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2026 Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation Open Access Peer-Reviewed
Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation and emotional responding in borderline personality disorder: a randomized single-blind, sham-controlled study
Aalborg University Hospital + 10 more
BACKGROUND: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized by severe emotional vulnerability, including heightened sensitivity, exaggerated reactivity, and delayed recovery from emotional arousal. Altered interoceptive-affective processing may contribute to these features. Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) provides a non-invasive method for modulating vagal-afferent pathways involved in interoception and emotion regulation. This study examined whether active […]
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2026 Food Quality and Preference Open Access Peer-Reviewed
Easy as Pie, or Tasty as One? Effects of Taste and Convenience Cues in Instagram Dessert Recipe Videos on Emotional and Cognitive Processing, Memory, and Intentions
Maastricht University, School of Business and Economics + 4 more
Instagram's popular recipe videos showcase prominent cues, like taste and convenience, persuading viewers – particularly emerging adults (18-25) – to make the recipes. While hedonic taste cues trigger automatic appetitive responses, the processing of utilitarian convenience cues remains unclear. A within-subjects repeated-measures experiment with Instagram dessert recipe videos emphasizing taste , convenience , or both […]
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2026 ACM-W 8th Summit on GEC Open Access
Behavioral Accounting: Preliminary Findings from Eye-Tracking Facial Expression Analysis and Biosensors
University of Patras
Behavioral accounting examines how individuals interpret accounting information and how cognitive and emotional factors affect decision-making. An experiment with 43 participants, including accounting experts and students, was conducted to examine differences in the evaluation of financial data. Eyetracking, facial expression analysis, and biosensors were used to record visual attention and emotional responses during accounting tasks. […]
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2026 Communication Today Open Access Peer-Reviewed
Watching TikTok: An Eye-Tracking Study of Visual Attention Paid to Short-Form Videos
University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius + 1 more
The study focuses on how young viewers visually process short-form videos on TikTok and how the distribution of attention between the main image and the platform interface changes in the process. In an exploratory laboratory experiment, 16 participants watched ten videos of four different types of content (lifestyle, educational content, fastpaced potentially risky videos, multi-screen […]
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2026 CrimRxiv Open Access
Evaluating Bystander Intervention from a Victim Perspective Using Virtual Reality
The University of Manchester
Objectives: This study examines the perceived effectiveness of bystander intervention in sexual harassment using virtual reality. Methods: A 2×3 factorial design compared two vignette presentation methods (VR vs. written scenarios) across three intervention conditions (direct, indirect, no intervention). The sample comprised 160 participants from a UK university. Outcome measures included self-report questionnaires capturing perception and […]
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2026 MDPI Brain Sciences Open Access Peer-Reviewed
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Reduces Symptom Severity and Normalizes Neurophysiological and Attentional Reactivity in Anorexia Nervosa: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Beykoz University + 2 more
Background: Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a severe psychiatric disorder marked by restrictive eating, distorted body image, and high relapse rates. While cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is a widely used treatment, its mechanisms of action in AN remain incompletely understood, particularly beyond self-reported symptom change. This study investigated the effects of a 12-week CBT intervention on both […]
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2026 ZDM – Mathematics Education Open Access Peer-Reviewed
Confronted with mathematics: the impact of pre-service elementary school teachers’ self-concept on emotional and physiological responses to mathematics exposure
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München + 5 more
Abstract: This study employed a situated approach to evaluate how female pre-service elementary school teachers’ mathematics self-concept impacts their emotional and physiological responses when confronted with mathematics tasks. We assessed participants’ (N=70, Mage = 20.6 years) self-concept before inviting them into the laboratory, where they solved arithmetic pattern tasks. We recorded their psychophysiological arousal via skin […]
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2026 European Journal of Information Systems Open Access Peer-Reviewed
How do attention and emotion drive donations in charitable crowdfunding? An empirical study of users’ cognitive and physiological responses to image content
Copenhagen Business School
Abstract: This study investigates the attentional and emotional impact of different image types in medical crowdfunding campaigns, and how these images impact donations. Building on signaling theory and evolutionary explanations for the drivers of altruism, we hypothesized that donors will be more likely to support campaigns with images that depict illness than campaigns with images […]
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2026 European Journal of Information Systems Open Access Peer-Reviewed
How do attention and emotion drive donations in charitable crowdfunding? An empirical study of users’ cognitive and physiological responses to image content
Copenhagen Business School
This study investigates the attentional and emotional impact of different image types in medical crowdfunding campaigns, and how these images impact donations. Building on signaling theory and evolutionary explanations for the drivers of altruism, we hypothesized that donors will be more likely to support campaigns with images that depict illness than campaigns with images that […]
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2026 Music & Science Open Access Peer-Reviewed
Examining Links Between Music-Induced Physiological Response, Active Engagement with Music, and Musical Competence
The Society for Education, Music, and Psychology Research + 3 more
Abstract The present study investigated the links between music-induced physiological response and active engagement with music to understand individual differences in musical competence. Building on McPherson and Williamon’s differentiated model of musical giftedness and talent as the theoretical foundation, the study treated individuals’ music-induced physiological response as an indicator of natural abilities. Active engagement with […]
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