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Investment in financial literacy and saving decisions [PDF]
, 2011 We present an intertemporal consumption model of consumer investment in financial literacy. Consumers benefit from such investment because their stock of financial literacy allows them to increase the returns on their wealth.
Jappelli, Tullio, Padula, Mario
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Are simultaneous interpreters expert bilinguals, unique bilinguals, or both? [PDF]
, 2015 Simultaneous interpretation is a cognitively demanding process that requires a high level of language management. Previous studies on bilinguals have suggested that extensive practice managing two languages leads to enhancements in cognitive control ...
Babcock, LAURA ELIZABETH +1 more
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Applying concepts of fuzzy cognitive mapping to model IT/IS investment evaluation factors [PDF]
, 2002 The justification process is a major concern for many organisations that are considering the adoption of Information Technology (IT) and Information Systems (IS), and is a barrier to its implementation.
Irani, Z +3 more
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National evaluation of Sure Start local programmes: an economic perspective [PDF]
, 2011 The first 524 Sure Start local programmes (SSLPs) were established between 1999 and 2003. They were aimed at families with children up to the age of 4 living in disadvantaged areas.
Belsky, Jay +2 more
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Hierarchical control over effortful behavior by rodent medial frontal cortex : a computational model [PDF]
, 2015 The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) has been the focus of intense research interest in recent years. Although separate theories relate ACC function variously to conflict monitoring, reward processing, action selection, decision making, and more, damage ...
Holroyd, Clay, McClure, Samuel M.
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Innovative psychological treatments for depression [PDF]
, 2016 A number of high-intensity psychosocial interventions have been shown to be as efficacious as and more enduring than medications in the treatment of nonpsychotic depression. Moreover, there have been important advances in the development of strategies to
Hollon, Steven D. +1 more
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Illocution and cognition : the case of apologies
Cuadernos de Investigación Filológica, 2013 This paper analyzes the speech act of apologizing from the point of view of the conceptual tools provided by Cognitive Linguistics. Speech acts have not received a lot of attention in this approach to language.
Rocío Mancebo Francisco
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, 2018 Choosing adaptively among candidate actions requires a cost-benefit analysis, in which potential rewards are considered against the costs required to obtain them. One cost frequently encountered by humans is the cost of cognitive effort, in which executive processes spanning attention, working memory, reasoning, and the like are taxed.
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Trials, 2021 Background Although Alzheimer’s disease affects around 800,000 people in the UK and costs almost £23 billion per year, currently licenced treatments only offer modest benefit at best.
Arjune Sen +18 more
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The role of presentation format on decision-makers' behaviour in accounting [PDF]
, 2009 The recent increase in researching presentation format area is resulting in an increase in awareness of the importance of presentation format on decision-makers' behaviour.
Ghani, Erlane +3 more
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