were examined through a game theory paradigm, and it was found that speaking in a non-regional standard accent and using a relatively slow articulation rate increases trust.
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Biological
W. David Stahlman, Kenneth J. Leising
Summary: An examination of innate and habitual behavior suggests that both may have evolved from variable behavior in both phylogeny and ontogeny. This article aims to identify the origins of inflexible but adaptive behavior and its relationships at different levels of selection, validating the practice of seeking analogies between evolutionary biology and operant behavior.
JOURNAL OF THE EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Zoltan Toth, Zsofia Kovacs
Summary: Chronic exposure to high concentrations of acetamiprid can alter certain aspects of bumblebees' foraging behavior, particularly the time to the first feeding and the number of feedings at the second food patch. However, individuals did not exhibit any preference for pesticide-treated food patches.
Article
Psychology, Biological
Barca Laura, Domenico Maisto, Giovani Pezzulo
Summary: Many individuals engage in paradoxical behaviors, such as extreme food restriction or self-injury, especially during periods of rapid changes like adolescence. Researchers propose that these behaviors may serve as maladaptive strategies to reduce uncertainty by eliciting salient physical sensations, such as pain or hunger. Despite their maladaptive nature, these strategies may not only provide short-term rewards but also reduce uncertainty and restore a coherent model of oneself.
NEUROSCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Javier Bustamante, Marcela Soto, Gonzalo Miguez, Vanetza E. Quezada-Scholz, Rocio Angulo, Mario A. Laborda
Summary: This meta-analysis examines the effectiveness of conducting extinction in multiple contexts in reducing the recovery of extinguished responses. The results show that extinction in multiple contexts has a significant effect on preventing relapse. Therefore, clinicians should consider using this technique in therapy and research.
LEARNING & BEHAVIOR
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Franz Castro, Elizabeth Stuart, Jennifer Deal, Varshini Varadaraj, Bonnielin K. Swenor
Summary: This study, using data from the 2019 Survey of Doctorate Recipients, found disparities in salary and representation for disabled scientists in STEM. Doctorate recipients with early disabilities earned lower incomes, and there was underrepresentation of academics with disabilities in higher ranks.
NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Ana Maria Portugal, Charlotte Viktorsson, Mark J. Taylor, Luke Mason, Kristiina Tammimies, Angelica Ronald, Terje Falck-Ytter
Summary: This study investigates the individual differences in infants' early preference for faces versus non-facial objects, and finds that these differences are influenced by genetic and environmental factors. Genetic and unique environmental effects have a significant impact on infants' attention to faces, while shared environment does not. Additionally, infants' face preference is positively associated with later verbal competence.
NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
(2023)
