Speed of play has been identified as a key structural characteristic in gambling behaviour, where games involving higher playing speeds enhance the experience of gambling. Of interest in the present study is the consistent finding that games with higher event frequencies are preferred by problem gamblers and are associated with more negative gambling outcomes, such…Continue Reading The Relationship Between Gambling Event Frequency, Motor Response Inhibition, Arousal, and Dissociative Experience
Year: 2020
The role of spatial selective attention in the processing of affective prosodies in congenitally blind adults: An ERP study
The question whether spatial selective attention is necessary in order to process vocal affective prosody has been controversially discussed in sighted individuals: whereas some studies argue that attention is required in order to process emotions, other studies conclude that vocal prosody can be processed even outside the focus of spatial selective attention. Here, we asked…Continue Reading The role of spatial selective attention in the processing of affective prosodies in congenitally blind adults: An ERP study
Challenges of recruiting emergency department patients to a qualitative study: a thematic analysis of researchers’ experiences
At times of increasing pressure on emergency departments, and the need for research into different models of service delivery, little is known about how to recruit patients for qualitative research in emergency departments. We report from one study which aimed to collect evidence on patients’ experiences of attending emergency departments with different models of using…Continue Reading Challenges of recruiting emergency department patients to a qualitative study: a thematic analysis of researchers’ experiences
The Montreal Protocol or the Paris Agreement as a Model for a Plastics Treaty?
The notion that a plastics treaty is necessary is gaining traction, but there is less agreement as to its content. Some, including this author, have suggested that a plastics treaty should be modelled on treaties such as the Montreal Protocol, which sets out a broad commitment to end the use of a particular material and…Continue Reading The Montreal Protocol or the Paris Agreement as a Model for a Plastics Treaty?
Gambling and COVID-19: Initial Findings from a UK Sample
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK Government placed society on ‘lockdown’, altering the gambling landscape. This study sought to capture the immediate lockdown-enforced changes in gambling behaviour. UK adults (n = 1028) were recruited online. Gambling behaviour (frequency and weekly expenditure, perceived increase/decrease) was measured using a survey-specific questionnaire. Analyses compared gambling behaviour as a…Continue Reading Gambling and COVID-19: Initial Findings from a UK Sample
PGR Connect Seminar Series
Staff in the School of Sport and Exercise Science are organising a seminar series to connect postgraduate researchers (PGRSs) at the University of Lincoln with PGRs at institutions across the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. Organised by staff specialising in sport and exercise psychology (Twitter: @LincsSpExPsych), the PGR Connect Seminar Series will run on…Continue Reading PGR Connect Seminar Series
The Hong Kong Criminal Justice Series
The Hong Kong Criminal Justice Series, authored by Dr. Andra le Roux-Kemp with publisher Wolters Kluwer (Hong Kong), consists of three volumes: Hong Kong Criminal Procedure (2019), Hong Kong Law of Evidence (2019), and Hong Kong Criminal Law (forthcoming 2021/22). The aim of this Criminal Justice Series is to provide a single, comprehensive source on the laws of Hong…Continue Reading The Hong Kong Criminal Justice Series