Simulation of inhibition: Do i simulate your stopping?

God: Do I have your attention?

Religion is commonly defined as a set of rules, developed as part of a culture. Here we provide evidence that practice in following these rules systematically changes the way people attend to visual stimuli, as indicated by the individual sizes of the global precedence effect (better performance to global than to local features). We show that this effect is significantly reduced in Calvinism, a...

Reflective Simulation - Simulation of Systems That Simulate

The paper is dedicated to simulation of intelligent systems that “imagine” their possible future states by medium of simulation models handled by some of their elements. The reason and importance for simulation of such systems, the techniques for implementing their “nested” simulation models and the obstacles related to the implementation are described and some applications are presented.

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Do your commitments match your convictions?

How many of us keep pace day to day, up-holding our obligations to our bosses, families, and the community, even as our overall satisfaction with work and quality of life decline? And yet, our common response to the situation is: "I'm too busy to do anything about it now." Unfortunately, unless a personal or professional crisis strikes, very few of us step back, take stock of our day-to-day act...

Spice up your life: simulate mixed-signal ICs!

Philips Semiconductor is a supplier to a wide range of markets for analogue and mixed-signal consumer ICs. These products extend from the simplest form of linear products to advanced VLSI analogue systems such as the One-Chip TV. For new mixed-signal products Philips has started to adopt a strategy of testing similar to that used for digital ICs. This is based on efficiently proving the product...