Research on decision support systems (DSS)/executive information systems (EIS) has been primarily concerned with the behavioral aspect of managerial work and has largely ignored the cognitive aspect of decision support. Rather than focusing on the manager’s information need on ‘‘critical success factors’’ and the need for supporting specific decision making, this research emphasizes the need to...

The paper deals with Dontsov’s “phraseological speech” in the framework of cognitive linguistics. ways creating partially-authorial (biblical) and authorial (anthropocentric) phraseologisms are discussed their assignment to different phraseological-semantic microfields is suggested. A number viewed as linguomental pictures world that potentially acceptable for a wider use.Methodologically, rese...

various studies on the national policy on education (npe) have concentrated on the cognitive value of pedagogy and learning of the language aspect but few have viewed its importance on the togetherness of the nation - nigeria. this paper deals with how the language policy can influence and ensure the co-existence of nigeria in achieving self-actualisation, national unity, social, cultural, econ...

studies in cognitive linguistics have highlighted the importance of metaphors for language teaching. metaphoric competence, as an important aspect of intelligence, can contribute to the learning of languages. most textbooks in esl/efl avoid the issue of figurative language and concentrate only on the denotative aspects of language. this article reports a study conducted at the islamic azad univ...

This paper explores the relationshiDs between a computational meory of temporal representation (as developed by James Alien) and a Iormal linguiStiC theory Of tense (as developed by NorOert Hornstem) and aspect. It aims tO prowde exphcit answers to four lundamental Questions: (1) what ts the computational lustd~cat=on for me or=mmves of a hngu=stIc theory; (2) what ~s the computational explanat...

given the importance of innovation in a stormy environment with ongoing changes for the organizations, in this study, to identify a noteworthy aspect of community change from the viewpoint of organizational behavior we attempt to examine social capital of employees in an involved organization in change. the aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of social capital components (cognitive, ele...

Introduction. Pain is an important nonmotor symptom of Parkinson's disease (PD). Brain areas such as the hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex play an important role in the processing of pain. Since these brain areas are also involved in cognitive functioning, for example, episodic memory and executive functions, respectively, we examined whether a relationship exists between cognitive function...