Decision Making

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Emotion, cognition, and behavior.

Emotion is central to the quality and range of everyday human experience. The neurobiological substrates of human emotion are now attracting increasing interest within the neurosciences motivated, to a considerable extent, by advances in functional ...
R J Dolan (Science, 200211)
emotion-cognition-behavior.asp

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Childrens participation in the decision-making process during hospitalization: an observational study.

Twenty-four children (aged 5 months to 18 years) who were admitted to a university hospital were observed for a total of 135 hours with the aim of describing their degree of participation in decisions concerning their own care. Grading of their ...
Ingrid Runeson, Inger Hallström, Gunnel Elander, Göran Hermerén (Nurs Ethics, 200211)
children-s-participation-decision-making-process-hospitalization.asp

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Trialling a new way to learn clinical skills: systematic clinical appraisal and learning.

AIM: To describe and evaluate the effectiveness of a new method of teaching clinical skills designed to increase students active and self-directed learning as well as tutor feedback. METHODS: A total of 22 consenting Year 4 medical students undertaking ...
R W Sanson-Fisher, I E Rolfe, P Jones, C Ringland, M Agrez (Med Educ, 200211)
trialling-new-way-learn-clinical-skills-systematic-clinical-appraisal.asp

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An evaluation of a domiciliary respite service for younger people with dementia.

RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: There is a lack of respite services designed specifically for younger people with dementia. There is also a dearth of studies on the evaluation of domiciliary respite services for carers of people with dementia in general. ...
Kader Parahoo, Audrey Campbell, Carol Scoltock (J Eval Clin Pract, 200211)
evaluation-domiciliary-respite-service-younger-people-dementia.asp

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Ethical and scientific decision making in distraction osteogenesis.

OBJECTIVE: To propose a prospective registry for distraction osteogenesis research. RESULTS: The search strategy identified 82 reports, of which 11 were review articles, 17 were animal studies, 5 were theoretical models, and 49 were case reports/series. ...
W C Shaw, N A Mandall, C R Mattick (Cleft Palate Craniofac J, 200211)
ethical-scientific-decision-making-distraction-osteogenesis.asp

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Mechanisms of source confusion and discounting in short-term priming 2: effects of prime similarity and target duration.

D. E. Huber, R. M. Shiffrin, K. B. Lyle, and K. I. Ruys (2001) tested two-alternative, forced-choice (2-AFC) perceptual identification in a short-term priming task. For repetition priming, passive viewing of primes resulted in a preference to choose ...
David E Huber, Richard M Shiffrin, Keith B Lyle, Raushanna Quach (J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn, 200211)
mechanisms-source-confusion-discounting-short-term-priming-effects.asp

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Maximizing versus satisficing: happiness is a matter of choice.

Can people feel worse off as the options they face increase? The present studies suggest that some people--maximizers--can. Study 1 reported a Maximization Scale, which measures individual differences in desire to maximize. Seven samples revealed ...
Barry Schwartz, Andrew Ward, John Monterosso, Sonja Lyubomirsky, Katherine White, Darrin R Lehman (J Pers Soc Psychol, 200211)
maximizing-versus-satisficing-happiness-matter-choice.asp

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The impact of government policies and neighborhood characteristics on teenage sexual activity and contraceptive use.

OBJECTIVES: This study sought to examine the effects of government policies and neighborhood characteristics on adolescent female sexual behavior to better inform future public policy decisions. METHODS: Using a bivariate probit model and National Survey ...
Susan L Averett, Daniel I Rees, Laura M Argys (Am J Public Health, 200211)
impact-government-policies-neighborhood-characteristics-teenage.asp

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Seeing approach motivation in the avoidance behavior of others: implications for an understanding of pluralistic ignorance.

Four studies tested the hypothesis that observers tend to interpret others actions as approach motivated even when they recognize that their own identical choices were motivated by avoidance. Study 1 found that voters in the 2000 U.S. Presidential ...
Dale T Miller, Leif D Nelson (J Pers Soc Psychol, 200211)
seeing-approach-motivation-avoidance-behavior-others-implications.asp

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Reducing failed extubations in the intensive care unit.

BACKGROUND: Failed extubation is associated with substantially increased morbidity, mortality, and costs for patients receiving mechanical ventilation. A study was designed in 1998 to identify risk factors for failed extubation and use a quality ...
Peter J Pronovost, Mollie Jenckes, May To, Todd Dorman, Pamela A Lipsett, Sean Berenholtz, Eric B Bass (Jt Comm J Qual Improv, 200211)
reducing-failed-extubations-intensive-care-unit.asp