BACKGROUND Medication complexity is a large determinant of adherence. Few studies have explored the relationship between cognitive impairment and medication complexity. OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether cognitive impairment is associated with medication complexity for prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medications. METHODS In this cross-sectional analysis, we studied the association betwee...

This book addresses the problem of how to cope with the information explosion and the subsequent information-based complexity that characterizes our era. The human pattern of adaptation to information appears to consist of looking for discrepancies, ignore what is constant and quickly respond to sudden shifts. However, today the amount of change is huge, and we are constantly bombarded with inf...

Some implications of the view that mind is a suitably complex kind of process are investigated in various contexts. The underlying theme is that the behavior of complex systems cannot be adequately judged by that of simple systems. I rst present a personal exploration of the mechanistic account of mind in terms of non-technical considerations; then I present and criticize some ideas of Kripke, ...

This research explores an aspect of developers’ cognitive structure based on the theory of cognitive complexity. Underlying structure for information processing is the central topic of a variety of theories known collectively as complexity theories. These theories address the structural dimensions that underlie the flow, processing, and use of information within individual, team or organization...

Several studies have highlighted the combined role of emotions and reasoning in the determination of judgments about morality. Here we explore the influence of Kolmogorov complexity in the determination, not only of moral judgment, but also of the associated narrative interest. We designed an experiment to test the predictions of our complexity-based model when applied to moral dilemmas. It con...

The purpose of this paper is to identify the key roles that enable e-leaders to build high-quality exchanges with their team members. We use behavioral complexity theory to analyze the roles played by leaders of virtual teams, and helping them to develop effective leader-member exchanges (LMX). We draw up a research model to explain how e-leaders build cooperative and collaborative relationship...

in brain areas usually associated with both the trigger sensation and the secondary sensation. For example, activation in left colour-sensitive cortex occurred in word– colour synaesthetes hearing words [14] but not in nonsynaesthetes trained to associate colour with words [15]. Many issues concerning the anatomy underlying information processing in synaesthesia remain to be elucidated but this...