Need for affect, need for cognition, and the desire for independence. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 The last decade has witnessed a significant rise in European secessionist movements leading to considerable political turmoil (e.g., protest, repression, imprisonment of political leaders).
Joan Barceló
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Creative Mathematical Reasoning: Does Need for Cognition Matter? [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 A large portion of mathematics education centers heavily around imitative reasoning and rote learning, raising concerns about students’ lack of deeper and conceptual understanding of mathematics.
Bert Jonsson +4 more
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From anecdote to evidence: the relationship between personality and need for cognition of developers [PDF]
Empir Softw Eng, 2021 There is considerable anecdotal evidence suggesting that software engineers enjoy engaging in solving puzzles and other cognitive efforts. A tendency to engage in and enjoy effortful thinking is referred to as a person’s ‘need for cognition.’ In this ...
D. Russo, A. Masegosa, Klaas-Jan Stol
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Need for cognition moderates the relief of avoiding cognitive effort [PDF]
PLOS ONE, 2023 When making decisions, humans aim to maximize rewards while minimizing costs. The exertion of mental or physical effort has been proposed to be one those costs, translating into avoidance of behaviors carrying effort demands. This motivational framework also predicts that people should experience positive affect when anticipating demand that is ...
Davide Gheza +2 more
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What Is Mathematical Giftedness? Associations with Intelligence, Openness, and Need for Cognition [PDF]
Journal of Intelligence, 2022 It is common practice in the educational system to foster high mathematical abilities in schools as well as in specific promotional programs. Still, little is known about the construct of mathematical giftedness itself.
Kaja Hansen +3 more
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Differences in decisions affected by cognitive biases: examining human values, need for cognition, and numeracy [PDF]
Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, 2023 A better understanding of factors that can affect preferences and choices may contribute to more accurate decision-making. Several studies have investigated the effects of cognitive biases on decision-making and their relationship with cognitive ...
Regis K. Kakinohana, Ronaldo Pilati
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On the need for embodied and dis-embodied cognition [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2011 This essay proposes and defends a pluralistic theory of conceptual embodiment. Our concepts are represented in at least two ways: (i) through sensorimotor simulations of our interactions with objects and events and (ii) through sensorimotor simulations ...
Guy Dove
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The role of need for cognition and perceived self-efficacy in modulating emotional and behavioural responses to failure [PDF]
BMC PsychologyBackground Need for cognition (NFC) measures the enjoyment of and the search for intellectual challenges and is probably the best-known construct for measuring cognitive motivation.
Michaela A. Reuter +2 more
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The Role of Need for Cognition and Its Interaction with Fluid Intelligence in the Prediction of School Grades in Primary School Children [PDF]
Journal of IntelligenceFluid intelligence and need for cognition are relevant predictors of school grades and might also interact in the prediction of grades. We examined the independent predictive values of fluid intelligence and need for cognition as well as their ...
Anke Hufer-Thamm +2 more
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Fluid intelligence but not need for cognition is associated with attitude change in response to the correction of misinformation [PDF]
Cognitive ResearchMisinformation can profoundly impact an individual’s attitudes—sometimes even after the misinformation has been corrected. In two preregistered experiments (N 1 = 355, N 2 = 725), we investigated whether individual differences in the ability and ...
Fabian Hutmacher +3 more
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