Previous research showed that individual tendency to believe in conspiracy theories is related to numerous social, personality, and cognitive variables. Moreover, such a tendency may reflect a broader trait for epistemic irrationality, which drives other pseudoscientific and paranormal beliefs. However, the relationship between conspiracy belief and reasoning ability (fluid intelligence; Gf) wa...

abstract background: many factors have been mentioned to influence decision‑making for different kinds of delivery. decision‑making for vaginal delivery is under the influence of culture, perceptions, beliefs, values, attitudes, personalities, and knowledge. the current study aims at exploring the determinants of decision‑making for vaginal delivery in the north of iran from women’s perspective...

BACKGROUND The divorce rate has been increasing rapidly in Korea; the single rate and trends in divorce are also changing rapidly. This study aimed to examine the relationship between marital status and quality of life (QOL) in an attempt to understand these changes. We also investigated the relationship between QOL and marital status by age group. METHODS We used data from the Community Heal...

abstract background: some studies have shown significant changes in quality of life due to menopausal status. a large number of factors, including psycho-social factors, have been found to be associated with quality of life. the aim of this study was to investigate factors affecting quality of life among postmenopausal women in isfahan based on behavioral analysis phase of precede model. method...

Abstract Libertarian paternalism is a weak form of that recommends nudges rather than bans, restrictions, or other strong interventions. Nudges influence people’s choice by modifying contextual factors (the “choice architecture”). This paper explores the possibility an epistemic analogue libertarian paternalism. What I call “epistemic libertarian paternalism” “epistemic nudges” stronger pat...