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Understanding men’s sexual aggression against women: dehumanization, objectification and development of a measure of online intrusive behaviors
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-06-26)This thesis successfully accomplishes two major aims. First, it explores the relationship between dehumanization, objectification, and men’s sexual aggression. Correlational and experimental results robustly support a ... -
Health literacy, cognitive ability and health
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-12-13)Poorer health literacy—the ability to acquire, understand and use health information to make better health decisions—has been associated with worse health outcomes. Poorer cognitive ability has also been found to predict ... -
Investigating the development of executive functions and their relationship with educational attainment during adolescence: a study of inhibition, shifting and working memory
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-11-29)Background Research regarding the development of executive functions (EFs) and their association with educational attainment has disproportionately focused on younger ages, mainly pre-schoolers and primary school aged ... -
Beyond words: non-linguistic signals and the recovery of meaning
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-10)Beyond the words a speaker produces, meaning can be recovered from the many ways in which the words are delivered. During everyday discourse, the way in which a speaker produces an utterance - both in their spoken delivery ... -
The effect of sentence complexity on processing depth: a text change detection study using garden paths
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A connectionist approach to causal learning
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The effects of late non-proficient bilingualism and a year abroad on executive functioning
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Investigating the role of social media addiction in the relationship between impulsivity and disordered eating
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The effect of healthy adult ageing and cognitive reserve on specific theory of mind abilities
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Investigating the effects of social exclusion on a child's tendency to imitate grammatical syntax
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Developing empathy in the digital age: the relationship between social media usage and empathic accuracy scores in young adolescents
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Can we learn to be more conscientious? A behavioural intervention study using goal setting theory as motivation
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Real ghost stories: how do psychics construct their personal experiences as genuine?
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Stepping into the shoes of another: how attachment security and parental mind-mindedness impacts the development of adolescent empathic accuracy
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Miraculous cures: how do individuals justify their beliefs in the authenticity and miraculous quality of faith healing cures?
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The brief acceptance measure: developing & testing a brief measure of psychological flexibility suitable for daily use
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Do garden path sentences affect the depth of semantic processing? A change detection study
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Collaboration and emotional self-management in MOBA gamers
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The effect of exercise on cognitive functioning in static and strategic sport
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Investigating human scale judgement
(The University of Edinburgh, 2018)
