Terrorists can strike twice--first, by directly killing people, and second, through dangerous behaviors induced by fear in people's minds. Previous research identified a substantial increase in U.S. traffic fatalities subsequent to the September 11 terrorist attacks, which were accounted for as due to a substitution of driving for flying, induced by fear of dread risks. Here, we show that this ...

Because adolescents are generally viewed as "risk-takers," an assessment of planning and decision-making skills during the teenage years may reveal why this developmental group tends to engage in dangerous behaviors. One area in which these abilities have significant consequences for future outcome is pregnancy, a condition that requires a decision to either give birth or abort. Previewing, a p...

This study was designed to define the most important factors to predict freestyle performance times in 135 elite master swimmers by prediction models which include age, anthropometric and strength variables. To cross validate these equations found for Elite swimmers, we used a group composed by 126 lower technical level age and experience matched master swimmers. Results demonstrated that age, ...