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The Influence Of Knowledge Aquired At Study On Younger And Older Adults' Source Memory
(Psychology, 2009-09-16)
The current experiments were intended to investigate the tendency of younger and older adults to use knowledge acquired during encoding to guide source memory judgments at test. Participants studied a list of words with ...
Organizational Justice And Stress: An Investigation
(Psychology, 2009-09-16)
Utilizing survey methodology, the four-factor model of organizational justice was assessed, including distributive, procedural, interpersonal, and informational justice, as well as their relationships with overall perceived ...
Insensitivity To Pain In Schizophrenia: An Examination Of Sensory And Affective Pain Processing In An Animal Model
(Psychology, 2009-09-16)
Patients with schizophrenia have been shown to display decreased sensitivity to pain, which can severely compound the impact of injuries and illnesses. Currently, the reasons for pain insensitivity in this population are ...
The Role Of Cingulate Cortex In Spatial Learning And Pain Processing
(Psychology, 2007-08-23)
Research implicates the Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC) mediates the affective component of pain processing but not spatial learning. The Posterior Cingulate Cortex (PCC) mediates spatial learning but not pain processes. ...
Minimum Clinical Important Differences Of Health Outcomes In A Chronic Pain Population: Are They Predictive Of Poor Outcomes?
(Psychology, 2008-04-22)
Psychometric validation of health outcomes measures ensures that the methods utilized to evaluate treatment effects, and aid in individual patient diagnosis are reliable, valid, and meaningful. A relatively new concept ...
Chemotherapy Related Cognitive Impairment In The Rat
(Psychology, 2008-04-22)
Treatment for cancer has been indicated to negatively impact the quality of life for patients. Specifically, chemotherapy has been associated with fatigue, nausea, and peripheral neuropathy. More recently, chemotherapy has ...
Examining The Effects Of Early Life Stress From Maternal Separation On Measures Of Pain And Anxiety
(Psychology, 2009-09-16)
Animal models of stress-induced conditions have provided important insight into the physiological mechanisms of many chronic disorders. Models of early life stress involve procedures designed to induce prenatal or postnatal ...
The Power Of Ostracism: Can Personality Influence Reactions To Social Exclusion?
(Psychology, 2007-08-23)
Ostracism, also labeled social exclusion, is seen by researchers and lay persons alike as one of the more socially painful events that is an inevitable part of life. Moreover, many theorists (e.g., Zadro, Williams, and ...
Influence Of Peer Victimization And Social Support On Cortisol Production
(Psychology, 2009-09-16)
The current dissertation sought to examine whether there was an association between peer victimization, neuroendocrine functioning, and physical health outcomes. Adolescents and their parent (N = 107) participated in a ...
Re-experiencing Social Versus Physical Pain And Its Influence On Self-regulatory Reserve
(Psychology, 2007-08-23)
This study examined the influence of reliving social pain on current reports of pain, self-regulatory ability, and differences in reactions. Participants (N=137) completed personality measures in phase one. Days later, ...