Pauline M Pearson

Biographic Data

ID9487737
NAMEPauline M Pearson
GIVEN NAMESPauline M
FAMILY NAMEPearson
SIGNATUREPEARSON P M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Winnipeg
ORCID0000-0002-9491-8976
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Exploring individual differences in the mental rotation of hands and their links to mental health

    Open AccessLorna S Jakobson, Reegan T D McCheyne et al.ARTICLEActa Psychologica2026

    Past research has provided insights into mental imagery strategies applied when making judgments in same-different tasks (SDTs) and hand laterality tasks (HLT). We explored individual differences in the use of these strategies, and their relationship to anxiety and depression. University students completed an SDT and an HLT along with measures of sensory processing sensitivity (SPS), alexithymia, anxiety, and depression. Group-level results sugge…

  • Alexithymic traits predict the speed of classifying non-literal statements using nonverbal cues

    Lorna S Jakobson, Pauline M PearsonARTICLECognition & Emotion2021

    There is increasing interest in exploring the impact of alexithymia on interpersonal interactions. This study explored relationships between alexithymia and the complex mentalising skills needed to infer how a speaker intended a non-literal statement to be understood. A sample of university students (N = 70) viewed videotaped exchanges and attempted to classify remarks as literal, sarcastic, jocular, or white lies. Alexithymia was not associated …