Negative Interest Rates May be More Psychologically Acceptable than Assumed: Implications for Savings

Thinking may be more than computing.

The uncomputable parts of thinking (if there are any) can be studied in much the same spirit that Turing (1950) suggested for the study of its computable parts. We can develop precise accounts of cognitive processes that, although they involve more than computing, can still be modelled on the machines we call ‘computers’. In this paper, I want to suggest some ways that this might be done, using...

Hypnotic devices may be more than placebo.

The study attempted to assess the effectiveness of two devices in facilitating the induction of hypnosis in subjects preselected as low in hypnotizability. Undergraduates were exposed to no treatment (control) or one of four combinations of devices during the induction phase of being administered the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale, Form B of Weitzenhoffer and Hilgard (1959). Analyses re...

iranian diabetics may not be vitamin d deficient more than healthy subjects

there are some reports of decreased serum levels of 25(oh)d in the subjects with impaired glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm). to assess vitamin d status of the iranian diabetics, a pilot study was conducted on 90 subjects with either type 1 diabetes mellitus (t1dm) (n= 30), t2dm (n= 30), or apparently healthy subjects (n= 30) during fall and winter of 2005. serum samples were...

AdipoRon may be benefit for atherosclerosis prevention

Atherosclerosis has serious role in coronary arteries disease,so it is important to establish effective strategies for prevention or even treatment of atherosclerosis. Adiponectin, as one of the most abundant adipokines, has insulin sensitivity, anti-inflammatory and anti-atherogenic properties. Disturbed adiponectin actions through its receptor, (AdipoR1 and AdipoR2) may be involved in atheros...

World Real Interest Rates: A Global Savings and Investment Perspective