Special Issue: Neurological conditions (I)

AERB Special Issue I (Auctions)

We describe an auction mechanism in the class of Groves mechanisms that has received attention in the computer science literature because of its theoretical property of being more “learnable” than the standard second price auction mechanism. We bring this mechanism, which we refer to as the “ ,” into the laboratory to determine whether it helps human subjects learn to play their optimal strateg...

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eNeurologicalSci – Special Issue on Neurological Disorders in South America

South America includes 12 countries and three overseas territories, currently accounting for a total population of approximately 420million people. Life expectancy rates have grown significantly in the continent in the last 50 years and nowadays for almost all countries life expectancy at birth has reached 72 or more years. Within this scenario of significant population growth and rapid process...

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j Abstract After legislative changes in 1978, Italian psychiatry underwent a thorough overhaul, with the gradual closure of all Mental Hospitals. A nation-wide network of Departments of Mental Health now deliver outpatient and inpatient care, but also run semi-residential and residential facilities (the latter with 2.9 beds per 10,000 inhabitants). Hospital care is delivered through small psych...

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It is with great pleasure that I introduce this specia l i s sue of Aging Successfully that focuses on Preventive Gerontology. Aging successfully is dependent on the individual himself or herself. While health professionals can act as a guide through life’s journey, it is only through one’s own efforts that the best outcomes can be assured. This issue provides tools that all of us can use to ag...