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A comparative study of time perception in long-term meditators and non-meditators. 长期冥想者与非冥想者时间感知的比较研究。

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Acta Psychologica Pub Date : 2026-05-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106988

Aanchal Sankhla, Samridhi Pareek, Gagan Jain

{"title":"A comparative study of time perception in long-term meditators and non-meditators.","authors":"Aanchal Sankhla, Samridhi Pareek, Gagan Jain","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106988","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106988","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates how mindfulness meditation influences time perception by comparing practicing meditators and non-meditators (n = 30) on retrospective and prospective timing tasks. Retrospective time perception was assessed after an 11-min session of Naad Brahma meditation (for meditators) or listening to an audio story (for controls). Prospective time estimation was measured using rhythmically ambiguous music, with participants indicating perceived durations of 40 s, 3 min, and 8 min. Results showed that meditators estimated the retrospective interval more accurately than nonmeditators; however, given the exploratory design and limited power, this finding should be interpreted as preliminary and not as evidence of a causal effect of meditation practice. No group differences emerged in prospective time perception or subjective passage of time. Additionally, emotional states were evaluated, and meditators were found to be significantly happier than non-meditators, but no other significant differences in emotional states were found. The outcomes tentatively suggest that while meditative state does refine some aspects of temporal cognition, particularly in retrospective judgments, its effect on prospective time perception could not be established. The findings contribute to the growing evidence that meditation enhances specific cognitive domains related to time awareness, particularly those that depend on memory and attentional allocation.","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"266 ","pages":"106988"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147809606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Multimodal neurophysiological responses during a counteractive motion task in preschool children. 学龄前儿童反活动任务中的多模态神经生理反应。

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Acta Psychologica Pub Date : 2026-05-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106970

Haiqi Xiang, Qiongfang Cao, Wenhao Lv, Tiecheng Zhang, Fangfang Liu, Min Huang, Fan Xu

{"title":"Multimodal neurophysiological responses during a counteractive motion task in preschool children.","authors":"Haiqi Xiang, Qiongfang Cao, Wenhao Lv, Tiecheng Zhang, Fangfang Liu, Min Huang, Fan Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106970","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106970","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Cognitive control develops rapidly during the preschool years, but its multimodal neurophysiological correlates remain incompletely understood. The present study examined age-related differences in neural, facial-expression, and physiological responses during a counteractive motion task in preschool children.Methods: Forty-five healthy preschool children were stratified into two age groups (<5 years vs. ≥5 years). During task performance, cerebral hemodynamic responses were recorded using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), while facial expressions and vital signs were simultaneously collected. Group differences were evaluated for behavioral performance, oxygenated haemoglobin (HbO), functional connectivity (FC), facial expressions, and physiological indicators.Results: No significant between-group differences were observed in behavioral performance. However, the younger group showed higher task-related HbO responses in the middle temporal gyrus (MTG), pre-motor and supplementary motor cortex (PM and SMC), and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DPC), as well as stronger FC in selected fronto-motor and fronto-somatosensory connections. Significant between-group differences were also observed in specific facial expressions and cardiovascular indicators.Conclusion: Within this narrow age window, similar behavioral performance may be supported by different neural and physiological response patterns. These findings provide preliminary evidence for age-related variation in multimodal neurophysiological processes during a task involving inhibitory demands and broader task-control components in preschool children.","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"266 ","pages":"106970"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147809460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Exploring the use of virtual reality for episodic future thinking. 探索虚拟现实在情景未来思维中的应用。

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Acta Psychologica Pub Date : 2026-05-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106912

Simon T van Baal, Verity Petratos, Arnaud Prouzeau, Adélaïde Genay, Antonio Verdejo-García

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Influence of the degree of context reactivation on retrieval-induced enhancement: A behavioral experiment. 情境再激活程度对检索诱发增强的影响：一个行为实验。

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Acta Psychologica Pub Date : 2026-05-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106949

