We previously showed that prenatal choline supplementation could increase the precision of timing and temporal memory and facilitate simultaneous temporal processing in mature and aged rats. In the present study, we investigated the ability of adult rats to selectively control the reinforcement-induced resetting of an internal clock as a function…

In this article the five career narratives of three siblings and two unemployed men are drawn upon to critically examine the use of contemporary career discourse as a means to negotiate changes to work since the 1980s and to the present time. A critical analysis enables contemporary career discourse and workplace change to be located within the…

Discusses the potential benefits of applying systems theory to self management in order to improve educational administrators' perception of themselves and their awareness of time as a resource. (JG)

The natural sign language used by deaf children in Poland makes no distinction between present, future, and past tenses. Deaf pupils do not understand the notions of temporal sequence and duration of time intervals, and so are prevented from thinking of and planning for the future. The study with 15 deaf 12-year-old pupils and 15 deaf 14-year-old…

Several writers have suggested that changes in temporal perspective during adolescence are largely a consequence of the cognitive acquisitions held to characterize the period (i.e., emergence of formal operations reasoning). To replicate earlier research, which found little association between adolescents' formal operations reasoning and future…

Because much conjecture (but limited empirical research) exists about the nonverbal variable to time, this exploratory study investigated the effects of differential arrival times on four dimensions of source credibility: sociability, dynamism, competence, and composure. Subjects were 84 educational secretaries with a mean age of 49 years. Each…

Thirteen groups of 11-19 year old boys, stratified by age, race, socio-economic class, and attendance of racially segregated or integrated schools served as subjects (N=185). Measures of the relative importance of the past, present, and future were derived from a story completion and story productions. Attitudes toward the three time divisions…

Examines some characteristics of television which are shown to make it an art form distinctive from film. The use of the small screen, the close up, time, and movement in video are discussed to suggest that film and video are different forms of expression, and that each has a distinctive contribution to make to our visual language. (JMF)

In seven studies, 7300 U.S., 891 Iranian, 534 Indian, and 216 Ghanaese persons aged four to 99 were interviewed regarding their consciousness. There were cross-national differences. (Author)

This study investigated the psychological health of criminals based on Albert Ellis' Rational-Emotive Theory. Other dimensions of mental health examined were the criminals' life orientation, and temporal perspective. Findings indicated that the criminal sample possessed significantly more irrational beliefs and were less future oriented than…

The perception and organization of time are basic to the internal ordering of culture. This article demonstrates that the Akan observe precise time structures although these are largely unrecorded. Their time related institutions form a coherent system that orders life, but they are very different from those in Western perceptions. (Author/VM)

Reports findings of an in-depth study of how aged persons negotiated both externally and internally motivated food habit changes. Findings suggested certain past experiences, in conjunction with a negative or positive view of the future, resulted in varying levels of compliance with special diets. (Author)

Examined time use attitudes for 353 elementary and secondary school students. Identified four constructs to student attitudes toward time, while the school organization operates within a homogeneous view of time. Suggests school personnel become aware of differences in time use attitudes of students when designing instructional strategies and…

Describes the "time" approach, a non-traditional method for teaching Bookkeeping I, which redirects the general climate of the first week of class by not introducing crucial balance sheet and journal concepts, but makes use of sections 441 and 446 of the Internal Revenue Code, thereby permitting students to learn the important role "time"…