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On the Relation of Boredom and Sadistic Aggression
(American Psychological Association, 2020)
What gives rise to sadism? While sadistic behavior (i.e., harming others for pleasure) is welldocumented, past empirical research is nearly silent regarding the psychological factors behind it. We help close this gap by ...
How to do Better N400 Studies: Reproducibility, Consistency and Adherence to Research Standards in the Existing Literature
(Springer, New York, 2021)
Given the complexity of ERP recording and processing pipeline, the resulting variability of methodological options, and the potential for these decisions to influence study outcomes, it is important to understand how ERP ...
Can 'we' share the contested territory with 'them'? Shared territorial ownership perceptions and reconciliation intentions in Kosovo
(Wiley, Hoboken, 2021)
Territorial ownership claims are central to many interethnic conflicts and can constitute an obstacle to conflict resolution and reconciliation. However, people in conflict areas might also have a perception that the ...
A large-scale test of the link between intergroup contact and support for social change
(Nature Publishing Group, New York, 2020)
Using data from 69 countries, Hassler et al. show that intergroup contact and support for social change towards greater equality are positively associated among members of advantaged groups, but negatively associated among ...
Connection between urban green areas and visitors’ physical and mental well-being
(Elsevier GmbH, 2019)
Frequent visits to urban green areas have been widely demonstrated to bring notable health benefits to city residents and helped them to maintain contact with nature. Empirical evidence strongly supports the positive ...
The simultaneous effects of inflectional paradigms and classes on lexical recognition: Evidence from Serbian
(Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, San Diego, 2009)
In this study, we investigate the relevance of inflectional paradigms and inflectional classes for lexical processing. We provide an information-theoretical measure of the divergence in the frequency distributions of two ...
Parasite stress and pathogen avoidance relate to distinct dimensions of political ideology across 30 nations
(Natl Acad Sciences, Washington, 2016)
People who are more avoidant of pathogens are more politically conservative, as are nations with greater parasite stress. In the current research, we test two prominent hypotheses that have been proposed as explanations ...
National character does not reflect mean personality trait levels in 49 cultures
(Amer Assoc Advancement Science, Washington, 2005)
Most people hold beliefs about personality characteristics typical of members of their own and others' cultures. These perceptions of national character may be generalizations from personal experience, stereotypes with a ...
The role of personality and traumatic events in cortisol levels - Where does PTSD fit in?
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, 2012)
Background: Studies of cortisol in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have yielded mixed results. We hypothesize that personality traits and traumatic experiences could be the confounders of cortisol measures and disease ...
Is there a biological difference between trauma-related depression and PTSD? DST says 'NO'
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, 2012)
The use of the low-dose dexamethasone suppression test (DST) as a potentially discriminative marker between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression is still under discussion. In order to compare the influence ...