Psychology & Neuroscience: Recent submissions
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The psychology of crowd policing
(University of St Andrews, 2001-06-22) - ThesisTraditional psychological explanations of crowd theory have decontextualised events and obscured the fact that crowd incidents are typically inter group encounters. This has led to research being rooted in the crowd ... -
Effect of violence and other social indicators on formidability preferences for male faces in Colombia
(University of St Andrews, 2019-06-28) - ThesisFacial preferences have been studied in the context of variation in health, media access, education and environmental harshness. This thesis explored the potential influence of violence which has been largely neglected in ... -
Out of Many, One: An Exploration of Shared Identity in Crowds
(University of St Andrews, 2019-06-28) - ThesisIn a crowd, people sometimes experience a feeling of togetherness and one-ness in which the crowd comes to be seen as ‘we’ and ‘us’ rather than ‘they’ and ‘them’. This thesis explores the psychological process that underlies ... -
Attending and knowing together : a new look at joint attention and common knowledge and their role in coordination
(University of St Andrews, 2018-11-05) - ThesisJoint attention—the ability to coordinate attention to an object or event—is a key feature of human social cognition. Without joint attention, we would not be the cooperating species we are now. Most developmental studies ... -
The resilience paradox : flooding experience, coping and climate change mitigation intentions
(2018-12-24) - Journal articleClimate change is projected to increase the frequency, intensity and unpredictability of extreme weather events across the globe and these events are likely to have significant mental health implications. The mental health ...