Liangchen Jiang, Zhirou Chen, Jia Cai, Xu Liu

{"title":"Influence of the degree of context reactivation on retrieval-induced enhancement: A behavioral experiment.","authors":"Liangchen Jiang, Zhirou Chen, Jia Cai, Xu Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106949","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106949","url":null,"abstract":"Background: When there is low contextual overlap between the encoding context and the retrieval context, selectively retrieving a certain proportion of the studied material enhances recall of the remaining non-retrieved material. This phenomenon is termed the retrieval-induced enhancement effect (RIE). Dual-factor theory posits that context reactivation processes underlie the RIE effect. However, few studies have examined the influence of contextual reactivation on RIE.Methods: This study comprised two experiments. Experiment 1 examined the stability of the RIE effect within a retrieval practice paradigm using a mental context change task. Experiment 2 investigated how varying degrees of context reactivation, elicited by different proportions of retrieved items, influenced RIE.Results: Results revealed that the concurrent use of the retrieval practice paradigm and the mental context change task reliably produced a stable RIE effect. Furthermore, the magnitude of RIE fluctuated with the proportion of retrieved items, with robust RIE effects emerging only when the retrieval proportion reached 2/5 or higher.Conclusions: These findings support the context-reactivation account and indicate that the proportion of retrieved items serves as a boundary condition for RIE.","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"266 ","pages":"106949"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147809492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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How complex is foreign language motivation? Dynamic interaction of motivational influences and divergent trajectories in the classroom context. 外语动机有多复杂？课堂情境中动机影响与发散轨迹的动态互动。

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Acta Psychologica Pub Date : 2026-05-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106936

Xue Qi, Bo Hu

{"title":"How complex is foreign language motivation? Dynamic interaction of motivational influences and divergent trajectories in the classroom context.","authors":"Xue Qi, Bo Hu","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106936","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106936","url":null,"abstract":"Foreign language motivation has been theoretically conceptualized as a multidimensional and dynamically interacting construct. Yet empirical research, despite growing attention to motivational dynamics over short and long timescales, has rarely unpacked how its interconnected dimensions co-evolve through complex, reciprocal interactions to shape distinct motivational trajectories. To address this, we adopted complex dynamic systems approach and used an innovative research method by integrating the Experience Sampling Method, Time Series Analysis and Social Network Analysis to track 30 college students' EFL motivational dynamics across a semester. Analyses of multi-time point and multi-source data revealed that motivation exhibited characteristics of a complex dynamic system, including non-linearity, elemental heterogeneity, self organization, and emergence. The interaction among cognition, affect, and context shaped divergent motivational trajectories, resulting in the identification of three distinct patterns: moderate motivation with fluctuations, stable high motivation, and low motivation with abnormal fluctuations. Specifically, positive emotions combined with cognitive learning gains formed stable, interference-resistant attractor states, whereas negative emotions coupled with contextual disruptions triggered motivational collapse. These findings demonstrated a dynamic, contextualized perspective, emphasizing motivation's emergent, context-dependent, and interconnected nature, offering a flexible, realistic framework for understanding and intervening in foreign language motivation which aligns with real-world learning processes.","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"266 ","pages":"106936"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147809457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Shame following performance failure as a potential mediator between sport contingent self-esteem and both competitive anxiety and burnout among elite athletes. 成绩失败后羞耻感在运动偶然自尊与竞技焦虑和竞技倦怠之间的潜在中介作用。

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Acta Psychologica Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106694

