Browsing by Supervisor "Isler, Robert B."
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An evaluation of the use of phallometric assessment for men incarcerated for sexually offending against children in New Zealand: Past results and future directions.
(University of Waikato, 2014)Phallometric assessment, the direct measurement of male sexual arousal in response to stimuli presented in a controlled setting, has been widely used in the assessment of sexual offenders to detect deviant sexual interests, ... -
An examination of the causes of heading bias in computer simulated self-motion
(The University of Waikato, 2003)A series of experiments were devised in order to examine aspects of human visual performance during simulated self-motion. The experimental stimuli were computer simulations of observer translational motion through a 3-D ... -
Does a video speed task predict risky speeding behaviour in young and inexperienced drivers?
(University of Waikato, 2010)Vehicle crashes account for the highest number of fatalities for persons aged between 17 and 25 years of age in New Zealand. Despite a myriad of factors precipitating vehicle crashes, excess or inappropriate vehicle speed ... -
The effect of age and experience on hazard perception and speed choice in male drivers
(University of Waikato, 2012)There are many deaths on New Zealand roads each year, due to speeding related incidents. Teenage drivers (aged 15 to 24 years) are excessively represented in crash statistics. Young drivers seem to have poor hazard perception ... -
Effect of gratitude on life satisfaction and perceived academic performance of psychology students
(The University of Waikato, 2020)Much research has attempted to understand how we can live optimal lives and improve our overall life satisfaction. Due to the negative impact, negative emotions have on many individuals, there is a need to investigate ... -
An Examination of the Effects of Videophones on Driving and Conversation Performance
(University of Waikato, 2011)Research has conclusively shown that cell phones have a detrimental effect on driving performance. In an attempt to understand why, a handful of researchers have investigated the differences between cell phone and passenger ... -
Examining Driving Risk And Lifestyle Factors Influencing Speed Preference In A Laboratory-Based Speed Choice Task
(University of Waikato, 2016)Vehicle crashes are one of the leading causes of severe injury or death in the world, and are accompanied by tremendous social and financial burdens. Excessive or inappropriate speed plays a major role in increasing the ... -
Examining the Association between Cannabis Use and Working Memory, Processing Speed, and Sub-Psychotic Subjective Experiences
(University of Waikato, 2017)New Zealand has among the top two highest prevalence of cannabis use in the world. Additionally, the strings of cannabis on offer in the market of New Zealand is among the most potent ones available. With these two factors ... -
Examining young students’ preference for parenting styles and the effects of gender and emotions
(The University of Waikato, 2020)This study used a new research method in order to examine the preference of young participants for a particular parenting style and how self-reported emotions (positive or negative) could have influenced their preference. ... -
Executive Functions and Risk Propensity in Adolescent and Adult Male Drivers: A Comparison
(University of Waikato, 2010)Young drivers between the ages of 16 and 24 are over-represented in motor-vehicle accident statistics worldwide. Several studies suggest that age could be a major crash risk factor in young drivers because their frontal ... -
Exploring the Relationship between Speed Choice Behaviour, Hazard Perception and Individual Differences
(University of Waikato, 2012)Young, and particularly male drivers aged between 15 and 25 years of age are over represented in the crash statistics worldwide. In New Zealand, young drivers (15-24 years) represent only 15% of the driver licensed population ... -
Human visual-vestibular interaction during curvilinear motion in VR
(The University of Waikato, 2020)When people move through the world they use retinal image motion to form an estimate of self-motion, although how this is achieved is not yet fully understood. Furthermore, the process is not fool-proof and many conditions ... -
Investigation into factors affecting perceptual stability of the world during smooth pursuit eye movements
(University of Waikato, 2011)During pursuit eye movement, a stationary background projected on the retina shifts in the direction opposite to that of the eye movement. This complicates the perception of objects because during an eye movement the retinal ... -
Just take a second to breathe: Empowering youth through mindfulness at Atawhai 2019
(The University of Waikato, 2020)This research was an evaluation of The Kindness Institute’s 2019 Atawhai programme. It examined the effects that exposure to mindfulness-based skills, Māori cultural practices, mentoring, and the creative arts had on a ... -
Light Levels and Driver Perception of Speed: A study examining egospeed under simulated day and night lighting conditions in a rural setting
(University of Waikato, 2015)International studies show that globally, drivers are statistically more likely to be involved in collisions during the night than they are during the day. However, the exact mechanisms behind this have not been fully ... -
Measuring eye movements while tracking accelerating and decelerating targets
(The University of Waikato, 2018)Humans have an anisotropic perception of motion in depth. An object moving towards the eye is perceived correctly, but when an object is moving away the points closest to the eye appear to be moving faster than the points ... -
Mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention in a sample of pregnant women in a rural area.
(University of Waikato, 2012)In this study, nine pregnant women in a rural area were assessed for a range of affective and mood disorders, as well as for coping self-efficacy and use of mindfulness in daily life. A mindfulness-based stress reduction ... -
The role of brief mindfulness meditation instruction and practice in changing biophysical indicators in pregnant women and their babies
(University of Waikato, 2012)Pregnancy is a time of change that has the potential to be a stressful experience for some women. There is evidence from animal and human studies that longterm exposure to maternal stress can be detrimental to the unborn ... -
The association between mindfulness and driving behaviour in employees
(The University of Waikato, 2018)This study examined the effect of mindfulness on driving behaviour, and the possible mediating effects of a number of well-being measures. Specifically, the research aimed to determine (1) if higher levels of mindfulness ... -
The effect of type 1 diabetes on executive function in young adults
(University of Waikato, 2017)Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a chronic and potentially life-threatening condition affecting the production of insulin, with rapidly increasing incidence worldwide. The disease impacts on nearly all domains of life, ...
