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12 November 2025
Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI): obsolete norms identify psychopathology in nearly everyone
Jafri Abdullah, Section Editor
6 November 2025
Auditory processing ability in Thai native speakers with the Gaps-In-Noise (GIN) test
Jafri Abdullah, Section Editor
30 October 2025
Detecting temporal asymmetry after epilepsy surgery: a 3D MRI-based comparative outcome study of clinicians and lay observers
"Working towards clinical benchmarks for assessing craniofacial temporal asymmetry after epilepsy surgery."
Catherine Myers, Section Editor
29 October 2025
Effects of virtual reality exercise on fatigue, pain, and psychological status among cancer patients: a meta-analysis
"This manuscript provides a comprehensive overview of how virtual reality can help patients with cancer."
Ottavia Epifania, Handling Editor
22 October 2025
The influence of basketball players’ tracking speed ability on sports decision performance
"This study is important because it uniquely links physical demands (running speed) with cognitive performance (visual tracking and decision-making) in basketball, offering new insights into how expertise shapes performance under pressure. Its findings have both theoretical value for understanding expertise in dynamic sports and practical implications for designing training that enhances decision-making in fast-paced game situations."
Valter Prpic, Handling Editor
9 October 2025
The 6-item specific object anthropomorphism scale: a new questionnaire for children and adults
Jafri Abdullah, Section Editor
29 September 2025
Robust statistical methods and the credibility movement of psychological science
Jafri Abdullah, Section Editor
24 September 2025
From Abstainers to Dependent Drinkers: alcohol consumption patterns and risk factors among Portuguese university students
Jafri Abdullah, Section Editor
22 September 2025
Practitioner training and user experience of Seeking Safety for people with complex post-traumatic stress disorder and substance use disorder
Jafri Abdullah, Handling Editor
16 September 2025
Response inhibition and morphological awareness in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: evidence from behavior and ERPs
"ERP in ADHD"
Jafri Abdullah, Section Editor

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