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Expectation violation in product searching enhance innovation adoption
No full textNew products are often incongruent with our expectations. Therefore, this project will further explore the impact of product experience that violates expectations on the innovation adoption, and the characteristics of consumers will be used as moderating variables, such as cognitive flexibility and diversity seeking tendency
Availability of Open-Source Medical Protocols for Addressing Wartime Injuries in Low-Resource Settings
No full textThis scoping review aims to evaluate open-source medical protocols and algorithms for managing acute wartime injuries in resource-limited settings. The study will assess the availability, effectiveness, and suitability of these protocols for use by humanitarian organizations in conflict zones. By synthesizing evidence from academic literature and grey sources, this review seeks to identify existing solutions, highlight gaps, and provide a comprehensive reference for improving medical care in war-torn regions. The ultimate goal is to contribute to standardizing care and improving outcomes for populations affected by wartime injuries in challenging environments
Human-like object concept representations emerge naturally in multimodal large language models
No full textDoes Guilt Motivate Prosocial Behavior at the Expense of Others? Preregistered Replications and Exploratory Statistical Modeling
No full textGuilt is recognized as a social and moral emotion that drives prosocial behavior, typically through actions to repair relationships with victims, often at a personal cost. Prior research has yielded mixed results regarding compensatory behavior: In some instances, guilt prompted individuals to redirect resources away from unrelated others (observed in the Netherlands) or from themselves (observed in Romania and Japan) to compensate the victim. This study aimed to address these inconsistencies through two preregistered replication experiments, examining the role of relational mobility as a potential moderating factor across different cultural contexts. Contrary to initial findings, our results from Experiment 1 in Japan (n = 254), Experiment 2 in Japan and the Netherlands (n = 263 and 300, respectively), and an exploratory statistical modeling revealed a consistent pattern where guilt led to compensation directed at the victim, sacrificing own resources, irrespective of the country or levels of perceived relational mobility
Subjective conceptions of honesty and tolerance for democratic norm violations
No full textPeople's subjective conceptions of truth and honesty have undergone significant changes in recent decades. Parts of society increasingly favour the sincere expression of personal belief,
however inaccurate, over verifiable facts. This trend has been accompanied by increasing norm violations by political elites which have been identified as a significant contributor to democratic backsliding. Those two trends highlight the need for a thorough examination of the nexus between norm violations and conceptions of honesty. We present a series of preregistered studies that examined the conditions under which people acquiesce to democratic norm violations and politicians’ dishonesty. We find that when participants are asked to take a perspective of honesty that emphasises sincerity over accuracy, which we call ``belief-speaking'', they are more willing to accept norm violations by politicians than if participants take a perspective that emphasizes accuracy as a criterion for honesty, which we call ``fact-speaking''. When a fictitious politician is presented as telling untruths, tolerance of norm violations is reduced compared to when the politician is presented as truthful. The findings highlight the need to develop a better understanding of how individuals interpret and respond to political leaders’ behaviours, especially within the evolving landscape of perception and the ensuing threats to democratic stability
Color Erasure
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Maier, M. A., & Dechamps, M. C. (2025). Macroscopic Complementary Relation Between Subjective Observations and Objective Measurements of Color. Journal of Anomalistics, 25(1), 5–14. https://doi.org/10.23793/zfa.2025.01
Barriers to Mental Health Support and Recommendations for Improvement from the Perspectives of 2SLGBTQIA+ Youth
No full textTwo-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual plus (2SLGBTQIA+) youth face significant barriers to mental health care, ranging from a lack of access to therapists (e.g., months-long waitlists, lack of insurance coverage, etc.) to receiving incompetent care from non-affirming providers. To better understand the experiences of youth when accessing mental health care, the current study utilized a fixed, embedded mixed methods design with 808 2SLGBTQIA+ youth in the United States. In this sample, less than half of 2SLGBTQIA+ adolescents stated they were able to access mental health care when it was needed. Youth described experiencing unethical therapy practices by clinicians, cited their parents and practical concerns as barriers to accessing care, and concealing their identity from providers out of fear and mistrust. Youth also described feeling both validated and invalidated once they do receive care. Recommendations for caregivers, providers, organizations and programs, and policymakers are provided based on youth responses
Does Instrumental Music Training Improve Chinese Word Reading? A Quasi-experimental Study
No full textThis study set out to investigate whether and how music training improved Chinese word reading in children. Adopting a quasi-experimental research design, we recruited 86 musically trained children and musically untrained children with similar family income. We tested them on Chinese word reading, phonological awareness, and tone awareness. Moreover, we assessed their cognitive abilities, specifically non-verbal intelligence, inhibitory control, and working memory, as control variables. Data analyses revealed that musically trained children outperformed musically untrained children on word reading and phonological awareness but not tone awareness. Moreover, phonological awareness predicted word reading in musically trained children, with chronological age, cognitive abilities, and tone awareness controlled. However, tone awareness did not significantly predict their word reading. This study provides initial evidence supporting the potential of music training to improve Chinese word reading. Moreover, the findings reflect a possible intervention mechanism in which music training improves Chinese word reading by enhancing phonological awareness. Theoretically, the findings may extend the Precise Auditory Timing Hypothesis to tone languages and the logographic writing system
"Which comes first": Religious/spiritual engagement or health? Initial observations from longitudinal analyses
No full textHypothesis 2.5 from Landmark Spirituality and Health Survey Follow Up (https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/TS92Q): R/S will predict change in health over time and change in health over time will predict changes in R/S over time within an integrated model