Cargando…
Searching for answers in an uncertain world: Meaning threats lead to increased working memory capacity
The Meaning Maintenance Model posits that individuals seek to resolve uncertainty by searching for patterns in the environment, yet little is known about how this is accomplished. Four studies investigated whether uncertainty has an effect on people’s cognitive functioning. In particular, we investi...
Autores principales: | Randles, Daniel, Benjamin, Rachele, Martens, Jason P., Heine, Steven J. |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Public Library of Science
2018
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6169904/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30281622 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204640 |
Ejemplares similares
-
The Psychological Benefits of an Uncertain World: Hope and Optimism in the Face of Existential Threat
por: Smithson, Michael, et al.
Publicado: (2022) -
Uncertain science ... uncertain world
por: Pollack, Henry N
Publicado: (2003) -
Adapting to an Uncertain World: Cognitive Capacity and Causal Reasoning with Ambiguous Observations
por: Shou, Yiyun, et al.
Publicado: (2015) -
How Should Prey Animals Respond to Uncertain Threats?
por: Zylberberg, Joel, et al.
Publicado: (2011) -
Guidance in an uncertain world
por: Moppett, Iain K., et al.
Publicado: (2020)