Anna Funke, Henrik Gustafsson

{"title":"Shame following performance failure as a potential mediator between sport contingent self-esteem and both competitive anxiety and burnout among elite athletes.","authors":"Anna Funke, Henrik Gustafsson","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106694","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106694","url":null,"abstract":"Previous research has demonstrated that basing self-esteem on performance in a specific context can yield both favorable and adverse outcomes. To assist high achievers whose performance is strongly connected to their self-worth, an important initial step is to identify when this becomes problematic. From a theoretical standpoint, we hypothesize that shame following performance failure may help explain the association between basing self-esteem on performance and negative outcomes related to performance and health. That is, it may be when basing self-esteem on performance develops into shame following performance failure that such consequences emerge. To explore this hypothesis, we conducted a cross-sectional study with 176 elite athletes to examine whether shame following performance failure statistically mediates the associations between basing self-esteem on performance and competitive anxiety and athlete burnout. The findings in the present study were consistent with the idea that shame following performance failure could play a key explanatory role. Initial analyses showed significant direct associations between basing self-esteem on performance and five out of six dimensions of competitive anxiety and athlete burnout, with correlation coefficients ranging from 0.42** to -0.22**. However, when shame following performance failure was statistically tested as a potential mediator, these direct effects were substantially reduced and became non-significant (ranging from 0.08 to -0.02). This pattern is statistically consistent with mediation, although it should not be interpreted causally given the cross-sectional nature of the data. Despite limitations, this study may offer an important step toward a better understanding of when, and under what circumstances, basing self-esteem on performance leads to negative outcomes.","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"265 ","pages":"106694"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147571660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Modulatory effects of language context and language familiarity on flanker task performance in multilinguals. 语言语境和语言熟悉度对多语学习者侧背任务表现的调节作用。

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Acta Psychologica Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106706

Kam Kitt Choo, Hoo Keat Wong, Jessica M Price

{"title":"Modulatory effects of language context and language familiarity on flanker task performance in multilinguals.","authors":"Kam Kitt Choo, Hoo Keat Wong, Jessica M Price","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106706","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106706","url":null,"abstract":"The advantages of bilingualism on executive functioning have received intense attention over the past decade. However, characterizing what makes someone bilingual versus monolingual is complicated. Experiment 1 explores the impact of multilingualism and English-Mandarin language context priming on flanker task performance. Here, multilingualism is measured using the Multilingual Language Diversity (MLD) score. Experiment 2 investigates the influence of a familiar-unfamiliar language context priming (English-Welsh) on the flanker task performance. Experiments 1 and 2 found no significant differences between language contexts. However, the mean RT was similar between the control block and the mixed-language block in Experiment 1, but significantly different in Experiment 2. Only in Experiment 1 did higher MLD scores predict better performance on the flanker task, but only in mixed-language contexts (e.g., English and Mandarin) and not in single-language contexts (e.g., English or Mandarin only) While there were no significant language block differences in Experiment 2, the patterns of results were unexpectedly similar to Experiment 1, where the fastest RT was the control, followed by the mixed and single language blocks. This suggests that the effects of language contexts and the degree of multilingualism are limited to executive function. Additionally, while there were no effects of language familiarity on executive function, the pattern was similar for familiar and unfamiliar language contexts, and this warrants further investigation.","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"265 ","pages":"106706"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147571578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Task complexity and social identity interact to shape interpersonal coordination in rugby union. 任务复杂性和社会认同相互作用，形成橄榄球联盟中的人际协调。

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Acta Psychologica Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106721

Quentin Bourgeais, Guillaume Hacques, Pedro Passos, Mickaël Campo, Ludovic Seifert

{"title":"Task complexity and social identity interact to shape interpersonal coordination in rugby union.","authors":"Quentin Bourgeais, Guillaume Hacques, Pedro Passos, Mickaël Campo, Ludovic Seifert","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106721","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106721","url":null,"abstract":"Grounded in an ecological dynamics framework and drawing on social identity theory, this experimental study examined how task complexity (manipulated by the defenders' initial positions) and attackers' motivational goals (either self- or team-oriented goals) interact to shape interpersonal coordination in a rugby union small-sided game. It was hypothesized that the goal priming influence player and team behaviors in high complexity situations, characterized by broader landscapes of affordances. Interpersonal coordination was analyzed at both the team and player levels through a passing network analysis integrating both the spatial dimension and the topological roles of the different players. Results showed that the manipulation of task complexity had a clear effect on team coordination patterns and on players' role within it, indicating that the attackers have adapted their passing interactions to the spatial configuration of defenders. Motivational goals' priming alone had limited effects but did interact with task complexity, particularly at the level of player roles. Overall, the findings offer some insights into how ecological dynamics and social identity processes may jointly shape interpersonal coordination in team sports, while providing methodological advances for analyzing collective behavior through network analysis.","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"265 ","pages":"106721"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147571649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Hands can play equal roles in bimanual single-object rotations. 双手可以在双手单物体旋转中发挥同等作用。

