Abstract The Iowa Gambling Task (IGT; Bechara, Damasio, Damasio, & Anderson, 1994) is often used to assess decision-making deficits in clinical populations. The interpretation of …
How to assess critical aspects of cognitive functioning that are not measured by IQ tests: rational thinking skills. Why are we surprised when smart people act foolishly? Smart people …
" In this book, Keith Stanovich attempts to resolve the Great Rationality Debate in cognitive science-the debate about how much irrationality to ascribe to human cognition. Stanovich …
Objective: Among patients with brain damage, executive function deficits and impulsivity correspond with propensity to engage in risky behaviors. Less research has addressed this …
Background Arguments for including mindfulness instruction in higher education have included claims about the benefits of mindfulness practice for critical thinking. While there is …
Research Abstract Exploration and exploitation in strategic decision‐making entails decisions about whether and where to search for new alternatives to improve the status quo …
K Bredemeier, IW Miller - Clinical Psychology Review, 2015 - Elsevier
Deficits in executive function (EF) have been proposed as a possible explanation for the “cognitive rigidity” often observed in suicidal individuals. This article provides a systematic …
DG Smith, L Xiao, A Bechara - Developmental psychology, 2012 - psycnet.apa.org
Disadvantageous decision making is cited as one of the premier problems in childhood development, underlying risky behavior and causing adolescents to make poor choices that …
Users' perceptions of risks have important implications for information security because individual users' actions can compromise entire systems. Therefore, there is a critical need …