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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 […]

Robotics and AI

05 Apr 2016

Gestures improve communication – even with robots

  By Abigail Pattenden, science writer In the world of robot communication, it seems actions speak louder than words. Scientists in the UK have discovered that by getting robot avatars to “talk with their hands,” we understand them as well as we do our fellow human beings.   Avatars have been in existence since the 1980s and today are used by millions of people across the globe. They are big business too: from artificial intelligence to social media and psychotherapy to high-end video games, they are used to sell things, to solve problems, to teach us and to entertain us. As avatars become more sophisticated, and their use in society grows, research is focusing on how to improve communication with them.  Getting your message across with your avatar is more important than ever, and learning how to improve this communication is a big deal. Scientists Paul Bremner and Ute Leonards took on this challenge in a recent study published in Frontiers in Psychology. They built their study around the hypothesis that if avatars were to use “iconic” hand gestures together with speech, we would understand them more easily. Iconic gestures have a distinct meaning, like opening a door or a book, […]

Frontiers news

08 Mar 2016

Most viewed Psychology articles in February 2016

Providing Extrinsic Reward for Test Performance Undermines Long-Term Memory Acquisition Christof Kuhbandner*, Alp Aslan, Kathrin Emmerdinger and Kou Murayama Why is Cognitive Enhancement Deemed Unacceptable? The Role of Fairness, Deservingness, and Hollow Achievements Nadira S. Faber*, Julian Savulescu and Thomas Douglas Non-Instrumental Movement Inhibition (NIMI) Differentially Suppresses Head and Thigh Movements during Screenic Engagement: Dependence on Interaction Harry J. Witchel*,  Carlos P Santos, James K. Ackah, Carina E. I. Westling and Nachiappan Chockalingam What Deters Crime? Comparing the Effectiveness of Legal, Social, and Internal Sanctions Across Countries Heather Mann*, Ximena Garcia-Rada, Lars Hornuf and Juan Tafurt The Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Cortex Modulates Dialectical Self-Thinking Fei Wang, Kaiping Peng*, Yang Bai, Rui Li, Ying Zhu, Pei Sun, Hua Guo, Chun Yuan, Pia Rotshtein and Jie Sui* Duration Adaptation Occurs Across the Sub- and Supra-Second Systems Shuhei Shima, Yuki Murai, Yuki Hashimoto and Yuko Yotsumoto* How Early is Infants’ Attention to Objects and Actions Shaped by Culture? New Evidence from 24-Month-Olds Raised in the US and China Sandra R. Waxman*, Xiaolan Fu, Brock Ferguson, Kathleen Geraghty, Erin Leddon, Jing Liang and Min-Fang Zhao Booze, Bars, and Bystander Behavior: People who Consumed Alcohol Help Faster in the Presence of Others Marco van Bommel*, Jan-Willem van Prooijen, Henk Elffers and Paul A. […]

Frontiers news

09 Feb 2016

Most viewed Psychology articles in January 2016

Emotion Regulation through Movement: Unique Sets of Movement Characteristics are Associated with and Enhance Basic Emotions Tal Shafir*, Rachelle P. Tsachor and Kathleen B. Welch Gamification of Learning Deactivates the Default Mode Network Paul A.r Howard-Jones*, Tim Jay, Alice Mason and Harvey Jones Mindfulness Training in Primary Schools Decreases Negative Affect and Increases Meta-Cognition in Children Charlotte E. Vickery* and Dusana Dorjee Super Champions, Champions, and Almosts: Important Differences and Commonalities on the Rocky Road Dave Collins*, Aine Macnamara and Neil McCarthy Examining the Role of Mental Health and Clinical Issues within Talent Development Andy Hill*, Aine MacNamara, Dave Collins and Sheelagh Rodgers Does Mindfulness Enhance Critical Thinking? Evidence for the Mediating Effects of Executive Functioning in the Relationship between Mindfulness and Critical Thinking Chris Noone*, Brendan Bunting and Michael J. Hogan Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory: Quality and Quantity of Retention Over Time Aurora K. R. LePort, Shauna M. Stark, James L. McGaugh and Craig E. L. Stark* Positive Emotional Language in the Final Words Spoken Directly Before Execution Sarah Hirschmüller* and Boris Egloff Associations Between the Big Five Personality Traits and the Non-Medical Use of Prescription Drugs for Cognitive Enhancement Sebastian Sattler* and Reinhard Schunck Influence of Music on Anxiety Induced by Fear of Heights in Virtual Reality Sofia Seinfeld*, Ilias Bergstrom, […]

