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"Stiff" Field Theory of Interest Rates and Psychological Future Time [PDF]
The simplest field theory description of the multivariate statistics of forward rate variations over time and maturities, involves a quadratic action containing a gradient squared rigidity term. However, this choice leads to a spurious kink (infinite curvature) of the normalized correlation function for coinciding maturities.
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Behavioural Aspects of the Financial Decision-Making
Background and Purpose: Behavioural finance is a relatively new, but rapidly evolving field that provides explanations of an economic decision-making by cognitive psychology, conventional economic and financial theory.
Valaskova Katarina+2 more
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Lev S. Vygotsky's cultural-historical theory and Soviet psychology of religion: did they overlap? [PDF]
The paper examines the role played by one of the basic Marxist psychological theories in developing Soviet psychology of religion. An attempt is made to find out whether the cultural-historical theory of Lev S.
Alexey Dvoinin
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Abstract Compared to neurotypical peers, autistic adolescents show greater cognitive inflexibility (CI) which manifests at the behavioral and cognitive level and potentially increases vulnerability for the development of internalizing (INT) and externalizing (EXT) symptoms.
Jiedi Lei+5 more
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Evolutionary Psychology as a Metatheory for the Social Sciences [PDF]
Evolutionary psychology has been proposed as a metatheory for the social sciences. In this paper, the different ways in which scholars have used the concept of a metatheory in the field of evolutionary psychology is reviewed. These different ways include
Annemie Ploeger
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Innovating to amplify the voices of young people from marginalized ethnic migrant backgrounds
Abstract The meaningful participation of young people from marginalized ethnic backgrounds in civic processes is central to the social cohesion of increasingly diverse liberal democracies, but their participation is compromised by a range of barriers resulting in decision‐making that is disconnected from their lives.
Kelsey L. Deane+7 more
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Cognitive flexibility in autism: Evidence from young autistic children
Abstract We examined the cognitive flexibility performance of young autistic children and a group of neurotypical peers. Thirty‐six autistic children (72–83 months) and 200 age‐matched typically‐developing children were assessed on the Children's Color Trails Test (CCTT), a semantic and a phonemic verbal fluency task.
Maria Andreou+2 more
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PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS IN FOREIGN POLICY DECISION-MAKING (I): DECISION-MAKING MODELS [PDF]
. The psychology of decision-making has been gaining more attention than before. It is growing rapidly. Three main perspectives of the psychology of decision making include the standpoint of cognitive psychology, the influence of social psychology ...
VASILE PUŞCAŞ, MELANIA-GABRIELA CIOT
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“Who's breaking the law … not us, them!”: Inside immigration detention in Portugal
Abstract In this paper, we examine immigration detention in Portugal, a system whose daily operations and inherent violence are overlooked in both public and academic discourses. Even within community psychology, discussions on immigration detention have largely remained on the fringes of scholarly debates. Guided by a justice‐centered ecological lens,
Francesca Esposito+3 more
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Reduced social attention in autism is magnified by perceptual load in naturalistic environments
Abstract Individuals with autism spectrum conditions (ASC) describe differences in both social cognition and sensory processing, but little is known about the causal relationship between these disparate functional domains. In the present study, we sought to understand how a core characteristic of autism—reduced social attention—is impacted by the ...
Amanda J. Haskins+5 more
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