Problem Solving

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Preventing adolescent depression: an evaluation of the problem solving for life program.

This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Problem Solving For Life program as a universal approach to the prevention of adolescent depression. Short-term results indicated that participants with initially elevated depressions scores (high risk) who ...
Susan H Spence, Jeanie K Sheffield, Caroline L Donovan (J Consult Clin Psychol, 200302)
preventing-adolescent-depression-evaluation-problem-solving-life.asp

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A supramodal number representation in human intraparietal cortex.

The triple-code theory of numerical processing postulates an abstract-semantic "number sense." Neuropsychology points to intraparietal cortex as a potential substrate, but previous functional neuroimaging studies did not dissociate the representation of ...
Evelyn Eger, Philipp Sterzer, Michael O Russ, Anne-Lise Giraud, Andreas Kleinschmidt (Neuron, 200302)
supramodal-number-representation-human-intraparietal-cortex.asp

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On the nature of insight solutions: evidence from skill differences in anagram solution.

According to the Gestalt psychologists, problem solutions that pop into mind suddenly with no awareness of the process by which they were generated are objectively as well as subjectively sudden. Thus, such pop-out solutions are qualitatively different ...
Laura R Novick, Steven J Sherman (Q J Exp Psychol A, 200302)
nature-insight-solutions-evidence-skill-differences-anagram-solution.asp

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Clinical decision units: A new development for emergency medicine in the United Kingdom.

Emergency medicine in the United Kingdom is in the midst of significant change and increasing demand. Admissions to the in-hospital bed base cause significant pressure on emergency departments (ED) which face increasing congestion. In Leeds, a city with ...
Alastair McGowan, Tajek B Hassan (Emerg Med (Fremantle), 200302)
clinical-decision-units-new-development-emergency-medicine-united.asp

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Practice-related effects demonstrate complementary roles of anterior cingulate and prefrontal cortices in attentional control.

The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLFPC), not the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), plays the predominant role in implementing top-down attentional control. To do so, we used fMRI to examine ...
M P Milham, M T Banich, E D Claus, N J Cohen (Neuroimage, 200302)
practice-related-effects-demonstrate-complementary-roles-anterior.asp

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Comparison of two creativity style measures.

The purpose of this study was to examine the relation between two measures of creativity style for a sample of beginning teachers. 116 student teachers enrolled in an undergraduate teacher-education program in a medium-sized, metropolitan university ...
John C Houtz, Edwin Selby, Giselle B Esquivel, Ruth A Okoye, Kristen M Peters, Donald J Treffinger (Percept Mot Skills, 200302)
comparison-two-creativity-style-measures.asp

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Are there cognitive and behavioural approaches specific to the treatment of pathological gambling?

OBJECTIVE: Treatment approaches for pathological gambling have been modelled after preexisting substance addiction models. This paper reviews cognitive-behavioural models in a search for original insights that are specific to gambling treatment. METHOD: ...
Hermano Tavares, Monica L Zilberman, Nady el-Guebaly (Can J Psychiatry, 200302)
cognitive-behavioural-approaches-specific-treatment-pathological.asp

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Understanding adolescent worry: the application of a cognitive model.

The relationship between worry and 4 cognitive variables, intolerance of uncertainty, positive beliefs about worry, negative problem orientation, and cognitive avoidance, was examined in an adolescent sample of 528 boys and girls aged 14-18. The ...
Nina Laugesen, Michel J Dugas, William M Bukowski (J Abnorm Child Psychol, 200302)
understanding-adolescent-worry-application-cognitive-model.asp

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Parenting adolescents.

The period of adolescence is often thought to be one of intense stress and turmoil. Yet many parents and teens negotiate this developmental stage without extreme family conflict and without sacrificing close relationships. This review summarizes a ...
Sandra L DAngelo, Hatim A Omar (Int J Adolesc Med Health, 200301-03)
parenting-adolescents.asp

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Covert parental control: parent-adolescent interaction and adolescent development in a Chinese context.

Although there are well-known theories of adolescent development in the West, there is a notable lack of theory and empirical support for understanding the process of Chinese adolescent development. This paper investigates the parental attitudes and ...
Ching-man Lam (Int J Adolesc Med Health, 200301-03)
covert-parental-control-parent-adolescent-interaction-adolescent.asp