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Nonrelatives inherit colony resources in a primitive termite.

3 Oct 2009 The evolution of eusociality, especially how selection would favor sterility or subfertility of most individuals within a highly social colony, is an unresolved paradox. Eusociality evolved independently in diverse taxa, including insects (all ants ...
rec_pub_19805058-nonrelatives-inherit-colony-resources-primitive-termite.htm

Modeling children's early grammatical knowledge.

3 Oct 2009 Theories of grammatical development differ in how much abstract knowledge they attribute to young children. Here, we report a series of experiments using a computational model to evaluate the explanatory power of child grammars based not on abstract ...
rec_pub_19805057-modeling-children-s-early-grammatical-knowledge.htm

Comparison of patient and caregiver reports of patient activity participation and its relationship to mental health in patients with Alzheimer's disease.

3 Oct 2009 The relationship between engagement in pleasant activities as rated by the patient and as rated by the caregiver from the patient's perspective was examined using structural equation modeling in a sample of patients (N = 277) diagnosed with mild to ...
rec_pub_19805487-comparison-patient-caregiver-reports-patient-activity-participation.htm

Sexual behavior model among young Thai women living in slums in Bangkok, Thailand.

29 Sep 2009 There has been a dramatic drop in age at first intercourse and concurrent rise in HIV infections among young Thai women living in slums. The participants included 492 young Thai women (average age = 19.7 years). They provided detailed ...
rec_pub_19783560-sexual-behavior-model-young-thai-women-living-slums-bangkok-thailand.htm

Behavior predictors of language development over 2 years in children with autism spectrum disorders.

29 Sep 2009 PURPOSE: This exploratory study examined predictive relationships between 5 types of behaviors and the trajectories of vocabulary and language development in young children with autism over 2 years. METHOD: Participants were 69 children with autism ...
rec_pub_19797136-behavior-predictors-language-development-2-years-children-autism.htm

The role of mindfulness in borderline personality disorder features.

29 Sep 2009 This study investigated whether deficits in mindfulness (attention, awareness, and acceptance of the present moment) underlie variability in borderline personality disorder (BPD) features and related impairments in interpersonal functioning, ...
rec_pub_19829206-the-role-mindfulness-borderline-personality-disorder-features.htm

African American women's beliefs about mental illness, stigma, and preferred coping behaviors.

29 Sep 2009 We examined African American women's representations/beliefs about mental illness, preferred coping behaviors if faced with mental illness, whether perceived stigma was associated with treatment-seeking, and if so, whether it was related to beliefs ...
rec_pub_19650070-african-american-women-s-beliefs-mental-illness-stigma-preferred.htm

The Health Belief Model variables as predictors of risky driving behaviors among commuters in Yazd, Iran.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Road traffic injuries are a major but neglected global public health problem. The human factor appears in the literature as the most prevalent contributing factor of road traffic crashes. The purpose of the study was to utilize ...
rec_pub_19746307-the-health-belief-model-variables-predictors-risky-driving-behaviors.htm

Developmental psychopathology: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

15 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), formerly regarded as a typical childhood disorder, is now known as a developmental disorder persisting over the lifespan. Starting in preschool-age, symptoms vary depending on the age ...
rec_pub_19761584-developmental-psychopathology-attention-deficit-hyperactivity.htm

Decisions in changing conditions: the urgency-gating model.

14 Sep 2009 Several widely accepted models of decision making suggest that, during simple decision tasks, neural activity builds up until a threshold is reached and a decision is made. These models explain error rates and reaction time distributions in a ...
rec_pub_19759303-decisions-changing-conditions-urgency-gating-model.htm

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