Cognitive Impact Research Articles

Research on the Spillover Effect of Fan Behavior on Star Image in the Idol Industry Era

With the increasing public influence of stars, this paper takes the famous '2.27' event among Chinese fans as the fundamental perspective to deeply analyze the formation process of the Chinese idol industry and fan culture. In this process, it is found that fan behavior plays a vital role in the public perception of a star's image, which can not only make the celebrity more valued by the sponsor but also make the public have a strong aversion to a particular star. This study summarized and analyzed the specific behavior of fans and its significance. Based on the existing studies, it elaborated how the spillover effect of star image from the psychological perspective produced and had a cognitive impact on the public through the primacy effect, recency effect, and halo effect. In view of the negative spillover effect caused by fans' behavior, the paper also gives two levels of stars' personal and social supervision to deal with the problem and attempts to improve the wrong order in the star-worshiping group.

Unplugged Minds: Navigating the Cognitive Impact of Smartphones in a Connected World

The ubiquitous presence of smartphones has transformed the way humans interact with technology and has significantly influenced various aspects of modern life. While smartphones provide immense convenience and access to information, concerns have emerged regarding their potential negative impact on cognitive abilities. This research paper critically reviews the existing literature on how smartphone use may be associated with declining intelligence and cognitive performance. The paper examines various studies, experiments, and surveys conducted over the years, presenting the current state of knowledge on this topic. Additionally, it explores potential mechanisms through which excessive smartphone usage might affect cognitive functioning and suggests areas for future research.

Impact of Psychological Empowerment of Organizational Citizenship Behaviour: A Study of Private Insurance Companies in the Northern Province, Sri Lanka

Organizational citizenship behaviour of employees is one of the main factors for successful operations of insurance businesses and thus there is a need for examining the determinants of organizational citizenship behaviour. This study aims to investigate psychological empowerment as a determinant of organizational citizenship behaviour among employees in the insurance sector in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. A survey strategy was employed in a cross-sectional time horizon. The present study was explanatory and a sample of 192 employees working in the private insurance companies in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka was selected based on convenience sampling technique. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed to ascertain validity and reliability and the validated measurement models of the study constructs were integrated in the structural equation model using AMOS software. The results of structural model revealed that the meaning cognition and the competence cognition of psychological empowerment positively impact organizational citizenship behaviour and the impact of competence cognition is high than the meaning cognition. The findings stress the need for empowerment of employees for promoting organizational citizenship behaviour among the employees of insurance sector. The insurance sector administrators will be able to apply the study’s findings for improving employees’ organizational citizenship behaviour.

Domain-specific neuropsychological investigation of CAA with and without intracerebral haemorrhage

BackgroundCerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is associated with cognitive impairment, but the contributions of lobar intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH), underlying diffuse vasculopathy, and neurodegeneration, remain uncertain. We investigated the domain-specific neuropsychological profile of CAA with and without ICH, and their associations with structural neuroimaging features.MethodsData were collected from patients with possible or probable CAA attending a specialist outpatient clinic. Patients completed standardised neuropsychological assessment covering seven domains. MRI scans were scored for markers of cerebral small vessel disease and neurodegeneration. Patients were grouped into those with and without a macro-haemorrhage (CAA-ICH and CAA-non-ICH).ResultsWe included 77 participants (mean age 72, 65% male). 26/32 (81%) CAA-non-ICH patients and 41/45 (91%) CAA-ICH patients were impaired in at least one cognitive domain. Verbal IQ and non-verbal IQ were the most frequently impaired, followed by executive functions and processing speed. We found no significant differences in the frequency of impairment across domains between the two groups. Medial temporal atrophy was the imaging feature most consistently associated with cognitive impairment (both overall and in individual domains) in both univariable and multivariable analyses.DiscussionCognitive impairment is common in CAA, even in the absence of ICH, suggesting a key role for diffuse processes related to small vessel disease and/or neurodegeneration. Our findings indicate that neurodegeneration, possibly due to co-existing Alzheimer’s disease pathology, may be the most important contributor. The observation that general intelligence is the most frequently affected domain suggests that CAA has a generalised rather than focal cognitive impact.

