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Socioeconomic variation in diet and activity-related behaviours of Australian children and adolescents aged 2-16 years

Cameron AJ, Ball K, Pearson N, Lioret S, Crawford DA, Campbell K, Hesketh K, McNaughton SA.
Pediatric Obesity, June 2012
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Caregiving in Dementia: From Resentment to Forgiveness

Pilar Callaby, Peter G. Colemanb & Marie A. Mills
Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging, Volume 24, Issue 1-2, 2012
Special Issue: Ageing and Spirituality: Resistance, Resilience, and Change

Knowledge and attitudes about personalized mental health genomics: narratives from individuals coping with serious mental illness

Potokar DN, Stein CH, Darrah OA, Taylor BC, Sponheim SR.
Community Mental Health Journal, October 2012

Emotional intelligence, personality and the decoding of non-verbal expressions of emotion

Christopher Edgar, Margaret McRorie , Ian Sneddon
Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 52, Issue 3, February 2012

Peripheral PDLIM5 expression in bipolar disorder and the effect of olanzapine administration

Mohd A Zain, Suffee N Jahan, Gavin P Reynolds, Nor Z Zainal, Sharmilla Kanagasundram and Zahurin Mohamed
BMC Medical Genetics, 2012

Cognitive Sequelae of Blast-Induced Traumatic Brain Injury: Recovery and Rehabilitation

Yelena Bogdanova, Mieke Verfaellie
Neuropsychology Review, March 2012, Volume 22, Issue 1, pp 4-20

Secondary salutogenic effects in veterans whose parents were Holocaust survivors?

Dekel S, Solomon Z, Rozenstreich E.
Journal of Psychiatric Research, November 2012

Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) is necessary for the correct migration of cortical interneurons

André Steinecke, Christin Gampe, Christina Valkova, Christoph Kaether, and Jürgen Bolz
The Journal of Neuroscience, January 2012

Decrease in Tonic Inhibition Contributes to Increase in Dentate Semilunar Granule Cell Excitability after Brain Injury

Akshay Gupta, Fatima S. Elgammal, Archana Proddutur, Samik Shah, and Vijayalakshmi Santhakumar
The Journal of Neuroscience, 15 February 2012, 32(7)

Acupoint stimulation in treating psychological disorders: Evidence of efficacy

David Feinstein
Review of General Psychology, Vol 16(4), Dec 2012, 364-380

Feeding difficulties in children with cerebral palsy: low-cost caregiver training in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Adams MS, Khan NZ, Begum SA, Wirz SL, Hesketh T, Pring TR.
Child Care Health and Development, November 2011

Internet Training to Respond to Aggressive Resident Behaviors

A. Blair Irvine, MS, MAPE, PhD, Molly B. Billow, BA, Donna M. Gates, EdD, MSPH, MSN, RN, FAAN, Evelyn L. Fitzwater, DSN, RN, John R. Seeley, PhD and Michelle Bourgeois, PhD, CCC/SLP
The Gerontologist , October …

Cotinine enhances the extinction of contextual fear memory and reduces anxiety after fear conditioning

Ross Zeitlin, Sagar Patel, Rosalynn Solomon, John Tran, Edwin J. Weeber, Valentina Echeverria
Behavioural Brain Research, Volume 228, Issue 2, 17 March 2012

Neuroticism, extraversion, goals, and subjective well-being: Exploring the relations in young, middle-aged, and older adults

Veronica Gomez, Mathias Allemand, Alexander Grob
Journal of Research in Personality, Volume 46, Issue 3, June 2012

Introital primary and secondary dyspareunia: Multimodal clinical and surgical control

B. Lambert, MD, S. Bergeron, M. Desrosiers, Y. Lepage, PhD
Sexologies, Volume 21, Issue 1, January–March 2012

The Incredible Years: Evidence-Based Parenting and Child Programs For Families Involved in the Child Welfare System

Webster-Stratton, C., and Reid, J.M. 2012. In A. Rubin (Ed)
Programs and Interventions for Maltreated Children and Families at Risk

Brief report: Need for autonomy and other perceived barriers relating to adolescents’ intentions to seek professional mental health care

Wilson CJ, Deane FP.
Journal of Adolescence, Volume 35, Issue 1, February 2012

Virtual Characters: Visual Realism Affects Response Time & Decision-Making

Sibuma, B.
Journal of Interactive Learning Research, Volume 23, Issue 4, 2012

The Methylazoxymethanol Acetate (MAM-E17) Rat Model: Molecular and Functional Effects in the Hippocampus

Eva Hradetzky, Thomas M Sanderson, Tsz M Tsang, John L Sherwood, Stephen M Fitzjohn, Viktor Lakics, Nadia Malik, Stephanie Schoeffmann, Michael J O’Neill, Tammy MK Cheng, Laura W Harris, Hassan Rahmoune, Paul C Guest, Emanuele …

Globalization and local and global identities among Iranian students

Bahman Mahammadbakhsh, Eskandar Fathiazar , Akram Hobbi , Mahdieh Ghodratpour
International Journal of Intercultural Relations, Volume 36, Issue 1, January 2012

Group interaction, heterogeneity, rules, and co-operative behaviour: Evidence from a common-pool resource experiment in South Africa and Namibia

Bernd Hayo, Björn Vollan
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Volume 81, Issue 1, January 2012