Psychology

Title	Psychology
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University	UEL
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Social cognition in children with Down's syndrome: challenges to research and theory building

Cebula, Katie R., Moore, D. and Wishart, Jennifer G. 2010. Social cognition in children with Down's syndrome: challenges to research and theory building. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. 54 (2), pp. 113-134.

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Accounting for poverty: from attribution to discourse

Harper, D. 1996. Accounting for poverty: from attribution to discourse. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology. 6 (4), pp. 249-265.

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BBC Television ‘The Experiment’ – report of the independent ethics panel

Mcdermott, M., Öpik, Lembit, Smith, Stephen, Taylor, Steve and Wills, Andrea 2002. BBC Television ‘The Experiment’ – report of the independent ethics panel.

Report

Tackling teenage obesity: literature review and project proposal

Mcdermott, M. and Potton, A. 2008. Tackling teenage obesity: literature review and project proposal. Desk research report for the Barking and Dagenham Primary Care Trust, London School of Psychology, University of East London.

Report

Smoking, reward responsiveness, and response inhibition: tests of an incentive motivational model

Powell, Jane H., Dawkins, L. and Davis, Robert E. 2002. Smoking, reward responsiveness, and response inhibition: tests of an incentive motivational model. Biological Psychiatry. 51 (2), pp. 151-163.

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Cognitive and psychological correlates of smoking abstinence, and predictors of successful cessation

Powell, Jane H., Pickering, Alan D., Dawkins, L., West, Robert and Powell, John F. 2004. Cognitive and psychological correlates of smoking abstinence, and predictors of successful cessation. Addictive Behaviors. 29 (7), pp. 1407-1426.

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National Accounts of Well-being: bringing real wealth onto the balance sheet

Michaelson, Juliet, Abdallah, Saamah, Steuer, Nicola, Thompson, Sam, Marks, Nic, Aked, Jody, Cordon, Corrina and Potts, Ruth 2009. National Accounts of Well-being: bringing real wealth onto the balance sheet. London New Economics Foundation.

Other

The Happy Planet Index 2.0: Why good lives don’t have to cost the Earth

Abdallah, Saamah, Thompson, Sam, Michaelson, Juliet, Marks, Nic and Steuer, Nicola 2009. The Happy Planet Index 2.0: Why good lives don’t have to cost the Earth. New Economics Foundation.

Other

Patterns of change in withdrawal symptoms, desire to smoke, reward motivation and response inhibition across 3 months of smoking abstinence

Dawkins, L., Powell, Jane H., Pickering, Alan, Powell, John and West, Robert 2009. Patterns of change in withdrawal symptoms, desire to smoke, reward motivation and response inhibition across 3 months of smoking abstinence. Addiction. 104 (5), pp. 850-858.

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A double-blind placebo controlled experimental study of nicotine: I - Effects on incentive motivation

Dawkins, L., Powell, Jane H., West, Robert, Powell, John and Pickering, Alan 2006. A double-blind placebo controlled experimental study of nicotine: I - Effects on incentive motivation. Psychopharmacology. 189 (3), pp. 355-367.

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Is empirical imagination a constraint on adaptationist theory construction? (Commentary)

Dickins, Thomas E. and Dickins, David W. 2002. Is empirical imagination a constraint on adaptationist theory construction? (Commentary). Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 25 (4), pp. 515-516.

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General Symbol Machines: The first stage in the evolution of symbolic communication

Dickins, Thomas E. 2003. General Symbol Machines: The first stage in the evolution of symbolic communication. Evolutionary Psychology.

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On sociosexual cognitive architecture (Commentary)

Dickins, Thomas E. 2005. On sociosexual cognitive architecture (Commentary). Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 28 (2), pp. 280-281.

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Can there ever be a non-specific adaptation? A response to Simon J. Hampton.

Dickins, Thomas E. 2005. Can there ever be a non-specific adaptation? A response to Simon J. Hampton. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour. 35 (3), pp. 329-340.

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The phylogeny and ontogeny of adaptations (Commentary)

Dickins, Thomas E. 2006. The phylogeny and ontogeny of adaptations (Commentary). Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 29 (3), pp. 283-284.

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Designed calibration: Naturally selected flexibility, not non-genetic inheritance (Commentary)

Dickins, Thomas E. and Dickins, Benjamin J.A. 2007. Designed calibration: Naturally selected flexibility, not non-genetic inheritance (Commentary). Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 30 (4), pp. 368-369.

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The effects of smoking and abstinence on experience of happiness and sadness in response to positively valenced, negatively valenced, and neutral film clips

Dawkins, L., Acaster, Sarah and Powell, Jane H. 2007. The effects of smoking and abstinence on experience of happiness and sadness in response to positively valenced, negatively valenced, and neutral film clips. Addictive Behaviors. 32 (2), pp. 425-431.

