Article
Psychology
Andrea Bender, Larissa Mendoza Straffon, John B. Gatewood, Sieghard Beller
Summary: Questions on early sapiens cognition are difficult to tackle, but can be inferred from indirect evidence and our understanding of present-day cognition. Culture has played a profound role in human cognition from the beginning, scaffolding cognition through development and evolution, and continually diversifying human thinking. By considering cognitive diversity, we can unveil early sapiens cognition and retrace its evolutionary trajectories using large-scale extrapolation and phylogenetic comparison.
PSYCHOLOGICAL REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Psychology
Ruoyu Lu, Yinuo Xu, Jiyu Xu, Tengfei Wang, Zhi Li
Summary: This study examines the effects of free time in working memory and finds both proactive and retroactive effects. The experiments show that the effects are not solely caused by temporal grouping and provide insights into the underlying mechanisms of working memory.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-LEARNING MEMORY AND COGNITION
(2023)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Olivia T. Reilly, Sarah F. Brosnan
Summary: This study modified the Balloon Analogue Risk Task to test decision-making strategies in tufted capuchin monkeys. The results showed differences in performance between capuchins and humans, with capuchins scoring lower in risk assessment as a species.
JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Vegar Hattestad Jensen, Stian Orm, Merete Glenne Oie, Per Normann Andersen, Kjell Tore Hovik, Erik Winther Skogli
Summary: This two-year longitudinal study found that ADHD symptoms and deficits in executive functions predict lower educational functioning and problems with social functioning and leisure activities in children and adolescents after two years.
APPLIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGY-CHILD
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
R. Asaad Baksh, Sarah E. Macpherson, Bonnie Auyeung, Suvankar Pal, Sharon Abrahams
Summary: This study explored the utility of the ESCoT in people with aMCI/dementia and found that it was sensitive to social cognition impairments and related to behavior changes in this population.
Article
Psychology
Yanina Prystauka, Emma Wing, Gerry T. M. Altmann
Summary: In a series of sentence-picture verification studies, we found that state-change verbs and past participles activate representations of both the initial and end states of their event participants to different degrees, and this accessibility is modulated by morphosyntactic devices.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-LEARNING MEMORY AND COGNITION
(2023)
Article
Psychology
Harriet Tarpy, Laura G. E. Smith, Adam Joinson, Olivia Brown
Summary: This study examines the relationship between group cohesion and collective action intentions, finding that group characteristics can alter this relationship. Researchers studying the impact of group cohesion on action intentions should consider both the nature of the group and the measurement of cohesion.
TRANSLATIONAL ISSUES IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Natalie M. Papini, Cynthia M. Bulik, Samuel J. R. A. Chawner, Nadia Micali
Summary: This study examines the prevalence and correlates of pica behaviors during childhood using data from the ALSPAC study. The findings suggest that pica is uncommon in childhood, but children with developmental delay or autism may be more likely to exhibit pica behaviors between the ages of 36 and 115 months. Additionally, eating difficulties and body mass index may be related to pica behaviors in children.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Shannon Glasgow, Gabriella Imbriano, Sekine Ozturk, Jingwen Jin, Aprajita Mohanty
Summary: Anxiety is characterized by heightened sensitivity to threat, hypothesized to be indexed by the behavioral-inhibition system (BIS). This study found that self-reported BIS and anxious apprehension were associated with reduced perceptual thresholds for threatening stimuli, linking temperamental dimensions with threat sensitivity across anxiety disorders.
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Natalia Olmeda-Muelas, Cristina Cuesta-Zamora, Richard Joiner, Jorge Ricarte
Summary: Problematic Internet Use (PIU) is an increasing issue among children. Insecure attachment and maladaptive Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies (CERS) have been found to be associated with PIU. This study explored the mediating role of CERS between attachment and PIU. The findings showed significant differences between problematic and non-problematic users in terms of attachment and emotion regulation. Maladaptive CERS were found to mediate the relationship between attachment security and PIU. The study highlights the importance of prevention and intervention programs for PIU.
CLINICAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Substance Abuse
Paul Ruiz Santos, Agostina F. Barey, Ricardo Marcos Pautassi
Summary: This study analyzed the unique contribution of cognitive distortions on alcohol and marijuana use in a sample of Uruguayan citizens. The results showed that cognitive distortions had a significant impact on the frequency and quantity of alcohol and marijuana use. Additionally, individuals with higher levels of psychological distress and differential emission of automatic thoughts were more likely to initiate or resume substance use. Interventions targeting these cognitive distortions should be considered to reduce substance use behaviors.
SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Yana Suchy, Austin Simpson, Michelle Gereau Mora, Libby A. DesRuisseaux, Stacey Lipio Brothers, Christine M. Mullen
Summary: The present study examined the reliability and validity of scores on the Test of Practical Judgment (TOP-J) 9-item version (TOP-J/9). The results showed that TOP-J/9 scores were correlated with global cognition and executive functioning, and they had some criterion validity in predicting home-based instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). However, TOP-J/9 scores did not provide incremental validity beyond other cognitive measures in predicting home-based IADL performance.
ARCHIVES OF CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Boyang Sun, Jiansong Wu, Chuan Li, Chenming Li, Zhuqiang Hu, Ruotong Wang
Summary: Frequent extreme cold events have posed serious threats to outdoor workers and rescuers. This study investigates heart rate variability (HRV) and its relationship to other physiological parameters under extreme cold exposures. The results show that temperature decrease is accompanied by progressive parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) activation with sympathetic nervous system (SNS) retraction. SDNN is found to be the most sensitive HRV index, showing good linear relationships with blood pressure, pulse, and hand temperature.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Alexander Ackermann, Dominik Bonin, Thomas Jaitner, Markus Peters, Dorte Radke, Sascha Wischniewski
Summary: This study introduces a synthesis and validation algorithm for creating virtual copies of existing datasets, with the aim of overcoming restrictions on publishing anthropometric datasets. The algorithm was applied to a detailed anthropometric dataset from a public-health study in Germany and was found to produce statistically identical results to the original dataset. The weighted virtual dataset can be freely published and used for ergonomic designing, showing its significance in research for Germany and other regions.
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Lina Gervinskaite-Paulaitiene, Matthew Ruggiero, Svenja Taubner, Jana Volkert, Rasa Barkauskiene
Summary: This paper reports the follow-up findings for a Mentalization based treatment (MBT) parenting intervention called the Lighthouse Parenting Program (LPP). The results show that the LPP improves parent-child relationships and parental mental health, reduces coercive behaviors and child problems, and increases self-focused mentalizing. The improvement in self-focused mentalizing mediates most of the changes in parenting and child outcomes.
CLINICAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Substance Abuse
Kalin Z. Salinas, Savreen Saran, Kevin Saulnier, Brianna Hoglen, Kenneth R. Houser, Nicolle M. Krebs, Oevgu Kaynak, Candace R. Bordner, Jessica M. Yingst, Jonathan Foulds, Sophia I. Allen, Andrea L. Hobkirk
Summary: The study found that dual use of cannabis and nicotine vapes is associated with worse mental health symptoms compared to single substance use. Younger age and being married were associated with higher symptoms of depression and stress among dual users, while holding a medical cannabis card was associated with higher anxiety symptoms.
SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE
(2023)
Article
Psychology
Ashok Mysore, Sowmyashree Mayur Kaku
INDIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Letter
Psychology
Anil Kumar M. Nagaraj, Suma T. Udupa, Ravindra N. Munoli, Savitha Soman, Samir Kumar Praharaj
INDIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Review
Psychology, Clinical
Gonzalo Salazar de Pablo, Claudia Aymerich, Daniel Guinart, Ana Catalan, Luis Alameda, Giulia Trotta, Alvaro Armendariz, Estrella Martinez Baringo, Joan Soler-Vidal, Jose M. Rubio, Nathalia Garrido-Torres, Sandra Gomez-Vallejo, John M. Kane, Oliver Howes, Paolo Fusar-Poli, Christoph U. Correll
Summary: The duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) is associated with poor mental health outcomes. This meta-analysis found that DUP is high worldwide, but varies significantly across continents and income levels. Older age, older publication year, and a higher proportion of non-White patients are associated with longer DUP.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Melissa T. Buelow, Jennifer M. Kowalsky, Bradley M. Okdie
Summary: This study found moderate evidence of test-retest reliability for common behavioral decision-making tasks across different time points, raising questions about the utility of these tasks in tracking decision-making changes in clinical populations.
ARCHIVES OF CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
