Turnout and the Vote: The Joke's on the Democrats

A heavy turnout is commonly believed to favor the Democrats. This study presents theoretical reasoning and empirical evidence that challenge the conventional view. Reasonable assumptions about the behavior of core and peripheral voters lead to the conclusion that the majority party is most likely to suffer when turnout increases, common sense notwithstanding. It also appears that the recent decay of partisan loyalties among voters has eroded the relationship between turnout and the vote.

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A REVIEW ON DISSOCIATIVE PERSPECTIVE OF ATTENTION AND CONSCIOUSNESS

Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews ◽

10.18510/hssr.2019.7559 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (5) ◽

pp. 516-521

Author(s):

Aarushi Agarwal ◽

Ajeet Patel ◽

Tara Singh ◽

Trayambak Tiwari ◽

Anju Lata Singh

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Experimental Design ◽

Visual Attention ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Common Sense ◽

The Other ◽

Top Down ◽

Ongoing Debate ◽

The Future ◽

The Relationship

Purpose of the study: To answer the two existing controversies regarding attention and consciousness as brain processes. 1) Can one be aware of objects or events without attending to it? 2) Can one attend to objects or events without being aware of it? And also how top-down attention and awareness have opposing functions. Methodology: This article is a systematic review of the relationship between visual attention and awareness. An extensive elaborate study on concepts relating to attention and consciousness dissociation has been done. In this article we also narrow it down to experimental design that requires independent manipulation of each. Which include top-down attention and awareness aspect of consciousness? Main Findings: Many researches have been put forward supporting the independent nature of attention from awareness using sophisticated experimental and physiological shreds of evidence. On the other hand, some researches still stick to the contemporary common-sense notion of no awareness no attention. Our evaluation suggests an independent nature of attention and awareness. Application: This article intends to give a clear perspective of the ongoing debate on the relationship between attention and consciousness. Simplification of both umbrella terms will give basis for building more empirical evidence. Novelty: Further, this article put forward studies on both sides of debate aiming to bridge the gap to get a conclusive outlook in the future.

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Spotting a liar by looking for microexpressions: Challenges and Opportunities

10.31234/osf.io/72yrq ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Xunbing Shen

Keyword(s):

Empirical Evidence ◽

Deception Detection ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

High Stake ◽

Challenges And Opportunities ◽

Cues To Deception ◽

The Relationship

Microexpressions do exist, and they are regarded as valid cues to deception by many researchers, furthermore, there is a lot of empirical evidence which substantiates this claim. However, some researchers don’t think the microexpression can be a way to catch a liar. The author elucidates the theories predicting that looking for microexpressions can be a way to catch a liar, and notes that some data can support for the utilization of microexpressions as a good way to detect deception. In addition, the author thinks that the mixed results in the area of investigating microexpressions and deception detection may be moderated by the stake. More empirical studies which employ high-stake lies to explore the relationship between microexpressions and deception detection are needed.

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Perspectives

10.1093/oso/9780198789680.003.0009 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Armin Schnider

Keyword(s):

Experimental Investigation ◽

Experimental Evidence ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

False Memories ◽

Experimental Basis ◽

The Relationship ◽

Scientific Standards

This chapter summarizes current interpretations of all forms of confabulations discussed in the book and reviews the relationship between the four forms of memory-related confabulations. Experimental investigation has confirmed the dissociation between various types of false memories and considerably advanced the understanding of the mechanisms of some forms of confabulation, in particular behaviourally spontaneous confabulation and false statements in anosognosia. Overall, experimental evidence is scarce; many models have no controlled experimental basis or extend their proposed range of application well beyond the empirical evidence. The chapter concludes with a call for heightened respect of basic scientific standards in the research on confabulation.

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Exploring the relationship between remittances received, education expenditures, energy use, income, poverty, and economic growth: fresh empirical evidence in the context of selected remittances receiving countries

Environmental Science and Pollution Research ◽

10.1007/s11356-020-11943-1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Shah Zaman ◽

Zilong Wang ◽

Qamar uz Zaman

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Energy Use ◽

Income Poverty ◽

Education Expenditures ◽

The Relationship

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Exploring the relationship between valuation and stewardship uses of accounting information: Empirical evidence from German listed firms

Journal of International Accounting Auditing and Taxation ◽

10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2020.100375 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 100375

Author(s):

Viktoria Aust ◽

Christoph Pelger ◽

Christian Drefahl

Keyword(s):

Empirical Evidence ◽

Accounting Information ◽

Listed Firms ◽

The Relationship

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Ontology and Perception

Essays in Philosophy ◽

10.5840/eip20045135 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 43-58

Author(s):

Jeffrey S. Galko ◽

Keyword(s):

Common Sense ◽

The Other ◽

Cognitive Capacity ◽

Complex Environment ◽

Starting Point ◽

Ontological Question ◽

The One ◽

Bodies Of Water ◽

The Relationship

The ontological question of what there is, from the perspective of common sense, is intricately bound to what can be perceived. The above observation, when combined with the fact that nouns within language can be divided between nouns that admit counting, such as ‘pen’ or ‘human’, and those that do not, such as ‘water’ or ‘gold’, provides the starting point for the following investigation into the foundations of our linguistic and conceptual phenomena. The purpose of this paper is to claim that such phenomena are facilitated by, on the one hand, an intricate cognitive capacity, and on the other by the complex environment within which we live. We are, in a sense, cognitively equipped to perceive discrete instances of matter such as bodies of water. This equipment is related to, but also differs from, that devoted to the perception of objects such as this computer. Behind this difference in cognitive equipment underlies a rich ontology, the beginnings of which lies in the distinction between matter and objects. The following paper is an attempt to make explicit the relationship between matter and objects and also provide a window to our cognition of such entities.

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