Cognitive ability impact on life insurance lapsation


 
 
 Life insurance is an important household risk management and financial tool. Policy lapsation has economic effects on life insurance companies, policyholders, and beneficiaries that may be detrimental when these lapses are unexpected. Prior literature examined several hypotheses of life insurance lapse focusing mainly on macroeconomic factors using aggregate data and household microeconomic factors using household-level data. We introduce and test individual cognitive ability variables in a model of the life insurance voluntary lapse decision by individual policyholders using household-level data from the Health and Retirement Study. We find that one measure of cognitive ability, in particular, numer- acy, is related to the voluntary lapse decision. While controlling for numeracy, we find evidence that those individuals with higher levels of net worth are less likely to voluntarily lapse a policy which is consistent with the emergency fund hypothesis. We introduce a new measure of liquidity shock, kids moving home, into the model and find it has a strong positive relationship with the decision to voluntar- ily lapse a policy. Consistent with life insurance demand theory, we find that those who have recently entered retirement are more likely to lapse their policy.
 
 

Quantifying The Physical Demands And Cognitive Impacts Of A Military Tactical Scenario-based Field Exercise

Quantifying The Physical Demands And Cognitive Impacts Of A Military Tactical Scenario-based Field Exercise

Reflecting on Memory, Imagination and Place: Reading Janet Frame’s The Envoy from Mirror City Through a Cognitive Literary Lens

ABSTRACT Although Janet Frame’s oeuvre has attracted sustained critical attention, her autobiographical writing has sometimes been characterised as inferior to her ‘innovative, sophisticated, post-modern fiction’ (Bazin 2011, 1). Contrasting with such views, I explore the textured literary construction and potential cognitive impact of Frame's central metaphor of Mirror City in her third autobiographical volume, The Envoy from Mirror City (1984). This interdisciplinary discussion builds on, and extends the critical approaches of scholars such as Claire Bazin and Simon Petch, who examine the wide-ranging ‘hermeneutic’ capacities of Frame’s Autobiography (Bazin 2011, 4), and its ‘processes of transformation of fact into autobiographical truth’ (Petch 1991, 59). Focusing specifically on Mirror City's components of memory, imagination, and space, my bi-focal study of narrative representation and potential readerly impact strives to illuminate how Frame’s autobiographical writing facilitates the markedly interactive nature of exchange that characterises literary life writing. In analysing textual and cognitive interplays among narrative technique, memory, imagination, place, visual imagery, conceptual blending, and the default mode network, I demonstrate how Frame constructs her shimmering textual vision of Mirror City, and how this cognitive configuration encourages interactive readerly engagements with personal recollections, and/or active contemplations of the roles of imagination and place in experiential remembering.

Effect of cognitive bias on the consumption of broiler products in China; the role of information acquisition channels

PurposeBroiler meat is the most commonly used meat product worldwide. Although China is regarded as one of the three largest broiler producers, the per capita chicken consumption remains low. Consumers' cognitive bias and the information acquisition channels are believed to be the main factors contributing to this. This paper aims to discuss the aforementioned issue.Design/methodology/approachTo explore the phenomenon empirically, the current study uses the survey data of 1,056 consumers from China and analyses them using ordered logistic regression.FindingsThe results revealed that consumers' cognitive bias significantly affects their behaviour toward broiler products, and the order of influence is cognitive bias regarding industry cognitive > product nutrition and taste > food safety. The study further revealed that the more diverse the information acquisition channels, the more likely they are to promote consumer behaviour toward broiler chickens. The order of influence of the channels was self-organising > new media > traditional media.Practical implicationsOverall, the findings suggest that the government and enterprises should strengthen and upgrade information channels to boost both the broiler industry and consumer consumption behaviour regarding poultry products.Originality/valueRather than the usual focus on the impact of consumer cognition on consumer behaviour, this study examines the impact of cognitive bias on consumer behaviour. Further, centring on broiler products with high protein, low fat and feed-to-meat ratios, this study explores the reasons the per capita consumption of broiler products in China is far lower than the national average.

Risk Cognition, Social Learning, and Farmers’ Adoption of Conservation Agriculture Technology

Soil degradation and declining soil fertility are prominent issues for sustainable agricultural development in China. Therefore, it is of great significance to promote the adoption rate of conservation agriculture technology. Risk cognition and technology adoption are closely related, but this perspective is rarely focused on, and it is essential to discuss the influence of social learning on the impact. The Loess Plateau is a representative area for promoting and implementing conservation agriculture techniques. By collecting face-to-face survey data from 1268 farmers in Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Ningxia provinces in China, this study used the binary probit model to examine the impact of risk cognition on the adoption of conservation agriculture technology and the influence of social learning on the impact. The results showed that risk cognition has a significant positive impact on the adoption of conservation agriculture technology; social learning significantly enhances the effect of risk cognition on farmers’ adoption of conservation agriculture technology. Both offline practical learning through “learning by doing” and online learning with ICT play an important moderating role in the impact; a high level of social learning enhances risk cognition to a greater extent and promotes enthusiasm for adopting conservation agriculture technology. Therefore, the value of farmers’ risk cognition should be considered in promoting and implementing conservation agriculture technology. Moreover, expanding offline and online social learning channels is crucial to improve farmers’ risk cognition and promote the adoption of conservation agriculture technology.

