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Drug Cue Reactivity Involves Hierarchical Instrumental Learning: Evidence From A Biconditional Pavlovian To Instrumental Transfer Task, Lorna Hardy, Chris Mitchell, Tina Seabrooke, Lee Hogarth Jan 2017

Drug Cue Reactivity Involves Hierarchical Instrumental Learning: Evidence From A Biconditional Pavlovian To Instrumental Transfer Task, Lorna Hardy, Chris Mitchell, Tina Seabrooke, Lee Hogarth

School of Psychology

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Evidence Of A Goal-Directed Process In Human Pavlovian-Instrumental Transfer, Tina Seabrooke, Pelley Me Le, Lee Hogarth, Chris J. Mitchell Jan 2017

Evidence Of A Goal-Directed Process In Human Pavlovian-Instrumental Transfer, Tina Seabrooke, Pelley Me Le, Lee Hogarth, Chris J. Mitchell

School of Psychology

© 2017 APA, all rights reserved). Cues that signal rewards can motivate reward-seeking behaviors, even for outcomes that are not currently desired. Three experiments examined this phenomenon, using an outcome-selective Pavlovian-instrumental transfer (PIT) design and an outcome devaluation procedure. In Experiment 1, participants learned to perform one response to earn crisps points and another response to earn popcorn points. One outcome was then devalued by adulterating it to make it taste unpleasant. On test, overall response choice was biased toward the outcome that had not been devalued, indicating goal-directed control. Stimuli that signaled crisps and popcorn also biased instrumental response …

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Cultural Differences In Attention: Eye Movement Evidence From A Comparative Visual Search Task., Albandri Alotaibi, Geoffrey Underwood, Alastair D. Smith Jan 2017

Cultural Differences In Attention: Eye Movement Evidence From A Comparative Visual Search Task., Albandri Alotaibi, Geoffrey Underwood, Alastair D. Smith

School of Psychology

Individual differences in visual attention have been linked to thinking style: analytic thinking (common in individualistic cultures) is thought to promote attention to detail and focus on the most important part of a scene, whereas holistic thinking (common in collectivist cultures) promotes attention to the global structure of a scene and the relationship between its parts. However, this theory is primarily based on relatively simple judgement tasks. We compared groups from Great Britain (an individualist culture) and Saudi Arabia (a collectivist culture) on a more complex comparative visual search task, using simple natural scenes. A higher overall number of fixations …

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Participants' Experience Of A Web-Based Physiotherapy Programme For People With Multiple Sclerosis (Ms): Does It Impact Physical Activity Levels?, R Dennett, E Coulter, L Paul, J Freeman Jan 2017

Participants' Experience Of A Web-Based Physiotherapy Programme For People With Multiple Sclerosis (Ms): Does It Impact Physical Activity Levels?, R Dennett, E Coulter, L Paul, J Freeman

School of Health Professions

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Channelling Passion For The Ocean Towards Plastic Pollution, Sabine Pahl, Kayleigh J. Wyles, Richard C. Thompson Jan 2017

Channelling Passion For The Ocean Towards Plastic Pollution, Sabine Pahl, Kayleigh J. Wyles, Richard C. Thompson

School of Psychology

Plastic pollution is caused exclusively by humans. It poses growing global threats to the ocean and to society and requires urgent action. Using psychological principles can motivate and implement change by connecting symptoms and sources.

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