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José C. Perales

José C. Perales

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Psychology

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37
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4706
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9270
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111

Overview

José C. Perales is a researcher affiliated with the University of Granada in Spain, specializing primarily in the field of Psychology. Their academic work spans several subfields, including Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Their research addresses a variety of topics, with notable focus areas including:

  • Gambling Behavior and Treatments
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

José C. Perales has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed articles, often published in key journals such as Addictive Behaviors and Journal of Behavioral Addictions, reflecting a strong presence in addiction research. Other frequent publication venues include BMC Psychology, Journal of Cognition, and Current Addiction Reports.

Among recent papers associated with their research are:

  • "A taxonomy of technology design features that promote potentially addictive online behaviours" (2023) in Nature Reviews Psychology
  • "Emotional and non-emotional facets of impulsivity in eating disorders: From anorexia nervosa to bulimic spectrum disorders" (2020) in European Eating Disorders Review
  • "Mental Fatigue Might Be Not So Bad for Exercise Performance After All: A Systematic Review and Bias-Sensitive Meta-Analysis" (2020) in Journal of Cognition
  • "Decision-making (in)flexibility in gambling disorder" (2020) in Addictive Behaviors
  • "Gaming passion contributes to the definition and identification of problematic gaming" (2023) in Addictive Behaviors

Collaborations feature prominently, with frequent co-authors including Joël Billieux, Juan F. Navas, Damien Brevers, Ismael Muela, and Francisco Rivero. These collaborations have contributed to the development of their research portfolio across clinical and behavioral psychology domains.

In addition to journal articles, José C. Perales has published books with Frontiers Media, notably "Understanding and Overcoming Biases in Judgment and Decision-Making With Real-Life Consequences" (2022).

Best Publications

  • Cognitive impulsivity in cocaine and heroin polysubstance abusers.

    Antonio J. Verdejo-García;José C. Perales;Miguel Pérez-García

  • Heart rate variability and cognitive processing: The autonomic response to task demands.

    Antonio Luque-Casado;José C. Perales;David Cárdenas;Daniel Sanabria

  • Validation of a short Spanish version of the UPPS-P impulsive behaviour scale

    Antonio Candido;E Orduna;Jose C Perales;Antonio Javier Verdejo-Garcia

  • Neuropsychological profiling of impulsivity and compulsivity in cocaine dependent individuals

    María José Fernández-Serrano;José César Perales;Laura Moreno-López;Miguel Pérez-García

  • Models of covariation-based causal judgment: A review and synthesis

    José C. Perales;David R. Shanks

  • Maladaptive player-game relationships in problematic gaming and gaming disorder: A systematic review.

    Daniel L. King;Daniel L. King;Paul H. Delfabbro;Paul H. Delfabbro;Jose C. Perales;Jory Deleuze

  • A taxonomy of technology design features that promote potentially addictive online behaviours

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  • Emotional and non-emotional pathways to impulsive behavior and addiction

    Ana Torres;Andres Catena;Alberto Megias;Antonio L Maldonado

  • Physical fitness and psychological health in overweight/obese children: A cross-sectional study from the ActiveBrains project.

    M. Rodriguez-Ayllon;C Cadenas-Sanchez;I Esteban-Cornejo;Jairo H Migueles

  • An exercise-based randomized controlled trial on brain, cognition, physical health and mental health in overweight/obese children (ActiveBrains project): rationale, design and methods

    Cristina Cadenas-Sánchez;José Mora-González;Jairo H. Migueles;Miguel Martín-Matillas

  • Prevalence of executive dysfunction in cocaine, heroin and alcohol users enrolled in therapeutic communities

    María José Fernández-Serrano;Miguel Pérez-García;José C. Perales;Antonio Verdejo-García

  • Bright and dark sides of impulsivity: Performance of women with high and low trait impulsivity on neuropsychological tasks

    Jose C Perales;Antonio Verdejo-Garcia;Maribel Moya;Oscar Lozano

  • Impulsivity and executive functions in polysubstance-using rave attenders

    Antonio Verdejo-García;María del Mar Sánchez-Fernández;Luisa María Alonso-Maroto;Fermín Fernández-Calderón

  • Funciones de la corteza prefrontal ventromedial en la toma de decisiones emocionales

    David Contreras;Andrés Catena;Antonio Cándido;José C. Perales

  • Dissociation between judgments and outcome-expectancy measures in covariation learning: a signal detection theory approach.

    Jose C. Perales;Andres Catena;David R. Shanks;Jose A. Gonzalez

  • Gambling with Rose-Tinted Glasses on: Use of Emotion-Regulation Strategies Correlates with Dysfunctional Cognitions in Gambling Disorder Patients.

    Juan F. Navas;Antonio Verdejo-García;Marta LÓpez-GÓmez;Antonio Maldonado

  • Trait and neurobiological underpinnings of negative emotion regulation in gambling disorder.

    Juan F. Navas;Oren Contreras‐Rodríguez;Juan Verdejo‐Román;Ana Perandrés‐Gómez

  • El papel de la carga mental en la planificación del entrenamiento deportivo

    David Cárdenas;José Conde-González;José César Perales

  • Delay discounting and impulsivity traits in young and older gambling disorder patients.

    Trevor Steward;Gemma Mestre-Bach;Fernando Fernández-Aranda;Roser Granero

  • Learning to lose control: A process-based account of behavioral addiction

    José C. Perales;Daniel L. King;Juan F. Navas;Juan F. Navas;Adriano Schimmenti

  • Normative and descriptive accounts of the influence of power and contingency on causal judgement.

    José C. Perales;David R. Shanks

  • Increased corticolimbic connectivity in cocaine dependence versus pathological gambling is associated with drug severity and emotion-related impulsivity.

    Oren Contreras-Rodríguez;Natalia Albein-Urios;Raquel Vilar-López;Jose C. Perales

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrés Catena
Andrés Catena University of Granada
Antonio Verdejo-García
Antonio Verdejo-García Monash University
Fernando Fernández-Aranda
Fernando Fernández-Aranda University of Barcelona
Susana Jiménez-Murcia
Susana Jiménez-Murcia University of Barcelona
Joël Billieux
Joël Billieux University of Lausanne
Roser Granero
Roser Granero Autonomous University of Barcelona
Carles Soriano-Mas
Carles Soriano-Mas University of Barcelona
Trevor Steward
Trevor Steward University of Melbourne
David R. Shanks
David R. Shanks University College London
Miguel Pérez-García
Miguel Pérez-García University of Granada

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