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Chen, Xi; Bain, Mark; Sullivan, Patrick J.; Wang, Ziyan - In: Challenges 3 (2012) 1, pp. 43-48

The literature analysis method used in this paper outlines variations in research topics. We tested whether research on wetlands is topic-centered, comparative of different wetland classes, or aimed at wetland loss. We analyzed research papers to identify clusters of research activity and...

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Temperature and low-stakes cognitive performance

Zhang, Xin; Chen, Xi; Zhang, Xiaobo - 2023

This paper offers one of the first evidence in a developing country context that transitory exposure to high temperatures may disrupt low-stakes cognitive activities across a range of age cohorts. By matching eight years of repeated cognitive tests among all the participants in a nationally...

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Early-life circumstances and racial disparities in cognition for older Americans : the importance of educational quality and experiences

Lin, Zhuoer; Ye, Justin; Allore, Heather; Gill, Thomas M.; … - 2024

early-life circumstances are collectively and individually associated with racial disparities in late-life cognition … segregated schooling before college) is associated with 28.8%-39.7% of the racial disparities in cognition. Policies that improve … educational equity have the potential to reduce racial disparities in cognition into older ages. Clinicians may leverage early …

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Smog, cognition and real-world decision making

Chen, Xi - 2018

and epidemiologic evidence linking air pollution, cognition performance and real-world decision making, we first … illustrate key physiological and psychological pathways between air pollution and cognition. We then document the main patterns …

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Smog in our brains : gender differences in the impact of exposure to air pollution on cognitive performance

Chen, Xi; Zhang, Xiaobo; Zhang, Xin - 2017

While there is a large body of literature on the negative health effects of air pollution, there is much less written about its effects on cognitive performance for the whole population. This paper studies the effects of contemporaneous and cumulative exposure to air pollution on cognitive...

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Health inequality among Chinese older adults : the role of childhood circumstances

Yan, Binjian; Chen, Xi; Gill, Thomas M. - 2020

This paper examines the extent to which childhood circumstances contribute to health inequality in old age and how the contributions may vary across key dimensions of health. We link the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in 2013 and 2015 with its Life History Survey in 2014...

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Health inequality among Chinese older adults : the role of childhood circumstances

Yan, Binjian; Chen, Xi; Gill, Thomas M. - 2019

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Smog in our brains : gender differences in the impact of exposure to air pollution on cognitive performance in China

Chen, Xi; Zhang, Xiaobo; Zhang, Xin - 2017

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Smog, cognition and real-world decision making

Chen, Xi - 2018

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A model of overconfidence

Weinberg, Bruce A. - In: Pacific economic review 14 (2009) 4, pp. 502-515

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