Psychological entitlement and conspiracy beliefs: evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Psychological entitlement describes the dispositional tendency to claim excessive and unearned rewards and resources, and to demand undeserved special treatment. In one experiment, one cross-sectional survey, and one time-separated survey (total  = 721), we show that psychological entitlement is associated with general conspiracy theory endorsement, COVID-19 specific conspiracy theory endorsement, and conspiracy theorizing as an overarching cognitive style. We find those high in entitlement are more likely to report having made discretionary visits to non-essential venues and services (e.

Comparison of Frequentist and Bayesian Statistics for Studying Unconscious Perception: Differences Between Null Awareness Dissociation and Relative Sensitivity Dissociation.

For unconscious perception research, Bayesian statistics are more appropriate for assessing null awareness of masked stimuli than traditional (frequentist) statistics. This assertion is based mostly upon the theoretical features of Bayesian statistics and modeling studies. To further assess the potential advantages, we compared frequentist and Bayesian statistical tests in a masked Stroop priming experiment in which the prime stimuli were presented at varying degrees of visibility.

Listeria Meningitis, one of your five a day? A case report of Listeria Monocytogenes Meningitis in a fit and well 62-year-old woman.

Listeria Monocytogenes is transmitted via ingestion of contaminated food products and can cause invasive disease in susceptible hosts. Risk factors include immunocompromise; pregnancy; being elderly; and new-born. Listeriosis is uncommon but can occur in immunocompetent individuals and has a high mortality rate.

The Impact of a Dedicated Chronic Total Occlusion PCI Program on Heart Team Decision Making.

Background: Guidelines endorse a heart team (HT) approach to standardize the decision-making process for patients with complex coronary artery disease (CAD). With percutaneous treatment options for complex CAD increasing, we hypothesized that practice had changed over the past decade-and that more individuals, previously deemed too high risk for intervention, would now be referred for either surgical or percutaneous revascularization.

Methods: This observational study was conducted at St Thomas' Hospital (London, United Kingdom).

Using an alternatives assessment framework to evaluate waterborne versus solventborne basecoats used in automotive refinishing.

We evaluated two types of automotive basecoats used in automotive refinishing (i.e., in auto body shops): waterborne and solventborne.