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A global review of the conservation status of true quails (Families Odontophoridae and Phasianidae)

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Understanding the conservation status of species is imperative to stem global declines. To better inform conservation, we summarized the global conservation status of New World (Family Odontophoridae) and Old World (Family Phasianidae) true quail species.
Kathan Bandyopadhyay, Jeffrey L. Beck
wiley   +1 more source

Anticipatory stress restores decision-making deficits in heavy drinkers by increasing sensitivity to losses [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Substance abusers are characterized by hypersensitivity to reward. This leads to maladaptive decisions generally, as well as those on laboratory-based decision-making tasks, such as the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT).
Adam A. Stieger, Aertgeerts, Babor, Bechara, Bechara, Bechara, Bechara, Bechara, Bechara, Bechara, Blair, Bowden-Jones, Busemeyer, Christakou, Crawford, Daeppen, Dawe, Dawe, de Vries, de Wit, Dickerson, Fellows, Fishbein, Fishbein, Gray, Gray, Gullo, Gullo, Hayes, Heilman, Johnson, King, Lazarus, Li, Liston, Lovallo, MacKinnon, MathWorks Inc., Matthew J. Gullo, Miu, Nelson, Pecchinenda, Piazza, Preston, Roche, Rogers, Saghaei, Saunders, Schulz, Schulz, Tiet, van den Bos, Watson, Witkiewitz, Xiao, Yechiam, Yechiam   +56 more
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Evaluation of Risk Behavior in Gambling Addicted and Opioid Addicted Individuals

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021
Evidence suggests that both opioid addicted and gambling addicted individuals are characterized by higher levels of risky behavior in comparison to healthy people.
Edward J. Gorzelańczyk, Edward J. Gorzelańczyk, Edward J. Gorzelańczyk, Edward J. Gorzelańczyk, Piotr Walecki, Monika Błaszczyszyn, Ewa Laskowska, Aleksandra Kawala-Sterniuk   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Smithian Political Economy Approach for the Competition Law of the 21st Century

The Modern Law Review, EarlyView.
This study aims to show how a Smithian political economy approach could assist competition law in addressing the challenges of the 21st‐century economy. We revisit Smith's Wealth of Nations to provide a more nuanced understanding of his views, contrasting them with the prevailing libertarian interpretation called here ‘Chicago Smith’.
Stavros Makris
wiley   +1 more source

Deciding advantageously after flipping a coin

Acta Psychologica, 2022
Folk wisdom, advice columns, and pop culture suggest that when undecided, individuals may flip a coin – not to simply follow the suggestion, but to inspect their reaction to the outcome and then use the reaction to decide.
Mariela E. Jaffé, Rainer Greifeneder
doaj  

Disclosure to competitors in light of endogenous firm investments

Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper extends a familiar model of competition and disclosure to incorporate the practical feature that firms may not only hold private information about consumer demand, but they can also influence demand by the investments they make in improving product quality.
Anil Arya, Hans Frimor, Brian Mittendorf, Thomas Pfeiffer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estudo de fidedignidade do instrumento neuropsicológico Iowa Gambling Task

Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria, 2010
OBJETIVO: O objetivo do presente estudo foi verificar evidências de fidedignidade do instrumento neuropsicológico Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) a partir do método teste-reteste.
Caroline de Oliveira Cardoso, Janaína Castro Núñez Carvalho, Charles Cotrena, Daniela di Giorgio Schneider Bakos, Christian Haag Kristensen, Rochele Paz Fonseca   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

CEO's Early‐life Experience of Disasters and Corporate Environmental Performance

Abacus, EarlyView.
We investigate the nexus between the early‐life disaster experiences of chief executive officers (CEOs) and their firms’ environmental performance metrics. We hypothesize that first‐hand experience of the adversities of natural disasters in the formative years of a CEO can catalyze a transformation in their environmental cognizance and perspective ...
Shushu Liao, Nhut H. Nguyen, Cameron Truong   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Xs we share: Context similarity, culture, and the diffusion of populism

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Do populist ideas travel across borders? Anecdotal evidence suggests as much, yet so far we lack a systematic assessment of whether diffusion takes place, and if so under which conditions. We argue that context similarity enables the diffusion of populism among parties as it eases the adaption of populist framing of perceived grievances into ...
Nina Wiesehomeier, Nils Düpont, Saskia P. Ruth‐Lovell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Discounting and Pathological Gambling [PDF]

, 2010
Pathological gambling is a disorder characterized by excessive gambling. It often occurs in conjunction with substance use disorders, and research is beginning to examine the association between these disorders, especially with regard to impulsivity and ...
Madden, Gregory J., Petry, Nancy M.
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