Search Results - "British Journal of Psychology"

Immersion and the illusion of presence in virtual reality by Slater, Mel

“…This commentary briefly reviews the history of virtual reality and its use for psychology research, and clarifies the concepts of immersion and the illusion of…”
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Why and how to use virtual reality to study human social interaction: The challenges of exploring a new research landscape by Pan, Xueni, Hamilton, Antonia F. de C.

“…As virtual reality (VR) technology and systems become more commercially available and accessible, more and more psychologists are starting to integrate VR as…”
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From alpha to omega: A practical solution to the pervasive problem of internal consistency estimation by Dunn, Thomas J., Baguley, Thom, Brunsden, Vivienne

“…Coefficient alpha is the most popular measure of reliability (and certainly of internal consistency reliability) reported in psychological research. This is…”
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Does your mindfulness benefit others? A systematic review and meta‐analysis of the link between mindfulness and prosocial behaviour by Donald, James N., Sahdra, Baljinder K., Van Zanden, Brooke, Duineveld, Jasper J., Atkins, Paul W. B., Marshall, Sarah L., Ciarrochi, Joseph

“…Mindfulness‐based meditation practices have received substantial scientific attention in recent years. Mindfulness has been shown to bring many psychological…”
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Research priorities for the COVID‐19 pandemic and beyond: A call to action for psychological science by O'Connor, Daryl B., Aggleton, John P., Chakrabarti, Bhismadev, Cooper, Cary L., Creswell, Cathy, Dunsmuir, Sandra, Fiske, Susan T., Gathercole, Susan, Gough, Brendan, Ireland, Jane L., Jones, Marc V., Jowett, Adam, Kagan, Carolyn, Karanika‐Murray, Maria, Kaye, Linda K., Kumari, Veena, Lewandowsky, Stephan, Lightman, Stafford, Malpass, Debra, Meins, Elizabeth, Morgan, B. Paul, Morrison Coulthard, Lisa J., Reicher, Stephen D., Schacter, Daniel L., Sherman, Susan M., Simms, Victoria, Williams, Antony, Wykes, Til, Armitage, Christopher J.

“…The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) that has caused the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic represents the greatest…”
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Exposure to intergroup conspiracy theories promotes prejudice which spreads across groups by Jolley, Daniel, Meleady, Rose, Douglas, Karen M.

“…This research experimentally examined the effects of exposure to intergroup conspiracy theories on prejudice and discrimination. Study 1 (N = 166) demonstrated…”
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'They will not control us': Ingroup positivity and belief in intergroup conspiracies by Cichocka, Aleksandra, Marchlewska, Marta, Golec de Zavala, Agnieszka, Olechowski, Mateusz

“…This research examined the role of different forms of positive regard for the ingroup in predicting beliefs in intergroup conspiracies. Collective narcissism…”
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The entertainment value of conspiracy theories by Prooijen, Jan‐Willem, Ligthart, Joline, Rosema, Sabine, Xu, Yang

“…Many citizens around the globe believe conspiracy theories. Why are conspiracy theories so appealing? Here, we propose that conspiracy theories elicit intense…”
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The effectiveness of short‐format refutational fact‐checks by Ecker, Ullrich K. H., O'Reilly, Ziggy, Reid, Jesse S., Chang, Ee Pin

“…Fact‐checking has become an important feature of the modern media landscape. However, it is unclear what the most effective format of fact‐checks is. Some have…”
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Social influence matters: We follow pandemic guidelines most when our close circle does by Tunçgenç, Bahar, El Zein, Marwa, Sulik, Justin, Newson, Martha, Zhao, Yi, Dezecache, Guillaume, Deroy, Ophelia

“…Why do we adopt new rules, such as social distancing? Although human sciences research stresses the key role of social influence in behaviour change, most…”
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Ten years of a model of aesthetic appreciation and aesthetic judgments : The aesthetic episode - Developments and challenges in empirical aesthetics by Leder, Helmut, Nadal, Marcos

“…About a decade ago, psychology of the arts started to gain momentum owing to a number of drives: technological progress improved the conditions under which art…”
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The social consequences of conspiracism: Exposure to conspiracy theories decreases intentions to engage in politics and to reduce one's carbon footprint by Jolley, Daniel, Douglas, Karen M.

“…The current studies explored the social consequences of exposure to conspiracy theories. In Study 1, participants were exposed to a range of conspiracy…”
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The cultural dimension of intergroup conspiracy theories by Prooijen, Jan‐Willem, Song, Mengdi

“…Although conspiracy theories are ubiquitous across times and cultures, research has not investigated how cultural dimensions may predict conspiracy beliefs…”
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Scary and nasty beasts: Self‐reported fear and disgust of common phobic animals by Polák, Jakub, Rádlová, Silvie, Janovcová, Markéta, Flegr, Jaroslav, Landová, Eva, Frynta, Daniel

“…Animal phobias are one of the most prevalent mental disorders. We analysed how fear and disgust, two emotions involved in their onset and maintenance, are…”
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Super‐recognizers: From the lab to the world and back again by Ramon, Meike, Bobak, Anna K., White, David

“…The recent discovery of individuals with superior face processing ability has sparked considerable interest amongst cognitive scientists and practitioners…”
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A new conception of visual aesthetic sensitivity by Corradi, Guido, Chuquichambi, Erick G., Barrada, Juan Ramón, Clemente, Ana, Nadal, Marcos

“…Aesthetic sensitivity has been defined as the ability to recognize and appreciate beauty and compositional excellence, and to judge artistic merit according to…”
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Why the other‐race effect matters: Poor recognition of other‐race faces impacts everyday social interactions by McKone, Elinor, Dawel, Amy, Robbins, Rachel A., Shou, Yiyun, Chen, Nan, Crookes, Kate

“…What happens to everyday social interactions when other‐race recognition fails? Here, we provide the first formal investigation of this question. We gave East…”
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Affective variability in depression: Revisiting the inertia–instability paradox by Bos, Elisabeth H., Jonge, Peter, Cox, Ralf F. A.

“…How can depression be associated with both instability and inertia of affect? Koval et al. (2013, Emotion, 13, 1132) showed that this paradox can be solved by…”
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Understanding trait impressions from faces by Sutherland, Clare A. M., Young, Andrew W.

“…Impressions from faces are made remarkably quickly and they can underpin behaviour in a wide variety of social contexts. Over the last decade many studies have…”
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The Kent Face Matching Test by Fysh, Matthew C., Bindemann, Markus

“…This study presents the Kent Face Matching Test (KFMT), which comprises 200 same‐identity and 20 different‐identity pairs of unfamiliar faces. Each face pair…”
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