Inaction inertia, the sunk cost effect, and handedness: avoiding the losses of past decisions.

Strength of handedness, or the degree to which an individual prefers to use a single hand to perform various tasks, is a neurological marker for brain organization and has been shown to be linked to e…

Biais Cognitifs et Croyances Influence sociale et crédibilité en entreprise
Westfall, J. E., Jasper, J. D., & Christman, S. (2012). Inaction inertia, the sunk cost effect, and handedness: avoiding the losses of past decisions.. Brain Cogn, 80(2), 192-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2012.06.003

Religiosity, magical ideation, and paranormal beliefs in anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder: a cross-sectional study.

The relation between religiosity/spirituality (R/S), personal beliefs, and mental health has been extensively studied. However, concerning anxiety disorders (ADs), empirical evidence is scarce. This s…

TOC et Scrupulosité Religieuse
Agorastos, A., Metscher, T., Huber, C. G., Jelinek, L., Vitzthum, F., Muhtz, C., Kellner, M., & Moritz, S. (2012). Religiosity, magical ideation, and paranormal beliefs in anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder: a cross-sectional study.. J Nerv Ment Dis, 200(10), 876-84. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0b013e31826b6e92

Clinical correlates of social adjustment in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

BACKGROUND: Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) frequently show poor social adjustment, which has been associated with OCD severity. Little is known about the effects that age at symptom…

TOC et Scrupulosité Religieuse
Rosa, A. C., Diniz, J. B., Fossaluza, V., Torres, A. R., Fontenelle, L. F., De, M. a. t. h. i. s. . A. S., da, C. o. n. c. e. i. Ă. §. Ă. Ł. o. . R. o. s. Ă. ˇ. r. i. o. . M., Miguel, E. C., & Shavitt, R. G. (2012). Clinical correlates of social adjustment in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.. J Psychiatr Res, 46(10), 1286-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2012.05.019

The Holy Grail of outer space: pluralism, Druidry, and the religion of cinema in The Sky Ship.

The Danish silent movie Himmelskibet (in English, A Trip to Mars or The Sky Ship) premiered in 1918, and a novelization of the movie appeared in 1921. The film is about a trip to Mars and portrays a M…

Groupes spécifiques
Bjørnvig, T. (2012). The Holy Grail of outer space: pluralism, Druidry, and the religion of cinema in The Sky Ship.. Astrobiology, 12(10), 998-1014. https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2012.0895

The jumping-to-conclusions bias in new religious movements.

The jumping-to-conclusions bias has not been examined in a new religious movement (NRM) group. Twenty-seven delusion-prone NRM individuals were compared with 25 individuals with psychotic disorders an…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité Groupes spécifiques
Lim, M. H., Gleeson, J. F., & Jackson, H. J. (2012). The jumping-to-conclusions bias in new religious movements.. J Nerv Ment Dis, 200(10), 868-75. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0b013e31826b6eb4

Cultural evolution of a belief controlling human mate choice: dynamic modeling of the hinoeuma superstition in Japan.

We develop a simple cultural dynamics model to dicuss the spread of the hinoeuma superstition in Japan. A large drop in the number of newborn babies observed in 1966 was attributed mainly to parents' …

Biais Cognitifs et Croyances
Tanaka, C. M., & Iwasa, Y. (2012). Cultural evolution of a belief controlling human mate choice: dynamic modeling of the hinoeuma superstition in Japan.. J Theor Biol, 309, 20-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.06.001

Stress is dominant in patients with depression and chronic low back pain. A qualitative study of psychotherapeutic interventions for patients with non-specific low back pain of 3-12 months' duration.

BACKGROUND: There is continuing uncertainty in back pain research as to which treatment is best suited to patients with non-specific chronic low back pain (CLBP). In this study, Gestalt therapy and th…

Psychothérapies et Approches Cliniques
Ellegaard, H., & Pedersen, B. D. (2012). Stress is dominant in patients with depression and chronic low back pain. A qualitative study of psychotherapeutic interventions for patients with non-specific low back pain of 3-12 months' duration.. BMC Musculoskelet Disord, 13, 166. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-13-166

Religious content of hallucinations in paranoid schizophrenia.

BACKGROUND: Different environmental factors are thought to be responsible for 15-20% of schizophrenia pathogenesis. Religion has long been considered a major force in human life, regardless of economi…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Krzystanek, M., Krysta, K., Klasik, A., & Krupka-Matuszczyk, I. (2012). Religious content of hallucinations in paranoid schizophrenia.. Psychiatr Danub, 24 Suppl 1, S65-9.

Phenotypic expression of schizotypal traits in an adolescent population.

The main goal of the present study was to examine the influence of gender and age in the phenotypic expression of schizotypal traits in a community sample of adolescents. The sample was composed of a …

Biais Cognitifs et Croyances
Fonseca-Pedrero, E., Lemos-Giráldez, S., Paino, M., Sierra-Baigrie, S., & Muñiz, J. (2012). Phenotypic expression of schizotypal traits in an adolescent population.. J Pers Disord, 26(4), 539-50. https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi.2012.26.4.539

Magical thinking in narratives of adolescent cutters.

Adolescents sometimes cut themselves to relieve distress; however, the mechanism is unknown. Previous studies have linked self-injury to deficits in processing emotions symbolically through language. …

Biais Cognitifs et Croyances
Gregory, R. J., & Mustata, G. T. (2012). Magical thinking in narratives of adolescent cutters.. J Adolesc, 35(4), 1045-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.02.012

The oceanic state: a conceptual elucidation in terms of modal contact.

Despite its lengthy history in psychoanalysis, the psychological origins, essential features and value of the oceanic state remain open to dispute. This ambiguity has come at a cost to the clarity of …

Groupes spécifiques
Saarinen, J. A. (2012). The oceanic state: a conceptual elucidation in terms of modal contact.. Int J Psychoanal, 93(4), 939-61. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-8315.2012.00620.x

Psychotic experience subtypes, poor mental health status and help-seeking behaviour in a community sample of young adults.

BACKGROUND: Different subtypes of psychotic experiences (PEs) have been identified in clinical and non-clinical samples. Researchers have considered these PEs to either be variations of personality or…

Biais Cognitifs et Croyances
Armando, M., Nelson, B., Yung, A. R., Saba, R., Monducci, E., Dario, C., Righetti, V., Birchwood, M., Fiori, N. a. s. t. r. o. . P., & Girardi, P. (2012). Psychotic experience subtypes, poor mental health status and help-seeking behaviour in a community sample of young adults.. Early Interv Psychiatry, 6(3), 300-8. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-7893.2011.00303.x