The principle of minimum relative entropy is proposed as a general fundamental principle that could be used by the brain to do inference and update beliefs about the world. It originates from information and probability theory, but we relate it it to the brain, to the concept of surprise and to a minimum …

Hulpverlening via internet is in opkomst in Nederland. Uit onderzoek (Keizer e.a. 2007, Riper e.a. 2007, Spek 2007) is gebleken dat hulpverlening via internet effectief is. Naast effectiviteit is ook kwaliteit van belang. Om kwaliteit te kunnen bieden, is het belangrijk te weten welke factoren van invloed …

Nutrition is an important consideration in zoos, as it affects the physical and mental wellbeing of the animals. To satisfy all aspects of the nutritional needs of animals, diet protocols are carefully designed. Kodiak bears are one of the largest land predators in the world, with males weighing up to …

The labour market for experience experts is growing. They work at client organisations and with increasing frequency at mental health care facilities as well. At training institutes, experience experts are more and more often asked to come and lecture. This requires training and curricula for experience …

Teachers in Europe are educated in a wide variety of institutes and by a wide range of curriculum models. The main aim of teacher education is the same throughout Europe – the education of teachers – but the underlying ideas and the contexts differ, leading to significant differences between teacher education …

Background: Physical activity is thought to facilitate cognitive performance and to slow down the rate of age-related cognitive decline. This study aimed to investigate the association between the time spent on physical activity as well as the average intensity of these activities and cognitive function. Design: …

BACKGROUND: fear of falling (FOF) is a major health problem among the elderly living in communities, present in older people who have fallen but also in older people who have never experienced a fall. The aims of this study were 4-fold: first, to study methods to measure FOF; second, to study the prevalence …

Metaphor is one of the important discursive themes in organizational literature (Grant et al.,2001). Metaphors play an important role in the discourse within organizations as well as in theorizing about organizations. This empirical paper focuses on the latter by analysing the role of metaphor in the …

BACKGROUND: The aims of the study were to examine the effects of a multidimensional rehabilitation program on cancer-related fatigue, to examine concurrent predictors of fatigue, and to investigate whether change in fatigue over time was associated with change in predictors. METHODS: SAMPLE: 72 cancer …

Present study focuses on revealing and developing personal constructs regarding problem behaviour in classrooms. The main idea is that teachers’ opinions about their students and themselves influence the way they interact with them. Their thoughts and ideas about students - their personal constructs …