Feelings of familiarity are not direct products of memory. Although prior experience of a stimulus can produce a feeling of familiarity, that feeling can also be aroused in the absence of prior experience if perceptual processing of the stimulus is fluent (e.g., Whittlesea, Jacoby, & Girard, 1990). This suggests that feelings of familiarity arise through an unconscious inference about the sourc...

Instinctively responding to maternal face is an evolutionary function of enhancing survival and development. However, because of the confounding nature of familiarity, little is known concerning the neural mechanism involved in maternal face recognition. We had a rare opportunity to examine Mosuo preschool children who were raised in a matrilineal society in which mothers and aunts represent eq...

A web-based survey estimated the distribution of voice recognition abilities with a focus on determining the prevalence of developmental phonagnosia, the inability to identify a familiar person based on their voice. Participants matched clips of 50 celebrity voices to 1-4 named headshots of celebrities whose voices they had previously rated for familiarity. Given a strong correlation between ra...

According to the demand for applied innovative talents of the railway industry and enterprises, based on the railway specialized characteristics advantage of the East China Jiaotong University, and in accordance with the system engineering thoughts as “setting training objectives, setting up training standards, building course system, reforming teaching methods and perfecting security system”, ...

Romania, a net emigration country, has witnessed significant increase in immigration over the last decade. The objective of this paper is to highlight facilitators and barriers local integration faced by recent immigrants as expressed relevant stakeholders. Their often neglected views hold particular relevance for improving well-being migrants Romania. We focus on young from Republic Moldova Ar...

To prepare for the healthcare industry's transition to value-based care, Mayo Clinic Health System implemented a new, value-focused physician compensation plan as part of a larger initiative aimed at systemwide clinical integration. The plan uses three value-based metrics, focusing on outcomes, safety, and patient experience, that initially would determine 5 percent of a physician's compensatio...

Even with the most careful advance preparation, and even with inbuilt allowance for some degree of contingency, plans need to be altered to take into account execution circumstances and changes of requirements. We have developed methods for repairing plans to account for execution failures and changes in the execution situation. We first developed these methods for the Optimum-AIV planner desi...

Background. It cannot be denied that sport ecosystem consists of complex stakeholders. According to that, smart orchestration was needed to permit integration and promote active cross-sectoral. It required a suitable strategy to integrate and engage the entire system at any individual group, enterprise-level, and public sector. Therefore, the practical strategy will engage the entire system, so...

Even with the most careful advance preparation and even with inbuilt allowance for some degree of contin gency plans need to be altered to take into account execution circumstances and changes of requirements We have developed methods for repairing plans to ac count for execution failures and changes in the execu tion situation We rst developed these methods for the Optimum aiv planner designed...