The Plymouth Student Scientist - Volume 03 - 2010: Recent submissions
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The therapeutic effects of working with Dartmoor Ponies: a pathfinding project
(University of Plymouth, 2010)The area of Animal Assisted Therapy, and in particular therapy with Equines, was investigated to assess whether this sort of therapy could contribute to Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL). It was proposed ... -
Case JP: Twenty experiments on a person with Congenital Prosopagnosia and inability to experience visual imagery from birth
(University of Plymouth, 2010)Congenital Prosopagnosia and inability to experience visual imagery was investigated through administration of neuropsychological, face processing and visual imagery tests on a single patient, JP. JP had no general ... -
Nine Years On: Revisiting the Pond Communities of the Lizard Peninsula, UK
(University of Plymouth, 2010)Ponds contribute in various amounts to freshwater biodiversity and in some regions can be of considerably high biodiversity value compared to other freshwaters. The ecology of pond communities has been studied by numerous ... -
The effect of physiological arousal on item and associative memory consolidation
(University of Plymouth, 2010)This article does not feature an abstract. -
Does affective commitment decrease the level of stress reported in teachers? A comparison of primary and secondary school teachers
(University of Plymouth, 2010)Occupational stress has been established as a predictor of low physical and psychological well-being. Organisational commitment can act as a buffer to the adverse effects of stress. Two types of commitment (affective and ... -
Moderating the influence of a prime: can self-focused attention inhibit response preparation behaviour in an interpersonal context?
(University of Plymouth, 2010)Research into the effects of focused attention on prime-to-behaviour effects indicates that heightened self-focus can eliminate stereotype and trait activation. The present research investigated the influence of focused ... -
The effects of consonantal specificity, articulatory phonetics and prosody in young infants' lexical acquisition
(University of Plymouth, 2010)The present study was designed to investigate the role of consonants within word-initial consonantal contrasts, articulatory phonetics (involving place of articulation and voicing features) and prosody in young infants’ ...
