School of Psychology: Recent submissions
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What bothers severe asthma patients most? A paired patient–clinician study across seven European countries
(European Respiratory Society (ERS)England, 2023-05)Introduction Severe asthma is a complex, multidimensional disease. Optimal treatment, adherence and outcomes require shared decision-making, rooted in mutual understanding between patient and clinician. This study used a ... -
Finding Silver Linings in the Covid-19 Pandemic: A 2-Wave Study in the UK
(SAGE PublicationsUnited States, 2023-11-30)<jats:p> The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in widespread anxiety, fear and depression, yet focussing only on these negative issues may obscure the opportunity to promote positivity and resilience. Traumatic events can ... -
Evaluation of a Study Protocol of the Application of Humor Interventions in Palliative Care Through a First Pilot Study
(Mary Ann Liebert IncUnited States, 2023-09-01)Background: Humor and laughter might have an alleviating effect on pain threshold and enhance coping and building relationships. However, randomized controlled studies in palliative care have struggled with high percentages ... -
Deep-learning predicted PET can be subtracted from the true clinical fluorodeoxyglucose PET co-registered to MRI to identify the epileptogenic zone in focal epilepsy
(WileyUnited States, 2023-08-29)Objective Normal interictal [18F]FDG-PET can be predicted from the corresponding T1w MRI with Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs). A technique we call SIPCOM (Subtraction Interictal PET Co-registered to MRI) can then ... -
Experiencing the improbable: How does the objective probability of a magic trick occurring influence a spectator’s experience?
(American Psychological Association (APA), 2023-10-16)Magic is an art form that allows us to experience the impossible, but some magic tricks are more implausible than others. We present two experiments that examined whether the objective probability of a trick occurring by ... -
Finding Silver Linings in the Covid-19 Pandemic: a 2-wave study with the UK general public
(SAGE Publications, 2023-11-30)The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in widespread anxiety, fear and depression, yet focussing only on these negative issues may obscure the opportunity to promote positivity and resilience. Traumatic events can often result ... -
Correction to: ‘Sex differences in human mate preferences vary across sex ratios’ (2023) by Walter <i>et al.</i>
(The Royal SocietyEngland, 2023-07-26)The correct first affiliation is: Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw 50137, Poland Note that second and third affiliations are correct. The original has now been corrected. Correction to https://doi ... -
Eyelash length attractiveness across ethnicities
(Springer Science and Business Media LLCEngland, 2023-09-08)Eyelashes evolved to protect eyes. An optimum eyelash length functions to protect eyes from external hazards such as contaminations, excessive evaporation or shear stress from airflow. They can also be an indicator of a ... -
Too perfect to be good? An investigation of magicians’ Too Perfect Theory
(PeerJUnited States, 2022-05-30)The “Too Perfect Theory” states that if a trick is too perfect, it might paradoxically become less impressive, or give away its secret method. This theory suggests that an increased impossibility results in a less magical ... -
Facial first impressions following a prison sentence: Negative shift in trait ratings but the same underlying structure
(Elsevier, 2024-03)The first impressions we form of unfamiliar others can often guide many important decisions such as whether someone is guilty of a crime or the severity of their sentence, even in the presence of more relevant information. ...
