, 2018 According to doxastic pragmatism, certain perceived practical factors, such as high stakes and urgency, have systematic effects on normal subjects’ outright beliefs. Upholders of doxastic pragmatism have so far endorsed a particular version of this view,
Gao, Jie
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Frontline Learning Research, 2019 Self-generated information is better recognized and recalled than read information. This so-called generation effecthas been replicated several times for different types of stimulus material, different generation tasks, and retention intervals.
Julia Schindler +2 more
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Need for cognition does not account for individual differences in metacontrol of decision making
Scientific Reports, 2022 Humans show metacontrol of decision making, that is they adapt their reliance on decision-making strategies toward situational differences such as differences in reward magnitude.
Florian Bolenz +4 more
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University and school students' motivation for effortful thinking: Factor structure, reliability, and validity of the German Need for Cognition Scale [PDF]
, 2010 Need for cognition (NFC) reflects a relatively stable trait regarding the degree to which one enjoys and engages in cognitive endeavors. We examined whether the previously demonstrated one-dimensional structure of the German NFC Scale could be replicated
Bertrams, Alex, Dickhäuser, Oliver
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Need for cognition moderates the impairment of decision making caused by nightshift work in nurses
Scientific Reports, 2022 The current study explores the effect of nightshift work on the decision-making competence and performance of the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) and analyzes whether individual differences in the need for cognition (NFC) can moderate this effect.
Jiaxi Peng +5 more
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Creative Mathematical Reasoning: Does Need for Cognition Matter?
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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Individual differences in impulsivity and need for cognition as potential risk or resilience factors of diabetes self-management and glycemic control. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 ObjectiveImpulsivity is marked by insufficient reflection and forethought, whereas Need for Cognition (NFC) also referred to as cognitive motivation or intellectual engagement is marked by elaborated thinking. The aim of this study was to investigate the
Alexander Hadj-Abo +4 more
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Retrieval-induced forgetting as motivated cognition [PDF]
, 2018 Recalling information from a particular category can reduce one's memory capability for related, non-retrieved information. This is known as the retrieval-induced forgetting effect (RIF; Anderson et al., 1994). The present paper reviews studies that show
Chernikova, Marina +4 more
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The Ship of Theseus Puzzle [PDF]
, 2020 Does the Ship of Theseus present a genuine puzzle about persistence due to conflicting intuitions based on “continuity of form” and “continuity of matter” pulling in opposite directions? Philosophers are divided.
Alai, Mario +45 more
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Binge-Watching Dependence: A Function of Sensation Seeking, Need for Cognition, and Flow
International Journal of Communication, 2022 This study discusses various definitions and features of the binge-watching phenomenon, with a particular focus on psychological traits, sensation seeking (SSK), and need for cognition (NFC).
Hongjin Shim, Yoon Hi Sung
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