Browsing Psychological Sciences electronic theses and dissertations (MU) by Thesis Semester "2012 Fall"
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The effects of dopamine and salience manipulations on magical thinking
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Although delusional and magical thinking is associated with both increased dopamine and aberrant salience, it is unknown whether dopamine manipulations cause increased magical thinking on non-clinical measures or whether ... -
If you've got it, flaunt it : humans flaunt attractive partners for status and desirability
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Mate choices that are influenced by the mating decisions of peers, i.e., nonindependent choice, occur in many species including humans. Recent research on humans has shown that women are more attracted to men with attractive ... -
The origin of working memory deficits in Parkinson's disease
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Two experiments were conducted to examine the mechanisms underlying deficits of visual working memory in Parkinson's disease (PD). One study combined behavioral methods with event-related potentials (ERPs), the other, ... -
Positive affect, intuitive processing, and visual encoding
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)The effects of positive affect (PA) on cognitive outcomes have been studied extensively. These effects map on squarely to a Cognitive-Experiential Self Theory (CEST) framework (Epstein, 1991; 1994). One component of CEST ... -
The role of reduced working memory resources in the associative deficit of older adults
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Previous research indicates that older adults show problems with remembering associations compared to young adults, yet they remember single pieces of information about as well as young adults do (see Naveh-Benjamin, 2000). ...