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Psychology Scholarly Works: Recent submissions
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The influence of 2-hop network density on spoken word recognition
(Springer, 2016-07-06)The influence of 2-hop density on spoken word recognition was investigated. 2-hop density measures the density of connections among the phonological neighbors (i.e., 1-hop neighbors) and phonological neighbors of those ... -
Intra-Individual Variability of Physical Activity in Older Adults With and Without Mild Alzheimer’s Disease
(Public Library of Science, 2016-04-20)Physical activity shows promise for protection against cognitive decline in older adults with and without Alzheimer’s disease (AD). To better understand barriers to adoption of physical activity in this population, a clear ... -
Sources of stress for pharmacy students in a nationwide sample
(Elsevier, 2014-06-12)Objective: The purpose of this study is to provide insight into the sources of stress experienced by current professional year pharmacy students in the United States. Methods: An online survey related to the sources ... -
Perceived closeness to multiple social connections and attachment style: A longitudinal examination
(SAGE, 2016)Throughout life people form multiple close connections. These connections play an important role, such as social and instrumental support. Despite this, relatively little is known about how and why closeness to multiple ... -
Metabolic Syndrome and Cognitive Decline in Early Alzheimer’s Disease and Healthy Older Adults
(IOS Press, 2013-01)Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of risk factors (i.e., abdominal obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, glucose and insulin dysregulation) that is associated with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and dementia. Recent ... -
Measuring Physical Activity in Older Adults with and without Early Stage Alzheimer’s Disease
(Taylor & Francis, 2013-06)We compared subjective reports of physical activity with objective measures of physical fitness including cardiorespiratory capacity, body composition, and physical performance in 146 older adults with and without early ... -
Neuropsychiatric Profiles in Dementia
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2011-10)We compared patterns of neuropsychiatric symptom across four dementia types (AD, VAD, DLB, PDD), and two mixed groups (AD/VAD, AD/DLB) in sample of 2,963 individuals from the National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center Uniform ... -
Mixed-Effects Location Scale Model of Physical Activity Data
(Public Library of Science, 2016)The data file is from a larger study on physical activity in older adults with and without Alzheimer’s disease conducted from 2012 to 2015. Each row of data represents one hour of activity as monitored by Actigraph GT3X+. ... -
Reduced Lean Mass in Early Alzheimer Disease and Its Association With Brain Atrophy
(American Medical Association, 2010-04)Objective: To examine body composition in individuals with early AD and without dementia and its relation to cognition and brain volume. Design: Cross-sectional case-control study. Participants: Individuals without ... -
Speech error and tip of the tongue diary for mobile devices
(Frontiers, 2015-08-13)Collections of various types of speech errors have increased our understanding of the acquisition, production, and perception of language. Although such collections of naturally occurring language errors are invaluable for ... -
A Combined Measure of Vascular Risk for White Matter Lesions
(Wiley, 2015-08-18)Background Though hypertension is a commonly studied risk factor for white matter lesions (WMLs), measures of blood pressure may fluctuate depending on external conditions resulting in measurement error. Indicators of ... -
A Compensatory Control Account of Meritocracy
(PsychOpen, 2014)Why are people motivated to support social systems that claim to distribute resources based on hard work and effort, even when those systems seem unfair? Recent research on compensatory control shows that lowered perceptions ... -
Examining the Influence of Behavioral Factors on Compliance and Persistence with Glatiramer Acetate Injection for Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
(OMICS International, 2014-05-25)Objective: To evaluate the relationship between compliance and persistence with glatiramer acetate (GA) and the behavioral variables in the transtheoretical model of change. Methods: Patients diagnosed with relapsing-remitting ... -
“Not in their right mind”: the relation of psychopathology to the quantity and quality of creative thought
(Frontiers, 2014-07-30)The empirical link between psychopathology and creativity is often correlational and fraught with suspiciously causal interpretations. In this paper, we review research in favor of the position that certain forms of ... -
More than pretty pictures? How illustrations affect parent-child story reading and children's story recall
(Frontiers, 2014-07-22)Previous research showed that story illustrations fail to enhance young preschoolers' memories when they accompany a pre-recorded story (e.g., Greenhoot and Semb, 2008. In this study we tested whether young children might ... -
Walking the Straight and Narrow: The Moderating Effect of Evaluation Apprehension on the Relationship between Collectivism and Corruption
(Public Library of Science, 2015-03-27)Previous studies obtained mixed results regarding the association between collectivism and corruption. To make sense of the mixed results, the current research examined the moderating role of evaluation apprehension on the ... -
Towards a Three-Component Model of Fan Loyalty: A Case Study of Chinese Youth
(Public Library of Science, 2015-04-17)The term “fan loyalty” refers to the loyalty felt and expressed by a fan towards the object of his/her fanaticism in both everyday and academic discourses. However, much of the literature on fan loyalty has paid little ... -
Having a Lot of a Good Thing: Multiple Important Group Memberships as a Source of Self-Esteem
(Public Library of Science, 2015-05-27)Membership in important social groups can promote a positive identity. We propose and test an identity resource model in which personal self-esteem is boosted by membership in additional important social groups. Belonging ... -
The influence of clustering coefficient on word-learning: how groups of similar sounding words facilitate acquisition
(Frontiers, 2014-11-18)Clustering coefficient, C, measures the extent to which neighbors of a word are also neighbors of each other, and has been shown to influence speech production, speech perception, and several memory-related processes. In ... -
Comparative Analysis of Networks of Phonologically Similar Words in English and Spanish
(MDPI AG, 2010-03-02)Previous network analyses of several languages revealed a unique set of structural characteristics. One of these characteristics—the presence of many smaller components (referred to as islands)—was further examined with a ...