Previous studies have reported retrospective influences of visual events that occur after target events. In the attentional attraction effect, a position cue presented after a target stimulus distorts the target's position towards that of the cue. The present study explored the temporal relationship between stimulus presentation and reaction time (RT) in this effect in two experiments. Particip...

AIM Evaluation of the effect of clinical mastitis (CM) and its treatment outcome on the reproductive performance in crossbred cows retrospectively. MATERIALS AND METHODS Datasets of 835 lactating cows affected with CM during a period of 12 years (2001-2012) were considered for this study. Mastitis treatment related data and reproductive parameters such as days to first detected heat (DTFDH), ...

The main aim of the submitted paper is to present relationship Jonáš Záborský philosophy, religion and everyday ethical-social issues. All these aspects are closely interconnected in his work. Even though stood aside from Slovak national movement 19th century, work intrinsically linked struggle associated with this turbulent period history. described by many authors as most prominent figure on ...

In this paper, I argue that it is quite useful, both theoretically and empirically, to adopt a sociocultural approach to the study of moral development. This entails viewing ‘moral functioning’ as a form of mediated action, and moral development as the process by which persons gradually appropriate a variety of ‘moral mediational means’. Mediated action entails two central elements: an ‘agent’,...

Early in the twenty-first century, neuroscience has developed into a major research field that is rapidly spawning new academic disciplines. One of these is neuroethics, which has been described as an “unexplored continent lying between the two populated shores of ethics and of neuroscience” and “a new area of intellectual and social discourse” (Roskies, 2002). However, neuroethics is not a new...

Whenever there is a new technological tool that pries into the secrets of life the majority reacts with caution, if not negatively altogether. On 10 September 1998, the Italian press gave the news of the discovery of a method to predetermine the sex of a new baby with 90% accuracy (Fugger et al., 1998) in sensational terms: 'A little boy or a little girl? Soon children by order!' (La Repubblica...

Valuation judgement bias has been a research topic for several years due to its proclaimed effect on valuation accuracy. However, little is known on the emphasis of literature on judgement bias, with regard to, for instance, research methodologies, research context and robustness of research evidence. A synthesis of available research will establish consistency in the current knowledge base on ...

The writer explores Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments, where Smith presents a rich and provocative account of morality. The writer offers an explication of Smith's moral psychology as a stage theory of moral development, with the intention of generating critical points on both mattes of detail and larger implications.