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A framework for the use of wearables to enable study of stress
Title
A framework for the use of wearables to enable study of stress
Author
Kanchinadam, Teja Simha
Date Created
2016
Subjects--Topical
Computer science
Description
Stress is a common condition that has major health impacts. Even though short-term stress helps people to react to danger immediately, chronic stress has larger health impacts such as early aging, post-traumatic stress disorder, and depression. In...
Correlates, Predictors, and Consequences of Family Weight Talk among School-Aged Children
Title
Correlates, Predictors, and Consequences of Family Weight Talk among School-Aged Children
Author
Gadaire, Cecily
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Psychology
Description
Parents play a key role in the establishment of health habits among children, and as many as 60% of parents report talking regularly with their child about health and weight (Lydecker et al., 2018). This health and weight related discourse, known ...
Deep Natural Language Generation Using BERT for Summarization
Title
Deep Natural Language Generation Using BERT for Summarization
Author
Choudhury, Sourav
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Computer science, Artificial intelligence
Description
Summarization is one of the core facets of Natural Language Processing. Text summarization is the task of producing a concise and fluent summary while holding the most essential or salient part of the content and preserving the original meaning. T...
Do video games reduce or induce stress? The effect of challenge and threat appraisals on stress and aggression when playing violent and nonviolent video games
Title
Do video games reduce or induce stress? The effect of challenge and threat appraisals on stress and aggression when playing violent and nonviolent video games
Author
Porter, Anne
Date Created
2017
Subjects--Topical
Psychology, Medical sciences
Description
Video game players report using video games for stress reduction, but previous studies have found mixed results when examining stress and video games, and fail to comprehensively measure all relevant psychological, emotional, and physiological str...
Leveraging Visual Analytics for Modeling Online User Behavior on Social Media
Title
Leveraging Visual Analytics for Modeling Online User Behavior on Social Media
Author
ElTayeby, Omar
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Computer science
Description
Analysts and domain experts in various fields rely on collecting data about their subjects to understand and predict their behavior. Characterizing and modeling human behavior requires analyzing extensive amounts of data from heterogeneous sources...
PARENT READINESS TO CHANGE CHILD WEIGHT BEHAVIOR: THE ROLE OF HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE MODELS AND PERCEPTION OF RISK
Title
PARENT READINESS TO CHANGE CHILD WEIGHT BEHAVIOR: THE ROLE OF HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE MODELS AND PERCEPTION OF RISK
Author
Basquin, Cecily
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Psychology
Description
Background: Parents play a key role in shaping their child’s healthy weight behavior, yet even child weight interventions that incorporate parents can have limited success due to low participation, low completion rates, and poor program compliance...
Reappraisal and Health: An Investigation into Reappraisal Ability and Stressful Life Events as the Missing Links
Title
Reappraisal and Health: An Investigation into Reappraisal Ability and Stressful Life Events as the Missing Links
Author
Roos, Lydia
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Psychology
Description
Inadequate emotion regulation may underlie the development of psychopathology as well as worsened physical health, particularly in the context of stress. Cognitive reappraisal is typically considered an adaptive strategy to manage negative emotion...
The Relationship Between Self-Verification and Emotion Regulation
Title
The Relationship Between Self-Verification and Emotion Regulation
Author
Glass, Shaina
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Psychology
Description
Self-verification is a form of confirmation bias in which people seek feedback that is consistent with existing self-views, and which is believed to be a factor in the persistence of affective disorders. While prior research shows that cognitive b...
Towards an Understanding of the Impact of Uncertainty and Emotional Content on Users' Decision-making About Misinformation
Title
Towards an Understanding of the Impact of Uncertainty and Emotional Content on Users' Decision-making About Misinformation
Author
Karduni, Alireza
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Computer science, Communication, Cognitive psychology
Description
Misinformation on social media is a phenomenon with considerable impacts on our societies. To effectively mitigate its effects, we need to employ a cross-disciplinary effort to holistically address the critical elements involved in the process, in...
Using metacognitive guidance to facilitate “active learning” in ADHD
Title
Using metacognitive guidance to facilitate “active learning” in ADHD
Author
Padro, Meagan
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Psychology
Description
Modern education, at all levels, is shifting to active learning techniques. Active learning requires students to engage in meaningful learning activities and continuously monitor what they are doing. Research on active learning techniques in the c...
Working Memory and Emotion Processing Contributions to Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Title
Working Memory and Emotion Processing Contributions to Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Author
Cook, Mary
Date Created
2016
Subjects--Topical
Psychology
Description
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by a "persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that interferes with functioning or development," according to the DSM-5, and i...