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Melanie K. T. Takarangi
Researcher at Flinders University
Publications - 79
Citations - 1332
Melanie K. T. Takarangi is an academic researcher from Flinders University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 65 publications receiving 754 citations. Previous affiliations of Melanie K. T. Takarangi include Victoria University of Wellington & University of Leicester.
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Why the COVID-19 pandemic is a traumatic stressor.
Victoria M. E. Bridgland,Ella K. Moeck,Ella K. Moeck,Deanne M. Green,Taylor L. Swain,Diane Nayda,Lucy A Matson,Nadine P. Hutchison,Melanie K. T. Takarangi +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a sample of online participants (N = 1,040), in five western countries, were asked to indicate the COVID-19 events they had been directly exposed to, events they anticipated would happen in the future, and other forms of indirect exposure such as through media coverage.
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Why the COVID-19 pandemic is a traumatic stressor
Victoria M. E. Bridgland,Ella K. Moeck,Ella K. Moeck,Deanne M. Green,Taylor L. Swain,Diane Nayda,Lucy A Matson,Nadine P. Hutchison,Melanie K. T. Takarangi +8 more
TL;DR: The emotional impact of “worst” experienced/anticipated events best predicted PTSD-like symptoms, and the findings add to existing literature supporting a pathogenic event memory model of traumatic stress.
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Blind Drunk: The Effects of Alcohol on Inattentional Blindness.
TL;DR: For instance, this article found that subjects who were under the influence of alcohol were more likely to experience inattentional blindness to an unexpected object in their visual field, regardless of what they were told.
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Modernising the misinformation effect: the development of a new stimulus set
TL;DR: The authors used digital technology to create a misinformation event that resolves many of the limitations inherent in earlier formats: slides or videos capture much more information than slides, but slides permit easy counterbalancing of event details.
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Intoxicated witnesses and suspects: an archival analysis of their involvement in criminal case processing.
TL;DR: Results indicated that intoxicated witnesses and suspects played an appreciable role in criminal investigations: Intoxicated witnesses were just as likely as sober ones to provide a description of the culprit and to take an identification test, suggesting criminal investigators treat intoxicated and sober witnesses similarly.