What we expect is not always what we get: evidence for both the direction-of-change and the specific-stimulus hypotheses of auditory attentional capture. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2014 Participants were requested to respond to a sequence of visual targets while listening to a well-known lullaby. One of the notes in the lullaby was occasionally exchanged with a pattern deviant.
Nöstl A, Marsh JE, Sörqvist P.
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Direction-of-change forecasting in commodity futures markets [PDF]
, 2021 This paper examines direction-of-change predictability in commodity futures markets using a variety of binary probabilistic techniques. As well as traditional techniques, we apply Variable Length Markov Chain (VLMC) analysis, an innovative technique ...
Quinn, Barry +4 more
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Effects of plyometric training on agility in male soccer players—a systematic review
Journal of Men's Health, 2022 Background: Plyometric training is used to improve human neuro-muscular function and performance in sports. Agility as a necessary motor ability, which is one of the physical components of success in many sports, is especially important for the optimal ...
Ilma Čaprić +9 more
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The effect of 8-week plyometric training on jump height, agility, speed and asymmetry
Pedagogy of Physical Culture and Sports, 2022 Background and Study Aim. Plyometric training is one of the most preferred methods for athletic performance improvement. This study was designed to measure the effect of 8 weeks of additional plyometric training on jump performance, lower extremity ...
Sercin Kosova +2 more
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Changing Direction on Direction of Fit [PDF]
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 2012 In this paper, I show that we should understand the direction of fit of beliefs and desires in normative terms. After rehearsing a standard objection to Michael Smith’s analysis of direction of fit, I raise a similar problem for Lloyd Humberstone’s analysis.
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Directed Technical Change [PDF]
Review of Economic Studies, 2002 zbMATH Open Web Interface contents unavailable due to conflicting licenses.
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Direction-of-Change Forecasts Based on Conditional Variance, Skewness and Kurtosis Dynamics: International Evidence [PDF]
Recent theoretical work has revealed a direct connection between asset return volatility forecastability and asset return sign forecastability. This suggests that the pervasive volatility forecastability in equity returns could, via induced sign ...
Yiu Kuen Tse +4 more
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Alternatives to common approaches for training change of direction performance: a scoping review
BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2022 Background Research focuses heavily upon the effect of strength and power training on change of direction performance. The objective of this scoping review is to highlight alternative approaches to training change of direction.
Robert Buhmann +2 more
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Hydrodynamics and direction change of tumbling bacteria.
PLoS ONE, 2021 The bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli) swims in viscous fluids by rotating several helical flagellar filaments, which are gathered in a bundle behind the cell during 'runs' wherein the cell moves steadily forward.
Mariia Dvoriashyna, Eric Lauga
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2021 Purpose: The aim of this study was to explore the validity and reliability of a phone app [named: change of direction (COD) timer] and stopwatches for the measurement of COD performance.Methods: Sixty-two youth basketball players (age: 15.9±1.4yrs ...
Zhili Chen +5 more
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