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View article: Barriers and Facilitators of Help-Seeking for LGBTQ+ Survivors of Sexual Violence: A Systematic Review
Barriers and Facilitators of Help-Seeking for LGBTQ+ Survivors of Sexual Violence: A Systematic Review Open
People who identify as LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, plus) are known to experience similar or higher levels of sexual violence compared to their heterosexual cisgender counterparts. However, sexual violence research h…
View article: Investigating Sound-Specific Attention Control in Mild to Moderate Misophonia Using a Modified Attention Network Test
Investigating Sound-Specific Attention Control in Mild to Moderate Misophonia Using a Modified Attention Network Test Open
A growing body of evidence suggests that attentional differences might be a core mechanism of misophonia, a condition characterised by negative psychological responses to bodily and/or repetitive sounds. However, it is unclear whether aber…
View article: The impact of prehabilitation interventions on affective and functional outcomes for young to midlife adult cancer patients: A systematic review
The impact of prehabilitation interventions on affective and functional outcomes for young to midlife adult cancer patients: A systematic review Open
Objective Cancer remains one of the most enduring health crises of the modern world. Prehabilitation is a relatively new intervention aimed at preparing individuals for the stresses associated with treatment from diagnosis. Prehabilitation…
View article: Virtual reality distraction for acute pain in children
Virtual reality distraction for acute pain in children Open
We found low-certainty and very low-certainty evidence of the effectiveness of VR distraction compared to no distraction or other non-VR distraction in reducing acute pain intensity in children in any healthcare setting. This level of unce…
View article: The effect of participating in MedEx Wellness, a community-based chronic disease exercise rehabilitation programme, on physical, clinical and psychological health: A study protocol for a cohort trial
The effect of participating in MedEx Wellness, a community-based chronic disease exercise rehabilitation programme, on physical, clinical and psychological health: A study protocol for a cohort trial Open
View article: Inhibition and Updating, but Not Switching, Predict Developmental Dyslexia and Individual Variation in Reading Ability
Inhibition and Updating, but Not Switching, Predict Developmental Dyslexia and Individual Variation in Reading Ability Open
To elucidate the core executive function profile (strengths and weaknesses in inhibition, updating, and switching) associated with dyslexia, this study explored executive function in 27 children with dyslexia and 29 age matched controls us…
View article: Modifying executive function and self-regulatory behaviours in developmental dyslexia: cognitive and neural bases of response inhibition
Modifying executive function and self-regulatory behaviours in developmental dyslexia: cognitive and neural bases of response inhibition Open
Dyslexia is characterised by impaired reading, but socio-emotional problems typically co-occur (1). It is also associated with response inhibition (RI) impairments at the behavioural (2,3) and neural levels as indexed by reduced response-i…
View article: Neural Patterns of the Implicit Association Test
Neural Patterns of the Implicit Association Test Open
The Implicit Association Test (IAT) is a reaction time based categorization task that measures the differential associative strength between bipolar targets and evaluative attribute concepts as an approach to indexing implicit beliefs or b…