Kirby (1994) has helpfully applied the terminology of signal detection theory to Watson's selection task. We agree with him that it is necessary to bring out the decision theoretic aspects of the selection task (Evans, Over & Manktelow, 1993), and Kirby makes an important contribution by doing this so fully for an abstract version of the task. However, there are problems with both the design of...

A paradigmatic example of an emotional bias in decision making is the framing effect, where the manner in which a choice is posed--as a potential loss or a potential gain--systematically biases an ensuing decision. Two fMRI studies have shown that the activation in the amygdala is modulated by the framing effect. Here, contrary to an expectation based on these studies, we show that two patients...

The new tellurite glasses with chemical composition 64TeO2-15CdO-(20-x) ZnO-xLi2O-1V2O5 (x= 0, 5, 10, 15 and 20 mol %) were synthesized by traditional melt quench hardening method. glass samples showed broad humps of typical amorphous phase in the X- ray diffraction patterns. physical properties such as density (ρ), molar volume (Vm), oxygen packing (OPD), refractive index (n), refractivity (Rm...

The presence of disorder in semiconductors can dramatically change their physical properties. Yet, models faithfully accounting for it are still scarce and computationally inefficient. We present a mathematical computational model able to simulate the optoelectronic response semiconductor alloys several tens nanometer sidelength, while at same time quantum localization effects induced by compos...

A ternary strategy has been demonstrated as being an effective method to improve the power conversion efficiency (PCE); however, general rules for materials selection are not fully comprehended. Herein, nonfullerene acceptor ITIC-M and fullerene PC70BM possessing higher lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) good miscibility with Y7 incorporated third components in state-of-the-art of PM6:Y...

Improving the up-conversion efficiency is the key issue in rare earth doped glasses. The quantum efficiency, optical gap, radiative transition rate and lifetimes of excited states are greatly influenced by the optical properties of the host material, ligand field, multi-phonon relaxation processes, impurities, temperature and concentration of rare earth ions. This presentation gives a panoramic...

Recent surge in additive manufacturing efforts demonstrate stereolithography as a promising technique for fabricating glass materials due to the high speed and scalability of process. However, little have been devoted manufacture borosilicate by stereolithographic One challenges is that its relatively low softening temperatures could interfere with thermal post-printing process introduce poor f...

Doping of CsPbBr3 perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs) to achieve excellent material properties is accelerating due their increasing use in optoelectronic devices. Herein, a novel composite PNCs with nickel thiocyanate Ni(SCN)2 reported, exhibiting stronger photoluminescence (PL) and more extended stability. The addition at different molar concentrations reduces the surface trap states host PNCs. The...