Advances in Psychology Research

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spectrum. This book reviews research on cognitive illusions and its impact on reasoning, judgement and decision-making; glutamatergic neurotransmission through N-methyl-D-Aspartate (NMDA) receptor and its role in the pathophsyiology of schizophrenia; humanistic psychology and the mental health worker; inefficient neural control of attention in adolescent chronic cannabis abuse; behavioural choice paradigms and their mathematical representation; epistemological and clinical conceptions of perversion; critical variables in cognitive-behavioural therapy for paediatric and adult obsessive-compulsive disorders; cyber-bullying risk and protective factors; stigma and substance use disorders; and a transworld eogism and empathy study.