Ishkhanyan, Byurakn Michel Lange, Violaine Boye, Kasper Mogensen, Jesper Karabanov, Anke Hartwigsen, Gesa Siebner, Hartwig Roman
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Frontiers in Psychology
The left inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) is a key region for language comprehension and production. Previous studies point to a preferential involvement of left anterior IFG (aIFG) in lexical and semantic processes, while the posterior IFG (pIFG) has been implicated in supporting syntactic and phonological processes. Here we used focal neuronavigated ...
Tran The, Jessica Ansermet, Jean-Philippe Magistretti, Pierre Ansermet, François
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In the Freudian theory of the psychical apparatus, the introduction from the 1920s onward of the second drive dualism appears as a major turning point. The idea of a “death drive,” first expressed in Beyond the Pleasure Principle ( Freud, 1920 ), is generally considered to be a new concept, one that represents a break with Freud’s previous thinking...
Altman, Allison Diamond Shapiro, Lauren A. Fisher, Aaron J.
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Background and Objective(s) While psychotherapy treatments are largely effective, the processes and mechanisms underlying such positive changes remain somewhat unknown. Focusing on a single participant from a treatment outcome study that used a modular-based cognitive behavior therapy protocol, this article aims to answer this question by identifyi...
Echeverría-Castro, Sonia Beatriz Sandoval-Domínguez, Ricardo Sotelo-Castillo, Mirsha Alicia Barrera-Hernández, Laura Fernanda Ramos-Estrada, Dora Yolanda
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Frontiers in Psychology
The objective of this study was to test a measurement and invariance model for a scale of beliefs about parent participation in school education for children residing in both rural and urban areas. The questionnaire was answered by 2,576 parents, 52% from urban areas and 48% from rural; also an exploratory confirmatory multigroup analysis was perfo...
Woods, Carl T. McKeown, Ian Rothwell, Martyn Araújo, Duarte Robertson, Sam Davids, Keith
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Frontiers in Psychology
Over two decades ago, Davids et al. (1994) and Handford et al. (1997) raised theoretical concerns associated with traditional, reductionist, and mechanistic perspectives of movement coordination and skill acquisition for sport scientists interested in practical applications for training designs. These seminal papers advocated an emerging consciousn...
Solbes-Canales, Irene Valverde-Montesino, Susana Herranz-Hernández, Pablo
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Frontiers in Psychology
Modern societies increasingly show more egalitarian attitudes related to sexism and gender equality. However, there is still an important gender gap in wages and professions as well as in expectations surrounding male and female characteristics. Developmental studies carried out from an ecological perspective confirm that these influences come from...
Raccanello, Daniela Vicentini, Giada Florit, Elena Burro, Roberto
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Frontiers in Psychology
Little is known about interventions aimed at building children’s emotional resilience to combat the psychological trauma associated with future earthquakes. However, natural disasters have potentially a highly traumatic impact on children’s psychological functioning. Therefore, within the Emotional Prevention and Earthquakes in a primary school pro...
Díaz-Martín, Ana M. Schmitz, Anne Yagüe Guillén, María Jesús
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Even though the healthcare industry is usually considered a rather traditional and slowly evolving sector, change is happening. Digitalization is transforming the way of obtaining medical advice and treatment and the Internet has become a key source for the seeking of healthcare information. It has allowed people to turn into more active collaborat...
Vermeent, Stefan Dotsch, Ron Schmand, Ben Klaming, Laura Miller, Justin B. van Elswijk, Gijs
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Frontiers in Psychology
Clinical practice still relies heavily on traditional paper-and-pencil testing to assess a patient’s cognitive functions. Digital technology has the potential to be an efficient and powerful alternative, but for many of the existing digital tests and test batteries the psychometric properties have not been properly established. We validated a newly...
Yaakobi, Erez Weisberg, Jacob
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Frontiers in Psychology
Although numerous studies have shown that prosocial behavior impacts performance within organizations, the mechanisms that encourage or discourage these effects have rarely been explored. Two studies were conducted to shed light on the role of psychological beliefs on prosocial dynamics in predicting organizational performance. In Study 1, employee...
