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Delaying information search [PDF]
Judgment and Decision Making, 2012 In three studies, we examined factors that may temporarily attenuate information search. People are generally curious and dislike uncertainty, which typically encourages them to look for relevant information.
Yaniv Shani +2 more
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Avoiding cancer risk information [PDF]
Social Science & Medicine, 2015 Perceived risk for health problems such as cancer is a central construct in many models of health decision making and a target for behavior change interventions. However, some portion of the population actively avoids cancer risk information. The prevalence of, explanations for, and consequences of such avoidance are not well understood.We examined the
Amber S, Emanuel +6 more
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The Onset of Habituation Effects
European Journal of Health Communication (EJHC), 2021 While extraordinary events like pandemics may prompt an increase in information-seeking behaviour, such trends are unlikely to be sustainable. Over time, issue fatigue/overdose is expected to set in. This study employed generalised additive mixed models (
Viorela Dan, Hans-Bernd Brosius
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Rural Residents' Health Information Avoidance Behavior in Lower Risk Disease Context [PDF]
Nongye tushu qingbao xuebao, 2021 [Purpose/Significance] The purpose of this study is to elaborate the extent, strategies, causes and their association of rural residents' health information avoidance in the context of lower risk diseases.
HAN Zhengbiao, ZHOU Mingfeng, YUE Hang
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A Study on the Influencing Factors of Rural Residents' Avoidance Behaviors towards Health Information on Chronic Diseases in Jiangsu Province [PDF]
Nongye tushu qingbao xuebao, 2022 [Purpose/Significance] When rural residents read health information regarding chronic diseases, they often tend to develop cognitive conflicts or negative emotions, which leads to their avoidance behaviors towards health information regarding chronic ...
HAN Zhengbiao, YUE Hang, ZHAI Ranran
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A modified neural network model for Lobula Giant Movement Detector with additional depth movement feature [PDF]
, 2009 The Lobula Giant Movement Detector (LGMD) is a wide-field visual neuron that is located in the Lobula layer of the Locust nervous system. The LGMD increases its firing rate in response to both the velocity of the approaching object and its proximity.
Appiah, Kofi +7 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 This study uses the Planned Risk Information Seeking Model (PRISM) to estimate the public's information seeking and avoidance intentions during the COVID-19 outbreak based on an online sample of 1031 Chinese adults and provides support for the ...
Mei Liu, You Chen, Dan Shi, Tingwu Yan
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The behavioral inhibition system and the verbal information pathway to children's fears [PDF]
, 2006 The behavioral inhibition system (BIS) is the neurological substrate of trait anxiety and is linked to the development of anxiety disorders. Three experiments are reported that investigate the moderating influence of the BIS on 1 pathway to fear: threat ...
Field, Andy P
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Studying the Behavior of Avoiding Cultural and Social Information of Students and Presenting a Model [PDF]
کتابداری و اطلاعرسانیObjective: Despite the production and organization of a lot of cultural and social information in the country, students avoid this information. The purpose of this research was to identify the causes and factors of avoiding this type of information among
Mohsen Shirazi Mehrabad +3 more
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Emotional response inhibition is greater in older than younger adults [PDF]
, 2019 Emotional information rapidly captures our attention and also often invokes automatic response tendencies, whereby positive information motivates approach, while negative information encourages avoidance.
Greif, Taylor R +2 more
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