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My private blog about statistical programming with R in general but also in relation to psychological research, especially Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. My own research concerns CBT interventions for pathological gambling.
Kristoffer Magnusson
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- July 30, 2012
- 03:55 AM
- 202 views
Cognitive behavior therapy outperformed psychodynamic therapy on all outcomes in a randomized controlled trail
by Kristoffer Magnusson in R Psychologist
The dodo bird might be extinct in the real world but in the world of psychotherapy research it refuses to die. However, a group of German researchers recently put forward an article were they had randomized patients to either a PDT or CBT condition and measured the relative proficiency of the two orientations, and they found that their results delivered a convincing blow to the dodo bird verdict.... Read more »
Watzke B, Rüddel H, Jürgensen R, Koch U, Kriston L, Grothgar B, & Schulz H. (2012) Longer term outcome of cognitive-behavioural and psychodynamic psychotherapy in routine mental health care: Randomised controlled trial. Behaviour research and therapy, 50(9), 580-587. PMID: 22750189
- July 24, 2012
- 03:23 PM
- 222 views
How to tell when error bars correspond to a significant p-value
by Kristoffer Magnusson in R Psychologist
Can you tell when error bars based on 95 % CIs or standard errors correspond to a significant p-value? Don’t fret if you think it’s hard, a study from 2005 showed that researchers in psychogoly, behavior neuroscience and medicine had a hard time judging when error bars from two independent groups signified a significant difference. ... Read more »
Belia S, Fidler F, Williams J, & Cumming G. (2005) Researchers misunderstand confidence intervals and standard error bars. Psychological methods, 10(4), 389-96. PMID: 16392994
- April 25, 2012
- 11:48 AM
- 262 views
Further evidence that mindfulness meditation might bolster creativity
by Kristoffer Magnusson in R Psychologist
Last week a group of Dutch scientists published a study providing further evidence of mindfulness' ability to bolster creativity. Specifically they looked at if open awareness differed from focused attention in increasing divergent thinking... Read more »
Colzato LS, Ozturk A, & Hommel B. (2012) Meditate to create: the impact of focused-attention and open-monitoring training on convergent and divergent thinking. Frontiers in psychology, 116. PMID: 22529832
- April 20, 2012
- 11:36 AM
- 321 views
Meditation, mindfulness, and executive control: results from a new EEG study
by Kristoffer Magnusson in R Psychologist
A new interesting study by Teper and Ingzlict (2012) examined the effect of meditation practice on executive control. Many studies have shown that meditation does indeed enhance executive control. But in this study the researchers look more at why meditation is effective in enhancing executive control, and not so much if it’s effective.... Read more »
Teper R, & Inzlicht M. (2012) Meditation, mindfulness, and executive control: The importance of emotional acceptance and brain-based performance monitoring. Social cognitive and affective neuroscience. PMID: 22507824
- April 17, 2012
- 07:55 AM
- 305 views
The (Un)disputed Champion of Psychotherapy – Clinical psychologists and their theoretical orientations
by Kristoffer Magnusson in R Psychologist
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is the psychological treatment of choice for many, if not all, mental disorders. Nonetheless a majority of US clinical psychologist do not primarily identify themselves as either cognitive or behavioral therapists. Looking at data from PubMed publication counts a clear picture emerges; psychodynamic researchers might just be research loafers.... Read more »
Norcross, J., & Karpiak, C. (2012) Clinical Psychologists in the 2010s: 50 Years of the APA Division of Clinical Psychology. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 19(1), 1-12. DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2850.2012.01269.x
- April 13, 2012
- 07:10 AM
- 421 views
Mindfulness and pain: new research review hints at unique mechanism for pain relief
by Kristoffer Magnusson in R Psychologist
Mindfulness mediations ability to help regulate pain has been gaining more and more empirical evidence over last couple of years. From the seminal works of Jon-Kabatt Zinn to new neuroimaging studies the evidence seem to indicate that mindfulness mediation is indeed helpful in the attenuation of pain. A new research review by Zeidan et al (2012) tries to assimilate the empirical knowledge about meditation and pain relief in order to gain an understanding about the possible specificity of mindfulness techniques in pain regulation. ... Read more »
Zeidan F, Grant JA, Brown CA, McHaffie JG, & Coghill RC. (2012) Mindfulness Meditation-Related Pain Relief: Evidence for Unique Brain Mechanisms in the Regulation of Pain. Neuroscience letters. PMID: 22487846
- April 11, 2012
- 03:38 PM
- 438 views
Does mindfulness aid insight problem solving? New study suggest so
by Kristoffer Magnusson in R Psychologist
A new mindfulness research study (Ostafin, B. D., & Kassman, K. T, In Press) examined whether mindfulness could help improve participants' insight problem solving skills. Their hypothesis was that mindfulness might aid in solving of problems that require creative, nonhabitual responses.... Read more »
Ostafin, B., & Kassman, K. (2012) Stepping out of history: Mindfulness improves insight problem solving. Consciousness and Cognition. DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2012.02.014
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