• 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 ...
• The risk for injury: investigating the roles of alcohol, caffeine, risk-taking propensity, and gender 

  Roemer, Audra (2019-07-30)

  The combined use of alcohol and caffeine has been identified as a public health concern, and yet, our knowledge of this type of use and how it relates to the risk of incurring an alcohol-related injury remains limited. ...
• Diversifying psychometric tools for intelligence assessment and screening in Latin America 

  Duggan, Emily C. (2019-07-15)

  Objective: Cultural neuropsychologists face barriers such as access to culturally appropriate psychometric instruments and norms. Further, three commonly encountered dilemmas in cultural neuropsychology include the following ...
• Exploring personality: the impact of impulsivity on decision making and reward processing 

  Berman, Taryn (2019-04-30)

  Impulsivity is a common and multifaceted personality trait that is characterized by the presence of heightened reward sensitivity, novelty seeking, lack of premeditation, and behavioural and emotional inhibition deficits ...
• Bedtime resistance and parenting in early childhood: a self-determination perspective 

  Andrew, Kristina (2019-04-29)

  Difficulty getting ready for bed and settling at bedtime, commonly referred to as bedtime resistance, are prevalent problems in early childhood (Goodlin-Jones, Tang, Liu, & Anders, 2009; Johnson, 1991). Despite an abundance ...
• Nature soundscapes and cognitive performance in an office environment 

  Pittman, Maxwell (2019-04-23)

  Research suggests that interacting with nature has positive psychological, physiological, and cognitive benefits. Views to nature, interacting with nature, and other visual nature stimuli have been widely studied. However, ...
• Decision-making as a social process 

  Johnson, Trudy Lynn Elizabeth (2019-04-11)

  North American social psychology has evolved within a culture that values an individualistic ideology. Therefore, when investigating social phenomena, the social psychologist rarely looks past the individual(s) involoved ...
• Family dynamics during the transition to parenthood: A longitudinal study of the influences of co-parenting alliance, parenting efficacy, parenting, and infant temperament on child adjustment. 

  Galaugher, Tara (2019-01-17)

  This longitudinal study investigated how parent, child, and family characteristics influence each other during the transition to parenthood. Participants were 98 cohabiting couples who were expecting their first child. ...
• Understanding the dynamics of functional and volumetric action representations when prepared for immediate execution 

  Wang, Duo (2019-01-02)

  This study examines the state of competing affordances when an action is prepared for immediate production. More specifically, we investigated the nature of motor representations evoked by distinct action intentions, with ...

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