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Emotion affects prefrontal cortex activity during cognitive task performance: A change blindness functional near-infrared spectroscopy study. (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bendall, R., & Thompson, C. (2014, September). Emotion affects prefrontal cortex activity during cognitive task performance: A change blindness functional near-infrared spectroscopy study. Poster presented at British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience Annual Scientific Meeting, York

Research is increasingly demonstrating that emotional processes interact with our cognitions and that the prefrontal cortex (PFC) is heavily involved during such
tasks. Higher naturalistic negative mood is related to reduced PFC activity during wor... Read More about Emotion affects prefrontal cortex activity during cognitive task performance: A change blindness functional near-infrared spectroscopy study..

Disciplinary, sectoral and national border crossings in the careers of social science and humanities researchers : findings from a European project (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Millard, D., & Coey, C. (2014, September). Disciplinary, sectoral and national border crossings in the careers of social science and humanities researchers : findings from a European project. Presented at Vitae Researcher Development International Conference, Manchester

This paper to presents some of the findings of the POCARIM (Mapping the Population, Careers, Mobilities and Impacts of Advanced Research Degree Graduates in the Social Sciences and Humanities)study. It reports in particular on the implications of thr... Read More about Disciplinary, sectoral and national border crossings in the careers of social science and humanities researchers : findings from a European project.

Association between parent-infant interactions in infancy and disruptive behaviour disorders at age seven: a nested, case–control ALSPAC study (2014)
Journal Article

Background
Effective early intervention to prevent oppositional/conduct disorders requires early identification of children at risk. Patterns of parent-child interaction may predict oppositional/conduct disorders but large community-based prospecti... Read More about Association between parent-infant interactions in infancy and disruptive behaviour disorders at age seven: a nested, case–control ALSPAC study.

Changes in sprint, change of direction and jump performance during a competitive season in male lacrosse players (2014)
Journal Article
Thomas, C., Mather, D., & Comfort, P. (2014). Changes in sprint, change of direction and jump performance during a competitive season in male lacrosse players. Journal of Athletic Enhancement, 3(5), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.4172/2324-9080.1000167

This study aimed to examine performance changes in lacrosse
players during a 24-week competitive season (including 22 weeks
of periodized resistance training (RT)). Eleven male lacrosse
players (age 24.5 ± 4.3 years, height 180.4 ± 5.6 cm, body... Read More about Changes in sprint, change of direction and jump performance during a competitive season in male lacrosse players.

Low immigrant mortality in England and Wales: A data artefact? (2014)
Journal Article
Wallace, M., & Kulu, H. (2014). Low immigrant mortality in England and Wales: A data artefact?. Social Science and Medicine, 120, 100-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.08.032

Previous research shows low mortality for most immigrants compared to natives in host countries. This advantage is often attributed to health selection processes in migration and to protective health behaviours. Little research has examined the role... Read More about Low immigrant mortality in England and Wales: A data artefact?.

Attention restoration reduces change blindness (except for those who feel sad) (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Thompson, C., & Bendall, R. (2014, September). Attention restoration reduces change blindness (except for those who feel sad). Poster presented at British Psychological Society Cognitive Section Meeting, Nottingham, UK

Attention Restoration Theory (Kaplan, 1995; Kaplan & Berman, 2010) proposes that natural surroundings “restore” attentional resources, in comparison to urban surroundings. This is due to increased bottom-up processing in natural environments (relativ... Read More about Attention restoration reduces change blindness (except for those who feel sad).

The negative influence of mindwandering on visual search behaviour (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bower, C., & Thompson, C. (2014, September). The negative influence of mindwandering on visual search behaviour. Presented at British Psychological Society Cognitive Section Meeting, Nottingham, UK

The effective allocation of attention and visual search is critical in many real-world tasks and there are several factors that influence the distribution of resources. These range from positive influences (e.g. top-down search that is guided on the... Read More about The negative influence of mindwandering on visual search behaviour.

Self harm and suicide amongst children & young people in Knowsley : a collaborative workforce development project in partnership with Knowsley Council & Knowsley Clinical Commissioning Group (2014)
Presentation / Conference
with Knowsley Council & Knowsley Clinical Commissioning Group. Presented at NET2014 25th International Networking for Healthcare Education Conference, Churchill College, cambridge UK

This theme paper demonstrates an innovative project that aimed to enhance knowledge, awareness and expertise around self-harm. Academic and Clinical staff at the University of Salford, United Kingdom were commissioned to work collaboratively with Kno... Read More about Self harm and suicide amongst children & young people in Knowsley : a collaborative workforce development project in partnership with Knowsley Council & Knowsley Clinical Commissioning Group.

Barriers to employment for visually impaired women (2014)
Journal Article
Coffey, M., Coufopoulos, A., & Kinghorn, K. (2014). Barriers to employment for visually impaired women. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 7(3), 171-185. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJWHM-06-2013-0022

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore barriers to employment for visually impaired (VI) women and potential solutions to those barriers.

Design/methodology/approach – Mixed methods, comprising three phases; first, exploratory intervie... Read More about Barriers to employment for visually impaired women.

Power and impulse applied during push press exercise (2014)
Journal Article
Lake, J., Mundy, P., & Comfort, P. (2014). Power and impulse applied during push press exercise. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 28(9), 2552-2559. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000000438

Lake, JP, Mundy, PD, and Comfort, P. Power and impulse applied during push press exercise. J Strength Cond Res 28(9): 2552-2559, 2014-The aim of this study was to quantify the load, which maximized peak and mean power, and impulse applied to these lo... Read More about Power and impulse applied during push press exercise.

Media representations of crime and criminal justice (2014)
Journal Article
Birkbeck, C. (2014). Media representations of crime and criminal justice. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935383.013.15

To date, criminologists have approached the media from a communications perspective that, directly or indirectly, treats them as a powerful social force. However, systematic research (conducted mainly outside but also within criminology) has failed t... Read More about Media representations of crime and criminal justice.

Translating family support practice lessons (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Shannon, M., & Smyth, B. (2014, September). Translating family support practice lessons. Presented at Five Nations Supporting Families Conference ‘Supporting Families in difficult times’, Leeds Beckett University

This workshop proposes to present the results of a small scale research project undertaken with a comparative component. Practitioners from intensive family support services in the UK and Ireland respectively were interviewed about their input with f... Read More about Translating family support practice lessons.

The experiences of newly qualified children’s nurses during their transition into children’s community nursing teams (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Darvill, A., Fallon, D., & Livesley, J. (2014, September). The experiences of newly qualified children’s nurses during their transition into children’s community nursing teams. Presented at UK Association of Chief Children's Nurses Children's and Young People's Nursing International Conference “Building the evidence base for practice”, Jersey

This paper describes a qualitative research study into the experiences of newly qualified children’s nurses during their transition into children’s community nursing teams in England. The study took place at a time when the recruitment of newly qual... Read More about The experiences of newly qualified children’s nurses during their transition into children’s community nursing teams.