Whole genome deconvolution unveils Alzheimer’s resilient epigenetic signature

Assay for Transposase Accessible Chromatin by sequencing (ATAC-seq) accurately depicts the chromatin regulatory state and altered mechanisms guiding gene expression in disease. However, bulk sequencing entangles information from different cell types and obscures cellular heterogeneity. To address this, we developed Cellformer, a deep learning method that deconvolutes bulk ATAC-seq into cell type-specific expression across the whole genome. Cellformer enables cost-effective cell type-specific open chromatin profiling in large cohorts. Applied to 191 bulk samples from 3 brain regions, Cellformer identifies cell type-specific gene regulatory mechanisms involved in resilience to Alzheimer’s disease, an uncommon group of cognitively healthy individuals that harbor a high pathological load of Alzheimer’s disease. Cell type-resolved chromatin profiling unveils cell type-specific pathways and nominates potential epigenetic mediators underlying resilience that may illuminate therapeutic opportunities to limit the cognitive impact of the disease. Cellformer is freely available to facilitate future investigations using high-throughput bulk ATAC-seq data.

Finance and intelligence: An overview of the literature

AbstractDo more intelligent investors take better economic decisions than less intelligent ones? Is risk attitude, in particular risk/loss aversion, linked to cognitive ability? Does an investor's cognitive ability impact his/her patience? Is financial performance positively linked to investor's intelligence? These research questions have become highly relevant with the development of behavioral economics and behavioral finance, following the recognition that humans are not homo economicus. This paper reviews the several strands of literature devoted to answering the above questions. We first discuss the barely debated definitions and measures of intelligence/cognitive ability used in psychology, economics, and finance. We then review the results related to the (controversial) link between risk aversion and cognitive ability. We observe that the literature provides clear results for patience; individuals with a higher level of cognitive ability being more patient on average. Finally, we review the contributions linking (successfully or not) portfolio choice and financial performance to cognitive ability.

How Does Epidemic Prevention Training for Pig Breeding Affect Cleaning and Disinfection Procedures Adoption? Evidence from Chinese Pig Farms.

African Swine Fever (ASF) is a highly infectious disease, severely affecting domestic pigs and wild boar. It has significantly contributed to economic losses within the pig farming industry. As a critical component of biosecurity measures, the selection of cleaning and disinfection (C&D) procedures is a dynamic and long-term decision that demands a deeper knowledge base among pig farmers. This study uses a binary logit model to explore the effect of epidemic prevention training on the adoption of C&D procedures among pig farmers with irregular and regular C&D procedures based on micro-survey data obtained from 333 pig farmers from Sichuan. The endogeneity issue was handled using propensity score matching, resulting in solid conclusions. In addition, the critical mediating impact of biosecurity cognition was investigated using a bootstrap analysis. The empirical study demonstrated that epidemic prevention training encourages pig farmers to adopt C&D procedures, with biosecurity cognition significantly mediating. Furthermore, epidemic prevention training was more likely to promote the adoption of C&D procedures among pig farmers with shorter breeding experiences and those having breeding insurance. Our study emphasized the importance of implementing epidemic prevention training to improving pig farmers' biosecurity cognition and promoting the adoption of C&D procedures. The results included suggested references for preventing ASF and the next epidemic of animal diseases.

Influence of posttraumatic stress reaction and posttraumatic cognition on dissociative experiences according to the nature of traumatic experiences: A survey on Japanese young adults.

Although the relationship between dissociation and traumatic experiences has been debated, many studies focus on the context of traumatic experiences. Alternatively, basic research that examines the relationship of symptoms of posttraumatic experiences and cognitive characteristics of dissociation as an individual difference among experiencers has been lacking. To address this research gap, this study examines the influence of posttraumatic symptoms and cognition on dissociative experiences given the nature of traumatic experiences. This study administered the Events Checklist, the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES), the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R), and the Japanese version of the Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory to 1,036 Japanese adolescents. It investigated differences in dissociative experiences according to the presence of and cumulative traumatic experiences. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis was conducted to determine the influence of sex and the nature of traumatic experiences, posttraumatic symptoms (IES-R), and cognition on dissociative experiences. The results demonstrated no differences in DES based on the number of traumatic experiences. Moreover, this study observed the impact of cognition in posttraumatic experience on dissociation. This study provides essential data on the distribution of dissociative experiences among Japanese adolescents with traumatic experiences and exposure to adversity. Finally, it highlights the importance of focusing on posttraumatic cognitive characteristics, particularly negative self-perception, and discusses the implications to enhance understanding of dissociative experiences. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

