Olfaction is a Marker of Severity but Not Diagnosis in Anorexia Nervosa: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Neuropsychology Review - Researchers have examined if olfaction is a sensitive biomarker of anorexia nervosa, but considerable heterogeneity across studies makes it difficult to reach a consensus....     

Static balance in children with developmental coordination disorder

The purpose of this study was to compare the postural sway profiles of 9/10-year-old children with developmental coordination disorder and balance problems (DCD-BP, n=64) with those of non-DCD children (n=71). We measured center of pressure excursions in conditions with and without vision for 30s while standing still on the dominant leg, the non-dominant leg, or both legs. Sway area, total path length, and Romberg's quotient were analyzed. Most measures differed significantly between groups, except sway area when the children stood with vision on either the dominant leg or both legs. When standing on the dominant leg or both legs, DCD-BP children demonstrated greater total path length in all conditions and a greater sway area in without-vision conditions. DCD-BP children showed more difficulty standing on the non-dominant leg with eyes both open and closed. While boys showed results similar to the total group, the girls with DCD-BP only exhibited significant differences in three conditions with eyes closed, but not with eyes open. Analysis of Romberg's coefficient also indicated that children with DCD-BP did not over-rely on visual information.     

Methodological issues in meta-analyzing standard deviations: Comment on Bond and DePaulo (2008)

In this comment on C. F. Bond and B. M. DePaulo, the authors raise methodological concerns about the approach used to analyze the data. The authors suggest further refinement of the procedures used, and they compare the approach taken by Bond and DePaulo with standard methods for meta-analysis.     

十七大精神与社会正义

十七大报告中八个地方专门提到公平正义的用语,并且明确指出,实现社会公平正义是中国共产党人的一贯主张,是发展中国特色社会主义的重大任务.报告中从社会发展一般目标到具体的制度体制设计对什么是社会主义初级阶段的公平正义的内涵和怎样达致公平正义的目标作了具有时代特征的科学阐释,具有重大的理论和实践意义.     

中国IT业从业人员非技能胜任素质测评系统的研发报告

具备专业知识的专业人员,在不同岗位上工作,有人成功,有人未获成功？非技能胜任素质应当是不可忽视的因素。本项研究以心理学研究和人才测评相结合的方法,对IT业从业人员的非技能胜任素质做了深入的研究,构建了IT业四类关键岗位——管理类、销售类、技术支持类、研发类的非技能胜任素质模型,并探索各胜任素质特征与工作绩效的关系,为IT业内各类岗位人才选拔、评价和培养提供了科学的依据以及人职匹配的操作模型。     

科学思维的心理学探索

科学思维的心理学研究起源于发展心理学的研究传统,在最近三十年不断拓展.本文首先回顾了在科学思维研究的发展过程中,其研究框架和模型的变化;进而阐述了近来科学思维研究所使用的典型实验范式;最后从发展、个体差异、专家新手比较以及教学干预这四个角度综述了近来一些科学思维的心理学研究成果,并探讨了这一领域未来的研究方向.     

Discussion of posthumous organ donation in Chinese families

Since family permission is necessary for organ procurement to occur in China, family discussions about posthumous organ donation are crucial for increasing the actual organ donation and transplant rate. However, this study found that among 298 Chinese young adults, most of them (88%) were reluctant to talk about organ donation with their families. Based on the Theory of Reasoned Action, this study investigated communication within families about organ donation. Psychological factors included intention, attitude, subjective norm, death anxiety, and knowledge. As expected, the subjective norm was more powerful than attitude in explaining family discussions among Chinese people. Death anxiety, but not misconception, also significantly lowered the likelihood of family discussion. It is concluded that future campaigns for lessening death anxiety and promoting the social norm for organ donation must be conducted in Chinese societies, in order to encourage family discussions and improve the donation rate.     

“Emperor Hundun 渾沌”: A Cultural Hermeneutic

Among the four reading-levels, the textual and exegetical levels of Zhuangzi’s Hundun-story are problem-free, and so we focus expository-wise on its conspicuous hospitality (not fighting as other myths) with nine implications. Then, hermeneutically, we see Hundun instructing us against clarity toward unclarity—cosmological, self-composing, cognitive, and communal—of kindly humus, in cosmic confusion, sleep and idleness, mist and pond-dragonfly, and non-ruling people-sovereignty. Pan-hospitality is our Emperor Hundun’s non-arbitrary imperative to nurture life.     

概念改变的本体类别研究

概念改变是科学学习和教学的重要问题。研究表明有些错误概念难于转变,本文从本体类别的观点出发,阐释了错误概念难于改变的原因,进而细致地分析了力的概念,以支持本体类别的观点,最后提出跨本体类别间概念改变的教学对策。     

论孟子的“四维”人格理论及贫困生的人格自我培植与修复

从孟子的“四维”人格理论出发,分析贫困生人格的负性特征,探寻人格建构途径,试图为贫困生的人格培植与修复提供一条内在心性路向的人格建构路径。