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The primary focus of our study concerned how abnormalities in visual experiences such as visual distortions or hallucinations result in increase in cortical hyper-excitability in the non-clinical population. Aberrant neural processes leads to…

Consumers are growing increasingly aware about the environmental consequences of their daily purchases, creating a potentially lucrative space for agile brands to leverage sustainable or green fast-moving consumer good (FMCG) production and increase…

Emotions play a key role in within society, behaviour and human life with moral emotions such as guilt, regret and shame being able to influence individuals’ judgments and actions. For example, a person who experiences guilt will want to fix their…

Emotions play a key role in within society, behaviour and human life with moral emotions such as guilt, regret and shame being able to influence individuals’ judgments and actions. For example, a person who experiences guilt will want to fix their…

Education is a basic right which any person should have the opportunity to access. However, around 120 million children worldwide are as yet uneducated. A qualitative study was conducted in an indigenous community in rural Guatemala in order to…

This study examined the relationship between the degree of metaphoricity and beauty perception as well as between cognitive load and beauty perception, by controlling for other possibly confounding variables such as familiarity and imageability.…

Previous research has shown that students are at risk of experiencing mental health difficulties, specifically relating to anxiety, depression, and stress (Andrews, Hejdenberg, & Wilding, 2006; Holland, 2016; Landow, 2006; Lattie, Lipson, &…

Analogical problem solving involves transferring the method used to solve the base analog onto the target analog based on the structural similarity they share. Studies have found that Experts have no difficulty in solving domain specific analogical…

Distorted perceptions of body size have been identified and well-documented in eating disordered (ED) and eating-restricted populations, however, less is known about the development of this distortion. Research has employed Stroop food- and body-word…

People treat animals differently depending on how they are dichotomized.The present study tested the consequences of dichotomization on our visual engagement with still images of different animals. Fifty-seven participants took part in two identical…