Story statements cluster into episodes, so we expected the memory representations of statements to cluster into separate episode chunks in memory. Experiment 1 confirmed this chunking idea by showing that the recall of episode actions depends on the length of that episode, but not on the lengths of other episodes. Specifically, adding more actions to an episode increased recall of the original ...

This essay contends that allies are vital for counterterrorism, but what we ask of them and their institutional form is quite different from what was asked of traditional alliance partners during the Cold War and its immediate aftermath. Despite these differences, some of the alliance dilemmas that plagued the United States in the past are likely to remain, though they will have different manif...

In the political economy literature as applied to development, there is a tendency to view democracy in one-dimensional terms. In this essay we move away from this one-dimensional characterization. This broadening of the concept leads to a re-examination of the literature on the relation between long-term growth or development and democracy. With these two steps accomplished it becomes feasible...

Modern marriage markets display increasing turnover, with less marriage but more divorce and remarriage. As a consequence, a large number of children live in single parent and step parent households. There is substantial evidence that children of divorced parents do not perform as well as comparable children in intact families. However, there is also some evidence that this gap declines with th...

HHE 2012 | 001 (Tables 1 and 2). The 105 cases are divided into 37 acute and 68 chronic wounds with an average patient age of 70 years (female: 51 years; male: 54 years; standard deviation ±16). The patients had the typical concomitant diseases associated with their age and primary diagnoses. Table 3 summarises the important parameters for the three most prevalent types of wound in the case stu...

Recently orthostatic training has been proposed as an effective treatment for vasovagal syncope, even though some patients may relapse. This study was undertaken to assess the effect of orthostatic training on patients with vasovagal syncope and its influencing factors. The study group comprised 125 consecutive patients (51 males and 74 females), aged 40 +/- 19 years, with a history of syncope ...

objective: neurocognitive deficits are now recognized as part of the fundamental disturbances and are a major determinant of functional outcome in psychosis. a cross-sectional association between cognitive deficits and poor social and occupational outcomes has been demonstrated; and treatment of cognitive impairment at the time of the first episode may have the potential to change functional ou...