Showing 1 - 10 of 391
Obesity and diabetes are increasingly attributed to environmental factors, however, little attention has been paid to … ‘local’ food economy with county-level prevalence of obesity and diabetes. Key indicators of the ‘local’ food economy include … environment is strongly associated with prevalence of obesity and diabetes and a strong 'local' food economy may play an important …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008794668
. Methods: We used data from the Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) survey conducted in China, India, Russia and … countries (China, India, Russia and South Africa). The second is to examine the linkage of obesity with selected morbidities … analysis. The morbidities included in the analysis are Hypertension, Diabetes, Angina, Stroke, Arthritis and Depression …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112079
Objective Better measurement of the health and cognitive benefits of breastfeeding by using sibling comparisons to … reduce sample selection bias. Data We use data on the breastfeeding history, physical and emotional health, academic … Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. The sample includes 2,734 sibling pairs. Study Design We examine the relationship between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005623436
nature of cognition and the other the famous mind-body problem. Cognition can be associated with the capability of … organizational cognition. Applied to the study of organizations, the mind-body problem concerns the possibility (if any) and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005260342
The one savior paradigm is discussed not only as doctrinal aspect of religious teachings but as one of mostly manifested aspect of our psychic that should be adequately investigated. We suggest simple idea that could serve as starting cognitive model for the one savior paradigm, that might give...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565439
The human being can be regarded as a product of evolution. She has prevailed in the evolutionary process because of her ability to create and to use knowledge. The creation and the use of knowledge depend on the cognitive and on the social order. Both types of order are interdependent. Hayek...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836162
Many claims about political behavior are based on implicit assumptions about human reasoning. One such assumption, that political actors think in complex and similar ways when assessing strategies, is nested within widely used game theoretic equilibrium concepts. Empirical research casts doubt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836867
This papers contributes to the stream of research on rule based behavior, and rationality. A bounded rational agent can deal just with a reduced number of variables, neglecting part of the overall complexity. This is usually taken as just a limitation: agents cannot deal with all relevant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616822
The Net Present Value maximizing model shows fallacies and inconsistencies that may be easily unmasked by performing a cognitive analysis of the decision-making process implied by the maximization problem. The model may be conveniently rescued if the maximizing version of the criterion is shunt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619621
We study the relationship between the cognitive load manipulation and strategic sophistication. The cognitive load manipulation is designed to reduce the subject's cognitive resources that are available for deliberation on a choice. In our experiment, subjects are placed under a high cognitive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107460