Cognitive impact on patients with COVID-19 infection

BackgroundSARS‐COV‐2 infection reframed medical knowledge in many aspects, yet there is still a lot to be discovered. Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) can cause neuropsychiatric, psychological, and psychosocial impairments. Literature regarding the cognitive impact of COVID-19 is still limited.This study aims to evaluate cognitive function, anxiety, and depression among patients with coronavirus disease 19.MethodsSixty COVID-19 patients were recruited and sub-grouped according to the site of care into three groups, home isolation, ward, and RICU, and compared with 60 matched control participants. Entire clinical history, O2 saturation, mini-mental state examination (MMSE), Hamilton’s anxiety (HAM-A), and depression rating scales (HAM-D) were assessed.ResultsMMSE showed significantly lowest results for the ICU group, with a value of 21.65 ± 3.52. Anxiety levels were the highest for the ICU group, with a highly significant difference vs. the home isolation group (42.45 ± 4.85 vs. 27.05 ± 9.52; p< 0.001). Depression values assessed showed a highly significant difference in intergroup comparison (44.8 ± 6.64 vs. 28.7 ± 7.54 vs. 31.25 ± 8.89; p<0.001, for ICU vs. ward vs. home group, respectively).MMSE revealed a significant negative correlation with age and education level, anxiety level had significant negative correlations with severity of illness and male gender, and depression level had highly significant negative correlations with severity of illness and male gender.ConclusionBoth cognitive and neuropsychiatric symptoms were affected in COVID-19 cases, especially in ICU-admitted patients. The impact of these disorders was significant in older age, lower oxygen saturation, and severe disease.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov. NCT05293561. Registered on March 24, 2022.

Impact of depression on the perception of fatigue and information processing speed in a cohort of multiple sclerosis patients

BackgroundInformation processing speed is commonly impaired in people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS). However, depression and fatigue can affect the cognitive profile of patients: fatigue has a negative impact from the disease’s earliest stage and a reduced information processing speed is often associated with higher levels of depression. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the correlations between information processing speed and physical fatigue in a cohort of Italian PwMS from a single center, considering the effect of depression.MethodsTwo hundred (W = 128; mean age = 39.83 years; SD = 11.86) PwMS, from the Bari University Hospital, underwent testing for processing speed (Symbol Digit Modalities Test [SDMT]), fatigue level (Fatigue Severity Scale [FSS]), and depression (Beck’s Depression Inventory [BDI]).ResultsStatistically significant correlations emerged between SDMT and FSS, SDMT and BDI, FSS and BDI. Mediation analyses revealed that while physical fatigue had no significant direct negative effect on information processing speed (z=-0.891; p > 0.05), depression predicted the relationship between fatigue and information processing speed (z=-2.181; p < 0.05).ConclusionOur findings showed that cognitive performance at SDMT was not affected by patients’ perceived level of physical fatigue, but by depression. The presence of a high BDI score mediates the physical fatigue on cognitive performance impact.

“Intangible cultural heritage” label in destination marketing toolkits: Does it work and how?

Attaching the “intangible cultural heritage” (ICH) label to heritage streets is an emerging trend in China. The phenomenon remains unexplored in many countries rich in ICH resources. This study investigates whether labeling ICH is a useful marketing tool and identifies the mechanism behind how label cognition affects the tourist's intention to visit a destination. Results show that cognition about the ICH label, which combines one's level of label awareness, label-related attitudes, and label-associated recall, positively influences behavioral intention. Furthermore, one's emotions regarding the ICH label and the perceived destination image serve as mediators between label cognition and behavioral intention. Lastly, when cultural identity is high, the impact of label cognition is strong in evoking positive emotions, destination image, and behavioral intention. This study offers preliminary empirical evidence for the roles of the ICH label and can inform marketing strategies for ICH-related destinations.