Frontiers news

11 Jan 2016

Most viewed Psychology articles in December 2015

The Role of Environmental Factors on Sleep Patterns and School Performance in Adolescents Dagmara Dimitriou*, Frances Le Cornu Knight* and Patrick Milton Giving Good Directions: Order of Mention Reflects Visual Salience Alasdair D. F. Clarke*, Micha Elsner and Hannah Rohde Odor Perception in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Its Relationship to Food Neophobia Anne-Claude Luisier, Genevieve Petitpierre, Camille Ferdenzi, Annick Clerc-Berod, Agnes Giboreau, Catherine Rouby and Moustafa Bensafi* The Moral Self-Image Scale: Measuring and Understanding the Malleability of the Moral Self Jennifer Jordan*, Marijke C. Leliveld and Ann Tenbrunsel Practicing What We Preach: Investigating the Role of Social Support in Sport Psychologists’ Well-Being Hannah M. McCormack, Tadhg E. MacIntyre*, Deirdre O’Shea, Mark J. Campbell and Eric R. Igou Does Music Training Enhance Literacy Skills? A Meta-Analysis Reyna L. Gordon*, Hilda M. Fehd and Bruce D. McCandliss Theory of Mind and the Whole Brain Functional Connectivity: Behavioral and Neural Evidences with the Amsterdam Resting State Questionnaire Antonella Marchetti, Francesca Baglio, Isa Costantini, Ottavia Dipasquale, Federica Savazzi, Raffaello Nemni, Francesca Sangiuliano Intra, Semira Tagliabue, Annalisa Valle, Davide Massaro and Ilaria Castelli* Latent Fairness in Adults’ Relationship-Based Moral Judgments Jian Hao, Yanchun Liu* and Jiafeng Li Linguistic and Cognitive Skills in Sardinian–Italian Bilingual Children Maria Garraffa*, Madeleine Beveridge and Antonella Sorace Explicit Instructions Increase […]

Frontiers news

08 Dec 2015

Most viewed Psychology articles in November 2015

Working Memory Training is Associated with Long Term Attainments in Math and Reading Stina Söderqvist* and Sissela Bergman Nutley Cueing Musical Emotions: An Empirical Analysis of 24-piece Sets by Bach and Chopin Documents Parallels with Emotional Speech Matthew Poon and Michael Schutz* Ghost-in-the-Machine Reveals Human Social Signals for Human-Robot Interaction Sebastian Loth*, Katharina Jettka, Manuel Giuliani and Jan P. de Ruiter Inter-Group Conflict and Cooperation: Field Experiments Before, During and After Sectarian Riots in Northern Ireland Antonio S. Silva* and Ruth Mace Genetic Factors of Individual Differences in Decision Making in Economic Behavior: A Japanese Twin Study Using the Allais Problem Chizuru Shikishima*, Kai Hiraishi, Shinji Yamagata, Juko Ando and Mitsuhiro Okada Rhythmic Effects of Syntax Processing in Music and Language Harim Jung, Samuel Sontag, YeBin S. Park and Psyche Loui* Neural Processing of Emotions in Traumatized Children Treated with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy: A hdEEG Study Cristina Trentini*, Marco Pagani, Piercarlo Fania, Anna Maria Speranza, Giampaolo Nicolais, Alessandra Sibilia, Lucio Inguscio, Anna Rita Verardo, Isabel Fernandez and Massimo Ammaniti When Deception Becomes Easy: The Effects of Task Switching and Goal Neglect on the Truth Proportion Effect Bram Van Bockstaele, Christine Wilhelm, Ewout Meijer, Evelyne Debey and Bruno Verschuere* Is the Motor System Necessary for Processing Action and […]

