Abstract Automated program modification underlies two successful research areas — genetic improvement and repair. Under the generate-and-validate strategy, automated transforms a program, then validates result against test suite. Much work has focused on search space of application single fine-grained operators copy , delete replace swap at both line statement granularity. This explores limits ...

BACKGROUND Computerized cognitive bias modification for social anxiety disorder has in several well conducted trials shown great promise with as many as 72% no longer fulfilling diagnostic criteria after a 4 week training program. To test if the same program can be transferred from a clinical setting to an internet delivered home based treatment the authors conducted a randomized, double-blind ...

Stimulant medication and behavioral treatments are evidence-based for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, but the combination of the 2 treatments has been understudied. In this investigation, methylphenidate (MPH) was crossed with 2 levels of behavior modification (BMOD) in a summer treatment program. Twenty-seven children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, aged ...

. use' of simulation as a methddlof exploring or validating .theories is disCussed, and empirical analyses of several prpgrams developed for hypothesis-testing are reviesiad;'"and simulation is considered as a source of new ideas shout cognitive, processing mechanisms, with specific attention devoted to.,theHeuristiC Procedure Modification (HPM) program, thesCollabor4Ljve Activation-based Produ...

A series of primarily laboratory-based studies found attention bias modification in socially anxious participants to lead to reduced anxiety. It is argued that the failure to replicate the positive results of attention bias modification in the study of Carlbring et al. may be due to reasons other than the application through the Internet. A number of controlled studies failed to replicate the p...