Problem Solving (Latest Articles)

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Connectedness affects dot numerosity judgment: implications for configural processing.

30 May 2009 Participants judged the number of dots in visual displays with brief presentations (200 msec), such that the numerosity judgment was based on an instantaneous impression without counting. In some displays, pairs of adjacent dots were connected by ...
rec_pub_19451377-connectedness-affects-dot-numerosity-judgment-implications-configural.htm

The revelation effect for autobiographical memory: a mixture-model analysis.

30 May 2009 Participants provided information about their childhood by rating their confidence about whether they had experienced various events (e.g., "broke a window playing ball"). On some trials, participants unscrambled a key word from the event phrase ...
rec_pub_19451369-the-revelation-effect-autobiographical-memory-mixture-model-analysis.htm

Cortical calculation localization using electrostimulation.

30 May 2009 OBJECT: A naming task has been used to spare cortical areas involved in language. In the present study, a calculation task was combined with electrostimulation mapping (awake surgery) to spare cortical areas involved in calculation in patients ...
rec_pub_19046040-cortical-calculation-localization-using-electrostimulation.htm

Problem solving skills predict quality of life and psychological morbidity in ALS caregivers.

30 May 2009 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) often is associated with a particularly intensive caregiving experience, and the well-being of caregivers impacts that of patients. Thus, identification of factors leading to distress in caregivers may provide ...
rec_pub_18618351-problem-solving-skills-predict-quality-life-psychological-morbidity.htm

Promoting the teaching of critical thinking skills through faculty development.

30 May 2009 Practical and effective faculty development programs are vital to individual and institutional success. However, there is little evidence that program outcomes result in instructional changes. The purpose of this study was to determine if and how ...
rec_pub_19491344-promoting-teaching-critical-thinking-skills-faculty-development.htm

The comparative approach and brain-behaviour relationships: a tool for understanding tool use.

30 May 2009 The comparative method is widely used to understand brain-behaviour relationships in comparative psychology. Such studies have demonstrated functional relationships between the brain and behaviour as well as how the brain and behaviour evolve in ...
rec_pub_19485606-the-comparative-approach-brain-behaviour-relationships-tool.htm

Conflict and collaboration in middle-aged and older couples: I. Age differences in agency and communion during marital interaction.

30 May 2009 Prior theory and research regarding age differences in marital interaction suggest that older couples display and experience more positivity and less negativity than middle-aged couples. However, studies of overt behavior in older couples are ...
rec_pub_19485646-conflict-collaboration-middle-aged-older-couples-age-differences.htm

Schema reliance for developmental goals increases from early to late adulthood: improvement for the young, loss prevention for the old.

30 May 2009 People tend to encode and retrieve information in terms of schemata, especially when processing resources are low. This study argues that the life-span schema about developmental goals constitutes a generalized expectation about the life course that ...
rec_pub_19485650-schema-reliance-developmental-goals-increases-early-late-adulthood.htm

Conflict and collaboration in middle-aged and older couples: II. Cardiovascular reactivity during marital interaction.

30 May 2009 Marital strain confers risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), perhaps though cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) to stressful marital interactions. CVR to marital stressors may differ between middle-age and older adults, and types of marital interactions ...
rec_pub_19485647-conflict-collaboration-middle-aged-older-couples-ii-cardiovascular.htm

Falls in the nursing home: a collaborative approach.

30 May 2009 Problem solving using a collaborative approach may reduce the risk of falls in the nursing home. Interventions need to be tailored to the individual's cognitive and physical impairments as well as be feasible in the particular long-term care ...
rec_pub_19463675-falls-nursing-home-collaborative-approach.htm

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