5 research outputs found
Early 21st Century Russian Naval Strategy at Europeâs Southern Maritime Flank:Continental Power, Fleet Design and Naval Operations
This thesis âEarly 21st Century Russian Naval Strategy at Europeâs Southern Maritime Flank: Continental Power, Fleet Design and Naval Operationsâ examines Russian naval strategy at Europe's southern tier in the period 2000-2019, focusing on the Black Sea, Sea of Azov and Mediterranean Sea regions, and secondarily on the Caspian Sea and the Horn of Africa. Drawing on theories of seapower and geopolitics, it argues that the continental nature of the Russian state and its navy served as the driving force behind Russian naval strategy during the first two decades of the 21st century. Using, among others, archive research, data gathered through Lloyd's Intelligence and interviews, the thesis examines the nature of the early 21st century Russian state; the Russian Federation's policies related to the maritime domain; Russian naval arms procurement; and naval operations from 2000 to 2015.<br/
âGreat Regional Engagementâ Rather than âGreat Sea PowerââRussiaâs New Supply Point on the Red Sea Coast
The Russian naval presence in the western Indian Ocean and recent acquisition of a naval base on the shores of the Red Sea do not reflect an oceanic ambition in the region but rather a primary motivation that is land-centric and littoral: to gain access to the African continent and maintain close relations with partners in the region
ManyBabies 5: A large-scale investigation of the proposed shift from familiarity preference to novelty preference in infant looking time Pre-data collection manuscript for peer-review The ManyBabies 5 Team
International audienceMuch of our basic understanding of cognitive and social processes in infancy relies on measures of looking time, and specifically on infants' visual preference for a novel or familiar stimulus. However, despite being the foundation of many behavioral tasks in infant research, the determinants of infants' visual preferences are poorly understood, and differences in the expression of preferences can be difficult to interpret. In this large-scale study, we test predictions from the Hunter and Ames model of infants' visual preferences. 1 We investigate the effects of three factors predicted by this model to determine infants' preference for novel versus familiar stimuli: age, stimulus familiarity, and stimulus complexity. Drawing from a large and diverse sample of infant participants (N = XX), this study will provide crucial empirical evidence for a robust and generalizable model of infant visual preferences, leading to a more solid theoretical foundation for understanding the mechanisms that underlie infants' responses in common behavioral paradigms. Moreover, our findings will guide future studies that rely on infants' visual preferences to measure cognitive and social processes
ManyBabies 5: A large-scale investigation of the proposed shift from familiarity preference to novelty preference in infant looking time
Much of our basic understanding of cognitive and social processes in infancy relies on measures of looking time, and specifically on infantsâ visual preference for a novel or familiar stimulus. However, despite being the foundation of many behavioral tasks in infant research, the determinants of infantsâ visual preferences are poorly understood, and differences in the expression of preferences can be difficult to interpret. In this large-scale study, we test predictions from the Hunter and Ames model of infants' visual preferences. We investigate the effects of three factors predicted by this model to determine infantsâ preference for novel versus familiar stimuli: age, stimulus familiarity, and stimulus complexity. Drawing from a large and diverse sample of infant participants (minimum expected sample size N = 1,280), this study aims to provide empirical evidence for a robust and generalizable model of infant visual preferences, leading to a more solid theoretical foundation for understanding the mechanisms that underlie infantsâ responses in common behavioral paradigms. Moreover, we hope that our findings will guide future studies that rely on infants' visual preferences to measure cognitive and social processes
ManyBabies 5: A large-scale investigation of the proposed shift from familiarity preference to novelty preference in infant looking time [ Registered Report Stage 1 Protocol]â
ABSTRACT
Much of our basic understanding of cognitive and social processes in infancy relies on measures of looking time, and specifically on infantsâ visual preference for a novel or familiar stimulus. However, despite being the foundation of many behavioral tasks in infant research, the determinants of infantsâ visual preferences are poorly understood, and differences in the expression of preferences can be difficult to interpret. In this large-scale study, we test predictions from the Hunter and Ames model of infants' visual preferences. We investigate the effects of three factors predicted by this model to determine infantsâ preference for novel versus familiar stimuli: age, stimulus familiarity, and stimulus complexity. Drawing from a large and diverse sample of infant participants (minimum expected sample size N = 1,280), this study aims to provide empirical evidence for a robust and generalizable model of infant visual preferences, leading to a more solid theoretical foundation for understanding the mechanisms that underlie infantsâ responses in common behavioral paradigms. Moreover, we hope that our findings will guide future studies that rely on infants' visual preferences to measure cognitive and social processes.
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Stage 1 Registered Report Protocol, Stage 1 Registered Report Supplementary Material,  Stage 1 Registered  Â
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