Animal moves reveal bigger picture

Time to see the bigger picture: Individual differences in the attentional blink

If two to-be-identified targets are presented in close temporal succession, identification for the second target is typically impaired. This attentional blink (AB) phenomenon has long been considered as a robust, universal cognitive limitation. However, more recent studies have demonstrated that AB task performance greatly differs between individuals, with some individuals even showing no AB in...

A Novel Image Encryption Model Based on Hybridization of Genetic Algorithm, Chaos Theory and Lattice Map

Encryption is an important issue in information security which is usually provided using a reversible mathematical model. Digital image as a most frequently used digital product needs special encryption algorithms. This paper presents a new encryption algorithm high security for digital gray images using genetic algorithm and Lattice Map function. At the first the initial value of Logistic Map ...

Rhetorical Structure Analysis of EFLs’ Written Narratives of a Picture Story

This study was set to reveal how second language learners use rhetorical relations in their written narratives in terms of Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) primarily proposed by Mann & Thompson (1987) and developed by Mann, Matthiessen & Thompson (1992). To this end, sixty written narratives based on the picture story book ‘Frog, where are you?’ were collected from EFL learners and were put to...

Unmet Need and Unintended Pregnancy: The Bigger Picture

Near-infrared spectroscopy can reveal increases in brain activity related to animal-assisted therapy

[Purpose] Previous studies have indicated that animal-assisted therapy can promote recovery of psychological, social, and physiological function in mental disorders. This study was designed as a pilot evaluation of the use of near-infrared spectroscopy to objectively identify changes in brain activity that could mediate the effect of animal-assisted therapy. [Subjects and Methods] The participa...