Evolutionary psychology considers the human mind to be composed of multiple specific mechanisms with adaptive purposes. This evolutionary approach is in line domain-specific view risk-taking behaviors. Based on theoretical framework Life History Theory, present study analyzes moderating effect gender and mediating risks young adult Spaniards (432 participants). K-factor, measured through Mini-K...

BACKGROUND Any activity undertaken for the purpose of health enhancing behavior is an important element of taking care of one's health. The aim of this paper was to analyze the frequency of health enhancing behaviors and avoiding health-risk behaviors among teachers and other school staff by gender and age. MATERIAL AND METHODS The sample consisted of 750 teachers and 259 individuals of non-t...

Virtual humans, with realistic behaviors and increasingly humanlike social skills, evoke in users a range of social behaviors normally only seen in human face-to-face interactions. One of the key challenges in creating such virtual humans is giving them human-like conversational skills. Traditional conversational virtual humans usually make turn-taking decisions depending on explicit cues, such...

This study was conducted to investigate the attitudes and perceived social norms regarding risk behaviours as well ascertain how context influences their likelihood adhere norms. The adopted a qualitative methodology with phenomenological design. applied purposive snowballing sampling methods, in-depth interviews were among six participants. Findings indicated that students' towards risk-taking...