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An evolutionary based social rank explanation of why low income predicts mental distress: A 17 year cohort study of 30,000 people by Wood, Alex M, Boyce, Christopher J, Moore, Simon C, Brown, Gordon D.A

“…Abstract Background This paper presents a new psychological model of why low income increases risk of mental distress. Consistent with evolutionary…”
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Does the brain calculate value? by Vlaev, Ivo, Chater, Nick, Stewart, Neil, Brown, Gordon D.A

“…How do people choose between options? At one extreme, the ‘value-first’ view is that the brain computes the value of different options and simply favours…”
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No temporal decay in verbal short-term memory by Lewandowsky, Stephan, Oberauer, Klaus, Brown, Gordon D.A

“…Many models of short-term memory (STM) ascribe an important role to temporal decay and forgetting because of the passage of time alone. We argue against decay…”
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Scaling laws in cognitive sciences by Kello, Christopher T, Brown, Gordon D.A, Ferrer-i-Cancho, Ramon, Holden, John G, Linkenkaer-Hansen, Klaus, Rhodes, Theo, Van Orden, Guy C

“…Scaling laws are ubiquitous in nature, and they pervade neural, behavioral and linguistic activities. A scaling law suggests the existence of processes or…”
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Arguments Against Memory Trace Decay: A SIMPLE Account of Baddeley and Scott by Neath, Ian, Brown, Gordon D A

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Stimulus spacing effects in duration perception are larger for auditory stimuli: Data and a model by Penney, Trevor B., Brown, Gordon D.A., Wong, Jonathan K.L.

“…Models of duration bisection have focused on the effects of stimulus spacing and stimulus modality. However, interactions between stimulus spacing and stimulus…”
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Timeless memory: Evidence against temporal distinctiveness models of short-term memory for serial order by Lewandowsky, Stephan, Brown, Gordon D.A., Wright, Tarryn, Nimmo, Lisa M.

“…According to temporal distinctiveness models, items that are temporally isolated from their neighbors during list presentation are more distinct and thus…”
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High- and low-frequency words are recalled equally well in alternating lists: Evidence for associative effects in serial recall by Hulme, Charles, Stuart, George, Brown, Gordon D.A, Morin, Caroline

“…Three experiments investigate the effects of mixing items of different types in the same list. Experiments 1 and 2 compare the immediate serial recall of high-…”
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Response to Altmann: Adaptive forgetting by decay or removal of STM contents? by Lewandowsky, Stephan, Oberauer, Klaus, Brown, Gordon D.A

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Response to Barrouillet and Camos: Interference or decay in working memory? by Lewandowsky, Stephan, Oberauer, Klaus, Brown, Gordon D.A

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Similarity and dissimilarity as evidence in perceptual categorization by Stewart, Neil, Brown, Gordon D.A.

“…In exemplar models the similarities between a new stimulus and each category exemplar constitute positive evidence for category membership. In contrast, other…”
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Modeling Item Length Effects in Memory Span: No Rehearsal Needed? by Brown, G.D.A., Hulme, C.

“…It is widely assumed that word length effects on memory span reflect the operation of subvocal rehearsal, and that span will be the amount of material that can…”
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Serial Control of Phonology in Speech Production: A Hierarchical Model by Vousden, Janet I., Brown, Gordon D.A., Harley, Trevor A.

“…A dynamic oscillator-based model of the sequencing of phonemes in speech production (OSCAR) is described. An analysis of phoneme movement errors…”
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On the Auditory Modality Superiority Effect in Serial Recall: Separating Input and Output Factors by Cowan, Nelson, Saults, J. Scott, Brown, Gordon D. A

“…The modality effect in immediate recall refers to superior recall of the last few items within lists presented in spoken as opposed to printed form. The locus…”
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Scale-invariance as a unifying psychological principle by Chater, Nick, Brown, Gordon D.A

“…How can the classical psychological laws be explained and unified? It is proposed here that scale-invariance is a unifying principle. Distributions of many…”
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Income Inequality and Status Seeking: Searching for Positional Goods in Unequal U.S. States by Walasek, Lukasz, Brown, Gordon D. A.

“…It is well established that income inequality is associated with lower societal well-being, but the psychosocial causes of this relationship are poorly…”
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When is received social support related to perceived support and well-being? When it is needed by Melrose, Karen L., Brown, Gordon D.A., Wood, Alex M.

“…•The received–perceived support relationship is affected by the need for support.•This relationship is much stronger when the need for support is controlled…”
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A timing-specific memory distortion effect in young children by McCormack, Teresa, Brown, Gordon D.A, Smith, Mark C, Brock, Jon

“…It has been suggested that there are systematic distortions in children’s memory for temporal durations, such that children’s memory is not just less accurate…”
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Benchmarks for Models of Short-Term and Working Memory by Oberauer, Klaus, Lewandowsky, Stephan, Awh, Edward, Brown, Gordon D. A, Conway, Andrew, Cowan, Nelson, Donkin, Christopher, Farrell, Simon, Hitch, Graham J, Hurlstone, Mark J, Ma, Wei Ji, Morey, Candice C, Nee, Derek Evan, Schweppe, Judith, Vergauwe, Evie, Ward, Geoff

“…Any mature field of research in psychology-such as short-term/working memory-is characterized by a wealth of empirical findings. It is currently unrealistic to…”
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Positional Goods and the Social Rank Hypothesis: Income Inequality Affects Online Chatter about High- and Low-Status Brands on Twitter by Walasek, Lukasz, Bhatia, Sudeep, Brown, Gordon D. A.

“…According to a social rank hypothesis, consumers who live in regions with higher income inequality will show greater interest in, and attention toward,…”
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