A recent study showed that many people spontaneously report vivid memories of events that they do not believe to have occurred [1]. In the present experiment we tested for the first time whether, after powerful false memories have been created, debriefing might leave behind nonbelieved memories for the fake events. In Session 1 participants imitated simple actions, and in Session 2 they saw doc...

This review proposes a critical reassessment (based entirely on published evidence) of the following seven common beliefs about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): (1) COPD is one disease. (2) There is a valid definition for COPD. (The current definition includes cases of irreversible asthma and bronchiectasis, and occasionally, other obstructive lung conditions). (3) Irreversible ast...

The use of sensitivity analysis is routine in some fields of empirical econometrics, although econometric theorists have generally taken a critical attitude towards it. This paper presents a framework in which arguments for and against such analysis can be evaluated. It appears that sensitivity is not necessarily a bad, nor sturdiness necessarily a good.

This paper l)reseltts a system that is c~q)abte of representing sit-us,loss, states, anci nondeterminlstic lIOIlinOllOtollic Oil'COllie actions ,lccmTillg ill multiple possible worlds. :['he systcnl sup ports explicit representations of actions and situations used in intentional action theory and situation theory. [lath types mid instances ere supported. Situations ¢md statc"a before a,d aftel-...

By most accounts (1 ), the development of bar code technology is credited to 2 graduate students at Drexel University. In 1948, Bernard Silver had overheard the president of a local grocery chain asking a dean at the University whether they could develop a system to read product information at checkout. Silver told his colleague Norman Woodland of this request. After one failed idea involving u...