Decision Making

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Phonological processing during language production: fMRI evidence for a shared production-comprehension network.

Studies of phonological processes during language comprehension consistently report activation of the superior portion of Brocas area. In the domain of language production, however, there is no unequivocal evidence for the contribution of Brocas area to ...
St Heim, B Opitz, K Müller, A D Friederici (Brain Res Cogn Brain Res, 200304)
phonological-processing-language-production-fmri-evidence-shared.asp

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Threats to "informed" advance directives for the severely physically challenged?

The neuromuscular diseases, such as infantile spinal muscular atrophy, Duchennes muscular dystrophy, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, are widely considered to be terminal illnesses. However, as with many neuromuscular and neurologic diseases, morbidity ...
John R Bach (Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 200304)
threats-informed-advance-directives-severely-physically-challenged.asp

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The acceptability of treatment for depression among African-American, Hispanic, and white primary care patients.

BACKGROUND: Ethnic minority patients are less likely than white patients to receive guideline-concordant care for depression. It is uncertain whether racial and ethnic differences exist in patient beliefs, attitudes, and preferences for treatment. ...
Lisa A Cooper, Junius J Gonzales, Joseph J Gallo, Kathryn M Rost, Lisa S Meredith, Lisa V Rubenstein, Nae-Yuh Wang, Daniel E Ford (Med Care, 200304)
acceptability-treatment-depression-african-american-hispanic-white.asp

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Mycophenolate mofetil for solid organ transplantation: does the evidence support the need for clinical pharmacokinetic monitoring?

The need for clinical pharmacokinetic monitoring (CPM) of the immunosuppressant mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) has been debated. Using a previously developed algorithm, the authors reviewed the evidence to support or refute the utility of CPM of MMF. First, ...
Victoria C Cox, Mary H H Ensom (Ther Drug Monit, 200304)
mycophenolate-mofetil-solid-organ-transplantation-evidence-support.asp

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Schizophrenia subjects show intact success-related neural activation but impaired uncertainty processing during decision-making.

Decision-making is a complex process that is important for everyday life. This study examined the effect of the degree of success, and outcome uncertainty, on decision-making and associated neural substrate activation in schizophrenia subjects (SZS) and ...
Martin P Paulus, Lawrence Frank, Gregory G Brown, David L Braff (Neuropsychopharmacology, 200304)
schizophrenia-subjects-intact-success-related-neural-activation.asp

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Critical factors in career decision making for women medical graduates.

BACKGROUND: Within the next 30 years there will be equal numbers of women and men in the medical workforce. Indications are that women are increasing their participation in specialties other than general practice, although at a slower rate than their ...
Joanna Lawrence, Phillippa Poole, Scott Diener (Med Educ, 200304)
critical-factors-career-decision-making-women-medical-graduates.asp

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Does it matter who you are or what you gain? An experimental study of preferences for resource allocation.

Using an experimental conjoint-analysis like approach, preferences for resource allocation were studied. An interactive survey was developed which was published in the World Wide Web. A convenience sample of undergraduate students participated in the ...
David L B Schwappach (Health Econ, 200304)
matter-who-or-gain-experimental-study-preferences-resource-allocation.asp

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Feminist ethics and menopause: autonomy and decision-making in primary medical care.

The construction of menopause as a long-term risk to health and the adoption of discourses of prevention has made necessary a decision by women about medical treatment; specifically regarding the use of hormone replacement therapy. In a study of general ...
Madeleine J Murtagh, Julie Hepworth (Soc Sci Med, 200304)
feminist-ethics-menopause-autonomy-decision-making-primary-medical.asp

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Consumer confusion.

Predictions of the rise of a take-charge health care consumer have proved premature. Opinion polls and data paint a confusing portrait of a consumer who wants quality care at discount prices, but who doesnt know how the system works, what it costs or ...
Lee Ann Runy, Jennifer Towne, Suzanna Hoppszallern, Alden Solovy (Hosp Health Netw, 200304)
consumer-confusion.asp

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Sequential effects in the lexical decision task: the role of the item frequency of the previous trial.

Two lexical decision experiments were conducted to determine whether there is a specific, localized influence of the item frequency of consecutive trials (i.e., first-order sequential effects) when the trials are not related to each other. Both ...
Manuel Perea, Manuel Carreiras (Q J Exp Psychol A, 200304)
sequential-effects-lexical-decision-task-role-item-frequency-previous.asp