Two experiments tested the influences of vivid imagery and person schemata on eyewitness accuracy. Participants watched an event sequence including actors performing stereotype-consistent and inconsistent actions. Additionally, participants either read descriptions of actions (Experiment 1) or vividly imagined actions (Experiment 2). After either 30 minutes or 2 days, recognition memory, source...

An obstacle detection task supported by "imperfect" automation was used with the goal of understanding the effects of automation error types and age on automation reliance. Sixty younger and sixty older adults interacted with a multi-task simulation of an agricultural vehicle (i.e. a virtual harvesting combine). The simulator included an obstacle detection task and a fully manual tracking task....

The use of tiered warnings and multicategorical forecasts are ubiquitous in meteorological operations. Here, a flexible family scoring functions is presented for evaluating the performance ordered forecasts. Each score has risk parameter α $$ \alpha , selected specific case, so that it consistent with forecast directive based on fixed threshold probability 1 − 1-\alpha (equivalently, -quantile ...

Previous research demonstrates that tufted capuchin monkeys use terrestrial predator alarm calls in a functionally deceptive manner to distract conspecifics when feeding on contestable resources, although the success of this tactic is limited because listeners frequently ignore these calls when given in such situations. While this decreased response rate is suggestive of a counterstrategy to de...

IDS can play a vital role in the overall security infrastructure, as one last defence against attacks after secure network architecture design, secure program design and firewalls [1]. Although IDS technology has become an essential part of corporate network architecture, the art of detecting intrusions is still far from perfect. A significant problem is that of false alarms, which correspond t...

The use of pulse oximetry in dental procedures involving sedation and children has been encouraged strongly. Reports have indicated that hemoglobin desaturations are not uncommon when a variety of drugs (including nitrous oxide) and dosages are used. The present study investigated the nature of desaturations in relation to patient activity as a function of a drug combination, single drug dose-r...