Malekshahi F1, Farhadi A2 1. Instructor, Department of Society Health, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran 2. Instructor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran Abstract Background: Childhood period it one of the most important stages of life in which individuals persona...

As personal data are increasingly collected, analysed, and traded, we introduce the topic of Human-Data Interaction (HDI) to engage users with their data. HDI is inherently inter-disciplinary, encapsulating elements not only of traditional computer science such as data processing, systems design, visualisation and interaction design, but also of law, psychology, behavioural economics, and socio...

Here, we briefly review the evolution of research on human decision-making over the past few decades. We discern a trend whereby biology moves from subserving economics (neuroeconomics), to providing the data that advance our knowledge of the nature of human decision-making (decision neuroscience). Examples illustrate that the integration of behavioural and biological models is fruitful especia...

ID has been shown to be associated with poorer cognitive, motor and behavioural development, including lower intelligence quotients (IQ) in children [1]. It is also associated with poorer pregnancy outcomes for mothers and infants. This raises the question of the global effects of ID, in terms of cognitive abilities, economics and productivity. This viewpoint reviews some of the recently discov...

This research looks into the possibility of bringing together two distinct and empirically successful areas of behavioural economics; regret aversion and quasi-hyperbolic discounting. Standard regret aversion theory (Loomes and Sugden 1982, Bell 1982) operates in a world of uncertainty, where regret aversion arises due to the possibility of, having made an initial choice, a more preferable opti...