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An assessment of inhibition in the Simon task
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Different from some other context tasks, the Simon task is featured with a congruency effect decreasing with increasing RT. Ridderinkhof proposed a two route model to account for the negative slope of this congruency effect ...
Decreases in working memory capacity for sentence stimuli with adult aging
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Previous studies have found that older adults have poorer immediate recall for language. Older adults may recall fewer chunks from working memory, or may have difficulty binding words or sentences together to form multi-unit ...
Internalizing introjected goals through reflective writing
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
How do individuals internalize goals that are self-set? Research on this topic is rather limited, and this study examined whether writing exercises that encourage self-reflection about an academic goal would increase ...
Boundary conditions for a visual working memory capacity model
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Cowan's K (Cowan, 2001) is an effective measure of visual working memory capacity and has been widely accepted by working memory researchers in recent years. However, one fundamental assumption of this measure, so called ...
Alcohol consumption, executive function and risky decision making
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Previous research has shown that alcohol intoxication can adversely affect behavior by impairing higher cognitive function (e.g., Giancola, 2000) and can lead to increased risk-taking (Leigh, 1999) via impaired executive ...
Postconditioning manipulation of context associative strength on conditioned responding in conditioned taste aversion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
These experiments examined the effect of manipulating context associative strength on conditioned responding to a conditioned stimulus using a conditioned taste aversion procedure. In Experiments 1and 3, subjects were given ...
Gut feelings and goal pursuit : a path to self-concordance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Two studies examined the role of gut feelings within the self-concordance model of goal pursuit (Sheldon & Elliot, 1999). Using a correlational design, Study 1 found that pursuing goals based on a gut feeling is positively ...
The effect of Parkinson's disease on learning-related slow potentials and emotion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The dopaminergic reward system is the focus of intensive research because of its relevance to disorders such as addiction, obesity, Parkinson's disease (PD), schizophrenia...
The effect of Parkinson's disease on learning-related slow potentials and emotion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The dopaminergic reward system is the focus of intensive research because of its relevance to disorders such as addiction, obesity, Parkinson's disease (PD), schizophrenia...
Daily alcohol use and relationship functioning in young adult romantic relationships
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Alcohol use is thought to have a range of effects on functioning in romantic relationships, from positive to negative. However, few studies have attempted to explain why and under what circumstances these effects occur, ...
Remembering and forgetting concurrently : new benefits of high working memory span
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Previous studies of working memory capacity have suggested that individuals with high capacities excel at several processes, including (1) distinguishing between information that is applicable versus irrelevant to the task ...
The impact of violent video games on executive functioning and aggression
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Previous research suggests a causal link between violent video games and aggression (Anderson; 2004; Anderson & Bushman, 2001), but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here, even-related brain potentials (ERPs) were ...
Affective instability and impulsivity in borderline personality disorder
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Affective instability and impulsivity are primary features of borderline personality disorder (BPD). We examined the effect of an interaction between these features, represented by FFM analogues of negative affectivity and ...
Expressive writing, relationships, and health
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
The role of expressive writing in social functioning is investigated; results extend findings regarding benefits of writing about personally significant topics (Pennebaker & Beall, 1986; King, 2001; Niederhoffer & Pennebaker, ...
Testosterone and cortisol in coalitional competition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Fourteen teams of three young men competed in within-group and between-group videogame tournaments. Salivary cortisol and testosterone levels were assessed twice before and twice after each tournament, along with intelligence, ...
Selection and socialization effects of Greek affiliation on heavy drinking across the transition to college and into the college years: the effects of personality traits and drinking norms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Although heavy drinking among fraternity and sorority members is well documented, it is less clear whether the Greek environment facilitates heavy drinking or whether heavy drinkers select into Greek environments. Moreover, ...
School-aged children's awareness of their own working memory contents
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Working memory researchers in psychology have long wondered about how the mind organizes the many different pieces of information that must be maintained at any one time in order that the individual may carry out daily ...
Gene-environment interaction in alcohol problems in emerging and young adulthood : the DRD4 VNTR, DAT1 VNTR, and 5-HTTLPR polymorphisms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Alcohol problems at different developmental stages are associated with different genetic and environmental factors. Taking a developmentally sensitive approach, the current study characterized interaction effects between ...
The relationship between cortisol and social stress in late adolescent girls' friendships
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The potential mechanisms linking early experience and temperament to coping with common peer dynamics and the stress hormone cortisol were explored for young women in two studies. Girls and women typically use friendships, ...
Adolescent suicide attempts and alcohol use : a developmental psychopathology perspective
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The present study characterizes the extent to which the adolescent alcohol-suicide attempt relation varies across severity of suicide attempt (i.e., any suicide attempt vs...