Casual Games, Cognition, and Play across the Lifespan: A Critical Synthesis

Games, including video games have long been associated with both rhetorics of progress and frivolity, simultaneously recruiting efforts to employ games toward furthering cognitive skills, while also eliciting concerns about the decadence of players. Casual games, defined as games with a low barrier to entry and quick play sessions often focus on cognitively-oriented challenges and are perceived by many players to promote cognitive, social, and emotional benefits. Research on the cognitive, social, and emotional impact of casual games now spans games marketed as entertainment, “brain games,” and digital therapeutics; despite these games sharing similar qualities, the bodies of research literature on them remains largely distinct. This review finds little support for the cognitive benefits of playing casual games, with exception of the elderly or those with dementia. This research synthesis finds evidence for the social and emotional benefits of casual games when they are sought for these purposes, played mindfully, and within robust social contexts. However, the same games, when played in different contexts can have negative consequences, consistent with findings from the mindset literature more broadly. Researchers thus should take seriously the context of game play, perhaps treating the emergent phenomena of play as the unit of analysis, rather than the media artifact.

Аксиологические ориентиры в социальной рекламе для российской молодежи

&lt;p&gt;This study aims to clarify the role of axiology in advertising. The axiological component has been considered in the composition of social advertising for young people in present-day Russia. The materials of the analysis (including linguistic analysis) of advertising messages published in the official Telegram channel of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh) for the first semester 2023 are presented. The results make it possible to point to a number of relevant and socially significant values, which are formed in the minds of the readers of this information source and young citizens of the Russian Federation. It is noted that there is a need for interdisciplinary research to determine the cognitive impact of advertising on consumers.&lt;/p&gt;

Building a Sustainable Brand Relationship: Analysis of Brand Functional Value and Customer Emotional Cognition in Using the MyParmad Application

This study examines the impact of brand functional value and customer emotional cognition on sustainable brand relationships between users and the MyParmad application. The results suggest that functional value has a more significant influence on the sustainable brand relationship than the emotional cognition of the customer. Nevertheless, emotional cognition is still an essential factor in promoting sustainable brand relationships based on the functional value of an application. By considering user feedback and implementing innovative ideas, organizations like Universitas Paramadina can improve their applications' functional aspects and strengthen their service concepts. Brand functional value and emotional cognition affect the formation of these relationships, and organizations like Universitas Paramadina can strengthen their service concepts by considering user feedback and implementing innovative ideas. The study used a purposive sampling technique to gather data from 103 Universitas Paramadina students via an electronic questionnaire during February-March 2023. The survey consisted of 28 Likert scale questions based on previous research on brand functional value, customer emotional cognition, and sustainable brand relationships.

Educational strategies in the health professions to mitigate cognitive and implicit bias impact on decision making: a scoping review

BackgroundCognitive and implicit biases negatively impact clinicians’ decision-making capacity and can have devastating consequences for safe, effective, and equitable healthcare provision. Internationally, health care clinicians play a critical role in identifying and overcoming these biases. To be workforce ready, it is important that educators proactively prepare all pre-registration healthcare students for real world practice. However, it is unknown how and to what extent health professional educators incorporate bias training into curricula. To address this gap, this scoping review aims to explore what approaches to teaching cognitive and implicit bias, for entry to practice students, have been studied, and what are the evidence gaps that remain.MethodsThis scoping review was guided by the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology. Databases were searched in May 2022 and included CINAHL, Cochrane, JBI, Medline, ERIC, Embase, and PsycINFO. The Population, Concept and Context framework was used to guide keyword and index terms used for search criteria and data extraction by two independent reviewers. Quantitative and qualitative studies published in English exploring pedagogical approaches and/or educational techniques, strategies, teaching tools to reduce the influence of bias in health clinicians' decision making were sought to be included in this review. Results are presented numerically and thematically in a table accompanied by a narrative summary.ResultsOf the 732 articles identified, 13 met the aim of this study. Most publications originated from the United States (n=9). Educational practice in medicine accounted for most studies (n=8), followed by nursing and midwifery (n=2). A guiding philosophy or conceptual framework for content development was not indicated in most papers. Educational content was mainly provided via face-to-face (lecture/tutorial) delivery (n=10). Reflection was the most common strategy used for assessment of learning (n=6). Cognitive biases were mainly taught in a single session (n=5); implicit biases were taught via a mix of single (n=4) and multiple sessions (n=4).ConclusionsA range of pedagogical strategies were employed; most commonly, these were face-to-face, class-based activities such as lectures and tutorials. Assessments of student learning were primarily based on tests and personal reflection. There was limited use of real-world settings to educate students about or build skills in biases and their mitigation. There may be a valuable opportunity in exploring approaches to building these skills in the real-world settings that will be the workplaces of our future healthcare workers.