Many Labs 5: Replication of van Dijk, van Kleef, Steinel, and van Beest (2008)

Hylke van Dijk Democratic processing

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Several concepts are available to indicate the type of society that evolves under the influence of the use of information and communication technology. The most popular concept is the information society. In this book that concept is used in combination with the concept network society to typify contemporary developed and modern societies marked by a high level of information exchange and use o...

Low Back PainVAN ZUNDERT AND VAN KLEEF

Low back pain is one of the most important burdens for the patient, the health-care provider, and society. Treatment selection should target the appropriate use of the available health-care resources with the highest probability of success. When conventional treatment fails to provide satisfactory pain reduction and improvement of the quality of life, more interventional techniques can be envis...

Defending commercial surrogate motherhood against Van Niekerk and Van Zyl.

The arguments of Van Niekerk and Van Zyl that, on the grounds that it involves an inappropriate commodification and alienation of women's labour, commercial surrogate motherhood (CSM) is morally suspect are discussed and considered to be defective. In addition, doubt is cast on the notion that CSM should be illegal.

Van Overwalle

————— The author is affiliated with the Department of Psychology of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. I wish to thank Christel Symens for conducting some of the experiments. Correspondence concerning this article should be adressed to: Frank Van Overwalle, Department of Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussel. E-mail: [email protected] DISCOUNTING AND AUGMENTA...