False memories, or recollections that are factually incorrect but strongly believed, remain a source of confusion for both psychiatrists and neurologists. We propose model for false memories based on recent experimental investigations, particularly when analyzed in comparison to confabulations, which are the equivalent of false memories from neurological disease. Studies using the Deese/Roeding...

One of the most prominently observed behavior patterns in decision making under risk is the certainty e¤ect: subjects tend to overvalue risk-free prospects, even in violation of expected utility, as shown, for example, in the Allais paradoxes. This tendency is captured behaviorally by Negative Certainty Independence (NCI), which requires that if a decision maker prefers the lottery p over a cer...

In process identification (i.e., dynamic model development) information on the precision and reliability of a parameter estimate is conveyed y a confidence interval. The best confidence interval is the one with the shortest width for a given level of confidence. Confidence intervals iden as the standard error increases or as the number of estimated parameters increases. When the value of a para...

Cardiovascular Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance: History and Growing Impact in Brazil and in the World Marcelo Souto Nacif1,2 and Carlos Eduardo Rochitte3,4,5 Hospital Universitário Antônio Pedro HUAP Setor de Ressonância Magnética e Tomografia Computadorizada Cardiovascular1; Pós-graduação em Ciências Cardiovasculares Universidade Federal Fluminense UFF2, Niterói, RJ; Instituto do Co...

One line of theorizing suggests considering death reminders—i.e., mortality salience (MS) inductions—unique in their effect on worldview defenses (e.g., Pyszczynski et al., 2006). Other theorizing suggests that meaning and certainty threats produce effects similar to MS and thus that these threats be considered theoretically equivalent (e.g., Proulx & Heine, 2006; McGregor, 2006). To help recon...