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Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for the treatment of chronic headache pain

Day, Melissa Anne (University of Alabama Libraries, 2013)

This study reports the findings of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) investigating the feasibility, tolerability, acceptability and initial estimates of efficacy of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) compared to ...
Miranda abilities in individuals with intellectual disability

Erickson, Sydnee (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

In 1966, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) recognized a possibility that the process of arrest, as well as subsequent custodial interrogation, rendered individuals at risk for a violation of their 5th Amendment ...
Model fit and convergent and discriminant validity of the psychopathic personality inventory-short form: a comparison of competing models

Adams, Elizabeth Walton (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

The present study examined the construct validity of the PPI-SF, testing both its factor structure and the convergent and discriminant validity. Using an undergraduate sample of 1,257 community members (869 females, 378 ...
Modeling the relationships among sustained attention, short-term memory, and language in Down syndrome

Faught, Gayle Graham (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

Introduction: Language is poorer than expected given developmental level in youth with Down syndrome (DS). This study sought to determine if predictors of language difficulty in DS include sustained attention (SA) and ...
Moderation of neural alcohol-cue craving by core personality systems

Mechin, Nicole Claudette (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

Alcohol cues are prevalent in our everyday lives (on commercials and billboards, in grocery ads, etc.). Past work has demonstrated that exposure to alcohol cues evokes alcohol craving as evidenced by cortical activation. ...
Modified core mindfulness skills training in an adolescent female correctional sample

Wakeman, Emily E. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2010)

Dialectical Behavior Therapy's Core Mindfulness skills have the potential to help incarcerated adolescents reduce diverse symptoms of psychopathology. Due to the current lack of research on the independent effect of the ...
Mothers scaffolding play in children with autism spectrum disorders

Pierucci, Jillian Michelle (University of Alabama Libraries, 2013)

Play allows children to appropriately engage with peers and others in their environment by using developmental and social skills. Many researchers have demonstrated that parents of children with typical development scaffold ...
Motivational orientation: manipulation through films of affective expression

Grant, Brett (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

In two studies we examined whether people can “catch” the motivations and emotions expressed by another person. In the Study 1, participants viewed three videos of an individual demonstrating fear, excitement, and neutral ...
Motor resonance in adolescents and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Travers, Brittany Gail (University of Alabama Libraries, 2011)

Motor resonance is motor activation that occurs in the body when one observes or thinks about movement. Motor resonance is thought to assist in automatic imitation, the development of language (i.e., watching others speak ...
Mujeres De Carácter: The Strong Women of Cuba

Lichenstein, Bronwen; Larson, Bridget A.; Brodsky, Stanley L.; Oakes, Amy

The concept for this study began after meeting with mujeres de carácter (strong, influential women) during a cultural exchange visit to Cuba. This meeting was followed by a literature review on cultural exchanges and gender ...
Network Complexity as a Measure of Information Processing Across Resting-State Networks: Evidence from the Human Connectome Project

McDonough, Ian M.; Nashiro, Kaoru (2014-06-10)

An emerging field of research focused on fluctuations in brain signals has provided evidence that the complexity of those signals, as measured by entropy, conveys important information about network dynamics (e.g., local ...
Neural bases of implicit learning in young adults with asd and their parents

Klein, Christopher Lee (University of Alabama Libraries, 2012)

It is theorized that the implicit learning impairments seen in persons with ASD may be due to a more general underlying neural dysfunction evidenced by diminished activation in the basal ganglia, specifically the caudate ...
The Neural Correlates of Moral Decision-Making in Psychopathy

Glenn, Andrea; Raine, Adrian; Schug, Robert A. (2009)
The Neurobiology of Psychopathy

Glenn, Andrea; Raine, Adrain (2008)
The Neurobiology of Psycopathy: A Neurodevelopmental Perspective

Gao, Yu; Glenn, Andrea; Schug, Robert A.; Yang, Yaling; Raine, Adrian (2009)

We provide an overview of the neurobiological underpinnings of psychopathy. Cognitive and affective–emotional processing deficits are associated with abnormal brain structure and function, particularly the amygdala and ...
Neurocognitive Characteristics of Youth with Noncomorbid and Comorbid Forms of Conduct Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Glenn, Andrea; et al. (2017)

Objective: Studies investigating neurocognitive deficits in youth with Conduct Disorder (CD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are often confounded by the high rates of comorbidity between the two. Method: ...
Neurocriminology: Implications for the Punishment, Prediction, and Prevention of Criminal Behavior

Glenn, Andrea; Raine, Adrian (2013)

Violence is increasingly viewed as a world public health problem. A growing body of knowledge shows that there is a neurobiological basis to violence, and this has intensified judicial interest in the potential application ...
Neurophysiological activity in response to pre and post goal positive affects

Adams, David (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

Approach motivation is the impetus to move towards a stimulus. Most frequently, approach motivation is caused by positive affect, and has been repeatedly shown to influence a number of cognitive and behavioral outcomes. ...
No Volumetric Differences in the Anterior Cingulate of Psychopathic Individuals

Glenn, Andrea; Yang, Yaling; Raine, Adrian; Colletti, Patrick (2010)

Functional imaging studies of psychopathy have demonstrated reduced activity in the anterior cingulate, yet it is unclear whether this region is structurally impaired. In this study, we used structural MRI to examine whether ...
Nonword reading as an indicator of orthographic learning in the ID population

Loveall, Susan Janel (University of Alabama Libraries, 2011)

Previous research has suggested that individuals with intellectual disability (ID) perform worse in several areas of reading compared to mental age matched peers (see Conners, 2003 for a review of the literature). However, ...

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