Theses - Psychology: Recent submissions
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Future-Oriented Cognition during Preschool Years: Cognitive Correlates and Cultural Contrast
The capacity to understand, construct, imagine and plan for the future goes hand in hand to scaffold and support future-oriented cognition. The development of future-oriented cognition undergoes critical changes during the ... -
Brain substrates of behavioural endophenotypes predictive of compulsive drug-seeking
Addiction, also known as severe substance use disorder, is characterised by compulsive drug-seeking and intake in the face of mounting adverse and negative consequences. Despite the prevalence of illicit drug use within ... -
Replication, bias, and meta-research in animal cognition research
In this thesis I explore the extent to which researchers of animal cognition should be concerned about the reliability of its scientific results and the presence of theoretical biases across research programmes. To do so ... -
Neural and psychological mediators of trait impulsivity: cortico-striatal circuitry and catecholaminergic neuromodulation
Impulsivity is a multidimensional trait in humans and other mammalian species. It is widely regarded as the tendency to act rapidly, without appropriate foresight and underlies many psychiatric disorders, including ...
