Reciprocal Influence between R-V Dynamics Illusion and Size-Weight Illusion in Mixed Reality Space Yuta Kataoka, Ayumi Nishikawa, Satoshi Hashiguchi, Fumihisa Shibata, and Asako Kimura Abstract The aim of this paper is to reveal the influence that the two illusions: “R-V Dynamics Illusion” and “Size-Weight Illusion” have on each other in mixed reality space. R-V Dynamics Illusion is an illusion...

In the (t, n) threshold signature schemes with the assistance of a trusted party, the trusted party easily becomes the targets of attack. And an authority which can be trusted by all players doesn't exist. So the schemes without a trusted party were proposed to solve those security problems. But all of the conventional schemes without a trusted party cannot withstand conspiracy attacks. A novel...

Despite widespread political conspiracy theories about Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, a majority of partisans continue to distance themselves from such beliefs. Even so, the ideological biases that drive conspiratorial thinking may be hard to overcome. In this study, we examine the unintentional endorsement of conspiratorial beliefs as revealed in movement dynamics. We track the cu...

Conspiracy theory (CT) beliefs can be harmful. How is it possible to reduce them effectively? Three reduction strategies were tested in an online experiment using general and well-known CT beliefs on a comprehensive randomly assigned Hungarian sample (N = 813): exposing rational counter CT arguments, ridiculing those who hold CT beliefs, and empathizing with the targets of CT beliefs. Several r...

This study attempts to challenge this logic by (re-)exploring the mechanisms responsible for the existence of the open-source model. The research objective of this paper is threefold: firstly, it aims to challenge the gift-economy metaphor; secondly, and perhaps more ambitiously, the paper develops a new theoretical foundation underlying the open-source phenomenon whereby the open-source moveme...

Recognition of gifted pupils at the junior school age is a very significant factor for development of biologic potentials of the gifted individuals. Recognition of gifted pupils according to the legal norms of the Republic of Serbia a priori implies the right of the gifted pupils on an individual education plan (IEP in the following text) and on the pedagogical and expert support of the expert ...

When a single gift goes to a group of recipients, how does giving depend on the size of the group? This question is important for understanding charitable giving and fund-raising, public goods provision, family altruism, and more. If we think of the gift as giving up a dollar to create a social surplus, then we want to know how the number of recipients of that surplus affects its value to the g...

Für den Informatikunterricht an Bayerns Gymnasien fehlen trotz diverser Maßnahmen nach wie vor qualifizierte Lehrkräfte. Es müssen neue Wege gefunden werden, wie möglichst kostenneutral weiteres Lehrpersonal ausgebildet werden kann. Vorhandene Ressourcen, wie beispielsweise das Material vergangener Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen, müssen dazu überarbeitet und auf neue Kurse, die aus finanziellen Gründe...

The wide availability of user-provided content in online social media facilitates the aggregation of people around common interests, worldviews, and narratives. However, the World Wide Web (WWW) also allows for the rapid dissemination of unsubstantiated rumors and conspiracy theories that often elicit rapid, large, but naive social responses such as the recent case of Jade Helm 15--where a simp...