A person’s identity is the way she is perceived by herself (personal identity) and by others (social identity). For example, “I am a believer in doctrine x”, “I am racially/morally superior”, “I will be hailed as a martyr.” Forms of identity such as these can be valued per se. In their seminal work on the subject, Akerlof and Kranton (2000, 2010) develop a framework for analyzing the role of id...

Sedentary behavior (SB) expression and its underlying causal factors have been progressively studied, as it is a major determinant of decreased health quality. In the present study we applied Genotype x Age (GxAge) and Genotype x Sex (GxSex) interaction methods to determine if the phenotypic expression of different SB traits is influenced by an interaction between genetic architecture and both ...

Serious games for contexts not primarily aimed at entertainment are a well-established phenomenon. Welldesigned serious games captivate players for a specific purpose, and in spite of the often non-entertainment purpose they provide engaging environments. Players are provoked to endeavor in higher-order cognitive skills such as handling of information, decision making and solving problems. Seri...

The attitude towards one's own imperfection strongly varies between individuals. Here, we investigated variations in error-related activity depending on two sub-traits of perfectionism, Personal Standard Perfectionism (PSP) and Evaluative Concern Perfectionism (ECP) in a large scale functional magnetic resonance imaging study (N = 75) using a digit-flanker task. Participants with higher PSP sco...

Feeling grateful to nature for its bountiful benefits humans and wanting give thanks is a familiar theme in personal stories cultural rituals, but this emotional experience has rarely been understood scientifically. The present research fills gap by presenting theory of gratitude nature. Findings from four correlational studies two experiments show some support propositions. Gratitude can be co...

Past research on the accuracy of personality judgments has largely focused on person perception scenarios that are public in nature (e.g., face-to-face interactions, personal websites). This study investigated the accuracy of personality judgments on the basis of highly private information: a person’s natural stream of thought. Nine naı̈ve judges rated the personality of 90 targets on the basis ...

An ideal electronic guide to a museum is one that you take at the entrance, put in your pocket and forget to have. It should fully support a free, natural visit providing the most appropriate information at the right time and place. The only activity required to visitors is enjoying the exhibition: the interaction is with the (augmented) museum, no longer with the guide; the guide analyses the ...

Achieving greater independence for individuals with mental retardation depends upon the acquisition of several key skills, including time-management and scheduling skills. The ability to perform tasks according to a schedule is essential to domains like independent living and employment. The use of a portable schedule prompting system to increase independence and self-regulation in time-managem...

Abstract The main objective of the study presented in this article was to examine the relationship between trait curiosity and two self-concept constructs which are gaining popularity in the creativity literature – creative self-efficacy (CSE) and creative personal identity (CPI). Although the role of curiosity in creativity seems well established, in fact there is little empirical evidence of ...

This study examines cognitive and non-cognitive skills and their transmission from parents to children as one potential candidate to explain the intergenerational link of socio-economic status. Using representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study, we contrast the impact of parental cognitive abilities (fluid intelligence, crystallized intelligence) and personality traits (Big Fi...