We extend the logical model of agency known as the KGP model, to support agents with normative concepts, based on the roles an agent plays and the obligations and prohibitions that result from playing these roles. The proposed framework illustrates how the resulting normative concepts, including the roles, can evolve dynamically during the lifetime of the agent. Furthermore, we illustrate how t...

This study investigated the influence of normative feedback on learning a sequential timing task. In addition to feedback about their performance per trial, two groups of participants received bogus normative feedback about a peer group's average block-to-block improvement after each block of 10 trials. Scores indicated either greater (better group) or less (worse group) than the average improv...

The Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task (PASAT) is a neuropsychological instrument designed to measure attention, working memory and speed of information processing in complex manner. It currently used evaluate different neurological diseases. the purpose this study was establish PASAT normative data for healthy Italian population using standardized methodology Equivalents Scores. brief auditor...

1 Introduction During the last few decades, an important debate has taken place in cognitive psychology concerning the rationality of human reasoning. One field in which this debate has been vigorous is that of inductive inference and probabilistic reasoning or, in more general terms, situations in which people make predictions about research has produced mixed results, ranging from some showin...

AIMS To establish the norms for the letter-cancellation task-a psychomotor performance task. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eight hundred nineteen school students were selected in the present study in an age range between nine and 16 years (M = 12.14; SD = 1.78 years). Subjects were assessed once for the cancellation task. RESULTS Both age and sex influenced performance on the SLCT; therefore, corre...

Purpose – Modelling users’ interactions online is envisaged to allow developers to increase the usability of online systems and will aid system developers in building better systems to meet users’ needs, hereby creating better system design processes. Design/methodology/approach – The normative task model that was developed in this paper was created through an expert review of 14 online grocery...