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View article: Developing an ‘Insider Language Index’ as a composite measure to detect insider threat
Developing an ‘Insider Language Index’ as a composite measure to detect insider threat Open
Of all the issues that confront modern organisations, insider threat is one of the most challenging in terms of impact and mitigation. Typically, research has focused on defining what insider threat is and determining how such threats can …
View article: Who Should the Child Should Live With? A Student Decision-Making Study Between Brazil and England
Who Should the Child Should Live With? A Student Decision-Making Study Between Brazil and England Open
This study aimed to investigate the awareness of undergraduate students regarding the best interests principle of children and adolescents, and how they consider it in cases of custody disputes following conjugal separation. The research e…
View article: Women’s body image experiences in the context of personal training in the UK: A qualitative diary study
Women’s body image experiences in the context of personal training in the UK: A qualitative diary study Open
Research in sport and exercise settings suggests that physical activity leaders have the potential to influence body image for their athletes and exercisers. However, research is yet to explore this possibility in the context of one-to-one…
View article: Using cognitive cases to establish incidence: The case of exaptative actions
Using cognitive cases to establish incidence: The case of exaptative actions Open
The primary methodological approach in cognitive psychology is experimental. However, the case study seems to hold particular importance in the foundational concepts of higher cognitive functions. For example, theories of the cognitive cha…
View article: Prodigi: A Theory of Insight Through Progress Maximisation and Idea Discovery
Prodigi: A Theory of Insight Through Progress Maximisation and Idea Discovery Open
View article: Perceived body acceptance by personal trainers and client body appreciation in women in the UK: A pre-registered study
Perceived body acceptance by personal trainers and client body appreciation in women in the UK: A pre-registered study Open
Research is yet to consider the potential for personal trainers (PTs) to influence their client's thoughts and feelings surrounding their body. This pre-registered study explored a model of positive body image in women personal training cl…
View article: Making sense out of uncertainty: cognitive strategies in the child custody decision-making process
Making sense out of uncertainty: cognitive strategies in the child custody decision-making process Open
Child custody cases post-parental separation entail inherent complexities and uncertainties for legal experts and decision-makers, and are influenced by context factors. This study sheds light on how legal actors (i.e., judges, prosecutors…
View article: How many heuristics are enough? Testing a parsimonious theory of possibility generation in problem-solving
How many heuristics are enough? Testing a parsimonious theory of possibility generation in problem-solving Open
Despite widespread recognition of the need for general-purpose mechanisms in unified theories of cognition, accounts of human thinking often propose that performance is best explained by task- or problem-specific knowledge and heuristics, …
View article: Possible, yes, but useful? Why the search for possibilities is limited but can be enhanced by expertise
Possible, yes, but useful? Why the search for possibilities is limited but can be enhanced by expertise Open
In creative domains such as art, design and science, the generation of novel possibilities is highly desirable. However, most human activity takes place outside of domains where the generation of novel possibilities is prescriptively optim…
View article: Coercion and crime: Convergences, divergences and ‘county lines’
Coercion and crime: Convergences, divergences and ‘county lines’ Open
How can we understand coercion in a ‘county lines’ context? By drawing on data gathered with criminal justice practitioners, social workers, mothers of sons engaged in county lines and young people, this article draws on Colvin’s Different…
View article: Expertise overcomes impasse to yield far transfer and insight in problem-solving
Expertise overcomes impasse to yield far transfer and insight in problem-solving Open
Sources of difficulty in insight problem-solving have been identified, but current theories are less successful at explaining discovery of solution ideas. Here, we explore the role of expertise in promoting insight. In Experiment 1, experi…
View article: Uncertainty in Child Custody Cases After Parental Separation: Context and Decision-Making Process
Uncertainty in Child Custody Cases After Parental Separation: Context and Decision-Making Process Open
Context factors (e.g. a family’s developmental crisis) can affect the child custody decision-making process and the child’s best interests after parental separation. But what are these context factors, and how can they vary across differen…
View article: Uncertainty in child custody cases after parental separation: context and decision-making process
Uncertainty in child custody cases after parental separation: context and decision-making process Open
Context factors (e.g., a family’s developmental crisis) can affect the child custody decision-making process and the child’s best interests after parental separation. But what are these context factors, and how can they vary across differe…
View article: Uncertainty in child custody cases after parental separation: context and decisionmaking process
Uncertainty in child custody cases after parental separation: context and decisionmaking process Open
Context factors (e.g., a family’s developmental crisis) can affect the child custody decisionmaking process and the child’s best interests after parental separation. But what are these context factors, and how do they vary across different…
View article: Uncertainty in child custody cases after parental separation: context and decision-making process
Uncertainty in child custody cases after parental separation: context and decision-making process Open
Context factors (e.g., a family’s developmental crisis) can affect the child custody decision-making process and the child’s best interests after parental separation. But what are these context factors, and how do they vary across differen…
View article: Is there evidence of age bias in breast cancer health care professionals’ treatment of older patients?
