Experimental design
We tested for loss aversion and loss avoidance across seven behavioural experiments (see Table 1 for an overview of the differences between all experiments). Experiments…
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Neural responses to peers moderate conversation-drinking associations in daily life
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The identification between cognition and reality: the mountain geography of Nanjing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1127–1279) in China
The mountains in the first situation were the easiest to locate. There are 14 famous mountains whose names continue and are located on contemporary maps, such as Zhongshan, Sheshan, Tangshan, and Azure Dragon Mountain.Footnote 6 There were also 4…
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Modeled estimates of the health outcomes and economic value of improving the social determinants of mental health
Meadows, G. N. et al. Resolving the paradox of increased mental health expenditure and stable prevalence. Aust. N. Z. J. Psychiatry 53, 844–850 (2019).
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Early adversity alters brain architecture and increases susceptibility to mental health disorders
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Conceptual knowledge increasingly supports emotion understanding as perceptual contribution declines with age
Study 1: discrimination of facial configurations
Study 1 used an FPVS paradigm to quantify participants’ sensitivity to changes between four types of stereotypical facial configurations. The final sample included useable data from 122 children…
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The individual, relational and societal costs of striving to feel good
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Pressman, S. D., Gallagher, M. W. &…
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Contextualizing the negative effects of psychotherapy
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Leichsenring, F., Steinert, C., Rabung, S….
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Companionship in code: AI’s role in the future of human connection
One important aspect of AI companionship is how people perceive what it is. For some, chatbots are merely functional tools—advanced assistants like Siri or Alexa— which may lead to frustration when the bot fails to deliver factual accuracy….
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