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Social Facilitation: the Kaliningrad Region and Russian Mainland Regions [PDF]

open access: yesBaltic Region, 2015
The authors look at the concept of social facilitation as a possible component of Russian social consolidation in the course of social reforms. The article focuses on the results of an empirical study of the levels and characteristics of competence in ...
Toropov Pavel , Samsonova Nadezhda
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Social Learning in Horses—Fact or Fiction?

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2018
Prima facie, the acquisition of novel behaviors in animals through observation of conspecifics seems straightforward. There are, however, various mechanisms through which the behavior of animals can be altered from observing others.
Maria V. Rørvang   +3 more
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Ecological Validity of Impulsive Choice: Consequences of Profitability-Based Short-Sighted Evaluation in the Producer-Scrounger Resource Competition

open access: yesFrontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, 2018
Results of intertemporal choice paradigm have been accounted for mostly by psychological terms such as temporal discounting of subjective value. Inability to wait for delayed gratification (choice impulsiveness, as opposed to self-control) is often taken
Yukiko Ogura   +2 more
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Peer Presence Effects on Eye Movements and Attentional Performance

open access: yesFrontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2020
“Social facilitation” refers to the enhancement or impairment of performance engendered by the mere presence of others. It has been demonstrated for a diversity of behaviors. This study assessed whether it also concerns attention and eye movements and if
Leslie Tricoche   +3 more
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Peer Presence Effect on Numerosity and Phonological Comparisons in 4th Graders: When Working with a SchoolMate Makes Children More Adult-like

open access: yesBiology, 2021
Little is known about how peers’ mere presence may, in itself, affect academic learning and achievement. The present study addresses this issue by exploring whether and how the presence of a familiar peer affects performance in a task assessing basic ...
Leslie Tricoche   +6 more
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Studies in Trade and Investment: The Development Impact of Information Technology in Trade Facilitation [PDF]

open access: yes
This chapter defines the context of IT in TF and delineate its environment. The argument is that the importance of the IT context cannot be overlooked and may even be critical to its successful application to a country's trading system.Trade facilitation,
Florian A. Alburo
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Does Individual Gambling Behavior Vary across Gambling Venues with Differing Numbers of Terminals? An Empirical Real-World Study using Player Account Data

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2018
Research examining gambling behavior via experiments, self-report, and/or observation presents many methodical challenges particularly in relation to objectivity.
Dominic Sagoe   +5 more
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Can Virtual Observers Affect Our Behavior? Social Facilitation in Virtual Environments: A Mini-Review [PDF]

open access: yesSocial Psychological Bulletin, 2019
The social facilitation effect describes the change in the performance of the task under the influence of the presence of observers. The effect itself consists of two components: social facilitation in simple tasks and social inhibition in complex tasks.
Radosław Sterna   +2 more
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Impact of Trade Facilitation on Export Competitiveness: a Regional Perspective [PDF]

open access: yes
This studies is the outcome of the project of the Regional Expert Group Meeting on Trade and Transport Facilitation for Export Competitiveness.Trade, Export, Competitiveness, Facilitation, Regional, Asia ...
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
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Investigating the factors that affect consumer behavior in social capital management and facilitates the implementation of water local markets [PDF]

open access: yesکاوش‌های مدیریت بازرگانی, 2021
Introduction: The world today faces accelerating changes in customer needs and a steady reduction in environmental resources. In such a situation, checking consumer behavior is essential.
Maedeh Rabbanimehr   +2 more
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