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Open Psychology

ISSN: 2543-8883

Editor-in-chief: Markus Kiefer

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The journal publishes original research in the broad areas of experimental and applied psychology, including cognitive, social, and developmental psychology, as well as health and clinical, educational, and occupational psychology. We encourage research that is at the intersection of psychology’s subdisciplines and offers integrative approach. We also recognise that valuable research may include replication studies and those which report negative results, thus we will also consider such submissions.

The journal publishes:

Original research articles
Review articles
Integrative and traditional research
Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research
Studies using quantitative and qualitative methods
Replication studies and studies reporting negative results

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Articles accepted for publication in Open Psychology are subject to Article Processing Charges (APCs). The publication fee amounts to 1000 EUR. Authors who have no funding for the submitted research can request a waiver or a discount during the submission process.

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Volume 5 Issue 1

January 2023

Research Articles

Open Access February 8, 2023

Contextual Specificity of (Un)Healthy Food/Drink Intake in Everyday Life: A Study Based on Episodic Memories

Antonio Laguna-Camacho

Article number: 20220131

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Identifying the contexts of episodes of (un)healthy food/drink intake could inform strategies for eating more healthily. This study assessed memories of recent episodes of healthy and unhealthy eating from adults in Mexico. For each (un)healthy eating episode participants recalled place, time of day, people present and food/drink intake. Categories were formed for the contextual features and foods/drinks that were reported, then the relative frequency of each category was tested between healthy and unhealthy eating episodes. Overall, there was a large set of categories of (un)healthy food/drink choices, and there were more healthy eating episodes with family at home and unhealthy eating episodes with friends out of home. However, as expected, a more specific context as well as food/drink intake was identified for each sort of recalled (un)healthy eating episode of the day. Additionally, eating out of home, later in the day and with people present were features related to higher estimated energy content across (un)healthy eating episodes. These findings support the assessment of self-reported memories of recent eating episodes to generate evidence that contribute to contexts that support healthy eating habits.

Open Access March 18, 2023

Influences of Music Reading on Auditory Chord Discrimination: A Novel Test Bed for Nonconscious Processing of Irrelevant Prime Meaning

Marie-Luise Augsten, Stephanie J. Eder, Christian Büsel, Christian Valuch, Ulrich Ansorge

Article number: 20220132

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The question whether nonconscious processing could involve higher-level, semantic representations is of broad interest. Here, we demonstrate semantic processing of task-relevant and task-irrelevant features of nonconscious primes within a novel, empirical test bed. In two experiments, musicians were visually primed with musical note triads varying in mode (i.e., major vs minor) and position (i.e., the arrangement of notes within a triad). The task required to discriminate only the mode in the following auditory target chord. In two experimental blocks, primes were either consciously visible or masked, respectively. Response times for auditory discrimination of the modes (relevant dimension) of heard triads were measured. Crucially, the targets also varied with respect to mode and position, creating different grades of congruency with the visual primes. Based on the Theory of Event Coding, we expected and found interactions between relevant and irrelevant semantic characteristics of masked primes, illustrating that even irrelevant prime meaning was processed. Moreover, our results indicated that both task-relevant and task-irrelevant prime characteristics are processed in nonconscious conditions only, and that practice in ignoring uninformative conscious primes can be transferred to a subsequent block. In conclusion, this study demonstrates cross-modal, automatic semantic processing using a novel approach to study such effects.

Open Access May 8, 2023

Toward a New Science of the Clinical Uses of the Arts

Steven Brown, Jacob Cameirao

Article number: 20220133

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The arts are used clinically in a wide variety of applications, spanning from physical therapy to psychotherapy. We present a theoretical analysis of these clinical applications that is grounded in a unified model of the arts. Such an approach is based on an understanding of the relationships among the various art forms and how the arts are able to impact non-art functions via transfer effects. A unified model helps to clarify the distinction between near and far transfer in the clinical uses of the arts. The empirical evidence suggests that art applications for physical therapy tend to be based on near-transfer effects and show high specificity for the employed art forms. By contrast, art applications for psychotherapy tend to be based on far transfer and show less specificity for the employed art forms. We argue that a theory of the clinical uses of the arts has to be predicated on a unified model of the arts themselves. Such a model provides a rational basis for understanding how art forms are able to bring about their clinical effects.

