An effect observable across many different domains is that negative instances tend to be more influential than comparably positive ones. This phenomenon has been termed the negativity bias. In the current work, it was investigated whether this effect pertains to judgments of truth. That is, it was hypothesized that information valence and perceived validity should be associated such that more n...

this study was conducted to investigate factors hindering the flow of breast milk, thus interfering with breast feeding during six weeks post delivery in women attending the health units associated with iran medical university in tehran (1993)   a total of 240 mothers were selected of whom 180 nursed their babies exclusively and 60 of them were giving addional helping formula.   based on the fi...

MPs face a dilemma when it comes to deliberative mini-publics (DMPs): in context of distrust, they may see as an opportunity re-legitimize themselves and solve complex policy issues. But could also challenge the quasi-monopoly used have on political decisions undermine role Parliament primacy elections. The article is found 91 face-to-face interviews with French-speaking Belgian sitting federal...