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Be Rich or Be Good: The Interaction Between Prosociality and Socioeconomic Status in Predicting Personal Benefits
(2018-07-20)Researchers and lay people alike have long held an interest in understanding the antecedents, mechanisms, and consequences of prosocial behaviours: Acts people behave in ways that benefit others, such as cooperation, ... -
Individual Differences in Eating Behaviours and Their Relationship with Motivation, Cognition and Weight Control
(2018-07-21)A considerable percentage of the UK population are overweight (BMI≥25kg/m2) or obese (BMI≥30kg/m2). However, despite living in the same culture and exposed to a similar “obesogenic” environment, some individuals gain weight ... -
The Pragmatics of Confidence in Perceptual and Value-based Choice
(2018-07-20)Humans can often report a subjective sense of confidence in a decision before knowing its outcome. Such confidence judgements are positively correlated to accuracy in perceptual and memory tasks, but the strength of this ... -
Big Data: A New Alternative Approach to Sampling in the Digital Age
(2018-07-20)Survey research plays a significant role in the way psychologists investigate key relationships which impact human behaviours—and which inform us about undercurrents of a population. Samples are generally taken with the ...
