School of Psychology
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'I can still swing a spade': a qualitative exploratory study of gardening groups for people with dementia
(Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2024-04-24)This exploratory qualitative study aimed to evidence how community-based gardening groups can be used to support the psychological, physical and social health of those living with dementia. The views of people living with ... -
Reducing Shower Duration in Tourist Accommodations: A Covert True Experiment of Continuous Real-Time Eco-Feedback and Persuasive Messaging
(SAGE Publications, 2024-04-16)This study inductively applies the Feedback Intervention Theory by empirically demonstrating the effectiveness of continuous, real-time eco-feedback and its interaction with motivational factors in modifying showering ... -
Impaired updating of working memory representations in individuals with high BMI: evidence for dopaminergic mechanisms
(eLife Sciences Publications, 2024-02-23)<jats:p>Everyday life requires an adaptive balance between distraction-resistant maintenance of information and the flexibility to update this information when needed. These opposing mechanisms are proposed to be balanced ... -
Social connections and social identity as a basis for learning and support: Experiences of medical students with minoritised and non‐minoritised ethnic identities
(WileyEngland, 2024-02-27)Background Social connections between medical students provide a key basis for learning and support. These connections, and associated social identity, may be patterned by ethnicity, and students often perform similarly ... -
Tackling loneliness together: A three-tier social identity framework for social prescribing
(SAGE Publications, 2024-01-01)<jats:p> In recent years, there has been growing recognition of the threats to health posed by loneliness. One of the main strategies that has been recommended to address this is social prescribing (SP). This typically ... -
Early-phase neuroplasticity induced by offline transcranial ultrasound stimulation in primates
(Elsevier BV, 2024-04)The use of ‘offline’ transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS) protocols is of particular interest in the rapidly growing field of low-intensity TUS. Offline TUS can modulate neural activity up to several hours after ... -
Attachment, psychological health and interpersonal functioning: a comparison of clinical and non-clinical groups of people with intellectual disability
(Emerald, 2023-11-08)Abstract Purpose – Insecure and unresolved attachments have been linked to poorer psychological health and interpersonal functioning for people with intellectual disabilities (IDs), but research in this area is ... -
Attachment Trauma and Pathological Mourning in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
(Wiley, 2016-04-18)Clinicians know from experience that adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) are at risk for sub-optimal parental attachments and maltreatment from within and outside of the family. Until now, thinking about attachment ...
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