British Journal of Psychology

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This journal publishes research on cognitive and behavioral psychology, including studies on social judgments, emotion regulation, learning, decision-making, and developmental psychology. Recent articles explore topics such as the influence of voice acoustics and interpersonal similarity on first impressions, the effects of posture on mood and behavior, and the relationship between chronic stress and reward learning. Other research examines health behavior considerations, face identification, problematic smartphone use in adolescents, temporal landmarks and shape preferences, collective action participation, childhood emotional abuse and emotion regulation, sleep interventions, and the impact of disgust sensitivity on outgroup perceptions. The journal also features studies on autistic individuals and social biases, collective narcissism and conspiracy beliefs, depressive symptom networks, working memory updating development, attention and vigilance in musically trained individuals, impulsive choice and emotion regulation, the effectiveness of same-language subtitles for reading fluency, and the role of implementation intentions in children's self-regulation.

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