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A double-blind placebo controlled experimental study of nicotine: II - Effects on response inhibition and executive functioning

Dawkins, L., Powell, Jane H., West, Robert, Powell, John and Pickering, Alan 2007. A double-blind placebo controlled experimental study of nicotine: II - Effects on response inhibition and executive functioning. Psychopharmacology. 190 (4), pp. 457-467.

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Two more things for consideration: Sexual orientation and conduct disorder (Commentary)

Dickins, Thomas E. and Sergeant, Mark J.T. 2009. Two more things for consideration: Sexual orientation and conduct disorder (Commentary). Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

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Psychology, Biology and the Market Place

Dickins, Thomas E. 2009. Psychology, Biology and the Market Place. Psychology Teaching Review. 14 (2), pp. 17-20.

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Social Constructionism as Cognitive Science

Dickins, Thomas E. 2004. Social Constructionism as Cognitive Science.

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Evolutionary Health Psychology

Dickins, Thomas E. 2006. Evolutionary Health Psychology. Health Psychology Update. 15 (1), pp. 4-10.

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Synthesis in the human evolutionary behavioural sciences

Sear, Rebecca, Lawson, David W. and Dickins, Thomas E. 2007. Synthesis in the human evolutionary behavioural sciences. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology.

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Mind the gap(s)…in theory, method and data: Re-examining Kanazawa (2006)

Dickins, Thomas E., Sear, Rebecca and Wells, Andrew J. 2007. Mind the gap(s)…in theory, method and data: Re-examining Kanazawa (2006). Journal of Health Psychology. 12 (2), pp. 167-178.

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Is this conjectural phenotypic dichotomy a plausible outcome of genomic imprinting? (Commentary)

Dickins, Benjamin J.A., Dickins, David W. and Dickins, Thomas E. 2008. Is this conjectural phenotypic dichotomy a plausible outcome of genomic imprinting? (Commentary). Behavioural and Brain Sciences. 31 (3), pp. 267-268.

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Symbols, Stimulus Equivalence and the Origins of Language

Dickins, Thomas E. and Dickins, David W. 2001. Symbols, Stimulus Equivalence and the Origins of Language. Behavior and Philosophy.

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Social Dominance and Sexual Orientation

Dickins, Thomas E. and Sergeant, Mark J.T. 2008. Social Dominance and Sexual Orientation. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology. 6 (1), pp. 57-71.

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Sex-related invariance across cultures in an online role-playing game

Levene, Rebecca and Dickins, Thomas E. 2008. Sex-related invariance across cultures in an online role-playing game. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology. 6 (2), pp. 141-148.

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Birthweight and paternal involvement predict early reproduction in British women: Evidence from the National Child Development Study

Nettle, Daniel, Coall, David A. and Dickins, Thomas E. 2009. Birthweight and paternal involvement predict early reproduction in British women: Evidence from the National Child Development Study. American Journal of Human Biology. 22 (2), pp. 172-179.

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Evolution, development and learning - a nested hierarchy?

Dickins, Thomas E. and Levy, Joe P. 2001. Evolution, development and learning - a nested hierarchy? in: French, Robert M and Sougné, Jacques P (ed.) Correctionist models of learning and evolution: the 6th Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop Liège Belgium 16-19 September 2001 pp.

Book chapter

What can evolutionary psychology tell us about cognitive architecture?

Dickins, Thomas E. 2003. What can evolutionary psychology tell us about cognitive architecture? History and Philosophy of Psychology. 5 (1), pp. 1-16.

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The self-reported importance of olfaction during human mate choice

Sergeant, Mark J.T., Davies, M., Dickins, Thomas E. and Griffiths, Mark D. 2005. The self-reported importance of olfaction during human mate choice. Sexualities, Evolution and Gender. 7 (3), pp. 199-213.

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Aggression, empathy and sexual orientation in males

Sergeant, Mark J.T., Dickins, Thomas E., Davies, M. and Griffiths, Mark D. 2006. Aggression, empathy and sexual orientation in males. Personality and Individual Differences. 40 (3), pp. 475-486.

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Changes in Art: Market Forces or Evolution

Dickins, Thomas E. 2009. Changes in Art: Market Forces or Evolution. Empirical Studies of the Arts. 27 (2), pp. 159-165.

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Mother nature's tolerant ways: Why non-genetic inheritance has nothing to do with evolution

Dickins, Thomas E. and Dickins, Benjamin J.A. 2008. Mother nature's tolerant ways: Why non-genetic inheritance has nothing to do with evolution. New Ideas in Psychology. 26 (1), pp. 41-54.

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Opportunity for development or necessary nuisance? The case for viewing working with interpreters as a bonus in therapeutic work

Tribe, R. and Thompson, Kate 2009. Opportunity for development or necessary nuisance? The case for viewing working with interpreters as a bonus in therapeutic work. International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care. 5 (2), pp. 4-12.

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