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Extended Cognition and Social Constructionism as Underpinnings for Knowledge Management Practice

Theories of cognition and meta-theoretical frameworks provide important areas for exploring some of the theoretical underpinnings of knowledge management practice. Two areas of theory are explored as potential fruitful for incorporation to knowledge management theory and practice. Extended cognition, based predominantly on the work of Andy Clark, is presented as...

Tags: Business intelligence, Strategy, cognition, knowledge management, underpinning, theory, knowledge

White papers 2006-03-01

Persuasion Strategies For Information Technology Usage: An Elaboration Likelihood Model

This paper examines the role of persuasion strategies in motivating IT Information Technology usage. Drawing upon the Elaboration-Likelihood Model ELM, examine two such strategies are examined, central and peripheral routes to persuasion respectively operationalized using argument quality and source credibility constructs, and link them to the salient cognitions related to...

Tags: cognition, strategy, information technology, job, agency, analysis, survey

White papers 2004-06-10

Cognitive Management: Managing Your Organization's Mind

This discussion of cognition suggests a fresh analysis of organizations and a new set of tools to do the job. Understanding cognition and other information system psychologies will help managers and individual contributors to accurately value knowledge, improve learning and communication, and lead to less hierarchical, more team-based organization structures....

Tags: Strategy, cognition, information system, knowledge, leader, tool, analysis, environment, team, job

White papers 2003-01-01

Additional Resources

Brain Scans Detect Alzheimer's Disease Quickly

French radiologists report they've simplified a method of scanning the brain for signs of Alzheimer's disease, potentially making it easier to diagnose the mind-robbing condition. It's too early for doctors to start routinely using the approach, but early tests are encouraging, said study author Olivier Colliot, a researcher from the...

Articles 2008-06-24

Alzheimer's Drug May Reduce Preemie Brain Injury

The Alzheimer's drug memantine brand name Namenda may help reduce a form of brain injury that affects many premature babies, according to a Children's Hospital Boston study. Hypoxic-ischemia, a compromise of the brain's blood and oxygen supply, can lead to cerebral palsy and cognitive/behavioral problems. In experiments with rats...

Articles 2008-06-24

Memory Pharmaceuticals Closes Second Tranche of Equity Financing with The Stanley Medical Research Institute

- Results in Proceeds of $2 Million - MONTVALE, N.J., June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp. today announced that it has secured $2 million through the sale of approximately 4.7 million shares of common stock under its equity financing agreement with an investment group led...

Articles 2008-06-24

Allegiance Equity Corporation announces collaboration with Canadian Dairy Commission and Guelph Food Technologies Corporation for Alzheimers and Dementia formulation GG-XT

(TSX-V "ANQ") Canadian Dairy Commission funds formulation of two beverages with GG-XT at Guelph Food Technologies. TORONTO, June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Canadian Dairy Commission has funded the formulation of two dairy beverages with GG-XT for Allegiance at Guelph Food Technologies. Allegiance filed...

Articles 2008-06-23

How to speak your mind

The Stuff of Thought: Language as a window into human nature By Steven Pinker Penguin Pounds 9.99 ***** No doubt, as a reader of these pages, you have a sophisticated and keen appreciation for language; are sensitive to the appeal of an elegantly...

Articles 2008-06-22

Star-Shaped Brain Cells Make Scans Possible

Star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes play a key role in allowing experts to see the many reds, oranges, yellows and blues on brain scans, according to a report by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Astrocytes, previously thought of as minor players in brain activity, receive signals...

Articles 2008-06-19

What Are You Looking At?

TEMPE, Ariz., June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- What are your customers looking at? That is exactly the question Sensory Track, a new innovative consumer research company, will answer for you, down to the pixel. Sensory Track is currently using state-of-the-art eye tracking equipment, which captures customers' eye movements as they...

Articles 2008-06-19

New Report Analyzes the Current Status of Cognitive Radio Readiness and Shows That This Radio Market Will Evolve in the 2010-2011 Time Frame

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ca85ed/public_safety_comm) has announced the addition of the "Public Safety Communications Standards and Cognitive Radio, Assessment of Technologies and Markets for First Responders Radio" report to their offering. This report addresses issues that are important to homeland security. It provides marketing and technology...

Articles 2008-06-18

New Technology May Prevent Vitamin B12 Deficient Seniors, Vegetarians and Anemics from Needing Injections

Pharmaceutical Scientists from Across the Globe Present Health Discoveries at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists' AAPS National Biotechnology Conference TORONTO -- For those patients who receive the nearly 40 million intramuscular injections per year to treat their B12 deficiency, a new oral option may soon exist. ...

Articles 2008-06-17

Northrop-led team developing binoculars for military that taps into

A team of researchers led by Northrop Grumman Corp. has received federal funding to construct a space-age set of binoculars that would tap into a soldier's brainwaves to pick out possible threats from as far away as six miles. Northrop's team of researchers was one...

Articles 2008-06-16

See Me Read, LLC Announces the See Me Read™ Complete Kit Is Right for Children of Many Abilities

'The child is the subject of this reading material and that motivates him to want to read.' -- Teacher, Chicago, IL, independent evaluation by National Lekotek Center NORTH SALT LAKE, Utah, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- In recent AblePlay testing, the See Me ReadTM Complete Kit received very...

Articles 2008-06-16

RIKEN Identifies Potential Drug for Alzheimer's : Video Report

Tokyo, June 16, 2008 - Diginfo - A team from the Laboratory for Proteolytic Neuroscience at RIKEN is conducting various research on Alzheimer's disease especially in the study of somatostatin, a neuropeptide that inhibits the secretion of growth hormone and could lead to the discovery of new medicines for Alzheimer's...

Articles 2008-06-16

Candidate McCain needs to show he's no third President Bush

John McCain needs to come out forcefully against Barack Obama's relentless "a third term for President Bush" rhetoric. McCain should point out his extensive record of opposing Bush's policies on issues from how the Iraq war should be fought to global warming and spending. He also...

Articles 2008-06-16

Games can be decided by swing of slumber

Research department No more lagging behind the obvious Science confirms what would seem obvious to regular air travelers: jet-lagged baseball teams are more likely to lose. The reason: players' body clocks are out of whack, giving their opponents an advantage. This comes from W....

Articles 2008-06-16

Humour is Fundamental to our Success as a Species

First Universal Theory of Humour Answers how and why we Find Things Funny CARLISLE, England, June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Published today The Pattern Recognition Theory of Humour, by Alastair Clarke, answers the eternal question of what is humour. Clarke explains how and why we find things funny...

Articles 2008-06-13

Building Buff Brains: Carnegie Mellon Scientists Say Remedial Instruction Can Close Gap Between Good, Poor Readers

PITTSBURGH, June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Just as a disciplined exercise regimen helps human muscles become stronger and perform better, specialized workouts for the brain can boost cognitive skills, according to Carnegie Mellon scientists. Their new brain imaging study of poor readers found that 100 hours of remedial instruction...

Articles 2008-06-12

New School for Children With Autism To Open In 2009

Chicago-Area School to Host Fundraising Gala On June 29, 2008 CHICAGO -- The founders of Soaring Eagle Academy announced today that the new school for Children with Autism will open its doors in 2009. Soaring Eagle Academy brings new hope to Chicago-area families who dream of a happy...

Articles 2008-06-11