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Elemental Representations of Stimuli in Associative Learning
Harris, Justin APublished 2006-01-01This paper reviews evidence and theories concerning the nature of stimulus representations in Pavlovian conditioning. It focuses on the elemental approach developed in Stimulus Sampling Theory (Atkinson & Estes, 1963; Bush ...Open AccessArticle -
NSW Young People on Community Orders: Key Findings Report
Kenny, Dianna T; Nelson, Paul; Butler, Tony; Lennings, Chris; Allerton, Mark; Champion, UnaPublished 2006-01-01Open AccessTechnical Report -
Expectancy in double-blind placebo-controlled trials: An example from alcohol dependence
Colagiuri, Ben; Morley, Kirsten; Boakes, Robert A; Haber, PaulPublished 2009-01-01Background: Double-blind placebo-controlled trials are intended to control for the impact of expectancy on outcomes. Whether they always achieve this is, however, questionable. Methods: Reanalysis of a clinical trial of ...Open AccessArticle -
Seeing slow and seeing fast: Two limits on perception
Holcombe, AlexPublished 2009-01-01Video cameras have a single temporal limit set by the frame rate. The human visual system has multiple temporal limits set by its various constituent mechanisms. These limits appear to form two groups. A fast group comprises ...Open AccessArticle -
Attentional Changes During Implicit Learning: Signal Validity Protects a Target Stimulus from the Attentional Blink
Livesey, Evan J; Harris, Irina M; Harris, Justin APublished 2009-01-01Participants in two experiments performed two simultaneous tasks: one, a dual-target detection task within a rapid sequence of target and distractor letters; the other, a cued reaction time task requiring participants to ...Open AccessArticle -
Predictors of undergraduates' intention to incorporate glycaemic index into dietary behaviour
Goodwin, Robyn; Mullan, BarbaraPublished 2009-01-01Open AccessArticle -
Trust not in money: The effect of financial conflict of interest disclosure on dietary behavioural intention
Goodwin, Robyn; Mullan, BarbaraPublished 2009-01-01Purpose To determine the impact of financial conflict of interest (FCI) disclosure on dietary behavioural intention related to the glycaemic index (GI) of food. Design/methodology/approach Seventy-two participants were ...Open AccessArticle -
Perceived treatment, feedback, and placebo effects in double-blind RCTs: An experimental analysis.
Colagiuri, Ben; Boakes, Robert APublished 2010-01-01In double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trials (RCT) of therapeutic interventions, the effects of the treatment may provide feedback that undermines blinding and consequently distorts measures of the effectiveness ...Open AccessArticle -
An attention modulated associative network.
Harris, Justin A; Livesey, Evan JPublished 2010-01-01We present an elemental model of associative learning that describes interactions between stimulus elements as a process of competitive normalization. Building on the assumptions laid out in Harris (2006), stimuli are ...Open AccessArticle -
The arguments of associations
Harris, Justin APublished 2010-01-01This chapter considers associative solutions to “non‐linear” discrimination problems, such as negative patterning (A+ and B+ vs AB‐) and the biconditional discrimination (AB+ and CD+ vs AC‐ and BD‐). It is commonly assumed ...Open AccessBook chapter -
A systematic review of the quality, content and context of breakfast consumption
Mullan, Barbara; Singh, MonikaPublished 2010-01-01Purpose: Consumption of breakfast is often associated with important health related behaviours. For example, skipping breakfast is related to obesity and eating breakfast is also correlated to cognitive, behavioural, and ...Open AccessArticle -
Children’s Understandings of Mediated Health Campaigns for Childhood Obesity
Babooram, Melanie; Mullan, Barbara; Sharpe, LouisePublished 2010-01-01Purpose: The present study investigated children’s understandings of the intent and importance of current media initiatives designed to target childhood obesity. Semi structured interviews were analysed using qualitative ...Open AccessArticle -
Consumer food-safety education for the domestic environment: a systematic review
Milton, Alyssa; Mullan, BarbaraPublished 2010-01-01Purpose Despite the recognised importance of food-safety, a large number of consumers do not practice adequate food-safety in the home. Many studies have recommended that education is a key step in preventing food borne ...Open AccessArticle -
Predicting food hygiene: An investigation of social factors and past behaviour in an extended model of the Health Action Process Approach.
Chow, S; Mullan, BarbaraPublished 2010-01-01Open AccessArticle -
Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour to design a Food Hygiene Intervention
Mullan, Barbara; Wong, CaraPublished 2010-01-01Open AccessArticle -
Measuring beliefs about gluten free diet adherence in adult coeliac disease using the theory of planned behaviour
Sainsbury, Kirby; Mullan, BarbaraPublished 2011-01-01The theory of planned behaviour (TPB) was used to elicit the salient beliefs about gluten free diet (GFD) adherence in adults with coeliac disease (CD) and to design a TPB questionnaire to predict adherence levels. This ...Open AccessArticle, Letter -
Health-related content in Australian television advertising
Baker, Julia; Mullan, BarbaraPublished 2011-01-01Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the proportions of health-related content in non-program time on Australian television, and how this relates to channel, product category, program genre and whether it is ...Open AccessArticle -
The acquisition of conditioned responding
Harris, Justin APublished 2011-01-01This report analyzes the acquisition of conditioned responses in rats trained in a magazine approach paradigm. Following the suggestion by Gallistel, Fairhurst and Balsam (2004), Weibull functions were fitted to the ...Open AccessArticle -
Response rates track the history of reinforcement times
Harris, Justin A; Gharaei, Saba; Pincham, Hannah LPublished 2011-01-01When conditioning involves a consistent temporal relationship between the conditioned stimulus (CS) and unconditioned stimulus (US), the expression of conditioned responses within a trial peaks at the usual time of the US ...Open AccessArticle -
Increasing the frequency of breakfast consumption
Kothe, Emily Jane; Mullan, Barbara APublished 2011-01-01Purpose – A number of interventions aimed at increasing breakfast consumption have been designed and implemented in recent years. This paper seeks to review the current research in this area with the aim of identifying ...Open AccessArticle
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