The paper provides a short argument that negative introspection cannot be algorithmic. This result with respect to a principle of belief fits to what we know about provability principles. Autoepistemic reasoning is reasoning the inferences of which depend on representing one’s own state of belief. A cognitive agent engaged in autoepistemic reasoning draws conclusion from introspective beliefs. ...

Many cognitive accounts of emotional processing assume that emotions have representational content that can be influenced by beliefs and desires. It is generally thought that emotions also have non-cognitive, affective components, including valence and arousal. To clarify the impact of cognition on these affective components we asked participants to rate sentences along cognitive and affective ...

Erectile dysfunction (ED) and premature ejaculation (PE) are two forms of male sexual disorder with both psychological and physical features. While their cognitive, attentional, and affective components have been investigated separately, there is a lack of knowledge about the role played by cognitive attentional syndrome in their onset and maintenance. The aim of the present study was to invest...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the current study is to investigate the relationship between metacognition and obsessive beliefs, and procrastination. METHODS 285 students of Tabriz and Mohaghegh Ardabili Universities, Iran, were selected by random sampling, and completed the metacognition (MCQ-30) questionnaire, obsessive beliefs questionnaire (OBQ-44), and General Procrastination Scale. The research m...

in this article,we briefly analyse cognitive science and cognitive economics. generally, there are two main theories related to cognitive science and brain performance models. first theory which are inspired by computer and artifical intelligence and second the connectionist models. the connectionist theory is the most prevalent in cognitive science now. hayek and north ,the two nobel laureates...

Although the cognitive model of depression has evolved appreciably since its first formulation over 40 years ago, the potential interaction of genetic, neurochemical, and cognitive factors has only recently been demonstrated. Combining findings from behavioral genetics and cognitive neuroscience with the accumulated research on the cognitive model opens new opportunities for integrated research...

We employed cognitive interviewing with a sample of secondary, college, undergraduate and graduate students to examine the cognitive validity of a popular epistemic beliefs self-report measure, the Discipline-Focused Epistemological Beliefs Questionnaire [DFEBQ] (Hofer, 2000). In addition, we examined cognitive validity across two domains. Analyses of interviews revealed that cognitive validity...