Psychological Sciences: Recent submissions
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Comparative analysis of computer-vision and BLE technology based indoor navigation systems for people with visual impairments
( BioMed Central Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Background: Considerable number of indoor navigation systems has been proposed to augment people with visual impairments (VI) about their surroundings. These systems leverage several technologies, such as computer-vision, ... -
An integrative model of emotion regulation and associations with positive and negative affectivity across four Arabic speaking countries and the USA
( Springer New York LLC , 2018 , Article)The associations between emotion regulation (ER) and positive and negative affectivity have been well investigated. However, previous studies have examined these associations using a variety of individual ER scales with ... -
A comparison of students with and without disabilities on their perception of services in Qatar?s public higher education system
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2018 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess student perceptions of their engagement in tangible and intangible higher education services using the College Student Experiences Questionnaire (CSEQ). Design/methodology/approach: ... -
Feature-by-feature comparison and holistic processing in unfamiliar face matching
( PeerJ Inc. , 2018 , Article)Identity comparisons of photographs of unfamiliar faces are prone to error but imperative for security settings, such as the verification of face identities at passport control. Therefore, finding techniques to improve ... -
Quality of llife of Qatar university students with disability and its relation to their academic adjustment and performance
( International Journal of Special Education , 2018 , Article)This study aimed at assessing the quality of life of Qatar University students with disability and its relation to their academic adjustment and performance. Seventy (70) students, 31 males, and 39 females participated in ... -
A comparison between the effectiveness of PBL and LBL on improving problem-solving abilities of medical students using questioning
( Routledge , 2018 , Article)In daily patient-history taking and diagnosis practice, doctors ask questions to gather information from patients and narrow down diagnostic hypotheses. Training medical students to be efficient problem solvers through the ... -
Parenting, personality, and culture as predictors of perfectionism
( Springer New York LLC , 2018 , Article)This study examined the relationship between parenting styles, personality traits, culture, and perfectionism. Male and female undergraduate university students from the US (n = 168) and the Middle East (n = 74) completed ... -
Towards Improving Kindergarten Teachers’ Practices Regarding the Integration of ICT into Early Years Settings
( Springer Singapore , 2018 , Article)There is mounting evidence that information and communication technology (ICT) has the potential to support children's development and early learning when used effectively, appropriately, and intentionally. In an attempt ... -
عرض وتحليل بعض الجوانب التاريخيه لجامعة قطر 73/1974- 93/1994 مع اقتراح عناصر خطة عمل للتطوير المستقبلي
( كلية التربية - جامعة عين شمس , 1997 , Article)جامعة قطر التي سنتحدث عن بعض تاريخها في هذه الدراسة قد بلغت اليوم مستويات من النمو في أعداد طلبتها وفي أعداد أعضاء هيئة التدريس، وفي كلياتها، وتخصصاتها وبرامجها الدراسية وأنشطتها العلمية والثقافية والرياضية والمجتمعية تفوق ... -
Perspectives of family–school relationships in Qatar based on Epstein’s model of six types of parent involvement
( Routledge , 2018 , Article)Establishing a collaborative relationship between family and school is associated with positive outcomes for children; however, little research exists, especially in the Arab Gulf region, on whether the perspectives of ... -
Does the Visual Attention Span Play a Role in Reading in Arabic?
( Routledge , 2018 , Article)It is unclear whether the association between the visual attention (VA) span and reading differs across languages. Here we studied this relationship in Arabic, where the use of specific reading strategies depends on the ... -
Feature instructions improve face-matching accuracy
( Public Library of Science , 2018 , Article)Identity comparisons of photographs of unfamiliar faces are prone to error but important for applied settings, such as person identification at passport control. Finding techniques to improve face-matching accuracy is ... -
Cross-race correlations in the abilities to match unfamiliar faces
( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)The other-race effect in face identification has been documented widely in memory tasks, but it persists also in identity-matching tasks, in which memory contributions are minimized. Whereas this points to a perceptual ... -
Does visual letter similarity modulate masked form priming in young readers of Arabic?
( Academic Press Inc. , 2018 , Article)We carried out a masked priming lexical decision experiment to study whether visual letter similarity plays a role during the initial phases of word processing in young readers of Arabic (fifth graders). Arabic is ideally ... -
Selected psychiatric problems among college students in two Arab countries: Comparison with the USA
( BioMed Central Ltd. , 2018 , Article)Background: Psychiatric problems among college students on USA campuses are common. Little is known about similar problems in developing countries, particularly the Arab region. The goal of this study was to assess the ... -
Spatialization in working memory is related to literacy and reading direction: Culture “literarily” directs our thoughts
( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)The ability to maintain arbitrary sequences of items in the mind contributes to major cognitive faculties, such as language, reasoning, and episodic memory. Previous research suggests that serial order working memory is ... -
Editorial: Face Recognition Difficulties in Children: Hits and/or Correct Rejections?
( OMICS International , 2015 , Article)Face recognition difficulties during childhood are well-documented. However, mixed results were obtained regarding the precise nature of these difficulties using different experimental tasks. Using recognition memory ... -
An Investigation into the Lifestyle, Health Habits and Risk Factors of Young Adults
( MDPI AG , 2015 , Article)This project examined the lifestyle, health habits and risk factors of young adults at Qatar University. It explored the clustering and differences in dietary habits, body mass index (BMI) and physical activity (PA) amongst ... -
Self-reported psychopathy in the Middle East: a cross-national comparison across Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United States
( BioMed Central , 2015 , Article)Background The construct of psychopathy is sparsely researched in the non-Western world, particularly in the Middle East. As such, the extent to which the psychopathy construct can be generalized to other cultures, including ... -
Do Diacritical Marks Play a Role at the Early Stages of Word Recognition in Arabic?
( Frontiers Media , 2016 , Article)A crucial question in the domain of visual word recognition is whether letter similarity plays a role in the early stages of visual word processing. Here we focused on Arabic because in this language there are various ...
