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Article: Meet the fribbles: Novel stimuli for use within behavioural research
Title | Meet the fribbles: Novel stimuli for use within behavioural research |
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Keywords | Phobia Anxiety Stimuli Attention Avoidance Behaviour Generalization Memory |
Issue Date | 2014 |
Citation | Frontiers in Psychology, 2014, v. 5, n. FEB How to Cite? |
Abstract | Clinical researchers make use of experimental models for mental disorders. In many cases, these models use stimuli that are relevant to the disorder under scrutiny, which allows one to experimentally investigate the factors that contribute to the development of the disorder. For example, one might use spiders or spider-like stimuli in the study of specific phobia. More broadly, researchers often make use of real-world stimuli such as images of animals, geometrical shapes or emotional words. However, these stimuli are often limited in their experimental controllability and their applicability to the disorder in question. We present a novel set of animal-like stimuli, called Fribbles, for use within behavioural research. Fribbles have desirable properties for use in research because they are similar to real-world stimuli, but due to their novelty, participants will not have had previous experience with them. They also have known properties that can be experimentally manipulated. We present an investigation into similarity between Fribbles in order to illustrate their utility in research that relies on comparisons between similar stimuli. Fribbles offer both experimental control and generalisability to the real world, although some consideration must be made concerning the properties that influence similarity between Fribbles when selecting them along a dimension of similarity. © 2014 Barry, Griffith, De Rossi and Hermans. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/242633 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.6 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.800 |
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dc.contributor.author | Barry, Tom J. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Griffith, James W. | - |
dc.contributor.author | De Rossi, Stephanie | - |
dc.contributor.author | Hermans, Dirk | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-08-10T10:51:11Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-08-10T10:51:11Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Frontiers in Psychology, 2014, v. 5, n. FEB | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1664-1078 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/242633 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Clinical researchers make use of experimental models for mental disorders. In many cases, these models use stimuli that are relevant to the disorder under scrutiny, which allows one to experimentally investigate the factors that contribute to the development of the disorder. For example, one might use spiders or spider-like stimuli in the study of specific phobia. More broadly, researchers often make use of real-world stimuli such as images of animals, geometrical shapes or emotional words. However, these stimuli are often limited in their experimental controllability and their applicability to the disorder in question. We present a novel set of animal-like stimuli, called Fribbles, for use within behavioural research. Fribbles have desirable properties for use in research because they are similar to real-world stimuli, but due to their novelty, participants will not have had previous experience with them. They also have known properties that can be experimentally manipulated. We present an investigation into similarity between Fribbles in order to illustrate their utility in research that relies on comparisons between similar stimuli. Fribbles offer both experimental control and generalisability to the real world, although some consideration must be made concerning the properties that influence similarity between Fribbles when selecting them along a dimension of similarity. © 2014 Barry, Griffith, De Rossi and Hermans. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Frontiers in Psychology | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | Phobia | - |
dc.subject | Anxiety | - |
dc.subject | Stimuli | - |
dc.subject | Attention | - |
dc.subject | Avoidance | - |
dc.subject | Behaviour | - |
dc.subject | Generalization | - |
dc.subject | Memory | - |
dc.title | Meet the fribbles: Novel stimuli for use within behavioural research | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00103 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84897620472 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 5 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | FEB | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000331288200001 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1664-1078 | - |