BACKGROUND A study was performed to evaluate the effect of discontinuation of nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) treatment on snoring characteristics. METHODS Eighteen non-apnoeic snoring subjects were randomly allocated to either a no treatment control group or an NCPAP treatment group. The control group was studied twice (baseline and day 30 of follow up). In the NCPAP group ...

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In this dissertation, I propose that, post-action, people tend to be more optimistic about outcomes when their actions were based on malleable (vague) information compared to when their actions were based on unmalleable (precise) information. However, pre-action, no such difference occurs. I term this inconsistency in optimism in the pre and post-action stage, the Information Malleability Effec...

Current theories of emotion perception posit that basic facial expressions signal categorically discrete emotions or affective dimensions of valence and arousal. In both cases, the information is thought to be directly ‘‘read out’’ from the face in away that is largely immune to context. In contrast, the three studies reported here demonstrated that identical facial configurations convey striki...

The foundation for talent development as a framework gifted education can be found in synthesis of the psychological literature on creativity, eminence, giftedness, and high performance. acknowledges contributions both general cognitive ability domain-specific abilities to achievement, well malleability these constructs. Talent is also consistent with research non-cognitive or psychosocial fact...