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Complex Motor Learning and Police Training: Applied, Cognitive, and Clinical Perspectives by Di Nota, Paula M, Huhta, Juha-Matti

“…The practices surrounding police training of complex motor skills, including the use of force, varies greatly around the world, and even over the course of an…”
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Proactive psychological programs designed to mitigate posttraumatic stress injuries among at-risk workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Di Nota, Paula M, Bahji, Anees, Groll, Dianne, Carleton, R Nicholas, Anderson, Gregory S

“…Public safety personnel and frontline healthcare professionals are at increased risk of exposure to potentially psychologically traumatic events (PPTE) and…”
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Psychological interventions for post-traumatic stress injuries among public safety personnel: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Bahji, Anees, Di Nota, Paula M, Groll, Dianne, Carleton, R Nicholas, Anderson, Gregory S

“…Public safety personnel (PSP) are exposed to potentially psychologically traumatic events (PPTE) far more often than the general public, which increases the…”
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Experience-dependent modulation of alpha and beta during action observation and motor imagery by Di Nota, Paula M, Chartrand, Julie M, Levkov, Gabriella R, Montefusco-Siegmund, Rodrigo, DeSouza, Joseph F X

“…EEG studies investigating the neural networks that facilitate action observation (AO) and kinaesthetic motor imagery (KMI) have shown reduced, or…”
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Mental Health Risk Factors Related to COVID-19 among Canadian Public Safety Professionals by Wagner, Shannon, Di Nota, Paula M., Groll, Dianne, Lentz, Liana, Shields, Robyn E., Carleton, R. Nicholas, Cramm, Heidi, Wei Lin, Becky, Anderson, Gregory S.

“…Public safety personnel (PSP) are known to experience difficult and demanding occupational environments, an environment that has been complicated by the…”
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Critical Review of Visual Models for Police Use of Force Decision-Making by Di Nota, Paula M, Stoyko, Peter, Jenkinson, Jodie, Boychuk, Evelyn C, Andersen, Judith P

“…Recent calls for widespread police reform include re-examination of existing training and practice surrounding the use of force (UOF, e.g., verbal and…”
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Universal Police Behaviours during Critical Incidents and Their Connection to Personality: A Preliminary Study by Huhta, Juha-Matti, Nota, Paula M. Di, Nyman, Markku, Pietilä, Eero, Ropo, Eero

“…There is currently no universal standard for training or evaluating operational police performance during critical incident simulations. Accordingly,…”
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Expert Event Segmentation of Dance Is Genre-Specific and Primes Verbal Memory by Di Nota, Paula M., Olshansky, Michael P., DeSouza, Joseph F.X.

“…By chunking continuous streams of action into ordered, discrete, and meaningful units, event segmentation facilitates motor learning. While expertise in the…”
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Peer Support and Crisis-Focused Psychological Interventions Designed to Mitigate Post-Traumatic Stress Injuries among Public Safety and Frontline Healthcare Personnel: A Systematic Review by Anderson, Gregory S, Di Nota, Paula M, Groll, Dianne, Carleton, R Nicholas

“…Public safety personnel (PSP) and frontline healthcare professionals (FHP) are frequently exposed to potentially psychologically traumatic events (PPTEs), and…”
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Associations between police lethal force errors, measures of diurnal and reactive cortisol, and mental health by Chan, Jennifer F., Di Nota, Paula M., Planche, Kyle, Borthakur, Debanjan, Andersen, Judith P.

“…Errors in lethal force by police are met with significant demand for explanations as to why they occur, stimulating a growing body of multidisciplinary…”
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Coping among public safety personnel: A systematic review and meta–analysis by Di Nota, Paula M., Kasurak, Emily, Bahji, Anees, Groll, Dianne, Anderson, Gregory S.

“…Public safety personnel (PSP) are routinely exposed to potentially psychologically traumatic events (PPTEs) that, in turn, can result in posttraumatic stress…”
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The International Performance, Resilience and Efficiency Program Protocol for the Application of HRV Biofeedback in Applied Law Enforcement Settings by Andersen, Judith P., Arpaia, Joseph, Gustafsberg, Harri, Poplawski, Steve, Di Nota, Paula M.

“…Law enforcement officers are routinely exposed to high-threat encounters that elicit physiological stress responses that impact health, performance, and…”
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Experience-Dependent Effects to Situational Awareness in Police Officers: An Eye Tracking Study by Huhta, Juha-Matti, Di Nota, Paula M, Surakka, Veikko, Isokoski, Poika, Ropo, Eero

“…Police work requires making suitable observations which form the basis of situational awareness (SA) of the encounter in progress. Incomplete early-stage SA…”
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Physiological Responses to Organizational Stressors Among Police Managers by Di Nota, Paula M., Scott, Sarah C., Huhta, Juha-Matti, Gustafsberg, Harri, Andersen, Judith P.

“…Police officers demonstrate increased risk of physical and mental health conditions due to repeated and prolonged exposure to stressful occupational…”
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Diurnal Cortisol Variation According to High-Risk Occupational Specialty Within Police: Comparisons Between Frontline, Tactical Officers, and the General Population by Planche, Kyle, Chan, Jennifer F, Di Nota, Paula M, Beston, Brett, Boychuk, Evelyn, Collins, Peter I, Andersen, Judith P

“…OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to compare diurnal salivary cortisol among high-risk occupational police specialties and the general population (n =…”
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Considering Objective and Subjective Measures for Police Use of Force Evaluation by Di Nota, Paula M., Chan, Jennifer F., Huhta, Juha-Matti, Andersen, Judith P.

“…In spite of significant interest in the application of police use of force (UOF) from organisations, researchers, and the general public, there remains no…”
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Stress and memory: a systematic state-of-the-art review with evidence-gathering recommendations for police by Di Nota, Paula M., Stoliker, Bryce E., Vaughan, Adam D., Andersen, Judith P., Anderson, Gregory S.

“…PurposeThe purpose of this study isto synthesize recent empirical research investigating memory of stressful critical incidents (both simulated and occurring…”
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Police lethal force errors and stress physiology during video and live evaluation simulations by Di Nota, Paula M., Huhta, Juha-Matti, Boychuk, Evelyn C., Andersen, Judith P.

“…Police officers are regularly evaluated for their competency in a variety of skills related to use of force (UOF), including lethal force decision-making,…”
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Lateral occipitotemporal cortex (LOTC) activity is greatest while viewing dance compared to visualization and movement: learning and expertise effects by Di Nota, Paula M., Levkov, Gabriella, Bar, Rachel, DeSouza, Joseph F. X.

“…The lateral occipitotemporal cortex (LOTC) is comprised of subregions selectively activated by images of human bodies (extrastriate body area, EBA), objects…”
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From paper to practice: the use of cortisol in ambulatory field research to examine associations between police lethal force decision-making and mental health by Chan, Jennifer F., Di Nota, Paula M., Andersen, Judith P.

“…Acute and chronic operational and organizational stress dysregulate associated neuroendocrine responses and have been shown to increase health risks and…”
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