• Sleep spindles in adolescence: a comparison across sleep restriction and sleep extension 

  Reynolds, Chelsea M; Gradisar, Michael Shane; Coussens, Scott; Short, Michelle A (Elsevier, 2018-10)

  Background The tendency for adolescents to have restricted sleep has been examined in numerous studies; however, the impact of sleep restriction on adolescents’ neural activity during sleep (measured by electroencephalography ...

• Polymorphisms that affect GABA neurotransmission predict processing of aversive prediction errors in humans 

  Baetu, Irina; Pitcher, Julia B.; Cohen-Woods, Sarah; Lancer, Benjamin; Beu, Nathan; Foreman, Lauren M.; Taylor, Paul D.; Burns, Nicholas R. (Elsevier, 2018)

  Learning is one of our most adaptive abilities, allowing us to adjust our expectations about future events. Aberrant learning processes may underlie disorders such as anxiety, motivating the search for the neural mechanisms ...

• Resting cranial and upper cervical muscle activity is increased in patients with migraine 

  Janani, Azin; Pope, Kenneth; Fenton, Nicole; Grummett, Tyler S; Bakhshayesh, Hanieh; Lewis, Trent W; Watson, Dean H; Whitham, Emma M; Willoughby, John Osborne (Elsevier, 2018)

  Objective: To compare comprehensive measures of scalp-recorded muscle activity in migraineurs and controls. Method: We used whole-of-head high-density scalp electrical recordings, independent component analysis (ICA) ...

• Mental contamination: Relationship with Psychopathology and Transdiagnostic Processes 

  Coughtrey, Anna; Shafran, Roz; Bennett, Sophie; Kothari, Radha; Wade, Tracey Diane (Elsevier, 2017-08-23)

  Background Mental contamination, the experience of feeling dirty in the absence of physical uncleanliness, is closely associated with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Given that many features of OCD are found in other ...

• Cognitive defusion and guided imagery tasks reduce naturalistic food cravings and consumption: A field study 

  Schumacher, Sophie; Kemps, Eva Bertha; Tiggemann, Marika (Elsevier, 2018-05-11)

  The present study investigated the effect of two craving reduction techniques, namely, cognitive defusion and guided imagery, on naturalistic food cravings. These techniques targeted the intrusion and elaboration stages ...

• Towards a reliable repeated-measures beads task for assessing the jumping to conclusions bias 

  McLean, Benjamin F; Mattiske, Julie Kay; Balzan, Ryan P (Elsevier, 2018-04-12)

  The jumping to conclusions bias (JTC), in which some people gather less information than others before making a decision, has been linked to delusions in psychosis. JTC is usually identified via the beads task, in which ...

• Commonly available activity tracker apps and wearables as a mental health outcome indicator: A prospective observational cohort study among young adults with psychological distress 

  Knight, Alissa; Bidargaddi, Niranjan (Elsevier, 2018-04-08)

  Background: Monitoring is integral to adequately recognise and track mental health indicators of symptoms and functioning. Early identification of warning signs from digital footprints could facilitate adaptive and dynamic ...

• A systematic review and meta-analysis of cognitive processing deficits associated with body dysmorphic disorder 

  Johnson, Shevaugn; Williamson, Paul Joseph; Wade, Tracey Diane (Elsevier, 2018-05-29)

  This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the evidence supporting the association between body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) symptomology and four types of cognitive processing abnormalities: local processing, selective ...

• The role of pre-sleep cognitions in adolescent sleep-onset problems 

  Heath, Melanie; Johnston, Anna; Dohnt, Hayley Kate; Short, Michelle A; Gradisar, Michael Shane (Elsevier, 2018-03-04)

  Study Objectives: To examine the relationship between pre-sleep cognitions and sleep-onset difficulties in an adolescent sample. Methods: Participants were 385 students (59% male) from grades 9 to 11, between 13 and 18 ...

• An open trial of bedtime fading for sleep disturbances in preschool children: a parent group education approach 

  Finlay, Michele R; Short, Michelle A; Gradisar, Michael Shane (Elsevier, 2018-03-04)

  Study Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of bedtime fading to reduce sleep disturbances in preschool aged children, using a group parent education format. Design: A repeated-measures design (pre-treatment, treatment, ...

