Rationing joint replacements: Trust's decision seems to be based on prejudice or attributing blame…

Automating After Action Review: Attributing Blame or Credit in Team Training

This paper presents automated methods for facilitating after action review in team training exercises. Much of the learning from team training arises from frank after-the-fact discussions of the exercise, combining individual attributions of blame or credit into a more objective view of what transpired. These individual attributions are social judgments involving not only causality but also exp...

What seems to be the problem?

Psychotherapy has lost some of its stigma since Sept. 11, but many Americans still have issues with seeing a shrink.

To escape blame, don't be a hero—Be a victim

Engineering Alloplastic Temporomandibular Joint Replacements

Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) are part of a heterogeneous group of pathologies that manifest with a constellation of signs and symptoms. They are the most frequent cause of chronic orofacial pain and are prevalent in 12% of the general population. Despite the debilitating nature of these disorders, there is no standardization for treatment of the diseased temporomandibular joint (TMJ). In t...

To blame or not to blame: Analysts’ reactions to external explanations for poor financial performance

Managers often provide self-serving disclosures that blame poor corporate financial performance on temporary, external factors. For example, many managers have pointed to the September 11th terrorist attacks and the downturn in the economy as explanations for their firm’s poor performance over the past year. Little is known about how financial analysts respond to such disclosures. Results of an...