Open Access August 7, 2023

No Effect of Forest Representations on State Anxiety, Actual and Perceived Noise

Max Korbmacher, Lynn Wright

Article number: 20220134

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Previous research indicates that nature and nature representations might have positive effects and noise negative effects on various facets of life, such as performance, perceived life quality, and physical and mental health. In this intervention, we observed whether posters showing a representation of nature (forests) can be used to reduce actual noise, perceived noise, and state anxiety in university library users. Measurements were taken twice daily for a 5-day period pre-intervention (before posters were installed) and again during the intervention, when posters were installed. No significant differences were found for perceived or actual noise levels or for self-report state anxiety levels between pre-intervention and intervention phase. Correlations between actual and perceived noise, and actual noise and state anxiety, were small in their magnitude and non-significant, with the exception of state anxiety and perceived noise during the intervention phase, suggesting a weak positive relationship. Finally, in hierarchical linear regression models, actual and perceived (overall and talking) noise and intervention phase were non-significant predictors of state anxiety. Small effect sizes of nature representations on state anxiety, as well as actual and perceived noise, suggest posters of forests to not be an effective intervention for anxiety and actual and perceived noise reduction in a university library.

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Each paper is checked against plagiarism and if it is within a scope of Open Psychology and meets minimum criteria of language and quality, is sent to at least two external reviewers. The journal uses a single-blind peer review system.　

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Conflict of interest: When authors submit a manuscript, they are responsible for recognizing and disclosing financial and/or other conflicts of interest that might bias their work and/or could inappropriately influence his/her judgment.

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Authorship: Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors (according to the above definition) and no inappropriate co-authors are included in the author list of the manuscript, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Peer Review process: Open Psychology use single-blind review system with at least two reviewers invited to each manuscript prior acceptance. The Editors reserve the right to decline the submitted manuscript without review, if the studies reported are not sufficiently novel or important to merit publication in the journal. Manuscripts deemed unsuitable (insufficient originality or of limited interest to the target audience) are returned to the author(s) without review. The final decision of acceptance is made by Managing Editor or, in case of conflict, by the Editor-in-Chief.

Scientific Misconduct: This journal publishes only original manuscripts that are not also published or going to be published elsewhere. Multiple submissions/publications, or redundant publications (re-packaging in different words of data already published by the same authors) will be rejected. If they are detected only after publication, the journal reserves the right to publish a Retraction Note. In each particular case Editors will follow COPE's Core Practices and implement its advice.

Editorial

Editor-in-Chief
Markus Kiefer, Ulm University, Germany

Managing Editor
Oskar Szczepaniak

Editorial Contact
Kumaran Rengaswamy
Assistant Managing Editor, Compuscript
AssistantManagingEditor@degruyter.com

Editorial Advisory Board
Otto Adang, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Georg W. Alpers, University of Mannheim, Germany
Jeanette Altarriba, University at Albany, USA
Trevor Archer,University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Martin Baumann, Ulm University, Germany
Peter Bright, Anglia Ruskin University, UK
Abraham P. Buunk, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Cristina Cacciari, University of Modena-Reggio Emilia, Italy
Claus-Christian Carbon, University of Bamberg, Germany
Rolf van Dick, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Arie Dijkstra, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Annemarie van Elburg, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Edgar Erdfelder, University of Mannheim, Germany
Julie Fitness, Macquarie University, Australia
Arnd Florack, University of Vienna, Austria
Ronald Hübner, Universität Konstanz, Germany
Iris-Tatjana Kolassa, Ulm University, Germany
Christian Korunka, University of Vienna, Austria
David Lackland Sam, University of Bergen, Norway
Anton-Rupert Laireiter, University of Vienna, Austria
Giuliana Mazzoni, University of Hull, UK
Sara Mondini, University of Padua, Italy
Stefan Pollmann, Otto-von-Guericke University, Germany
Stefano Puglisi-Allegra, Sapienza Univeristà di Roma, Italy
Ulf-Dietrich Reips, University of Konstanz, Germany
Armin Zlomuzica, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

Section Editors
Cognitive Neuroscience
Kira Bailey, Ohio Wesleyan University, USA
Alex Clarke, University of Cambridge, UK

Cognitive Psychology
Demis Basso, Free University of Bozen, Italy
Jens Bölte, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany
Paola Iannello, Università Cattolica del Scaro Cuore, Italy

Comparative Psychology
Wojciech Pisula, IP PAN, ICRAHB, Poland

Developmental Psychology
Giovanni Mento, University of Padova, Italy
Oana Negru-Subtirica, Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania
Antonio Zuffianò, University of Rome, Italy

Educational Psychology
Karina Karst, Mannheim University, Germany

Emotions
Alice Chirico, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, Italy

Mathematical Psychology and Psychometrics
Pietro Cipresso, Catholic University of Milan, Italy

Social Psychology
Ute Gabriel, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Samuel Lins, University of Porto, Portugal

Language Editors
Polly Lambert, the ōbex project

Technical Editor
Jakub Czubik

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Type: Journal
Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Open Access
First published: December 15, 2017
Publication Frequency: 1 Issue per Year