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Comparing Thompson's Thatcher effect with faces and non-face objects
(2007-05-08)
The classical Thatcher effect (TE) is experienced when global inversion of a face makes it difficult to notice the local inversion of its parts (Thompson, 1980). The TE can be quantified by comparing the ease with which ...
Parents and Children Coping with Pediatric Cancer
(Vanderbilt University, 2007-04-06)
Children who are diagnosed with cancer and their families must learn to cope with and communicate about the cancer diagnosis, treatment and its side effects, and hospital stays. Parents are their primary support; they are ...
Stress Responses and Worries of Women at Risk for Breast Cancer
(Vanderbilt University, 2007-05)
The physiological impact of a breast cancer discussion between mothers and their daughters was analyzed in relation to other anxiety and concern measures. Fifty-eight mothers with varied breast cancer histories participated. ...
Relation of Depressive Symptoms to Mood-Congruent Memorial Bias in Young Children: A Longitudinal Study
(Vanderbilt University, 2007-04)
The current study examines whether children show evidence of adult-like depressive cognitive schemas and when such schemas emerge. Mood-congruent cognitive schemas have been strongly associated with adult depression (Ingram, ...
Chronic Pain and Anxiety in Children: Physiological and Emotional Factors in Stress Responses
(Vanderbilt University, 2007-05-08)
College of Arts & Science
Gender Differences in Coping and Internalizing Symptoms Between Adolescents With a Parent Diagnosed With Depression
(Vanderbilt University, 2007-04)
The current study examines a sample of children ranging from 9 - 16 years in age
with at least one parent that has been diagnosed with depression. The study's primary focus
is to assess whether there are gender differences ...
Sibling Bereavement from Childhood Cancer: Impact on the Surviving Children and Their Coping Responses
(Vanderbilt University, 2007-04-01)
The death of a sibling is potentially one of the most traumatic events for children and adolescents. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between siblings’ psychosocial adjustment following the death ...
Effect of striatal and extrastriatal D2-receptor BP on memory and symptoms of schizotypal personality disorder
(Vanderbilt University, 2007-04)
The integrity of particular dopaminergic projections via the striato-thalamiccortical
feedback loop potentially influences specialized aspects of cognition and
psychopathology. Research has identified a role for striatal ...