• Genetic correlations between wellbeing, depression and anxiety symptoms and behavioral responses to the emotional faces task in healthy twins 

  Routledge, Kylie M; Williams, Leanne M; Harris, Anthony; Schofield, Peter R; Clark, Christopher Richard; Gatt, Justine M (Elsevier, 2018-03-19)

  Currently there is a very limited understanding of how mental wellbeing versus anxiety and depression symptoms are associated with emotion processing behaviour. For the first time, we examined these associations using a ...

• Letter to the Editor: Metacognitive training and metacognitive therapy. A reply to Lora Capobianco and Adrian Wells 

  Andreou, Christina; Balzan, Ryan P; Jelinek, Lena; Moritz, Steffen (Elsevier, 2018-01-31)

  To the Editor: It is indeed unfortunate that our metacognitive treatment programs use a similar name as the psychotherapy developed by Adrian Wells. Nevertheless, we believe that our use of the term ‘metacognitive’ is ...

• Evidence for spatiotemporally distinct effects of image repetition and perceptual expectations as measured by event-related potentials 

  Feuerriegel, Daniel; Churches, Owen; Coussens, Scott; Keage, Hannah A D (Elsevier, 2017-12-13)

  Repeated stimulus presentation leads to reductions in responses of cortical neurons, known as repetition suppression or stimulus-specific adaptation. Circuit-based models of repetition suppression provide a framework for ...

• Daytime sleepiness, driving performance, reaction time and inhibitory control during sleep restriction therapy for Chronic Insomnia Disorder 

  Whittall, Hannah; Pillion, Meg Kathryn; Gradisar, Michael Shane (Elsevier, 2017-11-02)

  Background Sleep restriction therapy (SRT) is a largely untested single treatment component of cognitive-behaviour therapy for insomnia. To date, the evidence for contraindications for SRT is limited to very few studies. ...

• A randomised controlled trial of bright light therapy and morning activity for adolescents and young adults with Delayed Sleep-Wake Phase Disorder 

  Richardson, Cele; Cain, Neralie Louisa; Micic, Gorica; Maddock, Ben; Gradisar, Michael Shane (Elsevier, 2018-02-09)

  A randomised controlled trial evaluated bright light therapy and morning activity for the treatment of Delayed Sleep-Wake Phase Disorder (DSWPD) in young people. 60 adolescents and young adults (range = 13–24 years, mean ...

• Combined Audience and Video Feedback With Cognitive Review Improves State Anxiety and Self-Perceptions During Speech Tasks in Socially Anxious Individuals 

  Chen, Junwen; McLean, Jordan E; Kemps, Eva Bertha (Elsevier, 2017-12-05)

  This study investigated the effects of combined audience feedback with video feedback plus cognitive preparation, and cognitive review (enabling deeper processing of feedback) on state anxiety and self-perceptions including ...

• Unravelling the association between inhibitory control and loss of control over eating among adolescents 

  van Malderen, Eva; Goossens, Lien; Verbeken, Sandra; Kemps, Eva Bertha (Elsevier, 2018-02-22)

  Objective Loss of control over eating is common among adolescents and is associated with negative developmental outcomes. Recent evidence points to impaired self-regulation, and more specifically poor inhibitory control, ...

• Objectification Theory: Of relevance for eating disorder researchers and clinicians? 

  Tiggemann, Marika (Wiley, 2013-05-06)

  Background There is a large and expanding body of research on Objectification Theory. Central to the theory is the proposition that self‐objectification results in shame and anxiety surrounding the body, and as a ...

• “That’s enough now!”: A prospective study of the effects of maternal control on children’s snack intake 

  Boots, Samantha B; Tiggemann, Marika; Corsini, Nadia (Elsevier, 2018-07-01)

  The aim of this study was to investigate maternal feeding strategies as prospective predictors of young children’s snack intake. Participants were 252 mothers of children aged 3–11 years old who completed questionnaire ...

• Disclaimer labels on fashion magazine advertisements: Does timing of digital alteration information matter? 

  Bury, Belinda; Tiggemann, Marika; Slater, Amy Elise (Elsevier, 2016-08-30)

  The study aimed to investigate whether a message informing readers about digital alteration read before exposure to thin ideal advertisements would enhance the effectiveness of disclaimer labels. Participants were 280 ...

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