In this thesis I attempt to synthesize psychological and biological approaches to the study of foraging. The specific optimal foraging model I examine is the Ideal Free Distribution. The Ideal Free Distribution predicts ...

People with bulimia present with a variety of abnormal beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours. With few exceptions, studies to date have focused exclusively on the specific psychopathology of bulimia. This controlled study ...

The aim of this thesis is to examine how variations in conversant speech style affect the dynamics of conversational behaviour. Three key issues are addressed. Firstly, given that women and men have been shown to differ ...

Many studies have suggested a link between child sexual abuse (CSA) and adult psychopathology. Despite this apparent association and the high prevalence of CSA, there are few controlled studies in the CSA treatment outcome ...

The aim of the present study is to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Profile of Functional Impairment in Communication (PFIC; Linscott, Knight & Godfrey, 1996) amongst a population with Dementia of the Alzheimer's ...

This study examined the occurrence of behavioural difficulties in a community sample of 128 preschoolers aged between 30 and 59 months. To obtain a comprehensive picture of children's behaviours in different situational ...

Recently, dialogic reading, a highly interactive adult reading style, has been advocated as the best way to read to young children (Whitehurst et al., 1988; 1994). As children's skill level interacts with adult style, ...