Mediawatch Environ-mental lapses

Mental slips and lapses: no one is immune.

A Differential–Developmental Model (DDM): Mental Speed, Attention Lapses, and General Intelligence (g)

The aim of this paper is to provide a parsimonious account of developmental and individual differences in intelligence (measured as g). The paper proposes a Differential–Developmental Model (DDM), which focuses on factors common to intelligence and cognitive development (e.g., mental speed and attention lapses). It also proposes a complementary method based on Jensen’s box, a chronometric devic...

How Do Medical Schools Identify and Remediate Professionalism Lapses in Medical Students? A Study of U.S. and Canadian Medical Schools.

PURPOSE Teaching and assessing professionalism is an essential element of medical education, mandated by accrediting bodies. Responding to a call for comprehensive research on remediation of student professionalism lapses, the authors explored current medical school policies and practices. METHOD In 2012-2013, key administrators at U.S. and Canadian medical schools accredited by the Liaison C...

Cognitive Failures at Work, Mindfulness, and the Big Five

Cognitive failures at work (or errors in the workplace including blunders and memory lapses), can lead to considerable personal and organisational damage, even damage well beyond national borders in some organisations. Workplace errors may have a personality base; and mindfulness (or mindlessness) also appears to be related to workplace errors generally. Given the importance and cost of errors ...

An Integrated Approach to the Exposome: Rappaport and Lioy Respond

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