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Simulated flight testing of an adaptive loss-of-control avoidance pilot advisory display
(American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc., 2019-01-06)Loss-of-Control has been consistently deemed the primary contributor to air accidents globally. Systems capable of alerting pilots when impending control loss is predicted to occur have the potential to promote safer flight. ... -
Decreased conflict control in overweight chinese females: Behavioral and event-related potentials evidence
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2019-06-27)Overweight or obesity is related to a decrease in cognitive control, especially conflict control. However, research on conflict control in overweight/obese individuals are still controversial. This study was conducted to ... -
A user-centred assessment of a less-lethal launcher: the case of the FN 303® in a high-pressure setting
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-06-18)The present study explored the usability of a less-lethal launcher from the end-user’s perspective. A within-subjects field experiment (N = 16) tested the FN 303® in a lab condition, enabling optimal firing conditions and ... -
Identifying children repeatedly victimized by peers: a preliminary study
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)Repeated victims of school bullying are at risk for maladjustment and could potentially benefit from selective intervention. However, selective intervention requires a practical method for accurately identifying members ... -
Wallet or gun? Evaluating factors that affect anticipation ability in a use-of-force scenario
(Springer New York LLC, 2019-05-20)Despite widespread media coverage of police use-of-force incidents resulting in serious injury or death, there has been relatively little research conducted on how those decisions are made. The current study is a first ... -
Trait mindfulness and anger in the family: a dyadic analysis of male service members and their female partners
(Blackwell Publishing Inc., 2019-05-13)Anger-related problems have been documented among post-deployed service members who returned home, posing risks to their well-being and increasing distress in their families. Trait mindfulness (acting with awareness, ... -
Can cognitive training improve shoot/don't-shoot performance? Evidence from live fire exercises
(University of Illinois Press, 2019)Police, security, and military personnel have-at most-seconds to make a shoot/don't-shoot decision despite the life-or-death consequences of their actions. Recent research suggests that shoot/don't-shoot errors (e.g., ... -
Possible selves of older adults entering a life plan community
(Taylor & Francis Group, LLC., 2019-04-17)This study examined the possible selves, goals, and perceptions of “time left” of older adults soon after they entered a life plan community as independent living residents. There has been little research regarding the ... -
An open-source implementation of the quick CSF method for rapid evaluation of contrast sensitivity
(Wichita State University, 2019-04-26)Contrast sensitivity is an important feature of functional vision, but traditional psychometric assessment methods require an excessive number of trials to estimate a complete contrast sensitivity function across the full ... -
Augmented reality systems in training
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What affects gait performance during walking while texting? A comparison of motor, visual and cognitive factors
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-11-02)Texting on a cell phone disrupts walkers' gait performance. The performance decrement has been attributed to increased motor demand, decreased visual information and increased cognitive load. However, relative contributions ... -
Measuring student's perceptions of teaching: Dimensions of evaluation
(Sage, 1986-03-01)Results from application of the SPTE Questionnaire from 2,115 classes were factor analyzed to oblique simple structure. A first-order solution with six factors resulted: 1) Attitude Toward Students, (2) Work Load, (3) ... -
Influence of cognitive empathy on progressivism
(North American Journal of Psychology, 2019-03)Moral psychology is a rapidly growing topic, and moral predispositions have been linked to a variety of political and social opinions. Thus far, there has been little work conducted in an effort to identify the aspects of ... -
Aging in community: home- and community-based services clients' use of computers as a protective factor for social isolation and loneliness
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)Frail older adults are increasingly being cared for in the community via home-and community-based service (HCBS) programs rather than nursing homes. This policy change challenges psychologists, social workers, and all ... -
A proposed method to estimate premorbid intelligence utilizing group achievement measures from school records
(Oxford University Press, 2004-03-01)Estimating premorbid cognitive functioning is an important part of any neuropsychological evaluation. This estimate is the benchmark against which current cognitive functioning is compared to establish the existence, degree, ... -
Medication safety in emergency medical services: approaching an evidence-based method of verification to reduce errors
(SAGE, 2019-01-21)Lack of verification is often cited as a root cause of medication errors; however, medication errors occur in spite of conventional verification practices and it appears that human factors engineering (HFE) can inform the ... -
Implementation of a statewide program to promote safe sleep, breastfeeding and tobacco cessation to high risk pregnant women
(Springer US, 2019-02)Infant mortality remains a problem in the United States with sleep-related deaths accounting for a significant portion. Known risk reduction strategies include breastfeeding, avoiding tobacco use and following the American ... -
Diagnostic accuracy of a universal screening multiple gating procedure: a replication study
(American Psychological Association, 2018-12)The purpose of this diagnostic accuracy study was to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity (among other indicators) of three universal screening approaches, including the Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk ... -
Are malignant self-regard and vulnerable narcissism different constructs?
(Wiley, 2018-09)In the clinical and empirical literature, vulnerable narcissism and malignant self-regard (MSR) have been found to be highly interrelated and associated with theoretically related personality constructs, suggesting that ... -
The Self-as-Context Scale: Development and preliminary psychometric properties
(Elsevier, 2018-10)Until recently, multiple measures of all six processes posited to contribute to psychological flexibility had been created with the exception of self-as-context. To address this deficit, we conducted a series of six studies ...
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