A5101658276- Family and Disability Support Research
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Treatment of Major Depression
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
Northumbria University
2023
University of Edinburgh
1997
In prior research, older adults were found to be less responsive social slights than younger adults, but the mechanisms behind such effects have remained unclear. The present study examined age differences in susceptibility deleterious of exclusion and investigated explanatory role cognitive socioemotional variables. Forty (aged 22–39) 40 58–89) played a modified version "Cyberball," virtual ball-tossing game, which they initially included by 2 other players progressively excluded subsequent...
Abstract Twenty-six patients suffering from DSM-III-R major depressive episode with diurnal variation of mood were examined at approximately 8 AM and PM, using a neuropsychological test battery. We found that tests executive function, especially the verbal fluency test, sensitive measures variation, but personality relatively robust in they not significantly affected by variations mood. The relevance detecting assessing changes reliable, objective performance is discussed.