Richard J Brown
Biographic Data
| ID | 3799663 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard J Brown |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard J |
| FAMILY NAME | Brown |
| SIGNATURE | BROWN R J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3961-2023 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1961 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Opportunities to synchronise and date archaeological and climate records in Northwest Africa using volcanic ash (tephra) layers
Archaeological sites in Northwest Africa are rich in human fossils and artefacts providing proxies for behavioural and evolutionary studies. However, these records are difficult to underpin on a precise chronology, which can prevent robust assessments of the drivers of cultural/behavioural transitions. Past investigations have revealed that numerous volcanic ash (tephra) layers are interbedded within the Palaeolithic sequences and likely originat…
Health anxiety and Internet use
The current study aimed to obtain health anxious students’ perspectives on their reasons for using the Internet to obtain health information, and the nature and effects of such usage. Data were gathered using semi-structured interviews with 20 postgraduate and undergraduate students identified as highly health anxious, and were examined using thematic analysis. Results suggested that themes were organized by different stages of the search process…
From headache to tumour
The current study aimed to explore the phenomenon of disease-related 'query escalation' in high/low health anxious Internet users ( N = 40). During a 15-minute health-related Internet search, participants rated their anxiety and the perceived seriousness of information on each page. Post-search interviews determined the reasons for, and effects of, escalating queries to consider serious diseases. Both groups were found to be significantly more an…
Brief body-scan meditation practice improves somatosensory perceptual decision making
Physical Symptom Reporting Is Associated With a Tendency to Experience Somatosensory Distortion
OBJECTIVE: Theory suggests that a tendency to experience distortions in somatosensory awareness is associated with physical symptom reporting (i.e., somatization) but empirical evidence for this is lacking. This article describes research designed to test this hypothesis. METHODS: Somatosensory distortion was operationalized as the frequency of illusory touch experiences (i.e., false alarm rate) on the Somatic Signal Detection Task. Two studies c…
Psychological Mechanisms of Medically Unexplained Symptoms
Theories of medically unexplained illness based on the concepts of dissociation, conversion, and somatization are summarized. Evidence cited in support of these theories is described and the conceptual strengths and shortcomings of each approach are considered. It is argued that each of these approaches adds to the understanding of unexplained illness but that none is able to provide a comprehensive explanation of the phenomenon. An integrative c…
Harvie E. Ramsay 1949-2000
The sudden death of Harvie Ramsay from a brain haemorrhage on 24 April this year at the age of fifty-one greatly shocked and saddened his many friends and colleagues in the academic world and elsewhere. It has also deprived us of someone who had contributed so much to the areas of research and writing covered by this journal, for which he had been a member of the Editorial Board, and who still had so much to contribute
A Decade of Change
An in situ method for determining decomposition rates of shipwrecks
A fatal epizootic of undetermined etiology in new world monkeys
A peracute epizootic disease, strikingly characterized by profuse terminal hemorrhaging from the lungs, caused the deaths of 104 squirrel monkeys and 3 capuchin monkeys over a 22‐month period. The case fatality rate was 100%. The pulmonary hemorrhaging was often accompanied by pulmonary edema and congestion, interstitial pneumonia, and hydrothorax. Additional histologic lesions included interstitial nephritis, hepatitis and hepatic necrosis, adre…
Policy Making in English Local Government
Health After Bereavement
Structured interviews were carried out with 49 widows and 19 widowers under the age of 45 who had been bereaved 14 months previously. A number of indices of health and emotional disturbance were shown to distinguish these bereaved respondents from a matched control group. The 13-month-bereaved group was characterized by recent disturbance of sleep, appetite and weight, by complaints of depression, restlessness, indecisiveness and sense of strain …
John Dewey and the League for Independent Political Action
Party Platforms and Public Education
An in situ method for determining decomposition rates of shipwrecks
From headache to tumour
The current study aimed to explore the phenomenon of disease-related 'query escalation' in high/low health anxious Internet users ( N = 40). During a 15-minute health-related Internet search, participants rated their anxiety and the perceived seriousness of information on each page. Post-search interviews determined the reasons for, and effects of, escalating queries to consider serious diseases. Both groups were found to be significantly more an…
Psychological Mechanisms of Medically Unexplained Symptoms
