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The effects of eye movements on emotional memories: using an objective measure of cognitive load

European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2016
Background: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is an effective treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder. The working memory (WM) theory explains its efficacy: recall of an aversive memory and making eye movements (EM) both produce ...
Suzanne C. van Veen, Iris M. Engelhard, Marcel A. van den Hout   +2 more
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Effectiveness of behavioral interventions and behavior change techniques for reducing soft drink intake in disadvantaged adolescents: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Obesity Science & Practice, 2020
Summary Reducing sugar‐sweetened beverage (SSB) intake is an important dietary target, especially among socioeconomically disadvantaged ethnic minority adolescents.
S. S. Shagiwal, E. Groenestein, A. Schop‐Etman, J. Jongerling, J. van derWaal, G. Noordzij, S. Denktas   +6 more
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The East Asian Erotic Picture Dataset and Gender Differences in Response to Opposite-Sex Erotic Stimuli in Chinese College Students

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Understanding the processing of sexual stimuli has become a significant part of research on human sexuality. In addition to individual characteristics (gender and sexual orientation), empirical studies have shown that cultural factors play an important ...
Qianqian Cui, Zixiang Wang, Ziyuan Zhang, Yansong Li, Yansong Li   +4 more
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A Mixed-Effects Location Scale Model for Dyadic Interactions. [PDF]

, 2018
We present a mixed-effects location scale model (MELSM) for examining the daily dynamics of affect in dyads. The MELSM includes person and time-varying variables to predict the location, or individual means, and the scale, or within-person variances.
Ferrer, Emilio, Rast, Philippe
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Reward-related regions play a role in natural story comprehension

iScience
Summary: The reward system was shown to be involved in a wide array of processes. Nevertheless, the exploration of the involvement of the reward system during language processing has not yet been directly tested.
Oren Kobo, Yaara Yeshurun, Tom Schonberg
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Social status predicts physiological and behavioral responses to chronic stress in rhesus monkeys

iScience
Summary: Investigating the underlying factors that cause differential individual responses to chronic stress is crucial for developing personalized therapies, especially in the face of pandemics such as COVID-19.
Zhiyi Zhang, Xueda Dong, Zhiqiang Liu, Ning Liu   +3 more
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Effective education and communication strategies to promote environmental engagement : The role of social-psychological mechanisms [PDF]

, 2016
Communicators of climate change seek ways to better educate and motivate individuals to personally commit to sustainable, energy-saving activities. However, critical psychological and social barriers to conservation make this task challenging. Behavioral
Cornwell, Francis James, UNESCO, Zaval, Lisa   +2 more
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A Quality Improvement Initiative to Standardize Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Pediatric Patients With Solid Tumors

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric patients with extracranial solid tumors (ST) receiving chemotherapy are at an increased risk for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). However, evidence guiding prophylaxis practices in this population is limited. A PJP‐related fatality at our institution highlighted inconsistent prescribing approaches and concerns about
Kriti Kumar, Denise M. Connolly, Ellen Kellington, Elyse Zelunka, Karla Kerrigan, Furqan Shaikh, Paul C. Nathan, Meredith S. Irwin, Sarah Cohen‐Gogo   +8 more
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No immediate attentional bias towards or choice bias for male secondary sexual characteristics in Bornean orang-utans (Pongo pygmaeus)

Scientific Reports
Primate faces provide information about a range of variant and invariant traits, including some that are relevant for mate choice. For example, faces of males may convey information about their health or genetic quality through symmetry or facial ...
Tom S. Roth, Iliana Samara, Juan Olvido Perea-Garcia, Mariska E. Kret   +3 more
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Social Media Support and Funding Assistance for Psychological Injuries in Social Work

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
IntroductionPsychological injuries in social work are on the rise in complex modern society. Some individuals are incurring both physical and psychological injuries. Often, psychological injuries are more miserable than physical injuries.
Xiaowu Hu, Caiyi Tang, Dongmei Wang
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