Browsing by Author "Alexander, Gerianne"
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Cavitt, Joslyn EliseIn recent years, a growing number of researchers have taken an interest in the relationship between psychopathology and sleep. However, few studies have investigated this relationship in vulnerable populations (e.g., preterm ...
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Yaugher, Ashley Christine (2013-12-06)There is an increasing focus on the role of sleep in psychological disorders, including Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD) and Psychopathic Personality Disorder. Consistent with a relationship between sleep and impulsivity, ...
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Peterson, Carly Kathryn (2011-02-22)Ostracism arouses negative affect. However, little is known about variables that influence the intensity of these negative affective responses. Two studies seek to fill this void by incorporating work on approach- and ...
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John, Kendall Cheyenne (2022-07-25)Telemental health modalities have been increasingly adopted over the past several years, creating more choices for treatment seekers pursuing psychotherapy. This study uses a mixed-methods approach to examine how attachment ...
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Fava, Eswen Elizabeth (2009-05-15)Audition is perhaps the most developed and acute sense available to infants at birth. One theory supported by speech and music researchers alike proposes that the auditory system is biased to salient properties such as ...
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Mowle, Elyse Nicole (2016-11-17)Historical conceptualizations of psychopathic personality emphasized affective deficits as characteristic of the disorder. Contemporary research reports deficits in facial emotion recognition, with particularly strong ...
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Burch, Wendy A. (Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)The purpose of the present study was to investigate the differences among the human figure drawings (HFDs) of individuals diagnosed with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Tourette Syndrome (TS), Attention Deficit ...
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Meyer, Justin Kenneth (2013-04-25)Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is one of the most studied psychological disorders in psychology, and it is also one of the most detrimental to the individual. Research on BPD has consistently found that those with ...
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Smith, Tracy R. (2011-08-08)Many developmental changes occur across the first year of life, including areas of cognitive, social, emotional, and physical growth. One challenge of developmental research is to understand the complex set of factors that ...
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Harmon-Jones, Cindy (2011-02-22)This study examines the valence and motivational direction components of affect using facial expressions of determination, anger and joy. Determination is a positive, approach-related emotion; anger is a negative, ...
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Jacob, Priscilla (2021-06-04)The DSM-5 characterizes autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as a gross impairment in social cognition and functioning. Recent research indicates that motor dysfunction may be a critical component to the disorder and serve as a ...
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Hawkins, Laura Bess (2014-04-24)Past adolescent and adult literature has pinpointed clear preferences for male and female body shapes within the context of reproductive fitness and mate selection. However, the question still remains whether individuals ...
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Alexander, Gerianne; Hawkins, Laura; Wilcox, Teresa; Hirshkowitz, Amy (Frontiers in Psychology, 2016)
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Amlani, Farah 1989- (2012-04-27)Men compared to women perform significantly better on mental rotation tasks for argued biological and environmental reasons. Threat has been previously found to influence the magnitude and direction of sex differences in ...
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Yaugher, Ashley; Alexander, Gerianne (Frontiers in Psychology, 2015)
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Brown, Joshua D. (Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)Although there have been only a few etiological studies that have examined the development and maintenance of body image in males, research fairly consistently reports that exposure and presumed comparison to images of ...
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Hirshkowitz, Amy (2014-08-05)Motion-carried information is a salient visual cue used in object perception to parse form in the optical array. The present research examined infants’ ability to extract form shapes in apparent motion stimuli, controlling ...
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Woods, Rebecca Jindalee (2009-06-02)The ability to individuate objects is one of our most fundamental cognitive capacities. Recent research has revealed that, when objects vary in color or luminance alone, infants fail to individuate until 11.5 months. ...
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Hirshkowitz, Amy (2012-07-16)Three-dimensional (3D) object perception is critical for comprehending and interacting with the world. It develops during infancy and continues through adulthood. One powerful cue used for object perception is uniform ...
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Saenz, Janet (2014-10-30)Previous research has established a relationship between prenatal testosterone and sex-linked behavior, such that higher levels of prenatal testosterone are related to more masculine behaviors. Yet, little is known about ...