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Working memory (i.e., the capacity to maintain, manipulate, and retrieve multiple bundles of information) has been shown to be independent of, albeit correlated with, intelligence (g), and is variable across the population. As a result, the question h . . .

Due to the current economic decline, numerous employees are faced not only with financial concerns, but with the additional stressor of potentially losing their jobs. This feeling of powerlessness in the workforce is referred to as job insecurity. Whe . . .

The noncompetitive NMDA antagonists PCP and ketamine are valuable in research aimed at understanding a variety of disorders. Current findings are generating an interest in the mechanisms by which these drugs modify behavior, a process which is not ful . . .

Previous research has demonstrated that lower emotional awareness, lower conscientiousness, and higher neuroticism scores correlate with substance use. Additionally, substance users have been found to have more difficulty controlling their impulses. N . . .

Social norms approaches have emerged as promising intervention strategies in promoting individual-level conservation behavior. In order to maximize the effectiveness of these approaches, it is important to further understand what factors moderate norm . . .

Autism affects 1 of 50 children in the United States (Blumberg et al., 2013). Given its high rate of occurrence, many children are growing and providing care for siblings in a family context that contains an autistic child. Due to this provision of ca . . .