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Better than Ploughing

open access: yesPSL Quarterly Review, 2013
Contribution to a series of recollections and reflections on professional experiences of distinguished economists. Article originally published in vol. 39 n. 159 (1986) of Banca Nazionale del Lavoro Quarterly Review.
James M. Buchanan
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Better Lucky Than Clever

open access: yesJACC: Case Reports, 2023
With an ever-expanding field of advanced cardiac imaging, clinicians tend to underestimate the importance of a detailed clinical history in reaching the correct diagnosis. This case illustrates 1 such example. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)
Pedro Custódio, MD   +1 more
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Better brave than big

open access: yesThe Lancet Global Health, 2015
Zoë Mullan
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When “Better” is better than “Best” [PDF]

open access: yesOperations Research Letters, 2021
We consider two-player normal form games where each player has the same finite strategy set. The payoffs of each player are assumed to be i.i.d. random variables with a continuous distribution. We show that, with high probability, the better-response dynamics converge to pure Nash equilibrium whenever there is one, whereas best-response dynamics fails ...
Ben Amiet   +2 more
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When good = better than average [PDF]

open access: yesJudgment and Decision Making, 2007
People report themselves to be above average on simple tasks and below average on difficult tasks. This paper proposes an explanation for this effect that is simpler than prior explanations.
Don A. Moore
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Australians underestimate social compliance with coronavirus restrictions: findings from a national survey

open access: yesAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2022
Objective: We assessed differences between Australians’ perceptions of their own compliance with coronavirus restrictions and their perceptions of community compliance.
Zoe Leviston   +2 more
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Better than Optimal [PDF]

open access: yesNeuron, 2018
Using a novel visual-tactile paradigm in rats, Nikbakht et al. (2018) describe multisensory behavior that outperformed predictions of optimal cue combination (indicating cross-modal synergy) and exposed encoding in PPC neurons (of stimulus and choice signals) that was independent of stimulus modality.
Shir, Shalom, Adam, Zaidel
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The Upside to Feeling Worse Than Average (WTA): A Conceptual Framework to Understand When, How, and for Whom WTA Beliefs Have Long-Term Benefits

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2020
Our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are shaped in critical ways by our beliefs about how we compare to other people. Prior research has predominately focused on the consequences of believing oneself to be better than average (BTA).
Ashley V. Whillans   +2 more
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Mechanism of the better-than-average effect in moral issues: Asymmetrical causal attribution across moral (vs. immoral) contexts

open access: yesActa Psychologica, 2022
Previous research has found that the better-than-average effect exists in moral issues: specifically, people believe that they are more moral than others.
Kyueun Han, Min Young Kim
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Erratum: Prayerful persistence: Luke 18:1–8 through the lens of resilience

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2023
No abstract available.
Annette Potgieter
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