On the relative independence of thinking biases and cognitive ability.

In 7 different studies, the authors observed that a large number of thinking biases are uncorrelated with cognitive ability. These thinking biases include some of the most classic and well-studied bia…

Biais Cognitifs et Croyances
Stanovich, K. E., & West, R. F. (2008). On the relative independence of thinking biases and cognitive ability.. J Pers Soc Psychol, 94(4), 672-95. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.94.4.672

Managing the unmanageable: elderly Russian Jewish émigrés and the biomedical culture of diabetes care.

In this article, we examine the apparent resistance of elderly Russian Jewish émigrés to the dominant U.S. biomedical model of diabetes treatment. Cultural competence on the part of medical profession…

Contrôle Coercitif et Mécanismes d'Emprise
Borovoy, A., & Hine, J. (2008). Managing the unmanageable: elderly Russian Jewish émigrés and the biomedical culture of diabetes care.. Med Anthropol Q, 22(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-1387.2008.00001.x

Feeling good, but lacking autonomy: closed-mindedness on social and moral issues in new religious movements.

According to previous research, New Religious Movements (NRMs) seem to have a positive effect on the mental health of members who join NRMs with some previous affective, cognitive or other vulnerabili…

Groupes spécifiques
Buxant, C., & Saroglou, V. (2008). Feeling good, but lacking autonomy: closed-mindedness on social and moral issues in new religious movements.. J Relig Health, 47(1), 17-31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-007-9142-1

Parental bereavement and the loss of a child with intellectual disabilities: a review of the literature.

Inequalities in health care and other risk factors mean that children with intellectual disabilities are more likely to predecease their parents. Research on the effects on family members when a child…

Sortie, Deuil, Déconversion et Reconstruction Identitaire
Reilly, D. E., Hastings, R. P., Vaughan, F. L., & Huws, J. C. (2008). Parental bereavement and the loss of a child with intellectual disabilities: a review of the literature.. Intellect Dev Disabil, 46(1), 27-43. https://doi.org/10.1352/0047-6765(2008)46[27:PBATLO]2.0.CO;2

Priming of first- and second-order motion: mechanisms and neural substrates.

Priming for luminance-modulated (first-order) motion has been shown to rely on the functional integrity of visual area V5/MT [Campana, G., Cowey, A., & Walsh, V. (2002). Priming of motion direction an…

Influence sociale et crédibilité en entreprise
Campana, G., Pavan, A., & Casco, C. (2008). Priming of first- and second-order motion: mechanisms and neural substrates.. Neuropsychologia, 46(2), 393-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.07.019

How religion comforts the dying: a qualitative inquiry.

Although considerable social science research has explored religiosity and death anxiety, and many have theorized that religion comforts the dying, with speculations on the mechanisms by which religio…

TOC et Scrupulosité Religieuse
Pevey, C. F., Jones, T. J., & Yarber, A. (2008). How religion comforts the dying: a qualitative inquiry.. Omega (Westport), 58(1), 41-59. https://doi.org/10.2190/om.58.1.c

Ultra-orthodox rabbinic responses to religious obsessive- compulsive disorder.

This presentation deals with the response of rabbis to ultra-orthodox people suffering from religious symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. The symptoms are consistent with religious practice and…

TOC et Scrupulosité Religieuse
Greenberg, D., & Shefler, G. (2008). Ultra-orthodox rabbinic responses to religious obsessive- compulsive disorder.. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci, 45(3), 183-92.

Alien abduction: a medical hypothesis.

In response to a new psychological study of persons who believe they have been abducted by space aliens that found that sleep paralysis, a history of being hypnotized, and preoccupation with the paran…

Groupes spécifiques
Forrest, D. V. (2008). Alien abduction: a medical hypothesis.. J Am Acad Psychoanal Dyn Psychiatry, 36(3), 431-42. https://doi.org/10.1521/jaap.2008.36.3.431

[Fresh fruit and occultism as ways to salvation: conversions in Leipzig's alternative culture at around 1900].

During the time of the Wilhelmine Empire, there were multiple interdependencies between adherents of the life reform movement (vegetarians, naturopathists, nudists, etc.) and new religious movements s…

Groupes spécifiques
Bigalke, B. (2008). [Fresh fruit and occultism as ways to salvation: conversions in Leipzig's alternative culture at around 1900].. Med Ges Gesch, 27, 205-46.

The grief account: dimensions of a contemporary bereavement genre.

The genre of the grief account is identified to include published narratives of surviving grief. Thematic analysis of Andrew Holleran's (2006) Grief: A Novel, Lolly Winston's (2004) Good Grief: A Nove…

Biais Cognitifs et Croyances
Dennis, M. R. (2008). The grief account: dimensions of a contemporary bereavement genre.. Death Stud, 32(9), 801-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481180801928980

Magical thinking.

Biais Cognitifs et Croyances
Engstrom, J. L. (2008). Magical thinking.. J Midwifery Womens Health, 53(5), 401-2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmwh.2008.07.011

Health information technology: a few years of magical thinking?

One of the biggest obstacles to expanding the use of information technology (IT) in health care may be the current narrow focus on how to stimulate its adoption. The challenge of thinking of IT as a t…

Biais Cognitifs et Croyances
Diamond, C. C., & Shirky, C. (2008). Health information technology: a few years of magical thinking?. Health Aff (Millwood), 27(5), w383-90. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.27.5.w383