Book Review: \u3cem\u3eMaking Change - Nordic Examples of Working Towards Gender Equality in the Media\u3c/em\u3e

Review of Making Change – Nordic Examples of Working Towards Gender Equality in the Media, edited by Maria Edström & Ragnhild Mølster. Nordicom, 201

Vocalizations, feeding and flight behaviour of nectar-feeding bats (Glossophaga soricina and Leptonycteris yerbabuenae)

When nectar-feeding bats converge on a food source, they may use vocal signals to minimize the risk of interference by others and maximize feeding efficiency. I conducted playback experiments with captive Pallas’ long-tongued bats (Glossophaga soricina) and wild lesser long-nosed bats (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae) to investigate the implications of vocalizations on feeding behaviour and assess behavioural responses. I hypothesized that echolocation calls and social calls are used as air traffic signals around a central food source. I found evidence that L. yerbabuenae primarily use echolocation calls as signals to maintain an efficient group feeding system, and detect their conspecifics through eavesdropping. G. soricina may rely more on active localization of others than on eavesdropping to effect air traffic control, but eavesdropping on vocalizations may still indirectly influence feeding and flight behaviour

Insight and executive function: investigating the role of dynamic assessment

Title from PDF of title page, viewed on August 26, 2013Dissertation advisor: Melisa V. RempferVitaIncludes bibliographic references (pages 88-107)Thesis (Ph.D.)--Dept. of Psychology. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2013The aim of this dissertation was to investigate the relationship among clinical insight, cognitive insight, and executive functioning (EF), as measured by both a dynamic and standard format. Thirty-six participants with schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder completed assessments of cognitive insight, clinical insight, and EF. The EF measure of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test was completed in both a standard and dynamic format. Results indicated small effect size correlations between clinical insight and standard EF assessments, but the directions of these correlations were contrary to much of the previous research. Additional small to moderate correlations were found between cognitive insight and a dynamic EF measure. Other findings suggested that persons with better clinical insight reported greater cognitive difficulties. Findings suggest several implications: EF is likely related to insight, lack of insight is not homogenous in this population, the constructs measured by standard assessments are not equivalent to the constructs of dynamic assessments, and clinical and cognitive insight are related, yet independent constructs. Future research directions are discussed.Overview -- Literature review -- Methodology -- Results -- Discussion -- Appendix A. Scale to assess unawareness of mental disorder-abridged -- Appendix B. Subjective scale to investigate cognition in schizophrenia -- Appendix C. Glossary of term

Meghan Murphy-Lee

Murphy-Lee served in Student Senate and so recalls getting to know Myers through Board of Trustee meetings and that he took an interest in her desire to be a contract Russian major. Myers and Dr. Marina Balina helped her achieve her goals and served as models of scholarly behavior for students

The Ability of Narrative Communication to Address Health-Related Social Norms

Social norms are an important predictor of health behavior and have been targeted by a variety of health communication campaigns. However, these campaigns often encounter challenges related to the socially specific context in which norms exist: specifically, the extent to which the target population identifies with the specific reference group depicted and the extent to which the target population believes the campaign’s message. We argue that because of its capacity to effect identification among viewers, narrative communication is particularly appropriate for impacting social norms and, consequently, behavioral intention. This manuscript presents the results of a randomized trial testing the effectiveness of two films – one narrative, one non-narrative – in changing perceived social norms and behavioral intention regarding Pap testing to detect cervical cancer. Results of the study indicate that the narrative film was in fact more effective at producing positive changes in perceived norms and intention