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Digital streaming services, such as Netflix, provide viewers with unprecedented access to foreign language TV and film content. The two most prevalent translation methods are subtitling and dubbing, and today's Netflix viewer often has the opportunity to select a specific translation method. While previous research on subtitling/dubbing has investigated a wide range of outcome variables, the impact on viewer enjoyment has received virtually no attention. This research is, to our knowledge, the first investigation that has allowed participants to (a) view content in the natural setting, and (b) make a direct comparison of both translation methods by using a repeated measures design. Specifically, participants (N = 45) watched back-to-back episodes of a Netflix original foreign language series at a time and place that they choose to replicate the typical viewing experience. In between episodes, participants changed the translation method, allowing for a direct comparison of subtitling/dubbing on viewer enjoyment. Results indicated that the subtitling condition not only increased enjoyment of individual episodes, but a strong majority indicated they would select subtitling over dubbing to enjoy future foreign language viewing. Limitations of the generalizability of the results and ideas for future research using the naturalistic repeated measures design outlined in this paper are discussed., Author(s): Todd C. Riniolo [sup.1] , Lesley J. Capuana [sup.1] Author Affiliations: (1) grid.454601.2, 0000 0004 0382 3264, Department of Psychology, Medaille College, , 18 Agassiz Circle, 14214, Buffalo, NY, [...]

The current study provides the first published evidence that the parasympathetic component of the autonomic nervous system differentiates the response profiles between individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and controls. Respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), a non-invasive marker of the influence of the myelinated vagal fibers on the heart, and heart period were collected during the presentation of film clips of varying emotional content. The BPD and control groups had similar initial levels of RSA and heart period. However, during the experiment the groups exhibited contrasting trajectories, with the BPD group decreasing RSA and heart period and the control group increasing RSA and heart period. By the end of the experiment, the groups differ significantly on both RSA and heart period. The correlation between the changes in RSA and heart period was significant only for the control group, suggesting that vagal mechanisms mediated the heart period responses only in the control group. The findings were consistent with the Polyvagal Theory [Porges, S. W. (1995). Orienting in a defensive world: Mammalian modifications of our evolutionary heritage: A Polyvagal Theory. "Psychophysiology," 32, 301-318; Porges, S. W. (2001). The Polyvagal Theory: Phylogenetic substrates of a social nervous system. "International Journal of Psychophysiology," 42, 123-146; Porges, S. W. (2003). Social engagement and attachment: A phylogenetic perspective. "Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences," 1008, 31-47.], illustrating different adaptive shifts in autonomic state throughout the course of the experiment. The BPD group ended in a physiological state that supports the mobilization behaviors of fight and flight, while the control group ended in a physiological state that supports social engagement behaviors. These finding are consistent with other published studies demonstrating atypical vagal regulation of the heart with other psychiatric disorders.

Although thermal conditions influence the development of living organisms in a wide variety of ways, this topic has been recently ignored in humans. This paper reintroduces thermal conditions as a topic of importance for developmentalists by presenting an example of how thermal conditions are hypothesized to influence a particular developmental system. Specifically, several literatures support the theory that chronic exposure to heat stress adversely influences individual cognitive development in children. We theorize that chronic heat stress reduces active interaction with environmental stimuli. Reduced environmental experience results in fewer experience-produced brain changes than would have occurred in a neutral thermal environment. Because many children worldwide develop in thermally stressful environments for at least several months of the year, this topic has real-world implications for human development. Finally, the broader intention of this paper is to encourage developmentalists to consider the influence of a wide variety of thermal conditions on human development.

Presents an alternative statistical test, BOOT(subscript)med for the two-group situation when a small experimental group is being compared with a large control group. BOOTmed is a between-groups median test derived through bootstrapping techniques. Empirical validation indicates that BOOTmed maintains relatively robust error rates under a variety of conditions. (Author/SLD)

Describes a classroom exercise, based on the "Titanic" sinking, from an undergraduate experimental psychology course. The exercise demonstrates the subjectivity and complexity that accompanies generalizing psychological knowledge to different historical eras. Includes instructions for using the exercise and the results from a student evaluation. (CMK)

Describes a classroom demonstration called the Gambler's Fallacy where students in an introductory psychology statistics class participate in simulated gambling using weekly results from professional football game outcomes over a 10 week period. Explains that the demonstration illustrates that random processes do not self-correct and statistical precision is sample size dependent. (CMK)

CLARENCE DARROW and William Jennings Bryan are historically linked by their participation in the Scopes Monkey Trial. Over the years, Bryan has been rightly evaluated by skeptics for his (a) […]

An analysis was conducted on the effects of driving longer-combination vehicles to the truck drivers' heart beat which can be attributed to drivers' fatigue. Since drivers' fatigue may result to driving-related accidents, analysis of the heart beat yields important information. Professional truck drivers were asked to drive different truck configurations in similar routes for 8 to 10 hours. The heart beats of the drivers were quantified on-line. Results suggested that longer-combination vehicles affected drivers' heart beats due to more physical demands of longer trailers.

MR. BRYAN'S CROSS-EXAMINATION OF THE DEFENSE A SPECULATIVE CASE STUDY IN THE RELATIONSHIP OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION July 2000 marked the 75th anniversary of the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, which [...]

WHEN INVESTIGATING group results of extrasensory performance, most researchers find chance results (Kurtz, 1985, 508-9). However, a discrepancy exists, as some parapsychologists consistently find results that statistically vary from chance. [...]

A study conducted on undergraduate students at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD, reveals a positive correlation between anxiety and neuroticism. Participants who reported high levels of neuroticism were found to have high levels of anxieties in relations to tests as well as other social situations. The findings, which also showed low levels of extraversion for shy individuals, are indicative of the role that neuroticism has under the different evaluative contexts of anxiety., Sarason and Sarason (1986) have suggested that the cognitive components of worry and task-relevant thinking that appear to be important in test anxiety may function in a similar way in [...]

Presents a forum to aid teachers in the selection of psychology reference textbooks in the United States. Examination for selecting cognitive psychology textbooks.