Erik Gustafsson
Biographic Data
| ID | 5433014 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erik Gustafsson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erik |
| FAMILY NAME | Gustafsson |
| SIGNATURE | GUSTAFSSON E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Portsmouth |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5947-7039 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Rapid in-class assessment of handwriting using a digital tablet: Multidimensional analysis of gender and socioeconomic status
Handwriting is a key skill in students' academic success. • Early detection of handwriting difficulties are crucial. • Dynamilis offers an early, rapid, and in-class diagnosis of handwriting skills
How Can Contextual Variables Influence Creative Thinking? Contributions from the Optimal‐Level of Arousal Model
More and more research is showing how different environments can lead to greater or lower creative skills. The purpose of this concept paper is to introduce a novel application of the optimal‐level of arousal model that could address inconsistencies present in the literature. After introducing possible definitions of creativity, I discuss the optimal‐level of arousal theory and how considering the “arousal” and “mood changing” potentials of conte…
Riding the elephant in the room: Towards a revival of the optimal level of stimulation model
Phenomena such as engagement, attention and curiosity rely heavily on the “optimal-level of stimulation (or arousal)” model, which suggests they are driven by stimuli being neither too simple nor too complex. Two points often overlooked in psychology are that each stimulus is simultaneously processed with its context, and that a stimulus complexity is relative to an individual’s cognitive resources to process it. According to the “optimal-level o…
Exploring the Effects of Age, Gender, and School Setting on Children’s Creative Thinking Skills
The current study aimed to investigate whether age, gender, and testing environment may have an effect on children’s creativity in a real‐life setting. Participants included 111 children aged from seven to eleven years. They were given one verbal (Guilford’s Alternative Uses Task) and one figural (Test for Creative Thinking–Drawing Production) creative thinking task either in their everyday classroom or in their school “art room.” On average, in …
Attachment and joint attention in infants: The role of expectation
Previous research highlighted the correlation between parent–infant's attachment quality and joint attention skills. However, the underlying mechanisms of this relationship are still unclear. The aim of this study was to assess whether it is by mediating the expectation component in Internal Working Models that the quality of attachment style can affect joint attention. At first, 12‐ to 20‐month‐old infants were classified into secure and insecur…
Do Infants Recognize Engagement in Social Interactions? The Case of Face‐to‐Face Conversation
This study explores 12‐month‐olds' understanding of face‐to‐face conversation, a key contextual structure associated with engagement in a social interaction. Using a violation‐of‐expectations paradigm, we habituated infants to a “face‐to‐face” conversation, and in a test phase compared their looking times between “back‐to‐back” (conceptually novel) and “face‐to‐face” (conceptually familiar) conversations, while simultaneously manipulating percept…
Sex stereotypes influence adults’ perception of babies’ cries
Such biases in caregivers' responses to babies' cries may have implications on children's immediate welfare and on the development of their gender identity
Food Neophobia and Social Learning Opportunities in Great Apes
Food Neophobia and Social Learning Opportunities in Great Apes
Do Infants Recognize Engagement in Social Interactions? The Case of Face‐to‐Face Conversation
This study explores 12‐month‐olds' understanding of face‐to‐face conversation, a key contextual structure associated with engagement in a social interaction. Using a violation‐of‐expectations paradigm, we habituated infants to a “face‐to‐face” conversation, and in a test phase compared their looking times between “back‐to‐back” (conceptually novel) and “face‐to‐face” (conceptually familiar) conversations, while simultaneously manipulating percept…
Sex stereotypes influence adults’ perception of babies’ cries
Such biases in caregivers' responses to babies' cries may have implications on children's immediate welfare and on the development of their gender identity
Exploring the Effects of Age, Gender, and School Setting on Children’s Creative Thinking Skills
The current study aimed to investigate whether age, gender, and testing environment may have an effect on children’s creativity in a real‐life setting. Participants included 111 children aged from seven to eleven years. They were given one verbal (Guilford’s Alternative Uses Task) and one figural (Test for Creative Thinking–Drawing Production) creative thinking task either in their everyday classroom or in their school “art room.” On average, in …
Attachment and joint attention in infants: The role of expectation
Previous research highlighted the correlation between parent–infant's attachment quality and joint attention skills. However, the underlying mechanisms of this relationship are still unclear. The aim of this study was to assess whether it is by mediating the expectation component in Internal Working Models that the quality of attachment style can affect joint attention. At first, 12‐ to 20‐month‐old infants were classified into secure and insecur…
Riding the elephant in the room: Towards a revival of the optimal level of stimulation model
Phenomena such as engagement, attention and curiosity rely heavily on the “optimal-level of stimulation (or arousal)” model, which suggests they are driven by stimuli being neither too simple nor too complex. Two points often overlooked in psychology are that each stimulus is simultaneously processed with its context, and that a stimulus complexity is relative to an individual’s cognitive resources to process it. According to the “optimal-level o…
How Can Contextual Variables Influence Creative Thinking? Contributions from the Optimal‐Level of Arousal Model
More and more research is showing how different environments can lead to greater or lower creative skills. The purpose of this concept paper is to introduce a novel application of the optimal‐level of arousal model that could address inconsistencies present in the literature. After introducing possible definitions of creativity, I discuss the optimal‐level of arousal theory and how considering the “arousal” and “mood changing” potentials of conte…
Rapid in-class assessment of handwriting using a digital tablet: Multidimensional analysis of gender and socioeconomic status
Handwriting is a key skill in students' academic success. • Early detection of handwriting difficulties are crucial. • Dynamilis offers an early, rapid, and in-class diagnosis of handwriting skills
Psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Cognitive psychology (5 works) · Cognition (3 works) · Communication (3 works) · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (3 works) · Arousal (2 works) · Child and Animal Learning Development (2 works)