Theories of medically unexplained illness based on the concepts of dissociation, conversion, and somatization are summarized. Evidence cited in support of these theories is described and the conceptual strengths and shortcomings of each approach are considered. It is argued that each of these approaches adds to the understanding of unexplained illness but that none is able to provide a comprehensive explanation of the phenomenon. An integrative c…
A Decade of Change
Opportunities to synchronise and date archaeological and climate records in Northwest Africa using volcanic ash (tephra) layers
Archaeological sites in Northwest Africa are rich in human fossils and artefacts providing proxies for behavioural and evolutionary studies. However, these records are difficult to underpin on a precise chronology, which can prevent robust assessments of the drivers of cultural/behavioural transitions. Past investigations have revealed that numerous volcanic ash (tephra) layers are interbedded within the Palaeolithic sequences and likely originat…
Policy Making in English Local Government
Party Platforms and Public Education
John Dewey and the League for Independent Political Action
Health After Bereavement
Structured interviews were carried out with 49 widows and 19 widowers under the age of 45 who had been bereaved 14 months previously. A number of indices of health and emotional disturbance were shown to distinguish these bereaved respondents from a matched control group. The 13-month-bereaved group was characterized by recent disturbance of sleep, appetite and weight, by complaints of depression, restlessness, indecisiveness and sense of strain …
Policy Making in English Local Government
A fatal epizootic of undetermined etiology in new world monkeys
A peracute epizootic disease, strikingly characterized by profuse terminal hemorrhaging from the lungs, caused the deaths of 104 squirrel monkeys and 3 capuchin monkeys over a 22‐month period. The case fatality rate was 100%. The pulmonary hemorrhaging was often accompanied by pulmonary edema and congestion, interstitial pneumonia, and hydrothorax. Additional histologic lesions included interstitial nephritis, hepatitis and hepatic necrosis, adre…
An in situ method for determining decomposition rates of shipwrecks
A Decade of Change
Harvie E. Ramsay 1949-2000
The sudden death of Harvie Ramsay from a brain haemorrhage on 24 April this year at the age of fifty-one greatly shocked and saddened his many friends and colleagues in the academic world and elsewhere. It has also deprived us of someone who had contributed so much to the areas of research and writing covered by this journal, for which he had been a member of the Editorial Board, and who still had so much to contribute
Psychological Mechanisms of Medically Unexplained Symptoms
Theories of medically unexplained illness based on the concepts of dissociation, conversion, and somatization are summarized. Evidence cited in support of these theories is described and the conceptual strengths and shortcomings of each approach are considered. It is argued that each of these approaches adds to the understanding of unexplained illness but that none is able to provide a comprehensive explanation of the phenomenon. An integrative c…
Physical Symptom Reporting Is Associated With a Tendency to Experience Somatosensory Distortion
OBJECTIVE: Theory suggests that a tendency to experience distortions in somatosensory awareness is associated with physical symptom reporting (i.e., somatization) but empirical evidence for this is lacking. This article describes research designed to test this hypothesis. METHODS: Somatosensory distortion was operationalized as the frequency of illusory touch experiences (i.e., false alarm rate) on the Somatic Signal Detection Task. Two studies c…
Brief body-scan meditation practice improves somatosensory perceptual decision making
Health anxiety and Internet use
The current study aimed to obtain health anxious students’ perspectives on their reasons for using the Internet to obtain health information, and the nature and effects of such usage. Data were gathered using semi-structured interviews with 20 postgraduate and undergraduate students identified as highly health anxious, and were examined using thematic analysis. Results suggested that themes were organized by different stages of the search process…
From headache to tumour
The current study aimed to explore the phenomenon of disease-related 'query escalation' in high/low health anxious Internet users ( N = 40). During a 15-minute health-related Internet search, participants rated their anxiety and the perceived seriousness of information on each page. Post-search interviews determined the reasons for, and effects of, escalating queries to consider serious diseases. Both groups were found to be significantly more an…
Opportunities to synchronise and date archaeological and climate records in Northwest Africa using volcanic ash (tephra) layers
Archaeological sites in Northwest Africa are rich in human fossils and artefacts providing proxies for behavioural and evolutionary studies. However, these records are difficult to underpin on a precise chronology, which can prevent robust assessments of the drivers of cultural/behavioural transitions. Past investigations have revealed that numerous volcanic ash (tephra) layers are interbedded within the Palaeolithic sequences and likely originat…
Psychology (9 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Anxiety (3 works) · Library science (3 works)