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Identifying Associative Memory Deficits And Neurobiological Correlates Of Encoding And Performance In A National Sample Of Veterans With Gulf War Illness Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(Psychology, 2012-07-25)Roughly 26-32% of U.S. veterans who served in the Persian Gulf War of 1991 report suffering from chronic health problems (Golomb, 2008). Memory complaints are regularly reported by ill Gulf War veterans (GWV), but there ... -
The Impact Of An Intensive Physical Exercise Program (IPE) On Mental Processing Speed And Postural Control In Older Adults
(Psychology, 2012-07-25)One in three Americans over the age of 65 fall each year. In 2000, this equated to an annual cost of $19 billion in healthcare costs and this cost is expected to rise to $54 billion by 2020. One factor related to the ... -
Implications of assessor ratings of feedback seeking and receptivity behaviors on 360° ratings of worthy leadership and performance
A study was conducted to evaluate the role of a feedback-orientation-like construct (Behavioral Feedback Focus) in predicting worthy leadership, performance, and developmental outcomes in a sample of leaders who had ... -
In the Mood for Creativity: Exploring Exposure to Humor and Creative Output
(2022-01-06)The purpose of these three studies was to replicate prior findings, namely, that positive moods can improve creative performance (Baas et al., 2008) as well as to test whether humor provides a creative advantage relative ... -
Individual Differences in Influenceability and Anti-Influenceability
(2017-06-12)Using a dispositional strategy, two studies investigated individual differences in three types of influenceability and two types of anti-influenceability. Study 1 replicated the majority of consistent results found in ... -
Induced emotions on shoot decisions
(2017-04-24)The purpose of this experiment was to examine the effect of emotion on shoot decision bias. Student participants from The University of Texas at Arlington were randomly assigned to one of five emotion induction conditions ... -
The Influence Of Ageism On Personnel Decision Making
(Psychology, 2008-09-17)Ageism is a topic in today's world of great consequence, especially due to the multimillion dollar costs of age-related discrimination charges and the potential to ineffectively utilize organizational talent. Additionally, ... -
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 ... -
INFLUENTIAL FACTORS FOR DIETARY INTAKE: EXPANDING THE PROTOTYPE WILLINGNESS MODEL IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
(2021-05-05)Only 10-13% of individuals consume enough fruit and vegetables. Not only do fruit and vegetables help stave off chronic disease, but they also help maintain weight, and contain nutrients that reduce inflammation, infection, ... -
Ingroup And Outgroup Members As Determinants Of Performance On A Brainstorming Task
(Psychology, 2009-09-16)Many studies have investigated the effects of diversity on performance. Past research demonstrates that the relationship between group diversity and task performance is mixed and inconsistent (Mannix & Neale, 2005; van ... -
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 ... -
Investigating Intra-Island Translocation as a Conservation Strategy for the Turks and Caicos Iguana: The Impact of Homing and Stress
(2016-12-15)The Turks and Caicos iguana, Cyclura carinata, is listed as critically endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature due to introduced mammals and habitat alteration from human development. Inter-island ... -
Investigating The Optical Signals In The Brain And Spinal Cord During Nociception
(Psychology, 2010-07-19)Neuroimaging technologies have been widely used to study brain functioning based on a tight correlation between neurons and neighboring vasculature during neural activation, called neurovascular coupling. However, many ... -
The Local Field Potential In The Medial Prefrontal Cortex In Respose To Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
(Psychology, 2014-09-17)Nociceptive stimuli can activate peripheral nociceptors to produce nociceptive signals which can be projected to the spinal cord and further up to the thalamus and many other cortical and subcortical areas through ascending ... -
Local Field Potential Signatures In The Anterior Cingulate And Primary Somatosensory Cortices During Pain Processing
Pain is the primary motive to seek physician care and animal research is informative for investigating the brain activity that underlies pain. Extensively studied brain areas involved in pain processing include the anterior ... -
Making a Bad Situation Worse: Co-rumination and Peer Victimization in Two Adolescent Samples
(2017-05-03)Co-rumination, the constant focus upon and rehashing of negative issues within a dyad, is a maladaptive coping mechanism associated with both positive and negative outcomes, including increased friendship quality and ... -
Measuring Corporate Social Responsibility Through Organizational Values: A Scale Validation Study
There is increasing interest in corporate social responsibility among researchers and practitioners. The corporate social responsibility construct has been around for several decades, but recent public corporate scandals ... -
Mind Broadening: Cognitive States and Traits Associated with Intrapersonal Creativity and Diverse Cultural Experiences
(2022-08-12)An experience with a different culture (cross-cultural experience; CCE) can provide opportunities to think about new and unfamiliar concepts and to solve problems using cross-cultural knowledge and inspired thinking. This ... -
Mindfulness and Mind-Wandering: The Impact of Brief Interventions on Child Affect, Arousal, and Cognition
(2016-05-10)The ability to self-regulate is critical for healthy development and life success. Recent evidence from the field of contemplative science suggests that mindfulness may enhance self-regulation among children and adolescents. ... -
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 ...