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Dual-Task Processing When Task 1 Is Hard and Task 2 Is Easy: Reversed Central Processing Order? by Leonhard, Tanja, Fernandez, Susana Ruiz, Ulrich, Rolf, Miller, Jeff

“…Five psychological refractory period (PRP) experiments were conducted with an especially time-consuming first task (Experiments 1, 3, and 5: mental rotation;…”
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Does Grammatical Number Influence the Semantic Priming Between Number Cues and Words Related to Vertical Space? An Investigation Using Virtual Reality by Lachmair, Martin, Ruiz Fernandez, Susana, Gerjets, Peter

“…The GES framework postulates a hierarchical order between grounded, embodied, and situated representations. Against this background, the present study…”
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How Body Orientation Affects Concepts of Space, Time and Valence: Functional Relevance of Integrating Sensorimotor Experiences during Word Processing by Lachmair, Martin, Ruiz Fernandez, Susana, Bury, Nils-Alexander, Gerjets, Peter, Fischer, Martin H, Bock, Otmar L

“…The aim of the present study was to test the functional relevance of the spatial concepts UP or DOWN for words that use these concepts either literally (space)…”
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Approaching or just observing? The interplay of behavior and environment in the retention of pictorial details of ambivalent Nazi propaganda images by Lachmair, Martin, Fernández, Susana Ruiz, Brucker, Birgit, Gerjets, Peter

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How People Evaluate Anti-Corona Measures for Their Social Spheres: Attitude, Subjective Norm, and Perceived Behavioral Control by Godbersen, Hendrik, Hofmann, Laura Anna, Ruiz-Fernández, Susana

“…Restrictions on outdoor activities, tips for hygiene, and tips for mental health are among the most common initiatives to counter the COVID-19 pandemic. These…”
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Altering Emotions Near the Hand: Approach-Avoidance Swipe Interactions Modulate the Perceived Valence of Emotional Pictures by Cervera-Torres, Sergio, Ruiz Fernández, Susana, Lachmair, Martin, Riekert, Matthias, Gerjets, Peter

“…Approaching positive objects and avoiding negative ones are general action tendencies in human behavior. Interestingly, hand or arm positions connoting…”
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IDEST: International Database of Emotional Short Texts by Kaakinen, Johanna K, Werlen, Egon, Kammerer, Yvonne, Acartürk, Cengiz, Aparicio, Xavier, Baccino, Thierry, Ballenghein, Ugo, Bergamin, Per, Castells, Núria, Costa, Armanda, Falé, Isabel, Mégalakaki, Olga, Ruiz Fernández, Susana

“…We introduce a database (IDEST) of 250 short stories rated for valence, arousal, and comprehensibility in two languages. The texts, with a narrative structure…”
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Valence-space associations in touchscreen interactions: Valence match between emotional pictures and their vertical touch location leads to pictures' positive evaluation by Cervera-Torres, Sergio, Ruiz Fernández, Susana, Lachmair, Martin, Gerjets, Peter

“…Embodied cognition research suggests that bodily experiences might ground mental representations of emotional valence in the vertical dimension of space (i.e.,…”
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With the past behind and the future ahead: Back-to-front representation of past and future sentences by Ulrich, Rolf, Eikmeier, Verena, de la Vega, Irmgard, Ruiz Fernández, Susana, Alex-Ruf, Simone, Maienborn, Claudia

“…Several studies support the psychological reality of a mental timeline that runs from the left to the right and may strongly affect our thinking about time…”
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Contextual factors predicting compliance behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic: A machine learning analysis on survey data from 16 countries by Nandor Hajdu, Kathleen Schmidt, Gergely Acs, Jan P. Röer, Alberto Mirisola, Isabella Giammusso, Patrícia Arriaga, Rafael Ribeiro, Dmitrii Dubrov, Dmitry Grigoryev, Nwadiogo C. Arinze, Martin Voracek, Stefan Stieger, Matus Adamkovic, Mahmoud Elsherif, Bettina M. J. Kern, Krystian Barzykowski, Ewa Ilczuk, Marcel Martončik, Ivan Ropovik, Susana Ruiz-Fernandez, Gabriel Baník, José Luis Ulloa, Balazs Aczel, Barnabas Szaszi

“…Voluntary isolation is one of the most effective methods for individuals to help prevent the transmission of diseases such as COVID-19. Understanding why…”
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Coding valence in touchscreen interactions: hand dominance and lateral movement influence valence appraisals of emotional pictures by Cervera Torres, Sergio, Ruiz Fernández, Susana, Lachmair, Martin, Gerjets, Peter

