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The Time Is Up: Compression of Visual Time Interval Estimations of Bimodal Aperiodic Patterns

open access: yesFrontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 2017
The ability to estimate time intervals subserves many of our behaviors and perceptual experiences. However, it is not clear how aperiodic (AP) stimuli affect our perception of time intervals across sensory modalities.
Fabiola Duarte, Luis Lemus
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Comparing intertemporal decision‐making models: Predictions and applications in lifespan through subjective time perception

open access: yesBritish Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Intertemporal decision‐making is essential in daily life, requiring individuals to evaluate the value of investments over time. This study aimed to assess how well intertemporal choice models explain and predict decision‐making behaviours, focusing on subjective time perception across the lifespan.
Lijuan Dai   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging the Gap: Possible Roles and Contributions of Representational Momentum

open access: yesPsicológica, 2006
Memory for the position of a moving target is often displaced in the direction of anticipated motion, and this has been referred to as representational momentum.
Timothy L. Hubbard
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On the Mechanics of Immediate Corrections and Aftereffects in Prism Adaptation

open access: yesVision, 2017
Prisms laterally shifting the perceived visual world cause arm movements to deviate from intended targets. The resulting error—the direct effect—both for pointing and throwing movements, usually corresponds to only around half of the prism’s optical ...
Klaudia Pochopien   +3 more
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A neuroeconomic theory of rational addiction and\ud nonlinear time-perception. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Neuroeconomic conditions for “rational addiction” (Becker and Murphy, 1988) have\ud been unknown. This paper derived the conditions for “rational addiction” by utilizing a\ud nonlinear time-perception theory of “hyperbolic” discounting, which is ...
Takahashi, Ph.D Taiki
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From Thought to Action: The Decision‐Making Process of Foster Parents

open access: yesChild &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   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social disharmony, inauthenticity and patriarchy: an Ubuntu perspective on the practice of female genital mutilation

open access: yesDeveloping 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
wiley   +1 more source

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