Publications by authors named "Yiqin Alicia Shen"

Background: The structural, cellular, and biomolecular research necessary for a mechanistic understanding of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) relies on brain tissue collected according to a brain sampling protocol (BSP) and preserved in biorepositories. Such research involves discipline-specific terminology such as cytoarchitectonic domains, brain network nodes, etc. This specificity can result in iterative, time-consuming, and error-prone request processes.

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Are preferences for political candidates influenced by how old they appear to be? Amazon Mechanical Turk workers and undergraduate students were shown photos of 93 state legislators as candidates in hypothetical elections. Other information about the candidates (e.g.

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Three studies were conducted to examine the validity of the four versions of BIATs that are supposed to measure the same construct but differ in shared focal category. Study 1 investigated the criterion validity of four BIATs measuring attitudes toward flower versus insect. Study 2 examined the experimental sensitivity of four BIATs by considering attitudes toward induced ingroup versus outgroup.

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