Is there evidence of age bias in breast cancer health care professionals’ treatment of older patients? Open
These results indicate that there are elements of age bias present amongst breast cancer HCPs. The study's findings of age-based assumptions and a poorer understanding of conditions which disproportionately affect older patients align with…
View article: Sorting Insiders From Co-Workers: Remote Synchronous Computer-Mediated Triage for Investigating Insider Attacks
Sorting Insiders From Co-Workers: Remote Synchronous Computer-Mediated Triage for Investigating Insider Attacks Open
Objective Develop and investigate the potential of a remote, computer-mediated and synchronous text-based triage, which we refer to as InSort, for quickly highlighting persons of interest after an insider attack. Background Insiders malici…
View article: A comparative look at divorce, laws and the best interests of the child after parental separation in Brazil and England
A comparative look at divorce, laws and the best interests of the child after parental separation in Brazil and England Open
A preservação dos melhores interesses da criança/adolescente (MICA) nos casos de disputa de guarda e convivência após a separação conjugal é uma tarefa difícil para os atores jurídicos envolvidos nesses casos. Existem alguns fatores que de…
View article: Noncoercive human intelligence gathering.
Noncoercive human intelligence gathering. Open
Despite widespread recognition that coercive methods for intelligence gathering are unethical and counterproductive, there is an absence of empirical evidence for effective alternatives. We compared 2 noncoercive methods-the Modified Cogni…
View article: THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW OF ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE LITERATURES
THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW OF ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE LITERATURES Open
The best interests of the child (BIC) should be of primary consideration in any situation involving children. Thus, BIC is commonly adopted as a principle, doctrine or test to weight decision-making regarding children. This study consists …
View article: Unanticipated questions can yield unanticipated outcomes in investigative interviews
Unanticipated questions can yield unanticipated outcomes in investigative interviews Open
Asking unanticipated questions in investigative interviews can elicit differences in the verbal behaviour of truth-tellers and liars: When faced with unanticipated questions, liars give less detailed and consistent responses than truth-tel…
View article: Naturalistic decision making: navigating uncertainty in complex sociotechnical work
Naturalistic decision making: navigating uncertainty in complex sociotechnical work Open
View article: One step forward and two steps back? The ‘20 Principles’ for questioning vulnerable witnesses and the lack of an evidence-based approach
One step forward and two steps back? The ‘20 Principles’ for questioning vulnerable witnesses and the lack of an evidence-based approach Open
It is a widely held belief that questioning vulnerable witnesses is a specialist skill. In England and Wales vulnerable witness advocacy training built around ‘20 Principles’ has been developed and is being delivered. The 20 Principles do …
View article: Triage decision-making by welfare fraud investigators.
Triage decision-making by welfare fraud investigators. Open
Two studies explored triage decision-making in a welfare fraud investigation, specifically decisions concerning what evidence to collect when deciding whether to pursue a case to prosecution or to issue a warning only. An observational stu…
View article: Data for: Triage Decision-Making by Welfare Fraud Investigators
Data for: Triage Decision-Making by Welfare Fraud Investigators Open
Data from experiment on expert differences in fraud triage decision-making
View article: Data for: Enabling spontaneous analogy through heuristic change
Data for: Enabling spontaneous analogy through heuristic change Open
Data from four experiments examining transfer between source problems and target analogues of the n-balls problem.
View article: Enabling spontaneous analogy through heuristic change
Enabling spontaneous analogy through heuristic change Open
View article: Naturalistic Decision Making and Macrocognition
Naturalistic Decision Making and Macrocognition Open
This book presents the latest work in the area of naturalistic decision making (NDM) and its extension into the area of macrocognition. It contains 18 chapters relating research centered on the study of expertise in naturalistic settings, …
View article: Drawing the answers: Sketching to support free and probed recall by child witnesses and victims with autism spectrum disorder
Drawing the answers: Sketching to support free and probed recall by child witnesses and victims with autism spectrum disorder Open
The success of witness interviews in the criminal justice system depends on the accuracy of information obtained, which is a function of both amount and quality of information. Attempts to enhance witness retrieval such as mental reinstate…