• Executive motor control across the lifespan: clinical insights from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, concussion and mild cognitive impairment 

  Halliday, Drew (2020-06-09)

  The process of controlling executive and motor behaviours is central to one’s ability to self-regulate and accomplish day-to-day goals across the lifespan. Executive and motor control share a set of underlying neural ...
• An exploration of limb-specific and spatial codes triggered by pictures of graspable objects 

  Ullrich, Emma K. (2020-06-04)

  There is much debate in the field of cognition on the nature of affordances; a concept originally invoked by Gibson (1986, as cited in Chong & Proctor, 2019) in reference to the possible actions furnished by a solid object ...
• A qualitative analysis of female breadwinner representations in the media 

  Kalajdzic, Anastasija (2020-05-04)

  Violating social norms often elicits a negative public response aimed at punishing norm violators and dissuading others from following their lead. One way to understand reactions to norm violations is through the moral ...
• One step at a time: analysis of neural responses during multi-state tasks 

  Grey, Talora Bryn (2020-04-28)

  Substantial research has been done on the electroencephalogram (EEG) neural signals generated by feedback within a simple choice task, and there is much evidence for the existence of a reward prediction error signal generated ...
• Conceptualizing complex post-traumatic stress: the roles of dissociation, attachment, and type of traumatic event 

  Samuel, Cara (2020-03-04)

  Those who experience relational traumatic events (i.e., traumatic events wherein there is a pre-existing relationship with the perpetrator such as intimate partner violence or some types of child maltreatment) often present ...
• Maternal adverse childhood experiences and mental health symptoms in pregnancy: behavioural and social mediators 

  Walker, Hope Alayne (2020-01-23)

  Pregnancy is a unique developmental period in a woman’s life, characterized by numerous psychological, behavioural, and biological changes. How a biologically female woman experiences her pregnancy is impacted by her ...
• Nature immersion and goals: perspective of the dual-valuing process model 

  Logan, Shelby (2020-01-07)

  Being in nature has been associated with many positive outcomes, including well-being and, more recently, with sophisticated outcomes such as goal orientation. We proposed that the dialectic between the organismic valuing ...
• The links among child maltreatment, eating disorder symptoms, problematic substance use, coping strategies, and emotion regulation in women 

  Mirotchnick, Carolyn (2020-01-03)

  This study examined the links among child maltreatment (i.e., child sexual abuse, child physical abuse, child emotional abuse, and child neglect), eating disorder symptoms, problematic use of drugs and alcohol, coping ...
• Income, power, and intimate partner violence at the transition to parenthood 

  Matheson, Lauren (2019-11-04)

  In relationships between men and women, women are still more likely than men to take family leave and reduce work hours after the birth of their first child. This results in economic changes between partners at the transition ...
• Varieties of social understanding 

  Yeung, Emanuela (2019-10-29)

  Philosophical and psychological theories of social understanding have largely focused on the construct of “theory of mind” (ToM) and the inferential processes that may be necessary for understanding the meaning of others’ ...
• A longitudinal investigation of depression, anxiety, and stress as moderators of the coupled relationship between negative urgency and disordered eating frequency in first-year undergraduates 

  Legg, Nicole (2019-10-09)

  Evidence suggests that the transition to postsecondary may be an important period of risk for engagement in disordered eating (DE). DE has been demonstrated to fluctuate and change course over time, however, very little ...
• Investigating the efficacy of attention and working memory training for preschoolers 

  Bedir, Buse N. (2019-10-09)

  The effectiveness of attention and working memory (A/WM) training programs in improving executive functions (EFs) is heavily debated. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the efficacy of a game-based ...
• Trauma history, prenatal posttraumatic stress and depressed mood as predictors of postpartum maternal relationship and sexual well-being 

  Torok, Debra (2019-09-20)

  The first year postpartum is often a challenging time for romantic partners. During this time, couples tend to experience less relationship intimacy and sexual satisfaction, which may be further exacerbated by individual ...
• The religious identity of Filipinx Canadian immigrants: religious expressions, development, and enculturation/acculturation 

  Ortiz, Drexler Klein L. (2019-09-06)

  The current study examined religious identity in a Filipinx Christian immigrant adolescent and emerging adult sample (N = 197) in Canada. Religious identity was defined as the extent to which an individual has engaged in ...
• Identification of earlier biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease: a neuroimaging study of individuals with subjective cognitive decline 

  Parker, Ashleigh (2019-09-04)

  Background: Given that individuals with subjective cognitive decline (SCD) report a change that is not yet measurable with standard neuropsychological assessment measures, they are thought to be the earliest along the ...
• Dieting also starves romantic relationships: the association between dieting and romantic relationship quality 

  Robertson, MacKenzie D. A. (2019-08-30)

  The negative health consequences of dieting for individuals are well established. Yet little is known about the interpersonal consequences of dieting for romantic couples. This study utilized self-report questionnaire data ...
• The neural correlates of exploration 

  Hassall, Cameron Dale (2019-08-28)

  Like other animals, humans explore to learn about the world, and exploit what we have learned in order to maximize reward. The trade-off between exploration and exploitation is a widely-studied topic that cuts across ...
• Day-to-day moderators of the link between attachment insecurity and intimate partner violence in emerging adulthood: a daily diary study 

  Gou, Lisa (2019-08-27)

  Emerging adulthood (ages 18-25 years) is a developmental period marked by changes in attachment, the onset of serious dating relationships, and rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) up to 40% and 90% for physical and ...
• Green gamification : changing habits through long-term engagement and stories 

  Kronisch, Devan C. (2019-08-23)

  Gamification offers methods for influencing human behaviour that are not available with other approaches to behaviour-change interventions. Its widespread and successful use in business, education, and health care ...
• Music expert-novice differences in speech perception 

  Vassallo, Juan Sebastian (2019-08-22)

  It has been demonstrated that early, formal and extensive musical training induces changes both at the structural and functional levels in the brain. Previous evidence suggests that musicians are particularly skilled in ...

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