Psychology & Neuroscience (School of): Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Investigation of molecular and cellular mechanisms underpinning the neurotoxicity of homocysteine and its metabolites in models of neurodegeneration
(University of St Andrews, 2018-12-06) - ThesisElevated levels of homocysteine (HCy) are a known risk factor in several disease states (1). HCy has several other metabolites, homocysteine thiolactone (HCy-T) and homocysteic acid (HCA). Whilst HCy-mediated neurotoxicity ... -
An investigation of the three-tier relationships between distaste, disgust expression recognition, and moral responsivity
(University of St Andrews, 2016-06-21) - ThesisDisgust is a negative and universal basic emotion that is elicited by a diverse set of sources, ranging from concrete physical sources (e.g. bad tastes, disease, feces) to abstract social sources (e.g. moral transgressions ... -
Experimental studies of behavioural flexibility and cultural transmission in chimpanzees and children
(University of St Andrews, 2019-06-28) - ThesisIn this thesis, I explore two subjects of importance to the study of cultural evolution and cumulative culture; behavioural flexibility in chimpanzees, and social transmission in human children. In Chapter 1, I give an ... -
Life-story narratives, chapters, and depression
(University of St Andrews, 2017-12-07) - ThesisThe structure of life-story narratives and their component chapters is of central importance to the cognitive representations and communication of autobiographical memory. While evidence points to the hierarchical role ...