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Journal of Eating Disorders, 2021 Background Fear of weight gain is a characteristic feature of anorexia nervosa (AN), and reducing this fear is often a main target of treatment. However, research shows that 20% of individuals with AN do not report fear of weight gain. Studies are needed
Tiana Borgers +5 more
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The Relational Responding Task: Toward a New Implicit Measure of Beliefs
Frontiers in Psychology, 2015 We introduce the Relational Responding Task (RRT) as a tool for capturing beliefs at the implicit level. Flemish participants were asked to respond as if they believed that Flemish people are more intelligent than immigrants (e.g., respond true to the ...
Jan eDe Houwer +4 more
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The IAT shows no evidence for Kandinsky’s colour-shape associations
Frontiers in Psychology, 2013 In the early 20th century, the Bauhaus revolutionised art & design by using simple colours and forms. Wassily Kandinsky was especially interested in the relationship of these two visual attributes and postulated a fundamental correspondence between ...
Alexis eMakin, Sophie eWuerger
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Explicit and Implicit Basic Human Motives, and Public Service Motivation
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 This article contributes to the literature on the roots of Public Service Motivation (PSM) by turning to the psychological theory of basic human motives.
Hendrik Slabbinck +3 more
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Time after time – circadian clocks through the lens of oscillator theory
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Oscillator theory bridges physics and circadian biology. Damped oscillators require external drivers, while limit cycles emerge from delayed feedback and nonlinearities. Coupling enables tissue‐level coherence, and entrainment aligns internal clocks with environmental cues.
Marta del Olmo +2 more
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Is there an association between ageist attitudes and frailty?
BMC Geriatrics, 2019 Background Frailty is defined as a state of vulnerability to stressors that is associated with higher morbidity, mortality and healthcare utilization in older adults.
Douglas Salguero +6 more
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Peroxidasin enables melanoma immune escape by inhibiting natural killer cell cytotoxicity
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Peroxidasin (PXDN) is secreted by melanoma cells and binds the NK cell receptor NKG2D, thereby suppressing NK cell activation and cytotoxicity. PXDN depletion restores NKG2D signaling and enables effective NK cell–mediated melanoma killing. These findings identify PXDN as a previously unrecognized immune evasion factor and a potential target to improve
Hsu‐Min Sung +17 more
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BASIC PERSONALITY TRAITS AS CORRELATES OF IMPLICIT PREJUDICE
Primenjena Psihologija, 2016 This study explores the relationship between “Big Five” personality dimensions and implicit prejudice towards two groups: (1) homosexuals and (2) elderly people. We employed the NEO PI-R personality inventory to register basic personality dimensions, the
Maša Pavlović, Danka Purić
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Testing for Implicit Gender Bias among Plastic Surgeons
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2021 Background:. The aim of this study was to examine for the presence of implicit bias within the field of plastic surgery using a gender-specific Implicit Association Test (IAT), specifically looking at gender and career stereotypes. Methods:.
Alexandra Bucknor, MBBS, MSc +6 more
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Color-Shape Associations Revealed with Implicit Association Tests
PLOS ONE, 2015 Kandinsky proposed a correspondence theory that suggests associations between specific colors and shapes (i.e., circle-blue, square-red, triangle-yellow). Makin and Wuerger tested the theory using the Implicit Association Test (IAT) and did not find clear evidence for Kandinsky's color-shape associations among British participants. In the present study,
Na Chen, Kanji Tanaka, Katsumi Watanabe
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