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  • The effect of an acceptance and commitment therapy-based self-compassion program on self-compassion and psychological flexibility in mothers

  • Morris, A. S., Silk, J. S., Steinberg, L., Myers, S. S. & Robinson, L. R. The role of family context in the development of emotion regulation. Soc. Dev. 16(2), 361–388. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00389.x (2007).

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  • Horizontal saccade bias results from combination of saliency anisotropies and egocentric biases

  • Tatler, B. W. & Vincent, B. T. The prominence of behavioural biases in eye guidance. Vis. Cogn. 17, 1029–1054 (2009).

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  • Foulsham, T., Kingstone, A. & Underwood, G. Turning the world around:…

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  • From ancient Rome to today, war-makers have talked constantly about peace

    From ancient Rome to today, war-makers have talked constantly about peace

    In a week filled with news about President Donald Trump’s aggressive moves to take control of Greenland, the world got a window into his thinking about the concept of “peace.”

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  • I research the harm that can come to teenagers on social media. I don't support a ban

    I research the harm that can come to teenagers on social media. I don't support a ban

    The UK government has launched a consultation on introducing an Australian-style ban on social media for under-16s. The proposal is framed as a bold response to rising concerns about young people’s mental health, online abuse and exposure to…

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  • New research suggests people make sense of disturbing places together, not alone

    New research suggests people make sense of disturbing places together, not alone

    New research shows that visits to prison museums and other dark heritage sites are shaped less by labels, displays or audio guides, and more by how people experience them together. The findings follow a recent project that explored how people…

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  • Moral courage: Deliberate decisions to defend victims of school bullying

    Moral courage: Deliberate decisions to defend victims of school bullying

    The Laboratory for Coexistence and Violence Prevention Studies (LAECOVI) at the UCO examines the relationship between moral courage and different forms of defense against bullying in a study involving over 3,700 students ages 10 to 16.

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  • Data-driven analysis reveals three archetypes of armed conflicts

    Data-driven analysis reveals three archetypes of armed conflicts

    The language used to describe conflicts naturally reflects assumptions about how different forms of violence emerge and develop.

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  • Towards a habit-rupture model of intergroup contact in everyday settings

    Towards a habit-rupture model of intergroup contact in everyday settings

  • Page-Gould, E., Harris, K., MacInnis, C. C., Danyluck, C. M. & Miller, I. D. in Advances in Experimental Social Psychology Vol. 65 (ed. Gawronski, B.) Ch. 1 (Elsevier, 2022).

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  • Cognitive flexibility versus stability via activation-based and weight-based adaptations

  • Braem, S. & Egner, T. Getting a grip on cognitive flexibility. Curr. Dir. Psychol. Sci. 27, 470–476 (2018).

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  • Cools, R. Chemistry of the adaptive mind: lessons from dopamine. Neuron 104,…

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