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Working Memory Training for Healthy Older Adults: The Role of Individual Characteristics in Explaining Short- and Long-Term Gains [PDF]

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2017
Objective: The aim of the present study was to explore whether individual characteristics such as age, education, vocabulary, and baseline performance in a working memory (WM) task\u2014similar to the one used in the training (criterion task ...
Borella, Erika, Carbone, Elena, Carretti, Barbara, De Beni, Rossana, Pastore, Massimiliano   +4 more
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Individual characteristics moderate listening effort in noisy classrooms. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2023
Comprehending the teacher’s message when other students are chatting is challenging. Even though the sound environment is the same for a whole class, differences in individual performance can be observed, which might depend on a variety of personal ...
Visentin C, Pellegatti M, Garraffa M, Di Domenico A, Prodi N.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The influence of individual characteristics on perceived restorativeness and benefits associated with exposure to nature in a garden. [PDF]

Front Psychol, 2023
This study newly explored the relationship between individual characteristics (i.e., connectedness to nature, a preference for natural rather than built environments, personality, visuospatial preferences) with perceived restorativeness, as well as ...
Sella E, Meneghetti C, Muffato V, Borella E, Carbone E, Cavalli R, Pazzaglia F.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Individual characteristics associated with risk and time preferences: A multi country representative survey [PDF]

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2022
This paper empirically analyzes how individual characteristics are associated with risk aversion, loss aversion, time discounting, and present bias.
T. Meissner, Xavier Gassmann, Corinne Faure, J. Schleich   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE DETERMINATION: LEADERSHIP STYLE, INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS, AND WORK CULTURE (A STUDY OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT LITERATURE)

Dinasti International Journal of Education Management And Social Science, 2022
Previous research or relevant research is very important in a research or scientific article. Previous research or relevant research serves to strengthen the theory and phenomena of the relationship or influence between variables.
Djoko Setyo Widodo
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Changes in Alcohol Consumption and Determinants of Excessive Drinking During the COVID-19 Lockdown in the Slovak Republic

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
As a result of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, countries have been forced to adopt strong restrictions, such as lockdown, which can lead to serious consequences for public health, including the problematic use of addictive substances ...
Beata Gavurova, Samer Khouri, Viera Ivankova, Matus Kubak   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Differences in Personal, Familial, Social, and School Factors Between Underachieving and Non-underachieving Gifted Secondary Students

Frontiers in Psychology, 2019
Using various identification methods, differences between underachieving and non-underachieving gifted students in personal, familial, social, and school variables were analyzed in a sample of 164 gifted students with IQs of 120 or higher; the sample was
Raquel Gilar-Corbi, Alejandro Veas, Pablo Miñano, Juan-Luis Castejón   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Antesedents on HR Performance [PDF]

SHS Web of Conferences
The aim of this research is to determine the influence of Work Discipline, Communication, Individual Characteristics and Employee Competence on HR Performance at the UPPD SAMSAT Wonosobo Office.
Asa Azkiya Tsalitsul, Ardiansyah Syahrul, Hanifatun Khasanah Umi, Trihudiyatmanto M.   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neighbourhood drivability: environmental and individual characteristics associated with car use across Europe

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2020
Background Car driving is a form of passive transportation associated with higher sedentary behaviour, which is associated with morbidity. The decision to drive a car is likely to be influenced by the ‘drivability’ of the built environment, but there is ...
N. D. den Braver, J. G. Kok, J. Mackenbach, H. Rutter, J. Oppert, S. Compernolle, J. Twisk, J. Brug, J. Beulens, J. Lakerveld   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Death, Dying and Bereavement in Norway and Sweden in Recent Times

Humanities, 2015
One of my research projects examines pictorial symbols and epitaphs on gravestones in Norway and Sweden. The focus has been on the 1990s and the 2000s. The choice of this period is motivated by the fact that new national burial laws were adopted in both ...
Anders Gustavsson
doaj   +1 more source