scholarly journals Value-based routing of delayed intentions into brain-based vs external memory stores

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawa Dupont ◽  
Qianmeng Zhu ◽  
Sam Gilbert
Keyword(s):  
External Environment ◽  
External Memory ◽  
Memory Enhancement ◽  
Internal Memory

Individuals have the option of remembering delayed intentions by storing them in internal memory or offloading them to an external store such as a diary or smartphone alert. How do we route intentions to the appropriate store, and what are the consequences of this? We report three experiments (two pre-registered) investigating the role of value. In Experiment 1, participants preferentially offloaded high-value intentions to the external environment. This improved memory for both high- and low-value content. Experiment 2 replicated the low-value memory enhancement even when only high-value intentions were offloaded. This suggests that internal memory is reallocated to low-value information once it is no longer required for high-value content. Experiment 3 showed that memory is better for low- than high-value content when external memory for high-value content fails. Therefore, individuals prioritize high-value information for external memory; consequently, they can be left with nothing but low-value information if it fails.

scholarly journals Hegemonic Distortions: The Securitisation of the Insurgency in Thailand's Deep South

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-232
Author(s):  
Nicole Jenne ◽  
Jun Yan Chang
Keyword(s):  
External Environment ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Deep South ◽  
Internal Security ◽  
Current Period ◽  
Security Challenges ◽  
Islamist Terrorism ◽  
Political Decisions

AbstractThe conflict between the Thai state and the Malay-Muslim insurgency in the country's Deep South is one of Southeast Asia's most persistent internal security challenges. The start of the current period of violence dates back to the early 2000s, and since then, a significant number of studies exploring the renewed escalation have been published. In this study, we argue that existing scholarship has not adequately accounted for the external environment in which political decisions were taken on how to deal with the southern insurgency. We seek to show how the internationally dominant, hegemonic security agenda of so-called non-traditional security (NTS) influenced the Thai government's approach to the conflict. Building upon the Copenhagen School's securitisation theory, we show how the insurgency became securitised under the dominant NTS narrative, leading to the adoption of harsh measures and alienating discourses that triggered the escalation of violence that continues today. The specific NTS frameworks that ‘distorted’ the Thai state's approach of one that had been informed solely by local facts and conditions were those of anti-narcotics and Islamist terrorism, albeit in different ways. Based on the findings from the case study, the article concludes with a reflection on the role of the hegemonic NTS agenda and its implications for Southeast Asian politics and scholarship.

scholarly journals THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO EVALUATION OF INVESTMENT ATTRACTIVENESS OF REGIONS OF UKRAINE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liudmyla Sokolova ◽  
Anita Lytvynova
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Modeling ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Comparative Assessment ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Its Regions ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Statistical Indicators ◽  
Integral Indicator

Currently, when the Ukrainian economy is developing in an unstable, uncertain, aggressive, dynamic external environment, there is an urgent need to increase the level of investment attractiveness of each region of the country and, as a consequence, the need to increase attention to scientific and methodological support for assessing the integral indicator of investment attractiveness region. In connection with the decentralization of public administration in Ukraine, the role of local authorities in improving the socio-economic situation of its regions is increasing. In the context of real limited financial resources in the country, the problem of increasing the level of investment attractiveness of each region is becoming urgent as a characteristic that allows active investors to form an idea of the state of potential investment objects, as well as ensuring the reliability of obtaining the expected results. It should be noted that the choice of assessment indicators is subjective and depends on the goal of the investor. Such a format for solving this problem requires an assessment of the investment attractiveness of regions based on economic and mathematical modeling. Although there are many developments in this area, today there is no single effective method for assessing the investment attractiveness of the region. The work reveals the essence of the concept of investment attractiveness of a region, defines the methodological provisions of its assessment, the implementation of which requires the use of certain data from official regional statistics. Based on the basic local statistical indicators of the Kharkov, Kiev and Odessa regions of the country, a comparative assessment of their investment attractiveness was carried out. The methodological approaches and parameters determining the investment attractiveness of the regions of Ukraine have been analyzed. The information on the level of investment attractiveness of Kharkiv, Kiev and Odessa regions in 2019 has been systematised, the integral indicator of its evaluation has been defined. In the future, it is recommended to calculate the integral indicator of investment attractiveness for all regions of the country in dynamics.

