“Scott Eccles?”“Yes!”“Please follow me.”Scott Eccles leapt from his seat, straightened tie, and surreptitiously placed fists on hips in the Superman pose, for he had watched a video online that said doing so can spike one's testosterone turn self-confidence. As followed nurse down hall, stride made clear: something big was about to happen.“Mr. Eccles, please have seat,” doctor distractedly as s...

Ultrafine aluminum and boron powders have been identified as very promising fuels as part of energetic materials formulations. However, the large specific surface area that gives these powders a high reactivity also makes them particularly difficult to maintain in an unoxidized state. They also agglomerate easily during compounding processes. The coating of the particles by a polymer could offe...

This study examined whether cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) could prevent the development or worsening of panic-spectrum psychopathology and anxiety symptoms in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Forty-one patients with COPD, who had undergone pulmonary rehabilitation, were randomised to either a 4 session CBT intervention condition (n = 21) or a routine care condition (n = 20). ...

The recent rise of interest in situated and embodied cognition has a strong interdisciplinary flavor, with contributions from robotics, cognitive anthropology, cognitive psychology, and developmental psychology, among other disciplines. However, social psychology has been almost completely unrepresented. Social psychologists investigate the ways people perceive, interact with, and influence eac...