The central premise of the present study concerned the motivational factors that mediate social identification with a nationalistic identity and the subsequent cognitive information processing biases, and expression of intergroup differentiation and discrimination. Consistent wi…
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Cognitive science suggests that humans understand their world in terms of metaphorical projection from source domains of embodied and enculturated experience into target domains; of abstract concepts. This projection of schematized experience places metaphor at the core of under…
The key question to be addressed in this paper is why weaker states with a slight chance of winning do not avoid war against stronger states. Even though most war theory does offer a few insights about the conditions under which weak states choose war when there is only a slight…
This study took a novel experimental approach from the field of cognitive linguistics to quantitatively describe the impact of culture on the use of mobile information and communication technology (ICT) in the context of peace and conflict. Beginning with the hypothesis that ICT…
Although the effects of both the menstrual and circadian cycles on mood have been well documented, the question of whether the two interact to influence mood has not yet been addressed, despite evidence for such an interaction on other variables. Blood sugar level is a major con…
A series of studies were conducted with the aim of showing that the Representational Redescription (RR) model (Karmiloff-Smith, 1992) can be used a general model of cognitive development. In this thesis, 3 aspects of the RR model were explored. The first set of experiments invol…
Neural networks present a fundamentally different model of computation from the conventional sequential digital model. Dedicated hardware may thus be more suitable for executing them. Given that there is no clear consensus on the model of computation in the brain, model flexibil…
This study is aimed at specifying the cognitive components for addition operations (encoding, speed of executing the operation, operation selection, and strategy choice) to determine if they are responsible for the difficulties that students with learning disabilities and mild m…
Wireless communications have experienced tremendous growth in the last decade, which has placed significant demand for RF spectrum, leading to spectrum "crunch." Driven by numerous studies that revealed the significant under-utilization of many licensed channels in the VHF and U…
The main goal of this investigation was to identify the listening strategies of advanced and intermediate second language listeners in English and to compare the listening strategies of both groups of research participants. A total of 30 Arabic-speaking ESL learners were adminis…
The acrostic poem in Proverbs 31:10–31 is a highly crafted work in which figuration plays a major role. In setting out to examine the metaphors in this poem, we find that no agreed on or consistent theory of metaphor exists in biblical studies, though many have been articulated …