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On the Need for Cognitive Closure and Judgmental Trend Forecasting

Argumenta Oeconomica Cracoviensia, 2017
The paper considers the following hypothesis: humans’ need for cognitive closure reduces the usage of historical observations in judgmental forecasts only in horizontal trends. To test this hypothesis, three studies were conducted. In each, participants forecasted the next, unknown observation using the previous time series.
Marcin Czupryna, Elżbieta Kubińska, Łukasz Markiewicz   +2 more
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Pandemic, Perceived Risk, and Cognitive Dissonance as Antecedents to Need for Cognitive Closure

International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology, 2022
The purpose of this article is to examine the influence of pandemic, perceived risk, and cognitive dissonance on the need for cognitive closure. A consumer today wants an aversion towards the ambiguity that is created due to this pandemic. The data is collected using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk panel.
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Higher Amyloid and Tau Burden Is Associated With Faster Decline on a Digital Cognitive Test

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective A 2‐min digital clock‐drawing test (DCTclock) captures more granular features of the clock‐drawing process than the pencil‐and‐paper clock‐drawing test, revealing more subtle deficits at the preclinical stage of Alzheimer's disease (AD). A previous cross‐sectional study demonstrated that worse DCTclock performance was associated with
Jessie Fanglu Fu, Talia Robinson, Marina Rodriguez Alonso, Adela Francis Malave, Roos J. Jutten, Michael J. Properzi, Brian C. Healy, Jackson C. Thompson, Grace Del Carmen Montenegro, Emma Thibault, Dana Penney, Randall Davis, Reisa A. Sperling, Kathryn V. Papp, Keith A. Johnson, Julie C. Price, Dorene M. Rentz   +16 more
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Psychological characteristics of students in learning clinical interview skills with the use of virtual patient

BMC Medical Education, 2020
Background The goal of this exploratory study is to analyse which psychological characteristics of students are related to the effectiveness of learning clinical interview skills with the use of a virtual patient (VP).
Bartosz Zalewski, Maciej Walkiewicz, Mateusz Guziak   +2 more
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On the Multiple Access Channel with Asynchronous Cognition

, 2016
In this paper we introduce the two-user asynchronous cognitive multiple access channel (ACMAC). This channel model includes two transmitters, an uninformed one, and an informed one which knows prior to the beginning of a transmission the message which ...
Leshem, Amir, Somekh-Baruch, Anelia, Yemini, Michal   +2 more
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Interpreting mega-development projects as territorial traps: the case of irrigation schemes on the shores of Lake Chad (Borno State, Nigeria) [PDF]

, 2017
From the colonial era up to the present, mega-irrigation projects for agriculture have played a key role in the production of state space in Sahelian Africa.
Bertoncin, Marina, Pase, Andrea
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Network Localization of Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Fatigue is among the most common symptoms and one of the main factors determining the quality of life in multiple sclerosis (MS). However, the neurobiological mechanisms underlying fatigue are not fully understood. Here we studied lesion locations and their connections in individuals with MS, aiming to identify brain networks ...
Olli Likitalo, Jaakko Kungshamn, Albert Bellmunt‐Gil, Silvia Tommasin, Abhineet Ojha, Matias Viitala, Juho Aaltonen, Jyrki Lötjönen, Juha Koikkalainen, Pauli Ylikotila, Patrizia Pantano, Merja Soilu‐Hänninen, Juho Joutsa   +12 more
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Use of Symptomatic Drug Treatment for Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis and Patterns of Work Loss

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To describe the use of central stimulants and amantadine for fatigue in MS and evaluate a potential association with reduced work loss in people with MS. Methods We conducted a nationwide, matched, register‐based cohort study in Sweden (2006 to 2023) using national registers with prospective data collection.
Simon Englund, Johan Reutfors, Thomas Frisell, Fredrik Piehl   +3 more
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A Dynamic Solution to the Problem of Logical Omniscience [PDF]

, 2019
The traditional possible-worlds model of belief describes agents as ‘logically omniscient’ in the sense that they believe all logical consequences of what they believe, including all logical truths.
Bjerring, Jens, Skipper, Mattias
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Need for cognitive closure as determinant for guidance in wiki-based learning

, 2017
In wikis as collaborative knowledge construction environments for learning the outcome and its underlying processes can be considered on an individual as well as on a social system's level. In previous research, we could show that by implementing either supplemental implicit or explicit guidance focused on wiki discussions positive effects on the ...
Sven Heimbuch, Daniel Bodemer
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