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Int J Law Psychiatry
December 2024
National University of Singapore, Faculty of Science, 6 Science Drive 2, 117546, Singapore.
Singapore implemented legal amendments that led to a transition from a mandatory death penalty to a discretionary death penalty in some cases of murder. This has granted judges greater leeway in the sentencing of homicide offenders, with a decade having now passed since the 2012 amendment. A notable scarcity of research exists to understand the relationship between mental illnesses and criminal culpability, as well as how diminished responsibility impacts sentencing outcomes.
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November 2024
California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Conscience is the indestructible core of one's personal identity and their sense of agency in the world. When it passes judgment against them, it generates inner conflict (i.e.
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December 2024
Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan Advance Institute of Science and Technology, Nomi, Ishikawa, Japan.
This study explored the relationship between surrounding avatars and time perception in a virtual reality (VR) gymnasium. Previous research has highlighted that motion speed and exercise intensity significantly influence time perception. In VR, time perception is shaped by various factors, such as an avatar's embodiment at different levels.
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December 2024
Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Background: A sustainable pandemic preparedness strategy is essential to ensure equitable access to healthcare for individuals with neurodegenerative diseases. Moreover, it is vital to provide clinicians and researchers in the neurodegenerative disease fields with resources and infrastructure to ensure continuity of their work during a (health) crisis.
Methods: We established an international collaboration between researchers, clinicians, and patient representatives from the Netherlands, Poland, and the United Kingdom.
PLoS One
December 2024
School of Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Humans' sense of the passage of time is subjective and determined by psychophysiological responses to the environment. The passing of time has been perceived to significantly slow in stressful situations, such as accidents or virtual threats. The current study will explore distortions in the perception of passage of time when threat is simulated using virtual reality (VR).
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