We investigated whether finger pointing is an effective cognitive-load self-management strategy to mitigate the split-attention effect during learning. This holds that learning from examples consisting of spatially separated, but mutually referring text and picture, less than equivalent integrated sources. One-hundred-and-twenty-nine undergraduates studied a picture with accompanying about neph...

Delirium is a syndrome consisting of cloudiness of consciousness,attention deficit,and cognitive impairment,with quick onset,but varring paths in its progression .delirium is more common after major surgeries in the elderly and hospitalized patients,resuting in high morbidity and mortality rates.the incidence rate that has been reported  in previous studies varies from 1-3% in cataract surgery ...

Renesting after nest predation is ultimately an adaptive response to increase productivity in birds. However, renesting also increases reproductive effort to replace lost clutches. We investigated the consequences of this increased reproductive effort by determining whether renesting in female indigo buntings (Passerina cyanea) is associated with a decline in body condition (size-corrected mass...