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Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Partying on? Life after BZP-based party pills.

Oct 2008 AIM: This study considered whether the banning of benzylpiperazine (BZP)-based party pills was likely to increase illegal drug use. METHOD: During July and August 2007, students were surveyed about their current recreational BZP and drug use, along ... Read more...

Predictors of the duration of exclusive breastfeeding among first-time mothers.

29 Sep 2008 Few women currently meet revised WHO recommendations to breastfeed exclusively for 6 months postpartum. In this prospective study we aimed to determine the influence of socio-demographic, psychosocial, and perinatal factors on the length of ... Read more...

The effect of personality variables in the prediction of the execution of different prospective memory tasks in the laboratory.

29 Sep 2008 The study of prospective memory (ProM), the remembering of the delayed execution of intentions, has been growing in recent years, and we know quite a bit about the cognitive variables that affect it. But the performance of a task depends on ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Intention'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• A piece of my mind. Saturday. 6 Oct 2008
• Partying on? Life after BZP-based party pills. Oct 2008
• Predictors of the duration of exclusive breastfeeding among first-time mothers. 29 Sep 2008
• The effect of personality variables in the prediction of the execution of different prospective memory tasks in the laboratory. 29 Sep 2008
• An action sequence withheld in memory can delay execution of visually guided actions: the generalization of response compatibility interference. 29 Sep 2008
• The sense of touch: embodied simulation in a visuotactile mirroring mechanism for observed animate or inanimate touch. 30 Aug 2008
• The perils of dimensionalization: challenges in distinguishing negative traits from personality disorders. 30 Aug 2008
• Transformation for health: a framework for conceptualizing health behaviors in vulnerable populations. 30 Aug 2008
• The development of children's intentions to use alcohol: direct and indirect effects of parent alcohol use and parenting behaviors. 30 Aug 2008
• Convergent and discriminant validity of three measures of stage of change. 30 Aug 2008
• The myth of promise keeping. Making implicit promises is easy but wrong if they are not kept. 30 Aug 2008
• Reducing my risk of intrusion: an intention of old homebound women who live alone. 30 Aug 2008
• [Neural mechanisms of intelligence, emotion, and intention] 30 Aug 2008
• [Development of intellect, emotion, and intentions, and their neuronal systems] 30 Aug 2008
• The effect of gender stereotype activation on entrepreneurial intentions. 30 Aug 2008
• Behavioral health staff's perceptions of pet-assisted therapy: an exploratory study. 30 Aug 2008
• Tobacco, alcohol, and drug use among hospital patients: concurrent use and willingness to change. 30 Aug 2008
• Judgments of cause and blame: the effects of intentionality and foreseeability. 13 Aug 2008
• HIV and pregnancy intentions: do services adequately respond to women's needs? 11 Aug 2008
• It's no accident: Our bias for intentional explanations. 7 Aug 2008

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Technical information about 'Intention'

Definition: What a person has in mind to do or bring about.

Descriptor UI: D033182

Alternative terms: Intention; Intentions;

Related Mesh Headings: Attitude; Goals; Double Effect Principle;

Tree Number: F01.658.650; F02.463.306;

History Note: 2003; use MOTIVATION 1993-2002