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An EEG Investigation In Depression: The Effect Of Cognitive Processing
Among clinical populations, depression patients tend to show impaired memory performance both in working memory and associative memory accompanied with disorders in neural activity in the DLPFC. However, it is unclear ... -
The Effect Of Awareness Of Moraic Structure On Native English Speakers' Listening Comprehension Of Japanese-english Speakers
(Psychology, 2009-09-16)The main aim of the series of three experiments presented here was to find interventions to reduce miscommunication between native and non-native English speakers. Thirty four Standard English (SE) speakers in Experiment ... -
The Effect Of Morphine On Dopamine Neuron Activation In Males And Cycling Females
(Psychology, 2012-04-11)The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of estrogen on the electrophysiological response of ventral tegmental area (VTA) dopamine (DA) neurons to morphine (10 mg/kg; IP) in experimentally naïve adult male and ... -
Effect Of Number Of Ideas And Folders On Idea Generation In Groups
(Psychology, 2011-10-11)Electronic brainstorming is a method developed to take advantage of the positive effects of collective ideation, such as cognitive stimulation, while decreasing production blocking and social loafing. Research indicates ... -
The Effect Of Pag Stimulation Evoked Dorsal Root Reflexes In Neurogenic Inflammation
(Psychology, 2009-09-16)Neurogenic inflammation is defined as inflammation produced by the sensory nerves. It contributes to the cardinal signs of inflammation: rubor (redness), tumor (swelling), color (heat), and dolor (pain or itch). It suggested ... -
The Effects Of A Preparatory Skills Training On Student Success
(Psychology, 2012-07-25)The effects of college-level student attrition are wide-spread. Numerous different approaches have been implemented to reduce these rates, such as offering freshman level seminars to aid the transition from high school to ... -
The Effects Of An Early Intervention Program On Physical Symptoms In A TMD Population
(Psychology, 2013-03-20)Aims: 1) Identify comorbid, non-specific symptoms of CSS, and TMD specific symptoms across three groups of Axis I RDC/TMD disorders, 2) investigate the influence of three interventions on TMD specific and comorbid symptoms ... -
Effects Of Birth-order Composition On The Intial, Same-sex Interactions Of Young Adults
(Psychology, 2008-08-08)Using both individual- and dyad-level analyses, this study investigated the effects of birth order on the initial, same-sex interactions of young adults. One hundred eighteen students (59 dyads) participated in initial, ... -
EFFECTS OF DISSONANCE AND DISRUPTION ON RISKY DECISIONS
(2015-12-22)All choices develop first from the basic sensory stimuli to which our systems attend, consciously and unconsciously. The cognitive processes which form the basis of decision- making and contextual shifting require attention ... -
Effects of Emotion and Social Desirability on Intuitive, Gist-Based Decisions
(2018-08-31)People often make what appear to be inconsistent, irrational choice preference shifts from sure-to-risky (or from risky-to-sure) options depending on how the choices are framed—this is a form of decision bias called the ... -
The Effects Of Health Beliefs And Depression On Latino And African American Older Adults
Disparities among minorities are prevalent, and it is pertinent to identify why. The relationships between culture, depressive symptoms, symptom identity, mental health-related quality of life, functional limitations, ... -
Effects Of Item Presentation And User Flexibility On Rater Perceptions
(Psychology, 2008-09-17)The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of item presentation and user flexibility on performance ratings and rater perceptions of the performance rating process. The participants were 252 undergraduate students ... -
The Effects Of Narcissistic Group Identity And Group-level Provocation On U.S. Citizens' Attitudes And Behavior Toward Arab Immigrants
(Psychology, 2008-09-17)A measure of Narcissistic Group Identity was developed and tested in a cross-sectional pilot study of 319 university students. Analyses revealed that Narcissistic Group Identity predicted more negative attitudes toward ... -
EFFECTS OF NUMERACY AND FINANCIAL LITERACY ON UNDESIRABLE FINANCIAL AND RELATED ACADEMIC OUTCOMES IN COLLEGE STUDENTS
(2016-05-31)Numeracy was a better predictor of financial delinquency than financial literacy. The relationship between numeracy and undesirable academic effects was fully mediated by financial delinquency. It was also found that in a ... -
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS ASSESSING THE ANALGESIC NATURE OF THE LATERAL HABENULA (LHb)
(2019-07-19)Local field potential (LFP) is a collective neural signal of all the synaptic activity occurring at a specific area of the brain, thereby offering a unique insight into how the brain functions. The habenula is involved in ... -
Embeddedness Versus Isolation In Dissonance-induced Attitude Change
(Psychology, 2011-10-11)The argument is made that embedded and isolated attitudes differ in the magnitude and effects of cognitive dissonance in an induced-compliance paradigm. Individuals who engaged in counterattitudinal advocacy with an ... -
Empathic Accuracy And Computer-mediated Communication: Testing The Effects Of The Target Partner's Attractiveness, Self-disclosure And Trust
(Psychology, 2009-09-16)This study examined empathic accuracy in a Computer-Mediated Communication setting. The attractiveness of the perceived interaction partner was manipulated and used as an independent variable. Participants were 48 dyads ... -
Ethical Climate and Corporate Social Responsibility
(2019-05-08)Current empirical research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) focuses on the organizational level, but researchers have called for increased attention in exploring the individual level, or micro-CSR. The objective ... -
Ethnic Group Political Efficacy: Scale Development and Latino Political Participation
(2023-05-24)Latinos have grown to be the largest ethnic minority group in the U.S. since the 2000 U.S. Census count but have historically voted at lower numbers compared to White Americans. Two studies examined a new construct, ethnic ... -
Evaluating the Impact of Age and Time on Sensory and Affective Levels of Pain Processing
(2018-11-30)The relationship between pain and age has been studied for decades. However, research has produced conflicting results for pain thresholds and pain affect in clinical assessments. Likewise, pre-clinical research is conflicting ...