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Van Stockum, Charles A., Jr.; DeCaro, Marci S. – Journal of Problem Solving, 2014
Individual differences in working memory capacity (WMC) increase the ability and tendency to devote greater attentional control to a task--improving performance on a wide range of skills. In addition, recent research on enclothed cognition demonstrates that the situational influence of wearing a white lab coat increases controlled attention, due…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Short Term Memory, Attention Control, Intuition
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Chermack, Thomas J.; Nimon, Kim – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2008
This research examines changes in decision-making styles as a result of participation in scenario planning. A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design and several nonparametric tests were used to analyze data gathered from research participants in a technology firm in the Northeastern United States. Results show that participants tend to…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Cognitive Style, Quasiexperimental Design, Pretests Posttests