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Investigating the Cognitive Neuropsychology of Social Perception and Reasoning
The neural processes by which we perceive and understand our complex social world are currently somewhat of a mystery. This thesis used electroencephalography (EEG) to investigate the potential involvement of the mirror ...
Manual Versus Saccadic Assessment of Inhibition and Switching Deficits: Evidence the Saccadic System Exhibits Resistance to Healthy Aging
Inhibition and switching deficits occur with healthy aging and many clinical conditions, compromising performance of daily tasks and thus quality of life. Saccade tasks have often been used to assess inhibition and switching ...
The latent structure of schizotypy: Looking back and moving forward
Investigations into the latent population structure of schizotypy have largely revealed the existence of a two-class structure, consistent across psychometric and endophenotypic indicators. Such findings provide, at face ...
To Risk or Not to Risk? A Look at Children’s Decision Making
The propensity to take risks is thought to increase across childhood, peak in mid adolescence, and decline thereafter. Few studies, however, have compared risk taking in childhood and adolescence. In the current study, we ...
Social Effects of Causal Opacity and Pain in Rituals
Rituals are known to bring groups of people together, but it is not clear what creates this bonding effect. Two prominent features of rituals are (1) they often involve pain or unpleasant experiences; and (2) they are often ...
Age-related cognitive changes in children with ADHD
The subcortical deficit theory of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) proposes that persistent lower-order cognitive deficits may underlie ADHD, while the development of higher-order cognitive abilities may be ...
Truth in text: Why simple language is perceived as more credible
Lie detection research indicates that perceivers have difficulty interpreting bodily, facial, voice and language content cues indicative of deception. Therefore, what cues do perceivers use to form veracity judgements? ...
The Effectiveness of a Reduced-Processing Decision Support System in facilitating the Diagnosis of Child Psychiatric Disorders
Decision Support Systems (DSSs) are tools that are designed to assist in one or more stages of the decision-making process. DSSs aim to improve decision outcomes by sharing the onus of information processing with the ...
Neuropsychological Function and Brain Activity Changes with MCT and CBT for Depression
Depression is a serious psychological condition and a leading cause of global disability. Research indicates that it is associated with considerable neuropsychological impairment which is thought to play a role in the ...
The Role of Belonging in Ingroup Favouritism
The present research examined the role of belonging in distinct forms of ingroup favouritism (i.e., evaluations and allocations). Two studies were conducted. The first study found that ingroup members (i.e., New Zealanders) ...