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The impact of socioeconomic and first-generation status on STEM-major enrollment
(2020-12)
In order to maintain leadership and competitiveness in a global economy driven by science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), the United States needs to increase representativeness of its STEM workforce and ...
Exploring the Relationship Between Peer Popularity and Self-Perceived Likeability In Adolescence
(2019-05-10)
The current study looked at the relationship between peer-rated popularity and self-perceptions of popularity in adolescence. Using hierarchical analysis, we looked at a longitudinal sample of middle schoolers aged 12 to ...
Analysis of MEG as Related to Spatial Transformation and Top-Down Control of Saccade Behavior
(2016-08)
Preparatory brain activity can provide insight into goal-oriented action and inhibitory processes related to both motor and cognition. In the current study participants performed an interleaved prosaccade (PS) and antisaccade ...
Individual Differences and Risk Perception: Numeracy Predicts Differences in General and Specific Risk Perceptions
(2020-05)
People’s risk perceptions are often related to attitudes and decisions with significant social and economic consequences (e.g., Fischhoff, 2009; Slovic, 1987). In recent years, a growing body of research has demonstrated ...
The Pattern Electroretinogram as an Indirect Measure of Dopaminergic Status in Iron Deficiency
(2023-08-04)
Animal studies have suggested that iron deficiency negatively affects dopamine (DA) synthesis and reuptake, which in turn negatively affects memory and cognition. However, the literature on the possible relationships among ...
Numeracy Predicts Accurate Climate Change Knowledge and Beliefs: A Model of Factors That Influence Biases and Polarization
(2020)
Although 97% of experts generally agree that modern global warming is largely caused by human activities, some people hold biased, inaccurate beliefs about the causes of climate change and the strength of the scientific ...
The Effect of Iron Fortification of Lentils on Blood and Cognitive Status among Adolescent Girls in Bangladesh
(2022-08)
Iron deficiency is the world’s most common nutrient deficiency according to the World Health Organization. Iron deficiency is especially prevalent in undeveloped countries and rural areas. A double-blind, cluster-randomized ...
Emotional Attention Bias and Pupillometry Biomarkers as Mediators of Caregiving Effectiveness on Child Behavior
(2022-05)
Early life adversity experienced during childhood and adolescence negatively impacts development with increased risk of poor health outcomes and early mortality, making child maltreatment a significant public health concern. ...
Culture of Honor and Female Incarceration
(2023-05)
Some states in the U.S. maintain higher than usual rates of female incarceration. Prior research suggests that these incarceration rates are determined by poverty, education, or racial makeup. However, these explanations ...
Relating Affect Variability to Complex Skill Acquisition and Adaptive Performance: The Role of Off-Task Attention
(2022-05)
Individuals with high affect variability—fluctuations in emotions—tend to react with greater intensity to emotional events and have a more difficult time adjusting to change (Beal & Ghandour, 2011). Although high affect ...