Psychology & Neuroscience: Recent submissions
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Dietary effects on skin colour : appearance-based incentives to improve fruit and vegetable consumption
(University of St Andrews, 2013-06-25) - ThesisPoor diet precipitates significant social and economic burden, necessitating effective and economical dietary intervention strategies. Current population-level campaigns provide guidelines for living healthily and focus ... -
Attention cues in apes and their role in social play behavior of western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
(University of St Andrews, 2013-06-25) - ThesisThe research aims of this thesis are to investigate the attention cues available to and used by apes, especially gorillas (Gorilla gorilla), to ascertain the direction of conspecific attention during social interactions ... -
Forms of flexibility : associations between executive functions in the rat
(University of St Andrews, 2013-06-25) - ThesisExecutive control is a vital cognitive function that facilitates the focussing and shifting of attention, planning and working towards a goal, ignoring distractions, and flexibly responding to novel situations. Disruptions ... -
Multiple expressions of hemispheric asymmetry in captive chimpanzees
(University of St Andrews, 2012-11-30) - ThesisThe degree to which non-human primate behaviour is lateralized, at individual or population levels, remains controversial and over the last century, the issue of brain lateralization in primates has been extensively ... -
The effect of female reproductive hormones on the perception of cuteness
(University of St Andrews, 2012-11-30) - ThesisThe findings of two recent studies suggest that cuteness sensitivity may be modulated by the female reproductive hormones estrogen and progesterone, with women showing greater sensitivity than men (Sprengelmeyer et al 2009; ...