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Mental models in the brain: On context-dependent neural correlates of mental models

Cognitive Systems Research, 2021
In this paper, the concept of context-dependent realisation of mental models is introduced and discussed. Literature from neuroscience is discussed showing that different types of mental models can use different types of brain areas. Moreover, it is discussed that the same occurs for the formation and adaptation of mental models and the control of ...
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Not just having fun: Experiential‐learning–based school field trips improved local children's mental models of the mangrove nature reserve in Shenzhen, China

People and Nature, 2023
Nature‐based school field trips gained policy support from China governments. However, in a highly exam‐oriented education system, schools might be unwilling to implement such activities which they believe are merely fun journeys and useless for ...
Meng Wu, Weizhe Zhang, Zhuo Zeng, Chi‐Chang Liu, Kuei‐Pin Liu   +4 more
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Computational models of mentalizing

, 2019
Humans have a remarkable ability to infer and represent others’ mental states such as their beliefs, goals, desires, intentions, and feelings. In this chapter, we review some of the innovations that have developed in economics, computer science, and cognitive neuroscience in modeling the computations underlying several mentalizing operations.
Chang, Luke, Gonzalez, Bryan
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Mapping the evolution of the forced swim test across interpretation, welfare and pharmacology

Pharmacological Research
The Porsolt Forced Swim Test (FST), primarily utilized for phenotyping and screening novel antidepressants in rodents, is one of the most widely used tests in depression research. Despite its popularity, this test has received increasing criticism mainly
Christiane Brandwein, Cathalijn HC Leenaars, Ana-Maria Iorgu, Laura Becker, Natascha Pfeiffer, Andrei-Nicolae Vasilescu, Chiara Cilurzo, André Bleich, Steven R. Talbot, Peter Gass, Anne S. Mallien   +10 more
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Mental models in cognitive science [PDF]

Cognitive Science, 1980
If cognitive science does not exist then it is necessary to invent it. That slogan accommodates any reasonable attitude about the subject. One attitude-an optimistic one-is that cognitive science already exists and is alive and flourishing in academe: we have all in our different ways been doing it for years. The gentleman in Moliere’s play rejoiced to
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Mental models and human reasoning [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2002
To be rational is to be able to reason. Thirty years ago psychologists believed that human reasoning depended on formal rules of inference akin to those of a logical calculus. This hypothesis ran into difficulties, which led to an alternative view: reasoning depends on envisaging the possibilities consistent with the starting point—a perception of the ...
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Inducible HSP72 protein as a marker of neuronal vulnerability in brain research: A potential biomarker for clinical psychiatry?

Biomarkers in Neuropsychiatry
The aim of this review is to analyze the potential of the inducible form of 70-kDa heat shock protein (i.e. HSP72) as a biomarker for neuropsychiatric diseases, focusing on both animal and clinical studies.
Ana-Maria Iorgu, Dragos Inta, Peter Gass
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Safety Representatives’ Job Crafting in Organizational Interventions: Driver, Counselor, Watchdog, or Abstainer

Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 2021
The Nordic model and organizational research highlight the benefits of employee participation and collaboration between management and employees. Using job crafting theory, this paper studied the roles safety representatives craft for themselves in ...
Eyvind Helland, Marit Christensen, Siw Tone Innstrand, Anne Iversen, Karina Nielsen   +4 more
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Shared genetic architecture and causal relationship between sleep behaviors and lifespan

Translational Psychiatry
Poor sleep health is associated with a wide array of increased risk for cardiovascular, metabolic and mental health problems as well as all-cause mortality in observational studies, suggesting potential links between sleep health and lifespan.
Yong Wu, Chu-Yi Zhang, Xiaolan Liu, Lu Wang, Ming Li, Yi Li, Xiao Xiao   +6 more
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A Psychological Model of Mental Disorder [PDF]

Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 2005
A coherent conceptualization of the role of psychological factors is of great importance in understanding mental disorder. Academic articles and professional reports alluding to psychological models of the etiology of mental disorder are becoming increasingly common, and there is evidence of a marked policy shift toward the provision of psychological ...
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