Problem Solving

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Cognitive flexibility across the sleep-wake cycle: REM-sleep enhancement of anagram problem solving.

Flexible or fluid cognitive processes are regarded as fundamental to problem solving and creative ability, requiring a specific neurophysiological milieu. REM-sleep dreaming is associated with creative processes and abstract reasoning with increased ...
Matthew P Walker, Conor Liston, J Allan Hobson, Robert Stickgold (Brain Res Cogn Brain Res, 200211)
cognitive-flexibility-across-sleep-wake-cycle-rem-sleep-enhancement.asp

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Psychological aggression in dating relationships: predictive models for males and females.

Variables related to the use of physical aggression in dating relationships and conflict management strategies were used to predict the use of psychological aggression in courtship. Individual factors (i.e., variables associated with threat ...
Georgina Hammock, Robin OHearn (Violence Vict, 200210)
psychological-aggression-dating-relationships-predictive-models-males.asp

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Management or leadership?

This article considers the roots of the division between management and leadership, and suggests that the division encourages individuals and organizations to displace responsibility for problems in health services onto others. Given the significant ...
Keith Grint (J Health Serv Res Policy, 200210)
management-or-leadership.asp

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Syllogistic reasoning and cognitive ageing.

Gilinsky and Judd (1994) demonstrated that age-related impairment in syllogistic reasoning was in part due to reduced working-memory capacity. A total of 30 older (average age 66 years) and 34 younger persons (average age 24 years) were tested on ...
John E Fisk, Charles Sharp (Q J Exp Psychol A, 200210)
syllogistic-reasoning-cognitive-ageing.asp

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The decision making process in a district nursing assessment.

Assessment is a key element of district nursing practice and a cornerstone of community care. Yet very little research has been undertaken in this area. Given the current emphasis on evidence-based practice in health care, there is a need to ensure that ...
Catriona Kennedy (Br J Community Nurs, 200210)
decision-making-process-district-nursing-assessment.asp

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Conflict resolution and peer mediation in middle schools: extending the process and outcome knowledge base.

Many professional educators are implementing school-based prevention focused on conflict resolution (CR) and peer mediation (PM). The authors conducted research on CR-PM in 3 middle schools. Specifically, they surveyed teachers and students, tracked ...
Stephen W Smith, Ann P Daunic, M David Miller, T Rowand Robinson (J Soc Psychol, 200210)
conflict-resolution-peer-mediation-middle-schools-extending-process.asp

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Remediation of problem-solving skills in schizophrenia: evidence of a persistent effect.

Neuropsychological deficits in problem solving are commonly found in patients with schizophrenia. We have previously presented the results of a study examining the feasibility of utilizing problem-solving teaching techniques developed within educational ...
Alice Medalia, Nadine Revheim, Matthew Casey (Schizophr Res, 200210)
remediation-problem-solving-skills-schizophrenia-evidence-persistent.asp

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Organizational learning: could it be the key to higher quality and increased revenues?

Collective learning process creates a sense of staff empowerment. Flattening of leadership levels leads to improved communication. Three core competencies currently are lacking in most ...
(Healthcare Benchmarks Qual Improv, 200210)
organizational-learning-key-higher-quality-increased-revenues.asp

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Does problem-solving treatment work through resolving problems?

BACKGROUND: A randomized controlled trial of problem-solving treatment, antidepressant medication and the combination of the two treatments found no difference in treatment efficacy for major depressive disorders in primary care. In addition to treatment ...
Laurence Mynors-Wallis (Psychol Med, 200210)
problem-solving-treatment-work-resolving-problems.asp

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Distinguishing visuospatial working memory and complex mental calculation areas within the parietal lobes.

The present study was aimed at differentiate, within the parietal cortex, the areas underlying visuospatial working memory/attentionnal processes and those devoted to arithmetic processing. We compared, using positron emission tomography, the cerebral ...
Laure Zago, Nathalie Tzourio-Mazoyer (Neurosci Lett, 200210)
distinguishing-visuospatial-working-memory-complex-mental-calculation.asp