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Frontiers news

08 Aug 2016

Most viewed Psychology articles in July 2016

Realistic Expectations in STEM Students: Paradoxical Effects of a Motivational Intervention Nathan C. Hall* and Anna Sverdlik The Experience of Depression during the Careers of Elite Male Athletes Steve Doherty, Barbara Hannigan and Mark J. Campbell* Smartphone-Based Psychotherapeutic Micro-Interventions to Improve Mood in a Real-World Setting Gunther Meinlschmidt, Jong-Hwan Lee, Esther Stalujanis, Angelo Belardi, Minkyung Oh, Eun Kyung Jung, Hyun-Chul Kim, Janine Alfano, Seung-Schik Yoo and Marion Tegethoff* How Many Words Do We Know? Practical Estimates of Vocabulary Size Dependent on Word Definition, the Degree of Language Input and the Participant’s Age Marc Brysbaert*, Michaël Stevens, Paweł Mandera and Emmanuel Keuleers Cultural Affordances: Scaffolding Local Worlds Through Shared Intentionality and Regimes of Attention Maxwell J. D. Ramstead*, Samuel P. L. Veissière* and Laurence J. Kirmayer* Disorganization, COMT, and Children’s Social Behavior: The Norwegian Hypothesis of Legacy of Disorganized Attachment Zhi Li*, Beate W. Hygen, Keith F. Widaman, Turid S. Berg-Nielsen, Lars Wichstrøm and Jay Belsky The Phantom Vanish Magic Trick: Investigating the Disappearance of a Non-existent Object in a Dynamic Scene Matthew L. Tompkins*, Andy T. Woods and Anne M. Aimola Davies* Pay What You Want! A Pilot Study on Neural Correlates of Voluntary Payments for Music Simon Waskow, Sebastian Markett*, Christian Montag*, Bernd Weber, Peter Trautner, Volkmar Kramarz […]

Frontiers news

08 Jul 2016

Most viewed Psychology articles in June 2016

Anxiolytic Treatment Impairs Helping Behavior in Rats Inbal Ben-Ami Bartal, Haozhe Shan, Nora M. R. Molasky, Teresa M. Murray, Jasper Z. Williams, Jean Decety and Peggy Mason* The Dark Side of Top Level Sport: An Autobiographic Study of Depressive Experiences in Elite Sport Performers Hannah J. H. Newman, Karen L. Howells* and David Fletcher Shared and Unique Risk Factors Underlying Mathematical Disability and Reading and Spelling Disability Esther M. Slot*, Sietske van Viersen, Elise H. de Bree and Evelyn H. Kroesbergen Infants Prefer Female Body Phenotypes; Infant Girls Prefer They Have an Hourglass Shape Gerianne M. Alexander*, Laura B. Hawkins, Teresa Wilcox and Amy Hirshkowitz Music As a Sacred Cue? Effects of Religious Music on Moral Behavior Martin Lang*, Panagiotis Mitkidis, Radek Kundt, Aaron Nichols, Lenka Krajčíková and Dimitris Xygalatas When Lying Feels the Right Thing to Do Sophie Van Der Zee*, Ross Anderson and Ronald Poppe Action Video Game Training for Healthy Adults: A Meta-Analytic Study Ping Wang, Han-Hui Liu, Xing-Ting Zhu, Tian Meng, Hui-Jie Li* and Xi-Nian Zuo Studying Different Tasks of Implicit Learning across Multiple Test Sessions Conducted on the Web Werner Sævland* and Elisabeth Norman Tuned In Emotion Regulation Program Using Music Listening: Effectiveness for Adolescents in Educational Settings Genevieve A. Dingle*, Joseph Hodges, and Ashleigh Kunde Deficits […]

Frontiers news

08 Jun 2016

Most viewed Psychology articles in May 2016

The Grounded Expertise Components Approach in the Novel Area of Cryptic Crossword Solving Kathryn J. Friedlander* and Philip A. Fine Nosewitness Identification: Effects of Lineup Size and Retention Interval Laura Alho*, Sandra C. Soares, Liliana P. Costa, Elisa Pinto, Jacqueline H. T. Ferreira, Kimmo Sorjonen, Carlos F. Silva and Mats J. Olsson Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) Program As a Useful Adjunct to Conventional Psychosocial Rehabilitation for Patients with Schizophrenia: Results of a Small-scale Randomized Controlled Trial Paula Calvo*, Joan R. Fortuny, Sergio Guzmán, Cristina Macías, Jonathan Bowen, María L. García, Olivia Orejas, Ferran Molins, Asta Tvarijonaviciute, José J. Cerón, Antoni Bulbena and Jaume Fatjó Positive Psychology Interventions Addressing Pleasure, Engagement, Meaning, Positive Relationships, and Accomplishment Increase Well-Being and Ameliorate Depressive Symptoms: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Online Study Fabian Gander*, René T. Proyer and Willibald Ruch Clarifying Associations between Childhood Adversity, Social Support, Behavioral Factors, and Mental Health, Health, and Well-Being in Adulthood: A Population-Based Study Mashhood A. Sheikh*, Birgit Abelsen and Jan A. Olsen Limits on Monolingualism? A Comparison of Monolingual and Bilingual Infants’ Abilities to Integrate Lexical Tone in Novel Word Learning Leher Singh*, Felicia L. S. Poh and Charlene S. L. Fu Can Birds Perceive Rhythmic Patterns? A Review and Experiments on a Songbird and a […]

