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A multidimensional stochastic theory of similarity
(Elsevier, 1988-12)
A multidimensional theory of similarity in which the mental representations of stimulus objects are assumed to be drawn from multivariate normal distributions is described. A distance-based similarity function is defined ...
Effect of Neuropeptide Y on Natural Killer Activity of Normal Human Lymphocytes
(Elsevier, 1993-03)
The in vitro effect of neuropeptide Y (NPY) on natural killer (NK) cell activities of normal lymphocytes was investigated. NPY at 10-9 to 10-12M concentrations produced significant suppression of NK activity against K 562 ...
Anticipatory and post hoc cushioning strategies: Optimism and defensive pessimism in “risky” situations
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1986-06)
The concept of cognitive strategies is proposed as a model for the process by which individuals cushion themselves against threats to self-esteem in “risky” situations. Two strategies are discussed. The first is defensive ...
Proximal Peer-Level Effects of a Small-Group Selected Prevention on Aggression in Elementary School Children: An Investigation of the Peer Contagion Hypothesis
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Springer Science + Business Media, Inc., 2005-06)
Examined peer contagion in small group, selected prevention programming over one school year. Participants were boys and girls in grades 3 (46 groups, 285 students) and 6 (36 groups, 219 students) attending school in ...
Interrelationships among dependency, empathy, and sharing
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1979-06)
The sharing behavior of 66 fourth-grade students was observed in two different experimental situations: (a) in the experimenter's presence (visible sharing), and (b) anonymously (invisible sharing). In addition, measures ...
Misanthropic Person Memory when the Need to Self-Enhance is Absent
(Sage Publications, 1999)
This research examined the role that the removal of the need or ability to self-enhance can play in the misanthropic processing of attributed behavioral information (i.e., remembering best negative, internally attributed ...
Changes in Parents' Work Status and Adolescents' Adjustment at School
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1993-02)
Behaving Optimistically: How the (Un)Desirability of an Outcome Can Bias People’s Preparations for It
(Cambridge University PressWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2017-01)
Past research on the desirability bias and on bracing for bad news has focused on the potential influence of outcome desirability on people’s stated expectations. The present studies examined its influence on behavior—that ...
Effects of public and private deviancy on compliance with a request
(Elsevier, 1975-11)
A confederate requester asked subjects to write letters for an educational campaign after they had completed a battery of tests and received either deviant or nondeviant feedback. Half of the subjects were led to believe ...
A dual function activity-dependent, muscle-specific enhancer from rat nicotinic acetylcholine receptor δ-subunit gene
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996-11)
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) mediate communication between nerve and muscle. The expression of these receptors increases dramatically during muscle development when myoblasts are fusing into multinucleated ...