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Acta Psychologica Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-04-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106761

Frouke Hermens, Aviad Ozana, David A Rosenbaum

{"title":"Hands can play equal roles in bimanual single-object rotations.","authors":"Frouke Hermens, Aviad Ozana, David A Rosenbaum","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106761","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106761","url":null,"abstract":"When the two hands carry out tasks simultaneously, interactions arise between them, but the way those interactions relate to the specializations of the hands is not fully understood. Much of the existing work on this topic has examined bimanual tasks in which the two hands can act independently. Here, we took a different approach by focusing on actions in which the two hands are physically coupled through the manipulation of a single object. We asked college students to grasp the rim of a disk to rotate the disk repeatedly in 90-degree turns. The disk was light enough to be turned with one hand or two. Participants were instructed to turn the disk unimanually or bimanually either clockwise or counterclockwise. It was found that in the one-hand task, participants used the hand that pulled the disk inward, not the hand that was otherwise preferred. Where participants placed their hands in the bimanual conditions was well predicted by where they placed their hands in the unimanual conditions. Globally, the results indicate that the hands the results indicate a preference for pulling movements, and hand placement is unaffected by whether one or two hands are used, revealing more of a cooperative than a competitive form of control.","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"265 ","pages":"106761"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147618253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The effect of social skills training on loneliness among adolescent girls in Iran: a randomized controlled trial. 社交技能训练对伊朗青春期女孩孤独感的影响：一项随机对照试验。

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Acta Psychologica Pub Date : 2026-05-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106945

Yalda Safarali, Sarieh Poortaghi, Shahzad Pashaeypoor, Shima Haghani

{"title":"The effect of social skills training on loneliness among adolescent girls in Iran: a randomized controlled trial.","authors":"Yalda Safarali, Sarieh Poortaghi, Shahzad Pashaeypoor, Shima Haghani","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106945","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106945","url":null,"abstract":"Adolescence is a critical developmental period marked by a heightened vulnerability to loneliness, a subjective distress linked to anxiety and depression. Evidence for interventions is particularly limited in low- and middle-income countries. This study evaluated the effect of a brief, group-based social skills training program on loneliness, depression, and anxiety among adolescent girls in Tehran, Iran. A randomized controlled trial was conducted with 100 girls aged 12-14, randomly allocated to an intervention group (n = 50) or a no-intervention control group (n = 50). The intervention consisted of three 4-hour recreational-educational sessions delivered over consecutive days. The primary outcome was loneliness, measured using the UCLA Loneliness Scale. Secondary outcomes were depression (Beck Depression Inventory) and anxiety (Beck Anxiety Inventory), assessed at baseline and 8-week follow-up. Data were analyzed using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) adjusting for baseline scores, with an intention-to-treat approach and no attrition. While both groups demonstrated significant within-group reductions in loneliness, anxiety, and depression over time (all p < 0.01), ANCOVA revealed no statistically significant between-group differences at post-intervention for loneliness (F = 3.255, p = 0.074, partial η2 = 0.032), anxiety (F = 0.470, p = 0.495, partial η2 = 0.005), or depression (F = 0.723, p = 0.397, partial η2 = 0.007). The brief social skills training did not demonstrate statistically significant superiority over the control condition in reducing loneliness, anxiety, or depression. Future interventions may require a longer duration or different components to achieve a significant comparative benefit.","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"266 ","pages":"106945"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147809592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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