BACKGROUND Both working memory capacity and cognitive style have independently been found to affect performance on school-type tasks, but their effects in interaction have not been considered. AIMS The aims of this study were to consider the relationship between working memory, cognitive style and gender on (a) overall learning behaviour, and (b) performance on a range of school subjects. S...

BACKGROUND Yoga is a psychophysical, spiritual science of holistic living, aiming towards body and mind development; it can influence well-being, cognitive processes, personality (Gunas), psychophysiological parameters, and human health. Since it has been observed that Morningness-Eveningness disposition is associated with personality, and that personality can characterize people practicing Yog...

Whilst multimedia technology has been one of the main contributing factors behind the Web’s success, delivery of personalised multimedia content has been a desire seldom achieved in practice. Moreover, the perspective adopted is rarely viewed from a cognitive styles standpoint, notwithstanding the fact that they have significant effects on users’ preferences with respect to the presentation of ...

Computer-based logic proofs are a form ofùnnatural' language in which the process and structure of proof generation can be observed in considerable detail. We have been studying how students respond to multimodal logic teaching, and performance measures have already indicated that students' pre-existing cognitive styles have a signiicant impact on teaching outcome. Furthermore, a large corpus o...

Computer-based logic proofs are a form ofùnnatural' language discourse, but the structure and process of proof generation can be observed in considerable detail, and analysis is leading to a number of general insights. We have been studying how students respond to multimodallogic teaching. Performance measures have already indicated that students' pre-existing cognitive styles have a signiicant...

Themanagement of technology embodies human choice and freedom, and as such, itmaynot detach fromphilosophy and psychology, particularly in the innovation, knowledge and learning paradigm. This paradigm heralds knowledge workers in systems of innovationwith renewed emphasis on information and intellectual capital as the primary assets for production. The thinking styles and cognitive preferences...

Results from studies using a behavioral high-risk design and approximations to it generally have corroborated the cognitive vulnerability hypothesis of depression, whereas results from remitted depression studies typically have not. Suspecting that design features of previously conducted remitted designs likely precluded them from detecting maladaptive cognitive patterns, the authors conducted ...

In this era of globalization, thinking styles the professionals hold significant prominence in leadership development. Cognitive aspects including thinking, attitudes, and motivation are great concerns managerial psychology, which escalate organizational productivity as, different occupations reinforce cognitive metacognitive styles. This paper proposes to conduct research gap studying effect m...

The well-established dissociation between the ventral object and dorsal spatial processing streams within the visual system suggests a contrast between object and spatial visual cognitive styles. We assessed the validity of this distinction using a self-report questionnaire in a sample of 3839 online participants, and laboratory cognitive tests in a subsample of 196. We found that (1) object an...