Reasoning bias and belief conviction in obsessive-compulsive disorder and delusions: jumping to conclusions across disorders? by Jacobsen, P, Freeman, D, Salkovskis, P

“…CONCLUSIONS: JTC is associated with delusions but not high-conviction beliefs in OCD. The cognitive processes associated with high-conviction beliefs in OCD and psychosis may not be trans-diagnostic. …”

A tutorial on stochastic approximation algorithms for training Restricted Boltzmann Machines and Deep Belief Nets by Swersky, K, Chen, B, Marlin, B, de Freitas, N

“…We further show that training with optimal parameters for classification does not necessarily lead to optimal results when Restricted Boltzmann Machines are stacked to form a Deep Belief Network. In our experiments we observe that fine tuning a Deep Belief Network significantly changes the distribution of the latent data, even though the parameter changes are negligible.…”

The God allusion : Individual variation in agency detection, mentalizing and schizotypy and their association with religious beliefs and behaviors by Wlodarski, R, Pearce, E

“…It has previously been suggested that the historically and geographically widespread persistence of religious beliefs occurs because it is a by-product of normal cognitive processes, ones which first evolved to confer survival advantages in the social domain. …”

Fear of recurrence and beliefs about preventing recurrence in persons who have suffered a stroke. by Townend, E, Tinson, D, Kwan, J, Sharpe, M

“…Interviews addressed fears and beliefs about stroke, causes, recurrence and prevention by using closed and open-ended questions. …”

Influence and seepage: an evidence-resistant minority can affect public opinion and scientific belief formation by Lewandowsky, S, Pilditch, TD, Madsen, JK, Oreskes, N, Risbey, JS

The effects of using imagery to modify core emotional beliefs in bulimia nervosa: An experimental pilot study by Cooper, M, Todd, G, Turner, H

“…The aim was to change patients' emotionally held negative self-beliefs. Negative self-beliefs were identified and belief ratings obtained. …”

THE ROLE OF NEGATIVE BELIEFS IN POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER: A COMPARISON OF ASSAULT VICTIMS AND NON VICTIMS by Ali, T, Dunmore, E, Clark, D, Ehlers, A

“…The aim of this study was to compare the trauma sensitive beliefs of individuals who had never experienced an assault with the preassault and postassault beliefs of assault victims. …”

The health beliefs and behaviors of three groups of complementary medicine and a general practice group of patients. by Furnham, A, Vincent, C, Wood, R

“…Patients (n = 256), consulting either a general practitioner (GP) or one of three complementary practitioners (osteopath, homeopath, or acupuncturist), completed a seven-part questionnaire that looked at demographic data, medical history, familiarization with complementary therapies, health beliefs and life-style, health locus of control, scientific health beliefs, and their perceptions of the consultation style of general and complementary practitioners. …”

Intact first- and second-order false belief reasoning in a patient with severely impaired grammar. by Apperly, I, Samson, D, Carroll, N, Hussain, S, Humphreys, G

“…Despite this, PH performed almost perfectly on first-order false belief tasks and on a novel nonverbal second-order false belief task. …”

Relevance theory and the effect of literature on beliefs: the example of Injun Joe in Twain’s Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Kenny, N

“…To what extent does literature affect our beliefs about the real world? Relevance theory offers new ways of exploring that old question. …”

Science and religion around the world: compatibility between belief systems predicts increased well-being by Price, ME, Johnson, DDP

“…That is, in regions and belief groups that perceived higher compatibility, well-being's positive relationships with R/S and pro-science beliefs were both also higher. …”

Beliefs and practices during pregnancy, post-partum and in the first days of an infant's life in rural Cambodia by Turner, C, Pol, S, Suon, K, Neou, L, Day, N, Parker, M, Kingori, P

“…<p>BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to record the beliefs, practices during pregnancy, post-partum and in the first few days of an infant's life, held by a cross section of the community in rural Cambodia to determine beneficial community interventions to improve early neonatal health.…”

Individualism, conservatism, and radicalism as criteria for processing political beliefs: a parametric fMRI study. by Zamboni, G, Gozzi, M, Krueger, F, Duhamel, JR, Sirigu, A, Grafman, J

“…However, it is unlikely that complex political beliefs (i.e., "the government should protect freedom of speech") are evaluated only on a liberal-to-conservative criterion. …”

Knowledge, belief and barriers to adult influenza and pneumococcal vaccination among primary care doctors in Sarawak by Wong, Samuel Leong Kheng, Muthupalaniappen L, Tie ST

“…The aim of the study was to assess primary care physician’s knowledge on adult influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations, their beliefs and barriers to vaccination. A cross-sectional study using self-administered questionnaires was conducted at eight primary care centres in Kuching, Sarawak. …”
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The osteoporosis knowledge, belief and calcium intake behaviour among students in a Medical Sciences University by Chiang, Wan Ling, Mohammad Husni Ahmad Jamal

“…Introduction This study determines the association between osteoporosis knowledge, health belief and calcium intake behaviour among students in a medical sciences university. …”
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The incidence of low back pain among healthcare students and their beliefs on its association with physical function by Gurbinder Kaur Jit Singh, Rosnita H, Nurul Shafina MZ, Nur Athirah AHL, Ahmad Farhan S, Mohd Zairin Z

“…Healthcare providers’ beliefs about LBP are essential in the recovery process of patients suffering from LBP. …”
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Indonesian EFL teachers’ beliefs about incorporating cultural aspects in their multilingual and multicultural EFL classrooms by Putra, Juang Rudianto, Musigrungsi, Sita

“…To avoid potential conflicts, a study revealing the practitioners’ beliefs about delivering cultural aspects in the country’s EFL context was deemed necessary. …”
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Language learning strategies and self-efficacy belief in Arabic Language learning: a malaysian context by Mohamad Azrien Mohamed Adnan, Shukeri Mohamad

“…The results indicate that language learning strategies have a strong correlation to self-efficacy beliefs.…”
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Religious beliefs, coping skills and responsibility to family as factors protecting against deliberate self-harm by Kannan, K., Pillai, S.K., Gill, J.S., Hui, K.O., Swami, V.

“…This study examined whether religious beliefs, coping skills and responsibility to family serve as factors protecting against DSH in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. …”

An Asian viewpoint on the use of vitamin D and calcium in osteoporosis treatment: physician and patient attitudes and beliefs. by Chan, S.P., Scott, B.B., Sen, S.S.