Rewards to Attendants

Commitment to Self-Rewards

Commitment to Self-Rewards Self-administered rewards are ubiquitous. They serve as incentives for personal accomplishments and are widely recommended as tools for overcoming self-control problems. However, it seems puzzling why self-rewards can work: the prospect of a reward has a motivating force only if the threat of self-denial of the reward after low performance is credible. We explain how ...

From Theory to Practice: Rewards and Challenges

Language perceivers are viewed as having available multiple sources of information supporting the identification and production of language. This theoretical framework has been successful in accounting for a wide variety of empirical research findings. Our research agenda called for the development of a computer-animated talking head, Baldi, who serendipitously showed promise for language tutor...

Two systems drive attention to rewards

How options are framed can dramatically influence choice preference. While salience of information plays a central role in this effect, precisely how it is mediated by attentional processes remains unknown. Current models assume a simple relationship between attention and choice, according to which preference should be uniformly biased towards the attended item over the whole time-course of a d...

Birth Attendants with Special Relevance to Newborn Health

Pesticide illness among flight attendants due to aircraft disinsection.

BACKGROUND Aircraft "disinsection" is the application of pesticides inside an aircraft to kill insects that may be on board. Over a 1-year period, California's tracking system received 17 reports of illness involving flight attendants exposed to pesticides following disinsection. METHODS Interviews, work process observations, and a records review were conducted. Illness reports were evaluated...