“…The Body-Specificity Hypothesis postulates that the space surrounding the dominant hand is perceived as positive due to the motor fluency of this hand, whereas…”
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Contextual factors predicting compliance behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic: A machine learning analysis on survey data from 16 countries by Hajdu, Nandor, Schmidt, Kathleen, Acs, Gergely, Röer, Jan P, Mirisola, Alberto, Giammusso, Isabella, Arriaga, Patrícia, Ribeiro, Rafael, Dubrov, Dmitrii, Grigoryev, Dmitry, Arinze, Nwadiogo C, Voracek, Martin, Stieger, Stefan, Adamkovic, Matus, Elsherif, Mahmoud, Kern, Bettina M J, Barzykowski, Krystian, Ilczuk, Ewa, Martončik, Marcel, Ropovik, Ivan, Ruiz-Fernandez, Susana, Baník, Gabriel, Ulloa, José Luis, Aczel, Balazs, Szaszi, Barnabas

“…Voluntary isolation is one of the most effective methods for individuals to help prevent the transmission of diseases such as COVID-19. Understanding why…”
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Designing Visual-Arts Education Programs for Transfer Effects: Development and Experimental Evaluation of (Digital) Drawing Courses in the Art Museum Designed to Promote Adolescents' Socio-Emotional Skills by Kastner, Lydia, Umbach, Nora, Jusyte, Aiste, Cervera-Torres, Sergio, Fernández, Susana Ruiz, Nommensen, Sven, Gerjets, Peter

“…An active engagement with arts in general and visual arts in particular has been hypothesized to yield beneficial effects beyond arts itself. So-called…”
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Influence of Resilience and Optimism on Distress and Intention to Self-Isolate: Contrasting Lower and Higher COVID-19 Illness Risk Samples From an Extended Health Belief Model by Cervera-Torres, Sergio, Ruiz-Fernández, Susana, Godbersen, Hendrik, Massó, Lena, Martínez-Rubio, David, Pintado-Cucarella, Sheila, Baños, Rosa M

“…The study investigated the influence of resilience and dispositional optimism on, first, emotional distress and, second, the intention to self-isolate,…”
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Placing joy, surprise and sadness in space: a cross-linguistic study by Marmolejo-Ramos, Fernando, Correa, Juan C., Sakarkar, Gopal, Ngo, Giang, Ruiz-Fernández, Susana, Butcher, Natalie, Yamada, Yuki

“…The valence–space metaphor posits that emotion concepts map onto vertical space such that positive concepts are in upper locations and negative in lower…”
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Magnitude or Multitude - What Counts? by Lachmair, Martin, Ruiz Fernández, Susana, Moeller, Korbinian, Nuerk, Hans-Christoph, Kaup, Barbara

“…Recent studies revealed an association of low or high numbers (e.g., 1 vs. 9) and word semantics referring to entities typically found in upper or lower space…”
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Priming effects between spatial meaning of verbs and numbers are modulated by time intervals: Early interference and late facilitation by Lachmair, Martin, Ruiz Fernández, Susana, Gerjets, Peter

“…In 2 recent studies it has been shown that processing high or low number primes (8, 9 vs. 1, 2) affect the processing of subsequent target words with an…”
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Moved by Emotions: Affective Concepts Representing Personal Life Events Induce Freely Performed Steps in Line With Combined Sagittal and Lateral Space-Valence Associations by Fernández, Susana Ruiz, Kastner, Lydia, Cervera-Torres, Sergio, Müller, Jennifer, Gerjets, Peter

“…Embodiment approaches to cognition and emotion have put forth the idea that the way we think and talk about affective events often recruits spatial information…”
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Overt head movements moderate the effect of depressive symptoms on mood regulation by Rahona, Juan J., Ruiz Fernández, Susana, Rolke, Bettina, Vázquez, Carmelo, Hervás, Gonzalo

“…A dysfunction in the regulation of negative mood states is one of the core symptoms of depression. Research has found that levels of depression are associated…”
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Late backward effects in the refractory period paradigm: effects of Task 2 execution on Task 1 performance by Ruiz Fernández, Susana, Ulrich, Rolf

“…The central bottleneck model assumes that in the psychological refractory paradigm, Task 1 performance is independent of Task 2 demands. Previous studies,…”
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