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Metaphors are often used in contemporary advertising, and previous research has confirmed that advertisements with metaphors are more effective than literal ones. At the same time, research into the role of metaphors has become more comprehensive,…

Farmers’ livelihoods and way of living could be argued to be under threat from the simultaneous rapid rise of plant-based products, development of cultured products, and our growing understanding of the detrimental impact of traditional animal…

The antisaccade (AS) task is a validated eye-tracking paradigm primarily used to assess response inhibition. Although several studies have established AS error rate and latency to be increased in Parkinson’s disease (PD), the evidence regarding the…

Knowledge of one’s body size is vital to be able to accurately judge an object’s size. For example, knowing the length of your arm is crucial to estimating the maximum distance reachable. Accurate perception of action capabilities is the result…

When diagnosing adult ADHD, it has proven difficult for clinicians to detect deceptive behaviour. Diagnosis of ADHD comes with economic, academic, and recreational benefits, which may account for the increasing feigning of the disorder. Current…

Although the effects of humanmade climate change become ever more potent, the consensus gap between climate scientists and the public is as wide as ever. It is critical that climate change communication is improved to try and close this gap. There…

Implicit mentalising involves the automatic awareness of the perspectives of those around oneself. Its development is crucial to successful social functioning and joint action. However, the domain specificity of implicit mentalising is debated. The…

Product placement is the merging of entertainment with advertising, and its presence in our daily lives is increasing. Despite this, there is an inherent lack of consideration of its influence amongst vulnerable populations such as individuals with…

The origin of speech development starts with the way that infants or children produce their first words. In the early stage of speech acquisition, children tend to produce particular syllables that are low in energy to produce, such as intrasyllabic…