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Peer tutoring of computer programming increases exploratory behavior in children
(Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2022)
There is growing interest in teaching computer science and programming
skills in schools. Here we investigated the efficacy of
peer tutoring, which is known to be a useful educational resource
in other domains but never ...
Effect of comprehensive smoke-free legislation on the tourism industry in countries of the Caribbean Community
(2022)
Objective. To assess whether the introduction of comprehensive smoke-free legislation affected tourism in four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries – Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. Methods. We ...
Equilibrium and Real Options in the Ethanol Industry: Modelling and Empirical Evidence
(Journal of Commodity MarketsElsevier B.V., 2022)
In the last twenty years a large number of competitive ethanol rms have estab-
lished operations in the US. Ethanol, produced from corn, is blended with pure
gasoline to produce fuel. Producers hold an option to turn o ...
Exploiting user-frequency information for mining regionalisms in Argentinian Spanish from Twitter
(Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural, Revista, 2022)
The task of detecting regionalisms (expressions or words used in certain
regions) has traditionally relied on the use of questionnaires and surveys, heavily
depending on the expertise and intuition of the surveyor. The ...
Working Memory for Spatial Sequences: Developmental and Evolutionary Factors in Encoding Ordinal and Relational Structures
(Journal of Neuroscience, 2022)
Sequence learning is a ubiquitous facet of human and animal cognition. Here, using a common sequence reproduction task,
we investigated whether and how the ordinal and relational structures linking consecutive elements ...
Imagetic and affective measures of memory reverberation diverge at sleep onset in association with theta rhythm
(Elsevier Inc, 2022)
The ‘day residue’ - the presence of waking memories into dreams - is a century-old concept that remains controver-
sial in neuroscience. Even at the psychological level, it remains unclear how waking imagery cedes into ...
Chronotype at the beginning of secondary school and school timing are both associated with chronotype development during adolescence
(Scientific Reports, 2022)
The misalignment between late chronotypes and early school start times affect health, performance and psychological well-being of adolescents. Here we test whether, and how, the baseline chronotype (i.e. chronotype at the ...
Diversity of opinions promotes herding in uncertain crowds
(Royal Society Open Science, 2022)
Classic and recent studies demonstrate how we fall for the ‘tyranny of the majority' and conform to the dominant trend when uncertain. However, in many social interactions outside of the laboratory, there is rarely a clearly ...
Attraction by ingroup coherence drives the emergence of ideological sorting
(2023)
The increasing political polarization is driving hatred and segregation, and these pose a threat to democracy. While disagreement on policy issues is increasing and receiving great attention, people are also becoming more ...
Partisanship predicts COVID-19 vaccine brand preference: the case of Argentina
(Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (Humanit Soc Sci Commun) ISSN 2662-9992 (online), 2023)
The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the significance of overcoming vaccine adoption
resistance and addressing real and perceived barriers for efficient vaccination campaigns.
One major problem faced by health systems around ...