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Who wants to be in rational love? (2009)
Journal Article
Neill, C. (2009). Who wants to be in rational love?. Annual review of critical psychology : action research, 7, 140-150

Visual search for targets on natural textured backgrounds. (2009)
Journal Article
Green, P. R., Willis, A., & Egan, C. D. (2008). Visual search for targets on natural textured backgrounds. Perception, 38, (41). ISSN 0301-0066

Little is known about visual search for targets on natural, textured backgrounds, or about the capacity of biological camouflage patterns to provide protection across a range of backgrounds. The experiments described address both these problems. Obse... Read More about Visual search for targets on natural textured backgrounds..

No reliable effects of emotional facial expression, adult attachment, or anxiety on the allocation of visual attention in the spatial cueing paradigm. (2009)
Journal Article
Cooper, R. M., Rowe, A. C., Penton-Voak, I. S., & Ludwig, C. (2009). No reliable effects of emotional facial expression, adult attachment, or anxiety on the allocation of visual attention in the spatial cueing paradigm. Journal of research in personality, 43, 643-652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2009.03.005

The primary goal of the current study was to examine the allocation of attention to emotional facial stimuli as a function of adult attachment orientation. Using a modified version of the spatial cueing paradigm we examined these effects in three e... Read More about No reliable effects of emotional facial expression, adult attachment, or anxiety on the allocation of visual attention in the spatial cueing paradigm..

An Application of Attribution Theory to Clinical Judgment (2009)
Journal Article
Murray, J., & Thomson, M. E. (2009). An Application of Attribution Theory to Clinical Judgment. Europe's journal of psychology, 5(3), 96-104. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v5i3.257

The current article presents an application of attribution theory to clinical judgment, with a focus on the theory’s application to clinical judgments of violence risk assessment. While attribution theory has been applied to many diverse fields of h... Read More about An Application of Attribution Theory to Clinical Judgment.

Resisting’ Ritalin: parental talk about treatment medication in childhood ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)/resistance au Ritalin: entretiens avec les parents sur le traitement medicinal pour traiter le TDAH (Trouble déficitaire de l’attention et/ou hyperactivité) infantile. (2009)
Conference Proceeding
Gray Brunton, C. (2009). Resisting’ Ritalin: parental talk about treatment medication in childhood ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)/resistance au Ritalin: entretiens avec les parents sur le traitement medicinal pour traiter le TDAH (Trouble déficitaire de l’attention et/ou hyperactivité) infantile

‘Resisting’ Ritalin: Parental Talk about Treatment Medication in Childhood ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). ABSTRACT Background: Childhood ADHD is a contested public health area in international contexts with rising incidences predi... Read More about Resisting’ Ritalin: parental talk about treatment medication in childhood ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)/resistance au Ritalin: entretiens avec les parents sur le traitement medicinal pour traiter le TDAH (Trouble déficitaire de l’attention et/ou hyperactivité) infantile..

The influence of internal versus external attributions of crime causality: A comparison between experts, semi-experts and lay-people. (2009)
Conference Proceeding
Murray, J., & Thomson, M. E. (2009). The influence of internal versus external attributions of crime causality: A comparison between experts, semi-experts and lay-people

The overarching aim of the present research was to investigate the possible effects of attribution on the decisions made by clinicians in comparison to those made by trainee psychologists and lay-people. A 3x3x2 mixed groups design was implemented,... Read More about The influence of internal versus external attributions of crime causality: A comparison between experts, semi-experts and lay-people..

Beyond the United States and Japan: testing Yamagishi's emancipation theory of trust across 31 nations. (2009)
Journal Article
Gheorghiu, M. A., Vignoles, V. L., & Smith, P. B. (2009). Beyond the United States and Japan: testing Yamagishi's emancipation theory of trust across 31 nations. Social Psychology Quarterly, 72(4), 365-383. https://doi.org/10.1177/019027250907200408

We examined the relationship between Individualism/Collectivism and generalized social trust across 31 European nations participating in the European Social Survey. Using multi-level regression analyses, the current study provides the first empirical... Read More about Beyond the United States and Japan: testing Yamagishi's emancipation theory of trust across 31 nations..

Evolving the memory of a criminal’s face: methods to search a face space more effectively (2009)
Journal Article
Frowd, C., Bruce, V., Pitchford, M., Gannon, C., Robinson, M., Tredoux, C., …Hancock, P. J. B. (2009). Evolving the memory of a criminal’s face: methods to search a face space more effectively. Soft Computing. 14. (1). 81-90. doi:10.1007/s00500-008-0391-z. ISSN 1432-7643.

Witnesses and victims of serious crime are often required to construct a facial composite, a visual likeness of a suspect’s face. The traditional method is for them to select individual facial features to build a face, but often these images are of p... Read More about Evolving the memory of a criminal’s face: methods to search a face space more effectively.