Frontiers news

11 Nov 2015

Most viewed Psychology articles in October 2015

Women have substantial advantage in STEM faculty hiring, except when competing against more-accomplished men Stephen J. Ceci* and Wendy M. Williams What goes on in the resting state? A qualitative glimpse into resting-state experience in the scanner Russell T. Hurlburt* , Ben Alderson-Day, Charles Fernyhough* and Simone Kühn Are common names becoming less common? The rise in uniqueness and individualism in Japan Yuji Ogihara*, Hiroyo Fujita, Hitoshi Tominaga, Sho Ishigaki, Takuya Kashimoto, Ayano Takahashi, Kyoko Toyohara and Yukiko Uchida Does Cognitive Behavior Therapy for psychosis (CBTp) show a sustainable effect on delusions? A meta-analysis Stephanie Mehl*, Dirk Werner and Tania M. Lincoln Chemosensory anxiety cues moderate the experience of social exclusion – an fMRI investigation with Cyberball Olga A. Wudarczyk*, Nils Kohn, Rene Bergs, Raquel E. Gur, Bruce Turetsky, Frank Schneider and Ute Habel Comprehension and engagement in survey interviews with virtual agents Frederick G. Conrad*, Michael F. Schober, Matthew Jans, Rachel A. Orlowski, Daniel Nielsen and Rachel Levenstein Interaction effect of response medium and working memory capacity on creative idea generation Ning Hao*, Huan Yuan, Rui Cheng, Qing Wang and Mark A. Runco Emotion has no impact on attention in a change detection flicker task Robert C. A. Bendall* and Catherine Thompson Differential effects of socioeconomic status on working and procedural […]

Frontiers news

01 Oct 2015

Most viewed Psychology articles in September 2015

Spontaneous recovery of effects of contrast adaptation without awareness Gaoxing Mei, Xue Dong, Bo Dong and Min Bao* Quantum structure of negation and conjunction in human thought Diederik Aerts, Sandro Sozzo* and Tomas Veloz The experience of premature birth for fathers: the application of the Clinical Interview for Parents of High-Risk Infants (CLIP) to an Italian sample Carla Candelori, Carmen Trumello, Alessandra Babore* Miri Keren and Roberta Romanelli Manipulating target size influences perceptions of success when learning a dart-throwing skill but does not impact retention Nicole T. Ong, Keith R. Lohse and Nicola J. Hodges* Adoptive parenting and attachment: association of the internal working models between adoptive mothers and their late-adopted children during adolescence Cecilia S. Pace*, Simona Di Folco, Viviana Guerriero, Alessandra Santona and Grazia Terrone Female social response to male sexual harassment in poeciliid fish: a comparison of six species Marco Dadda* Imitation by combination: preschool age children evidence summative imitation in a novel problem-solving task Francys Subiaul*, Edward Krajkowski, Elizabeth E. Price and Alexander Etz Brief quiet ego contemplation reduces oxidative stress and mind-wandering Heidi A. Wayment*, Ann F. Collier, Melissa Birkett, Tinna Traustadottir and Robert E. Till Effects of broken affordance on visual extinction Melanie Wulff* and Glyn W. Humphreys An object-identity probability cueing paradigm during grasping observation: […]

Frontiers news

06 Sep 2015

Most viewed Psychology articles in August 2015

Building metamemorial knowledge over time: insights from eye tracking about the bases of feeling-of-knowing and confidence judgments Elizabeth F. Chua* and Lisa A. Solinger Infant manual performance during reaching and grasping for objects moving in depth Erik Domellöf*, Marianne Barbu-Roth, Louise Rönnqvist, Anne-Yvonne Jacquet and Jacqueline Fagard Examining age-related shared variance between face cognition, vision, and self-reported physical health: a test of the common cause hypothesis for social cognition Sally Olderbak*, Andrea Hildebrandt and Oliver Wilhelm Grounding grammatical categories: attention bias in hand space influences grammatical congruency judgment of Chinese nominal classifiers Marit Lobben* and Stefania D’Ascenzo Auditory stream segregation using amplitude modulated bandpass noise Yingjiu Nie* and Peggy B. Nelson Developmental differences in relations between parent-reported executive function and unitized and non-unitized memory representations during childhood Sarah L. Blankenship and Tracy Riggins* Improving spatial-simultaneous working memory in Down syndrome: effect of a training program led by parents instead of an expert Francesca Pulina, Barbara Carretti, Silvia Lanfranchi* and Irene C. Mammarella Default mode network alterations during implicit emotional faces processing in first-episode, treatment-naive major depression patients Huqing Shi, Xiang Wang, Jinyao Yi, Xiongzhao Zhu, Xiaocui Zhang, Juan Yang and Shuqiao Yao* Associations between musical abilities and precursors of reading in preschool aged children Franziska Degé*, Claudia Kubicek and Gudrun Schwarzer Feel like you […]