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  • A Contextual Psychology Approach to Improving Health Outcomes in the Perinatal Period 
    Lightcap, April (University of Oregon, 2023-07-06)
    The United States holds alarming records for highest infant and maternal mortality rates in the developed world. The US infant mortality rate is on par with many low and middle income countries, and despite the decline in ...
  • Boredom and the Need for Agency 
    Kahn, Lauren (University of Oregon, 2018-09-06)
    Humans are highly motivated to avoid boredom. What is the functional role of boredom, and why is it so aversive? An empirical study tested the hypothesis that a need for agency, or control over one’s actions and their ...
  • Investigating Dopamine- and Norepinephrine-Linked Variability in Cognitive Control in Lab and in Life 
    Calcott, Rebecca (University of Oregon, 2017-09-06)
    A series of experiments investigated the relationship between locus coeruleus-norepinephrine (LC-NE) function and striatal dopamine (DA) tone and the flexibility of stability of cognitive control. Across 4 experiments, ...
  • The Psychology of Socioeconomic Inequality in the United States 
    Ludwig, Rita (University of Oregon, 2021-11-23)
    Effective, evidence-based public policy is of critical importance to address issues of socioeconomic inequality, poverty, and class mobility. Psychological science has a valuable opportunity to inform the development of ...
  • Towards an Integrative Study of Self 
    Livingston, Jordan (University of Oregon, 2019-01-11)
    The study of self within psychology has been limited in a number of ways. Two sets of empirical studies extended the study of self beyond traditional trait-based self-perception. In the first set of studies, seven hundred ...

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