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Understanding How Language, Design, and Processing Fluency Affect Cognition
(2018)
Judgment and decision-making in a healthcare context often involve complex information
and difficult tradeoffs. In order to understand key concepts and receive help with
difficult decisions, patients may turn to written ...
Social-Cognitive Determinants of Success in Online Communities for Weight Management
(2016)
Background: Online communities may be an effective, convenient, and relatively inexpensive
intervention platform for individuals seeking assistance with weight management. Recent
research suggests that these communities ...
The Golden Rule Ethic, its Measurement, and Relationships with Well-Being and Prosocial Values Across Four Religions in India
(2015)
As a psychological principle, the golden rule represents an ethic of universal empathic
concern. It is, surprisingly, present in the sacred texts of virtually all religions,
and in philosophical works across eras and continents. ...
Evaluating the Impact of the Positive Choices Intervention on Substance Use, Psychological, and Care Engagement Outcomes Relevant to Current National HIV Prevention Goals
(2016)
The HIV epidemic in the United States continues to be a significant public health
problem, with approximately 50,000 new infections occurring each year. National public
health priorities have shifted in recent years towards ...
Psychological Sequelae of Obstetric Fistula in Tanzanian Women
(2015)
Up to two million women worldwide have obstetric fistula, a maternal morbidity prevalent
in developing countries that causes uncontrollable leaking of urine and/or feces and
a persistent bad odor. There is both theoretical ...
Understanding How Knowledge Fluctuates in Accessibility
(2017)
While an impressive amount of knowledge is stored in memory, individual items can
fluctuate in accessibility: Two attempts to retrieve the same knowledge (e.g., the
US States) often yield somewhat inconsistent results. In ...
Stigma, Avoidant-Orientation, and Self-Disclosure in Friendships
(2017)
The stigma surrounding mental illness has been shown to have a negative impact on
social relationships. However, less research has focused on the mechanisms through
which the connection between stigma and relational outcomes ...
The Role of Self-Control, Social Support, and Reliance on Others in the Religiosity-Health Link
(2015)
Religious observance has been reliably shown to improve a wide variety of health outcomes
across the lifespan. Significant work has already been done to find mediating processes
that explain this relationship, but as yet ...
Expectation Modulates Episodic Memory Formation via Dopaminergic Circuitry
(2016)
Episodic memory formation is shaped by expectation. Events that generate expectations
have the capacity to influence memory. Additionally, whether subsequent events meet
or violate expectations has consequences for memory. ...
Neural Mechanisms of Young Adult Sexual Decision-Making and Risk Behavior
(2016)
Sexual risk behavior among young adults is a serious public health concern; 50% will
contract a sexually transmitted infection (STI) before the age of 25. The current
study collected self-report personality and sexual history ...