Frontiers news

08 May 2016

Most viewed Psychology articles in April 2016

Are Some Countries More Honest than Others? Evidence from a Tax Compliance Experiment in Sweden and Italy Giulia Andrighetto*, Nan Zhang, Stefania Ottone, Ferruccio Ponzano, John D’Attoma and Sven Steinmo “If It Feels Right, Do It”: Intuitive Decision Making in a Sample of High-Level Sport Coaches Dave Collins*, Loel Collins and Howie J. Carson Body Odor Based Personality Judgments: The Effect of Fragranced Cosmetics Agnieszka Sorokowska*, Piotr Sorokowski and Jan Havlíček Interviewing Suspects with Avatars: Avatars Are More Effective When Perceived as Human Sabine Ströfer*, Elze G. Ufkes, Merijn Bruijnes, Ellen Giebels and Matthijs L. Noordzij Are Plasma Oxytocin and Vasopressin Levels Reflective of Amygdala Activation during the Processing of Negative Emotions? A Preliminary Study Kosuke Motoki*, Motoaki Sugiura, Hikaru Takeuchi, Yuka Kotozaki, Seishu Nakagawa, Ryoichi Yokoyama and Ryuta Kawashima A New Measure of Imagination Ability: Anatomical Brain Imaging Correlates Rex E. Jung*, Ranee A. Flores and Dan Hunter Once Dishonest, Always Dishonest? The Impact of Perceived Pervasiveness of Moral Evaluations of the Self on Motivation to Restore a Moral Reputation Stefano Pagliaro*, Naomi Ellemers, Manuela Barreto and Cecilia Di Cesare Treating Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Efficacy of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and Relaxation Therapy Sara […]

Frontiers news

10 Apr 2016

Most viewed Psychology articles in March 2016

Survey of Expert Opinion on Intelligence: Causes of International Differences in Cognitive Ability Tests Heiner Rindermann*, David Becker and Thomas Coyle Prefrontal Electrical Stimulation in Non-depressed Reduces Levels of Reported Negative Affects from Daily Stressors Adelaide Austin, Gabriela M. Jiga-Boy, Sara Rea, Simon A. Newstead, Sian Roderick, Nick J. Davis, Robert Marc Clement and Frederic Boy* When Love Meets Money: Priming the Possession of Money Influences Mating Strategies Yi Ming Li, Jian Li, Darius K.-S. Chan* and Bo Zhang To Switch or Not to Switch: Role of Cognitive Control in Working Memory Training in Older Adults Chandramallika Basak* and Margaret A. O’Connell Retrieval-Based Learning: Positive Effects of Retrieval Practice in Elementary School Children Jeffrey D. Karpicke*, Janell R. Blunt and Megan A. Smith Layered Social Network Analysis Reveals Complex Relationships in Kindergarteners Mireille Golemiec, Jonathan Schneider, W. Thomas Boyce, Nicole R. Bush, Nancy Adler and Joel D. Levine* Faces with light makeup are better recognized than faces with heavy makeup Keiko Tagai*, Hitomi Ohtaka and Hiroshi Nittono Unpredicted Pitch Modulates Beta Oscillatory Power during Rhythmic Entrainment to a Tone Sequence Andrew Chang, Dan J. Bosnyak and Laurel J. Trainor* Sex Differences in Music: A Female Advantage at Recognizing Familiar Melodies Scott A. Miles, Robbin A. Miranda and Michael T. Ullman* Psychopaths […]

Life sciences

06 Apr 2016

Study raises online golf tutorials to above par

By Tania FitzGeorge-Balfour, Science Writer The internet is overflowing with online tutorials dedicated to improving your game of golf and other motor skills. A new study in Frontiers in Psychology has shown that straightforward changes to the way these tutorials are presented can have a measurable difference in the performance of the student. “Lots of research has shown that observing both novice and expert golfers online will help you to learn a new golf shot. However, our latest findings show that it is important to know the level of expertise you are observing before you watch the tutorial,” said Luc Proteau, a Professor at the University of Montreal, co-author of this new study. Knowing students of online tutorials benefit from watching all levels of expertise, Luc Proteau and co-author Mathieu Andrieux set out to understand whether it was better to know beforehand the skill level of the demonstration, or if students should be first left to evaluate the performance themselves. Arguments were put forward to support both approaches – prior knowledge of the skill level may enable a student to decide whether to imitate or detect errors/weakness. Alternatively, assessing the skill of a performer while watching them may activate more […]