Prior experience and complex procedures

Prior experience and complex procedures.

The role of prior knowledge in learning complex procedures was investigated in a transfer task in which subjects learned two related procedures in sequence. In Experiment 1, we manipulated the conceptual and structural similarity between the two procedures; in Experiment 2, we manipulated whether the order of the steps within subprocedures was the same or different during training and transfer,...

Mechanical procedures and mathematical experience

Mazandran based radiologists\' attitudes to obtaining patients\' consent prior to invasive imaging procedures, 2010

Background and Purpose: In some patients, invasive radiology procedures by using anesthetics and contrast may lead to certain reaction. Therefore, consent must be obtained from patients. At the moment, some radiology centers obtain the consent from the patient in some of invasive radiology procedures in Iran. Due to the importance of consent and its position in patients' ethics, and because of ...

Adaptive Bayesian procedures using random series prior

We consider a prior for nonparametric Bayesian estimation which uses finite random series with a random number of terms. The prior is constructed through distributions on the number of basis functions and the associated coefficients. We derive a general result on adaptive posterior convergence rates for all smoothness levels of the function in the true model by constructing an appropriate “siev...

Blinded by Experience: Prior Experience, Negative News and Belief Updating