scholarly journals Role of glucocorticoid receptor-mediated mechanisms in cocaine memory enhancement

2017 ◽  
Vol 123 ◽  
pp. 349-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.J. Stringfield ◽  
J.A. Higginbotham ◽  
R. Wang ◽  
A.L. Berger ◽  
R.J. McLaughlin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Glucocorticoid Receptor ◽  
Memory Enhancement

The Axial Age, Axiality, and the Missionary Enterprise

2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-72
Author(s):  
David Lindenfeld
Keyword(s):  
Recent Literature ◽  
World History ◽  
Memory Storage ◽  
External Memory ◽  
Broad Perspective ◽  
The Third ◽  
Axial Age ◽  
Third Stage ◽  
Brain Culture

This article reviews recent literature on the Axial Age as a phase of world history and seeks to illuminate the role of Christian missionaries as part of this broad perspective. Introduced by Karl Jaspers in 1949, the concept has attracted attention from scholars interested in human development. The cognitive psychologist Merlin Donald views it as the third stage of “brain-culture co-evolution,” which draws on the external memory storage that literacy provides. I argue that missionaries have been central agents in conveying such stored knowledge to non-axial cultures.

THE ROLE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONTROLLING SYSTEM IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE POTENTIAL OF THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE ENTERPRISE

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kateryna Lytvynenko ◽  
◽  
Kateryna Lytvynenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
External Environment ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Information Support ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Enterprise Management ◽  
Controlling System ◽  
Enterprise Management System ◽  
General Business ◽  
Strategic Controlling

The article analyzes the role of introducing controlling in the management of the competitiveness potential of an enterprise in the internal and external markets. The main definitions of the term "controlling" are formulated. The main stages of controlling and its methodological support are determined. Controlling allows an enterprise to adapt to a constantly changing external environment and successfully survive in a competitive environment. The essence of controlling and its place in the enterprise management system can be considered from four approaches: functional, situational, process and systemic. At the same time, two types of controlling are distinguished, namely, operational and strategic, which form an integral controlling system that allows an enterprise to achieve its goals and results. The main purpose of strategic controlling as a management tool is to form the necessary information support and analytical base for the formation of a set of indicators (indicators) which will attest to the need for transformational changes, and about their effectiveness in the long term. With the help of the tools of operational controlling, a mechanism is formed that makes it possible to timely establish deviations from the planned path and correct the direction of development. The components of the controlling process can vary depending on the specifics of the activity and the goals of the company. The development of integration and globalization processes stimulates the development of enterprise transformation at certain stages of its life cycle. To correctly identify the transformation point, that is, to determine the set of control parameters that indicate the need for transformation, it is necessary to use the strategic controlling toolkit, which is designed to increase the competitiveness of the enterprise in the general business environment. Taking into account these development trends, strategic and tactical transformations as a tool for ensuring competitiveness and constant development in a dynamic external environment are a prerequisite for the development of a company.

The Role of Awareness in Designing Human Resources Management Practices in Family Firms

2022 ◽  
pp. 1017-1053
Author(s):  
Giulia Flamini ◽  
Luca Gnan
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Hrm Practices ◽  
Implicit Coordination

The chapter aims to develop a theoretical configurational model of HRM practices for family firms based on the construct of awareness. The typology of ideal HRM practices configurations the authors developed grounds on are 1) two organizational factors (awareness of the internal and external environment and organizational awareness) and 2) two dimensions of organizational awareness (the need for explicit and implicit coordination mechanisms). The first dimension refers to the need for mechanisms explicitly adopted by a family firm to manage task or communication interdependencies. The second one relates to those requirements for mechanisms that are available to family firms from shared cognition, which enable them to explain and anticipate task statuses and individuals' collaborative behaviors, thus helping them in managing task interdependencies. The authors combined these results in four configurations of HRM practices (administrative, shared, professional, and integrated configurations) and developed seven propositions.

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