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Homophobia in football and group identity: an analysis of Northwest England football club fans Open

Simon B. Cooper, Sylvia Terbeck · 2025

Some recent literature suggests that homophobia may be declining within men's football in the UK. This may be due to increased internationalisation and internet use, together with the impact of feminism and LGBTQ+ prominence in the wider s…

Virtue, Choice, and Storytelling: How Ethics, Decision Modalities and Narrative Framing Influence Decision Inertia in a 360 Degree Extended Reality Environment Open

Brandon May, Marek Palace, Rebecca Milne, Gary Dalton, Amy Meenaghan , et al. · 2025

The phenomenon of decision inertia, has been identified as a critical factor towards sub-optimal decision-making in high-stakes situations. Examined through the lens of Bayesian updating, virtue ethics, and cognitive-experiential self-theo…

Virtue, choice, and storytelling: how ethics, decision modalities and narrative framing influence decision inertia in a 360 degree extended reality environment Open

Brandon May, Marek Palace, Rebecca Milne, Gary Dalton, Amy Meenaghan , et al. · 2025

The phenomenon of decision inertia, has been identified as a critical factor towards sub-optimal decision-making in high-stakes situations. Examined through the lens of Bayesian updating, virtue ethics, and cognitive-experiential self-theo…

Mapping the factors behind ongoing war stress in Ukraine‐based young civilian adults Open

Marek Palace, Оксана Замазій, Sylvia Terbeck, Anna Bokszczanin, Tetyana Berezovski , et al. · 2023

While the literature on well‐being and stress following natural disasters is well‐developed, it is less so when it comes to ongoing war experiences. Between September and October of 2022, 223 Ukraine‐based civilian adults (156 women and 67…

Assessing reactive violence using Immersive Virtual Reality Open

Sylvia Terbeck, Chloe Case, Joshua Turner, V Spencer, Alison M. Bacon , et al. · 2022

Assessing levels of aggression–specifically reactive violence–has been a challenge in the past, since individuals might be reluctant to self-report aggressive tendencies. Furthermore, experimental studies often lack ecological validity. Im…

Physical Presence during Moral Action in Immersive Virtual Reality Open

Sylvia Terbeck, Jaysan J. Charlesford, Heather Clemans, E. C. Pope, Aimee Lee , et al. · 2021

Research on morality has focused on differences in moral judgment and action. In this study, we investigated self-reported moral reasoning after a hypothetical moral dilemma was presented on paper, and moral reasoning after that very same …

Age against the machine: active ageing and guest learning on campus Open

Sylvia Terbeck, Virendra Mistry · 2021

This paper offers a brief overview of ‘the guest student’ initiative, established in countries like Germany, and highlights its potential to support those in later life – or the ‘third age’ – in particular. In a nutshell, where the initiat…

The role of the metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 in nicotine addiction Open

Funda Akkus, Sylvia Terbeck, Connor J. Haggarty, Valérie Treyer, Janan Dietrich , et al. · 2020

This review summarizes the evidence for the potential involvement of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) in the development of nicotine addiction. Nicotine is consumed worldwide and is highly addictive. Previous research has extensi…

Positive intergroup contact modulates fusiform gyrus activity to black and white faces Open

Harry Farmer, Miles Hewstone, Olivia Spiegler, Helen Morse, A. Saifullah , et al. · 2020

Alcohol, empathy, and morality: acute effects of alcohol consumption on affective empathy and moral decision-making Open

Kathryn Francis, Michaela Gummerum, Giorgio Ganis, Ian S. Howard, Sylvia Terbeck · 2019

These results suggest that facets, beyond or in addition to deficits in affective empathy, might influence the relationship between alcohol consumption and utilitarian endorsements.

Amygdala reactivity in ethnic minorities and its relationship to the social environment: an fMRI study Open

Robert A. McCutcheon, Michael Bloomfield, Tarik Dahoun, Marina Quinlan, Sylvia Terbeck , et al. · 2018

Background Ethnic minority individuals have an increased risk of developing a psychotic disorder, particularly if they live in areas of ethnic segregation, or low own group ethnic density. The neurobiological mechanisms underlying this eth…

Virtual morality in the helping professions: Simulated action and resilience Open

Kathryn Francis, Michaela Gummerum, Giorgio Ganis, Ian S. Howard, Sylvia Terbeck · 2017

Recent advances in virtual technologies have allowed the investigation of simulated moral actions in aversive moral dilemmas. Previous studies have employed diverse populations to explore these actions, with little research considering the…

Simulating Moral Actions: An Investigation of Personal Force in Virtual Moral Dilemmas Open

Kathryn Francis, Sylvia Terbeck, Raluca A. Briazu, Andy Haines, Michaela Gummerum , et al. · 2017

Correction: Virtual Morality: Transitioning from Moral Judgment to Moral Action? Open

Kathryn Francis, Charles Howard, Ian S. Howard, Michaela Gummerum, Giorgio Ganis , et al. · 2017

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Virtual Morality: Transitioning from Moral Judgment to Moral Action? Open

Kathryn Francis, Charles Howard, Ian S. Howard, Michaela Gummerum, Giorgio Ganis , et al. · 2016

The nature of moral action versus moral judgment has been extensively debated in numerous disciplines. We introduce Virtual Reality (VR) moral paradigms examining the action individuals take in a high emotionally arousing, direct action-fo…

Noradrenaline effects on social behaviour, intergroup relations, and moral decisions Open

Sylvia Terbeck, Julian Savulescu, L Chesterman, Philip J. Cowen · 2016

Can cognitive psychological research on reasoning enhance the discussion around moral judgments? Open

Michał Białek, Sylvia Terbeck · 2016

β-Adrenoceptor blockade modulates fusiform gyrus activity to black versus white faces Open

Sylvia Terbeck, Guy Kahane, Sarah F. B. McTavish, Robert A. McCutcheon, Miles Hewstone , et al. · 2015

These findings suggest that noradrenaline pathways might modulate racial bias by acting on the processing of categorisation in the fusiform gyrus.

The role of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 in the pathogenesis of mood disorders and addiction: combining preclinical evidence with human Positron Emission Tomography (PET) studies Open

Sylvia Terbeck, Funda Akkus, L Chesterman, Gregor Hasler · 2015

In the present review, we deliver an overview of the involvement of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) activity and density in pathological anxiety, mood disorders and addiction. Specifically, we will describe mGluR5 studies in hum…

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