THE PROBLEM The demographic development of society leads to an increased demand for physicians. Particularly in the surgical disciplines, there is a noticeably declining interest among graduates from medical schools worldwide. For reasons discussed in detail, this applies especially to urology. SOLUTIONS We indicate possibilities on how to counteract this trend, by improving the training for ...

Do natural disasters help or hurt politicians’ electoral fortunes? Research on this question has produced conflicting results. Achen and Bartels (2002, 2016) find that voters punish incumbent politicians indiscriminately a er such disasters. Other studies find that voters incorporate the quality of relief e orts by elected o icials. We argue that results in this literature may be driven, in par...

The development of civil society in Ukraine requires an active political position on the part all subjects public relations; creative and positive orientation actions. basis this process is activity participation. problem studying young people - from 18 to 35 years old especially relevant. In regard, it important highlight socio-psychological factors activity, individual psychological character...

Mental time travel allows us to revisit our memories and imagine future scenarios, and this is why memories are not only about the past, but they are also prospective. These episodic memories are not a fixed store of what happened, however, they are reassessed each time they are revisited and depend on the sequence in which events unfold. In this paper, we shall explore the complex relationship...

Accurate retrospection is critical in many decision scenarios ranging from investment banking to hedonic psychology. A notoriously difficult case is to integrate previously perceived values over the duration of an experience. Failure in retrospective evaluation leads to suboptimal outcome when previous experiences are under consideration for revisit. A biologically plausible mechanism underlyin...