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Regression effect in psychophysical judgment [PDF]

, 1966
S. S. Stevens, Hilda B. Greenbaum
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Near Phoria and Near Point of Convergence Parameters in Children With Hearing and Speech Impairment: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Health Science Reports
Background and Aims Children with hearing and speech impairment are reported to have a higher prevalence of refractive errors and amblyopia. Most studies conducted previously have not primarily concentrated on the binocular vision aspects of near vision ...
Jameel Rizwana Hussaindeen, Mariza Mavroidis, Badrinath P. Ashwin, Meenakshi S. Sruthi, Baskar Theagarayan   +4 more
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New approaches to the single-interval adjustment matrix yes-no task

Frontiers in Psychology
Two adaptations of the Single-Interval Adjust-Matrix Yes-No (SIAM-YN) task, designed to increase the efficiency of absolute threshold estimation, are described.
Daniel Shepherd, Michael J. Hautus
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A Multi-Scale Network Model of Brightness Perception [PDF]

, 1994
A neural network model of brightness perception is developed to account for a wide variety of difficult data, including the classical phenomenon of Mach bands and nonlinear contrast effects associated with sinusoidal luminance waves.
Mingolla, Ennio, Neumann, Heiko, Pessoa, Luiz   +2 more
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From Thought to Action: The Decision‐Making Process of Foster Parents

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although foster care represents an essential practice for helping children and families in difficult situations, nowadays, in Italy, the number of people open to engaging in this kind of care is limited compared to the real need, and agencies have difficulties recruiting new foster parents. The present qualitative study is aimed at identifying
Giulia Lopez, Francesco Sichel, Viola Sallay, Raffaella Iafrate   +3 more
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Applying the Model-Comparison Approach to Test Specific Research Hypotheses in Psychophysical Research Using the Palamedes Toolbox

Frontiers in Psychology, 2018
In the social sciences it is common practice to test specific theoretically motivated research hypotheses using formal statistical procedures. Typically, students in these disciplines are trained in such methods starting at an early stage in their ...
Nicolaas Prins, Frederick A. A. Kingdom
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Social disharmony, inauthenticity and patriarchy: an Ubuntu perspective on the practice of female genital mutilation

Developing World Bioethics, EarlyView.
Abstract Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a universal issue which affects girls in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and South America, and immigrant communities in Western Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. FGM is a cultural practice in approximately 29 countries in Africa, affecting over 140 million girls.
Tauseef Ahmad Ally, Lizeka Amanda Tandwa
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Deep Learning with S-shaped Rectified Linear Activation Units

, 2015
Rectified linear activation units are important components for state-of-the-art deep convolutional networks. In this paper, we propose a novel S-shaped rectified linear activation unit (SReLU) to learn both convex and non-convex functions, imitating the ...
Feng, Jiashi, Jin, Xiaojie, Wei, Yunchao, Xiong, Junjun, Xu, Chunyan, Yan, Shuicheng   +5 more
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Influence of Workplace Bullying and Bystander Types on Speaking Up for Patient Safety Among Hospital Nurses: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims To explore the influences of workplace bullying experiences, witnessing workplace bullying and bystander types on Speaking up for patient safety (SUPS) among hospital nurses. Design Cross‐sectional study. Methods A survey was conducted in September 2021 using a structured questionnaire about workplace bullying experiences, witnessing ...
Sunghee Park, Kyoungja Kim, Sinhye Kim, Cheryl B. Jones   +3 more
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Effects of social context information on neural face processing in youth with social anxiety disorder

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, EarlyView.
Background Social anxiety disorder (SAD) in youth is associated with significant psychosocial impairments; however, the cognitive and neural mechanisms that maintain it, particularly during childhood and adolescence, remain underexplored. Cognitive models emphasize the role of altered face processing, and neutral facial expressions may be perceived as ...
Anna‐Lina Rauschenbach, Vera Hauffe, Jakob Fink‐Lamotte, Brunna Tuschen‐Caffier, Julian Schmitz   +4 more
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