Action video game players (AVGPs) have been shown to outperform non-action video game players (NVGPs) on tasks of perception and attention. Here we set out to investigate if these benefits also extended to another cognitive domain, memory. In particular, while there is some previous evidence suggesting AVGPs demonstrate better visual short-term memory, it is unclear whether this extends to long...

The challenge of the next decade is to effectively expend our limited resources to continually deliver better information resources through e-publishing mechanisms. This keynote will focus upon the benefits of collaboration and the means by which collaboration is particularly benefiting digital preservation strategies for the e-publishing community. We need to build sustainably, providing publi...

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The idea of left(right) palindromic permutations(LPPs,RPPs) and left(right) generalized Smarandache palindromic permutations(LGSPPs,RGSPPs) are introduced in symmetric groups Sn of degree n. It is shown that in Sn, there exist a LPP and a RPP and they are unique(this fact is demonstrated using S2 and S3). The dihedral group Dn is shown to be generated by a RGSPP and a LGSPP(this is observed to ...

The business community demands payoff from Information Technology (IT) investment. However, both academic and trade literature report mixed results about the business value of IT. Several research and contextual issues might explain these equivocal results and suggest guidelines for future studies. This tutorial discusses these issues and provides directions for future research in measuring IT ...

BACKGROUND Social capital research has consistently shown positive associations between generalised trust and health outcomes over 2 decades. Longitudinal studies attempting to test causal relationships further support the theory that trust is an independent predictor of health. However, as the reverse causality hypothesis has yet to be empirically tested, a knowledge gap remains. The aim of th...

The purpose of the current study was to determine if test reactivity is a concern in empirical studies of identity. That is, the goal was to establish if the process of measuring identity provokes identity exploration. Should measuring an individual’s identity lead him or her to begin considering identity-relevant issues, the experimenter has unintentionally altered the degree to which one is e...

The purpose of the present study was to find out if children between 8 and 10 years of age, from Croatia and Finland, are (i) able to identify appropriate voices from non-appropriate voices and (ii) are abusive in their voices. The third (iii) aim was to compare girls’ and boys’ vocal identity to each other. A structured questionnaire (BolfanStosic, 2000) was used to investigate the children’s ...