School Psychology Article Feed

April 18th, 2025

Qualia as query act, the phenomenology of predictive error coding.

Harris HW pubmed id: 40248828

This paper talks about how our thoughts and brain work together to help us understand feelings and experiences. It explains that our brain is like a detective, always guessing what will happen next. The researchers think these ideas can help with treating mental health problems and making smart robots.

Multisensory Integration of Naturalistic Speech and Gestures in Autistic Adults.

Matyjek M; Kita S; Cuello MT; Faraco SS pubmed id: 40247672

Seeing the person talking helps us understand what they are saying, especially when it's noisy. People with autism might see and hear things differently, but this study found that they can still understand speech just as well as others by watching and listening. It shows that even if their brains work differently, they get the same help from seeing and hearing people talk.

April 17th, 2025

A tailored small group instruction intervention in mathematics benefits low achievers.

Rosholm M; Tonnesen PB; Rasmussen K; Overgaard S; Færch JV; Malm SG; Harder J pubmed id: 40240756

This study tested different ways to help students who struggle with math in Danish schools. They found that some interventions really helped kids in 2nd grade and that these improvements lasted over time. However, for 8th graders, the good effects didn't last as long.

The mediating role of optimism between reading habits and meaningful living.

Guven AZ; Banaz E; Özbilen U; Şahin TG pubmed id: 40242751

The study looked at how reading habits, living a meaningful life, and being optimistic are connected. They found that reading helps people feel their life is meaningful and that optimism plays an important role in this. They suggest that students should be encouraged to read more and be optimistic.

"Fox-like. One eye open, one eye closed": child supervision among Syrian refugee mothers in Canada.

Klassen CL; Gonzalez E; Rousseau C; Hanley J; Papazian-Zohrabian G; Ruiz-Casares M pubmed id: 40242743

This study looks at how Syrian refugee moms in Canada supervise their kids while moving through tough times, like leaving their home country. It finds that moms change how they take care of their kids based on the help they get and what’s happening around them. The research aims to help make better policies to support kids and their families in these situations.

Study on intervention effect of Wearable Cyborg HAL through narrative analysis.

Ikemoto S; Sankai Y; Sakurai T pubmed id: 40242741

The study talks about a special treatment using a robot suit called HAL that helps people improve their physical abilities. The researchers want to learn more about how this treatment affects how people feel mentally and how it changes their everyday lives. Understanding these things will help make the treatment even better.

Rethinking knowledge systems in psychology: addressing epistemic hegemony and systemic obstacles in climate change studies.

Aziz M; Anjum G pubmed id: 40242740

Climate psychology is a field that looks at how people think about and deal with climate change. This paper says that the field mostly uses ideas from Western countries, which may not work well for everyone, especially in Indigenous and Global South communities. The authors suggest using ideas and methods from many different cultures to make the research better and more fair for everyone.

Cultural perspective on religion, spirituality and mental health.

Cucchi A; Qoronfleh MW pubmed id: 40242736

More people are thinking about how religion and spirituality can help with mental health. Doctors and therapists are starting to use these ideas, but they sometimes mix them in without fully understanding them. This paper looks at this issue and suggests ways to better understand different cultures in mental health.

Exploring the balance between functionality and aesthetics: an analytical framework and pragmatic consideration of the anthropomorphism of service robots.

Xin X; Liu W pubmed id: 40242732

Service robots are being designed to look and act more like humans to help people understand them better and interact with them. This study looked at how making robots human-like affects how people use them and found it depends on many things, like people's personalities and cultures. It helps businesses know how much like humans their robots should be so they can work well with customers.

April 16th, 2025

Effects of different AI-driven Chatbot feedback on learning outcomes and brain activity.

Yin J; Xu H; Pan Y; Hu Y pubmed id: 40234444

Researchers studied how different types of feedback from a learning chatbot affect the brain and learning. They found that students learned best with feedback that helped them think about their thinking, while feedback that made students feel supported helped them remember better. Different brain areas were active depending on the type of feedback given.

Internet-based group compassion-focused therapy for Swedish young people with stress, anxiety and depression: a pilot waitlist randomized controlled trial.

Vestin M; Wallin L; Naesström M; Blomqvist I; Svedin CG; Beaumont E; Jokinen J; Dennhag I pubmed id: 40236966

The study looks at a type of therapy called compassion-focused therapy (CFT) that helps kids feel better about themselves. They made an online group version with a therapist guiding it to see if it's easy and okay for kids to use, and what good things it might do.

Narrative coherence in neural language models.

Acciai A; Guerrisi L; Perconti P; Plebe A; Suriano R; Velardi A pubmed id: 40236964

Researchers studied how well AI models, like GPT-3.5 and GPT-4, tell stories about themselves. They found that these AI models make stories that are organized and consistent, much like how people tell stories about their lives. This shows the AI can put together information in a way that is similar to how people think about themselves.

Psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Personality Assessment Inventory.

Paulino M; Moniz M; Moura O; Rijo D; Morey LC; Simões MR pubmed id: 40236962

Scientists are trying to figure out the best way to understand the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI), but they don't all agree on how to do it. Different studies have found different ways to group the test scales, and this might be because they used different types of people or methods to study them.

Similarities in semantic processing across verbal and pictorial domains in school children with developmental language disorder.

Lindfors H; Hansson K; Cohn N; Andersson A pubmed id: 40236961

The study looked at how children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) understand words and pictures. They found that kids with DLD had trouble understanding both words and pictures, unlike other kids their age. This suggests that their difficulty might not be just with language, but with understanding in general.

Considering the role of behaviors in sustainability and climate change education.

Eilam E pubmed id: 40235634

This paper talks about teaching kids about being good to the Earth and how it should not just be about changing what kids do. It worries if telling kids to change is good for them. Instead, it suggests thinking about behavior as something valuable to learn about in itself, like learning about right and wrong.

April 15th, 2025

The ART of resilience: a theoretical bridge across resilience perspectives.

Farchi MU; Peled-Avram M pubmed id: 40230999

The paper talks about a new way to understand how people stay strong in tough times. This new idea is called the ART framework, and it helps to see how people use their strengths, change how they see problems, and find ways to match their strengths to the problems they face.