Aerospace medicine and biology: A continuing bibliography with indexes (supplement 324)

This bibliography lists 200 reports, articles and other documents introduced into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information System during May, 1989. Subject coverage includes: aerospace medicine and psychology, life support systems and controlled environments, safety equipment, exobiology and extraterrestrial life, and flight crew behavior and performance

Aerospace medicine and biology: A continuing bibliography with indexes (supplement 341)

This bibliography lists 133 reports, articles and other documents introduced into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information System during September 1990. Subject coverage includes: aerospace medicine and psychology, life support systems and controlled environments, safety equipment, exobiology and extraterrestrial life, and flight crew behavior and performance

COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS OF DEFUSION AND CONTACT WITH THE PRESENT MOMENT ACTIVITIES ON INFLEXIBLE BEHAVIOR IN YOUTHS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of defusion and contact with the present moment activities on psychological flexibility and maladaptive behaviors in youths with Autism. This study used a multi-element research design, with randomized controlled trials. Each component was isolated and tested on its utility and effectiveness towards decreasing maladaptive behavior and increasing psychological flexibility. The questionnaires implemented were Child Acceptance and Mindfulness Measurements (CAMM) and Acceptance and Fusion Questionnaire for Youth (AFQ-Y8). The participants completed these evaluation tools at the beginning and at the end of the intervention. This study utilized the concepts of defusion and contact with the present moment through metaphors, experiential activities, and discussions. The researcher gave the participants two options for their intervention delivery medium: over telehealth or in-person. This study extended research that evidenced further validity of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in youths with Autism and translated through a technology medium to allow maximum accessibility and inclusivity of all participants. The current research drawn from this study displays promising results, specifically in decreasing inflexible behavior and symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Affective feedback: an investigation into the role of emotions in the information seeking process

User feedback is considered to be a critical element in the information seeking process, especially in relation to relevance assessment. Current feedback techniques determine content relevance with respect to the cognitive and situational levels of interaction that occurs between the user and the retrieval system. However, apart from real-life problems and information objects, users interact with intentions, motivations and feelings, which can be seen as critical aspects of cognition and decision-making. The study presented in this paper serves as a starting point to the exploration of the role of emotions in the information seeking process. Results show that the latter not only interweave with different physiological, psychological and cognitive processes, but also form distinctive patterns, according to specific task, and according to specific user

Cognitive network structure: an experimental study

In this paper we present first experimental results about a small group of people exchanging private and public messages in a virtual community. Our goal is the study of the cognitive network that emerges during a chat seance. We used the Derrida coefficient and the triangle structure under the working assumption that moods and perceived mutual affinity can produce results complementary to a full semantic analysis. The most outstanding outcome is the difference between the network obtained considering publicly exchanged messages and the one considering only privately exchanged messages: in the former case, the network is very homogeneous, in the sense that each individual interacts in the same way with all the participants, whilst in the latter the interactions among different agents are very heterogeneous, and are based on "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" strategy. Finally a recent characterization of the triangular cliques has been considered in order to describe the intimate structure of the network. Experimental results confirm recent theoretical studies indicating that certain 3-vertex structures can be used as indicators for the network aging and some relevant dynamical features.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures, 3 table

Neurocognitive Informatics Manifesto.

Informatics studies all aspects of the structure of natural and artificial information systems. Theoretical and abstract approaches to information have made great advances, but human information processing is still unmatched in many areas, including information management, representation and understanding. Neurocognitive informatics is a new, emerging field that should help to improve the matching of artificial and natural systems, and inspire better computational algorithms to solve problems that are still beyond the reach of machines. In this position paper examples of neurocognitive inspirations and promising directions in this area are given