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Asymmetric neural responses for facial expressions and anti-expressions
(Elsevier, 2018-09-05)Face recognition requires identifying both the invariant characteristics that distinguish one individual from another and the variations within the individual that correspond to emotional expressions. Both have been ... -
Efficacy of melatonin with behavioural sleepwake scheduling for delayed sleep-wake phase disorder: A double-blind, randomised clinical trial
(Public Library of Science, 2018-06-18)Background Delayed Sleep-Wake Phase Disorder (DSWPD) is characterised by sleep initiation insomnia when attempting sleep at conventional times and difficulty waking at the required time for daytime commitments. Although ... -
Prediction of beauty and liking ratings for abstract and representational paintings using subjective and objective measures
(Public Library of Science, 2018-07-06)Recent research on aesthetics has challenged the adage that ªbeauty is in the eye of the beholderº by identifying several factors that predict ratings of beauty. However, this research has emerged in a piecemeal fashion. ... -
Inducing preference reversals in aesthetic choices for paintings: Introducing the contrast paradigm
(Public Library of Science, 2018-04-19)Understanding what leads people to reverse their choices is important in many domains. We introduce a contrast paradigm for studying reversals in choices - here between pairs of abstract paintings - implemented in both ... -
Therapist-Assisted Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Versus Progressive Relaxation in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Randomized Controlled Trial
(JMIR Publications, 2018-08-08)Background: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a highly disabling psychological disorder with a chronic course if left untreated. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has been shown to be an effective treatment, but ... -
Biological and Psychosocial Processes in the Development of Children’s Appetitive Traits: Insights from Developmental Theory and Research
(MDPI, 2018-05-29)There has been increasing concern expressed about children’s food intakes and dietary patterns. These are closely linked to children’s appetitive traits (such as disinhibited eating and food fussiness/neophobia). Research ... -
Eye movements during everyday behavior predict personality traits
(Frontiers Media, 2018-04-13)Besides allowing us to perceive our surroundings, eye movements are also a window into our mind and a rich source of information on who we are, how we feel, and what we do. Here we show that eye movements during an ... -
A needs-based workforce model to deliver tertiary-level community mental health care for distressed infants, children, and adolescents in South Australia: a mixed-methods study
(Elsevier, 2018-06)Background High-quality mental health services for infants, children, adolescents, and their families can improve outcomes for children exposed to early trauma. We sought to estimate the workforce needed to deliver ... -
Guided Web-Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Perfectionism: Results From Two Different Randomized Controlled Trials
(Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2018-04-26)Background: Perfectionism can become a debilitating condition that may negatively affect functioning in multiple areas, including mental health. Prior research has indicated that internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy ... -
The role of negative affect in the assessment of quality of life among women with type 1 diabetes mellitus
(Korean Diabetes Association, 2017-11-07)Background The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of negative affect (defined in terms of lack of optimism, depressogenic attributional style, and hopelessness depression) on the quality of life of women ... -
How the chance of missing the alarm during an on-call shift affects pre-bed anxiety, sleep and next day cognitive performance
(Elsevier, 2018)This study investigated how the likelihood of missing an alarm affects pre-bed anxiety, sleep and next day cognitive performance during on-call shifts. Participants (n=24) completed one adaptation night, one control ... -
Sleep spindles in adolescence: a comparison across sleep restriction and sleep extension
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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 ...
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