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Cybervetting: The Role of Negative Content
(2019-05-08)Mixed support has surfaced regarding the use of online information for personnel selection (i.e., cybervetting), which commonly involves the evaluation of social media profiles. Research to date has largely focused on ... -
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 ... -
Self-Solicitation of a Provisional Self: The Dark Triad and Spontaneous Self-Concept Content
(2019-05-06)Higher levels of Dark Triad traits (Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism) are considered to be self-defeating, maladaptive, and can potentially interfere with the ability to develop a strong sense of self. Despite ... -
DESIGN, EVALUATION, AND MODELING OF MEDIUM VOLTAGE DC ENERGY CONVERSION TESTBED WITH EMPHASIS ON ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE
(2019-05-06)Much work has been done in recent years regarding the emphasis and newfound importance of energy storage and energy conversion within systems that, at one time, functioned off of simple alternating current (AC) busses. ... -
The Effects of Temporal Contraction and Temporal Dilation on Cognitive Performance
(2019-05-03)Temporal dilation and temporal contraction are perceived as duration lasting longer or shorter than the standard time unit, respectively. Social, cognitive, and emotional context influences temporal perception such that ... -
BEHAVIORAL AND LOCAL FIELD POTENTIAL CHANGES IN THE THALAMUS AND ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX OF BEHAVING RATS EXPERIENCING POST HERPETIC NEURALGIA
(2016-11-30)Post herpetic neuralgia (PHN) is experienced as burning pain in the facial region, caused by nerve damage from the herpes zoster virus. The pain often becomes chronic and debilitating. Investigations into the pain pathway ... -
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 ... -
THE EFFECTS OF PRIMING PATRIOTISM ON ATTITUDES TOWARD IMMIGRANTS: DO ALL AMERICANS RESPOND TO PATRIOTIC IMAGES THE SAME WAY?
(2018-12-04)Although immigrants enrich the US culture and provide intellectual and economic stimulation, there has been a rise of anti-immigration movements, making the acculturation process more difficult for the immigrant. The purpose ... -
Sex Differences in Balance Measures and Chronic Low Back Pain in Older Adults
(2018-06-21)The older adult population is growing at a rapid pace, with the US Census Bureau estimating older adults to comprise of 20% of the overall population by 2020. Now, more than ever, we must parse out differences within this ... -
NEGATIVE EMOTIONALITY, ACTIVITY LEVEL AND EXTERNALIZING PROBLEMS IN PRESCHOOLERS: THE INFLUENCE OF MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH AND EDUCATION
(2017-08-22)Early childhood temperament has been extensively linked to child externalizing behavioral problems such as aggression, violence, disobedience and antisocial behaviors. Individuals with such behavioral patterns are at greater ... -
Assessing the Impact of Pain on Decision-making in a Rat Gambling Task (RGT)
(2017-07-31)Recent clinical assessments using the Iowa Gambling Task have revealed pain can negatively affect decision-making processes, leading to risky or poor decisions. Despite the gain these models have made in further elucidating ... -
The effects of ketamine exposure on NMDA receptor mediated synaptic transmission in the developing brain - A mechanistic study of ketamine-induced neuroapoptosis
(2015-12-09)Ketamine is a widely used pediatric anesthetic because of its high potency in pediatric patients. Side-effects produced by ketamine anesthesia in adults are also not seen in children after ketamine use. However, several ... -
Specific Emotions and Altruistic Decision Making - A Study in Relational Perspective
(2016-11-28)The role of emotions in decision making processes has long been of interest to researchers due to its relevance in our daily consumption decisions. Recent experimental studies have suggested that specific emotions prime ... -
Latent Semantic Similarity in Initial Computer-Mediated Interactions
(2016-05-10)The initial interactions of same-sex strangers were investigated to examine the development of latent semantic similarity (LSS; that is, how interaction partners come to use words in the same way) in computer-mediated ... -
How Well, And How Quick, Do They Click? Initial Dyadic Interactions Between Straight Women And Gay (vs. Straight) Men
(Psychology, 2015)Past literature and popular culture have suggested that a strong, interpersonal connection quickly develops between straight women and gay men; however, research has not yet explored whether this phenomenon can be observed ... -
Maternal Negative Affectivity And Child Internalizing Problems: Child Behavioral Inhibition As A Mediator
(Psychology, 2015)Early emerging internalizing problems such as depression, anxiety, and social withdrawal put children at great risk for developing mood disorders and substance abuse problems. The current study investigated both child ... -
The Role Of The Lateral Habenula In The Affective Dimension Of Pain
(Psychology, 2015)The lateral habenula (LHb) functions as a hub that integrates information from cortical regions to aid in emotional decision-making, as well as helping to create response strategies under stress (Hikosaka, 2010; Proulx, ... -
Acute Elevation In Estradiol Influences The Salience Of Cocaine Cues
Previous research demonstrates that women and female rodents are more responsive to environmental stimuli associated with drug reward than males. A growing body of literature supports a role for estradiol as one of the ... -
Exergame Use As A Gateway To The Adoption Of And Adherence To Sport-specific And General Physical Activity
Despite increasing the amount of information regarding the need for regular physical activity, rates of inactivity have not seen a corresponding decrease. The aim of the current study was to determine whether exergame use ... -
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 ...