An extensive literature has demonstrated the successful application of various response prompts and prompt-fading strategies for teaching students with developmental and intellectual disabilities. However, few practical ...

Research indicates that individuals with autism may be more likely to encounter law enforcement due to the various unusual behaviors associated with autism (e.g., stereotypy) (Osborn, 2008). Although individuals with autism ...

We spend roughly half our lives asleep. We understand that we cannot live without sleep. Sleep therapies come in differing forms and effects. Floatation therapy, also known as sensory deprivation or Floatation REST (restricted ...

While defendants are expected to show remorse for committing a crime (Sundby, 1998) and remorse is particularly important during the sentencing phase of a trial (Zhong et al., 2014), there is little systematic evidence to ...

Acute sleep deprivation and acute stress lead to similar changes in physiological and cognitive functioning. However, very little research has investigated the combined effects of acute sleep deprivation and acute stress ...

Sleep deprivation can impair cognitive and emotional processes, especially those regulated by the prefrontal cortex and medial temporal lobe (i.e., hippocampus, amygdala). Stress and increased cortisol levels have been ...

The Finnish education system is widely considered to be one of the best in the world (Chung, 2019). Educators from many countries have examined Finland’s system to determine what makes it so successful (Nieme et al., 2012). ...

There is a potential relationship between gender roles and emotional expressiveness. The central hypothesis is that the households that present high levels of both masculine and feminine gender roles will have higher levels ...

The current study investigated if teachers’ perceptions of student socioeconomic status (SES) resulted in higher grades for high-SES students compared to low-SES students. Sixty-nine participants read one of two nearly ...

Research investigating addiction across populations suggests that identifying high-risk behavioral factors within a population may help identify key areas to target during treatment. Delay discounting, the measure of the ...