Visual mental imagery protocols can provide step-by-step traces of executive decisionmaking. Sequences of drawings that externalize thought processes are often easier to analyze than transcriptions of tape recorded verbal protocols. The technique is of obvious use for investigating spatial problem solving behavior since such tasks are usually solved with sketches, drawings, or graphs; the metho...

Occupational decisionmaking is an ongoing concern with university students and knowing what developmental tasks facilitate the process can make this particular problemsolving task easier. The present study explored the connection between vocational self-concepts, ego-identity and career indecision. Participants (N=202) were university students enrolled in an Introductory Psychology class. Corre...

Part B YES NO N/A COMMENTS Is the best practice/intervention a meta-analysis or primary research? Systematic review to assess the long-term effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of hepatitis C screening in different populations Has the data/information been used for decisionmaking (e.g. program funding developments, policies, treatment guidelines, defining research priorities and funding)? Findi...

Research evaluation is praised as the symbol of modern quality management. We claim firstly, that output evaluations in academic research have higher costs than normally assumed, because the evaluated persons and institutions systematically change their behavior and develop counter strategies. Moreover, intrinsic work motivation is crowded out and undesired lock-in effects take place. Secondly,...

The current computer program is artificially designed to execute the process, which has the weakness of passivity, rigidity and lack of flexibility. This paper proposes a method of program design based on reinforcement learning mechanism, and realizes the corresponding algorithm. According to the environment and requirements, the agent can choose executive process independently and arrive at th...