BACKGROUND A common belief is that language proficiency might have affected the outcome scores of the Oral Structured Performance Evaluation (OSPE) especially at the interactive stations. The objective of this study was to explore this postulation. METHODS The subject of Behavioural Sciences was examined for the first time as a component of undergraduate medical curriculum in 2nd Professional...

There is general agreement among Mental Health professionals, that undergraduate training in Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences in most of the medical colleges in the country is unsatisfactory. Some of the reasons advanced for this unfortunate situation are :—insufficient teachinghours, inadequate staff, lack of interest on the part of students and our non-psychiatrist medical colleagues, abse...

Widely available digital technologies are empowering citizens who increasingly well informed and involved in numerous water, climate, environmental challenges. Citizen science can serve many different purposes, from the “pleasure of doing science” to complementing observations, increasing scientific literacy, supporting collaborative behaviour solve specific water management problems. Still, pr...

background: gray`s reinforcement sensitivity theory (rst) presupposes individual differences in the sensitivity of basic brain systems that respond to punishing and reinforcing stimuli. these differences are thought to underlie the personality dimensions of anxiety and impulsivity, and to have relevance for psychopathology. the present study aims at studying the relationship between behavioural...

user financial incentives (ufis) have emerged as a powerful tool for health promotion. strong evidence suggests that large enough incentives paid to individuals, conditional on behaviour they can control, encourages more of the desired behaviour. however, such interventions can have unintended consequences for non-targeted behaviours. implementation difficulties that result in individuals not u...

background and aim: the aim of this article was to critically discuss the clinical application of a cognitive behaviour therapy (cbt) protocol for the treatment of hyperacusis and its asso­ciated distress. methods: narrative review recent findings: reviewing the research lit­erature suggests that hyperacusis, anxiety and safety seeking behaviours may be linked. therefore, it seems reasonable to...

Dancing at gunpoint. A review of Herbert Gintis's The bounds of reason: game theory and the unification of the behavioral sciences. The bounds of reason seeks to accomplish many things. It introduces epistemic game theory, discusses other-regarding preferences in games, offers an evolutionary model of property rights, and proposes a plan to unify the behavioural sciences. Most notably, it is a ...