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Age-related changes in the neural and cognitive processes relating to memory retrieval under conditions of full and divided attention.
(University of Waterloo, 2006)We examined the neural and cognitive processes engaged during auditory verbal recognition performance under full attention (FA) and divided attention (DA) conditions in younger and older adults. Recognition was disrupted ... -
Agreeableness and Close Relationships: Is it Trust That Really Matters?
(University of Waterloo, 2007-06-28)Three correlational studies and 2 experiments examined the influence of agreeable people’s trust on their close relationships. Studies 1-3 employed correlational methods to examine the association between agreeableness and ... -
The Alliance as a Prerequisite to Emotional Processing in Psychotherapy
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-23)The quality of the therapeutic alliance has been shown to predict treatment outcomes across approaches to psychotherapy. However, the underlying mechanism by which the alliance leads to improvement remains to be clarified. ... -
Anxiety and attention to threat: The psychometric properties of attentional bias scores
(University of Waterloo, 2015-04-01)Attentional biases to threat are thought to play a central role in the development and maintenance of anxiety disorders. Various measures have been developed to index these biases; unfortunately, the psychometric properties ... -
Approach Motivation Gives Rise to Meaning in Life
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-18)Coherence, purpose, and significance have emerged as the three contributors to meaning in life. Current theories have primarily emphasized coherence as key to meaning, neglecting purpose and significance. A theoretical ... -
The appropriateness of using a counter app in experimental studies assessing unwanted intrusive thoughts
(Elsevier, 2020-07)The reliable and valid assessment of unwanted intrusive thoughts (UITs) is crucial. The main aim of the current research was to investigate if individuals who used a counter app (a program on a mobile device that is used ... -
Are screens to blame? Children’s digital media use and emotional problems during the COVID-19 pandemic
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-03)This study examined the relationship between digital media (“screen use”) and mental health in children during the COVID-19 pandemic. A multinational sample of caregivers (n = 549) provided bi-monthly reports on their ... -
Are you as important as me? Self-other discrimination within trait-adjective processing
(Elsevier, 2020-07-01)Healthy adults typically display enhanced processing for self- (relative to other-) relevant and positive (relative to negative) information. However, it is unclear whether these two biases interact to form a self-positivity ... -
The Asian-White Leadership Gap: Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Explanations Based on Leader and Follower Stereotypes
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-13)Despite demonstrating high levels of academic and professional competence, Asians are underrepresented in North American organizational leadership roles. The limited research on this issue has found that Asian Americans ... -
Assessing the association between the error-related ERPs and trait anxiety using mass univariate statistics
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-28)Enhanced error monitoring, as reflected in increased amplitude of the error-related negativity (ERN) ERP component, has been suggested to be a vulnerability neuro-marker of anxiety disorders. However, the association between ... -
Asymmetry in Gaze Direction Discrimination Between the Upper and Lower Visual Fields
(Sage, 2017-01-06)Previous research has shown that gaze direction can only be accurately discriminated within parafoveal limits (∼5° eccentricity) along the horizontal visual field. Beyond this eccentricity, head orientation seems to influence ... -
Attachment and Sexual Communication Behaviour
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-06)Attachment theory is one of the major theoretical frameworks for understanding romantic relationships. Attachment styles are formed through interactions with caregivers, and shape an individual’s expectations of subsequent ... -
ATTENTION AND THE PARIETAL CORTEX: INVESTIGATIONS OF SPATIAL NEGLECT, OPTIC ATAXIA, AND THE INFLUENCE OF PRISM ADAPTATION ON ATTENTION
(University of Waterloo, 2008-04-25)Some authors have argued that the primary function of the posterior parietal cortex is to control visual attention and awareness, whereas others have argued that the posterior parietal cortex is specialized for controlling ... -
Attention Capture by Direct Gaze is Robust to Context and Task Demands
(Springer, 2012-01-10)Eye-tracking was used to investigate whether gaze direction would influence the visual scanning of faces, when presented in the context of a full character, in different social settings, and with different task demands. ... -
Attention Orienting by Gaze and Facial Expressions Across Development
(APA, 2013-06)Processing of facial expressions has been shown to potentiate orienting of attention toward the direction signaled by gaze in adults, an important social–cognitive function. However, little is known about how this social ... -
Attention orienting by gaze and facial expressions across development
(Ovid, 2013-06)Processing of facial expressions has been shown to potentiate orienting of attention toward the direction signaled by gaze in adults, an important social-cognitive function. However, little is known about how this social ... -
Auditory target identification in a visual search task
(University of Waterloo, 2005)Previous research has shown that simultaneous auditory identification of the target in a visual search task can lead to more efficient (i. e. ?flatter?) search functions (Spivey et al. , 2001). Experiment 1 replicates ... -
Autistic traits influence gaze-oriented attention to happy but not fearful faces
(Taylor & Francis, 2015-01-02)The relationship between autistic traits and gaze-oriented attention to fearful and happy faces was investigated at the behavioral and neuronal levels. Upright and inverted dynamic face stimuli were used in a gaze-cueing ... -
Autobiographical memory retrieval and appraisal in social anxiety disorder
(Elsevier, 2018-08-01)Individuals with social anxiety disorder (SADs; n = 41) and healthy controls (HCs; n = 40) were administered the Waterloo Images and Memories Interview, in which they described mental images that they tend to experience ... -
Automaticity Revisited: When Print Doesn't Activate Semantics
(University of Waterloo, 2014-10-16)It is widely accepted that the presentation of a printed word “automatically” triggers processing that ends with full semantic activation. This processing, among other characteristics, is held to occur without intention, ...