This article is a theoretical analysis of the use of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and synthetizes the results of twelve literature reviews and meta-analyses. We analyzed their content according to four thematic axes: the validity of the TAM, the evaluation of the role of each of its variables, the influence of external variables and moderators and the intellectual development of the TAM. The literature globally confirms the reliability of each of the variables in the TAM and the relevance of the relationships between these variables. However, weaknesses are noted and recommendations made for future research, such as the inclusion of more contextual information on the use of technologies and on participant characteristics and additional various measurement methods of use and its benefits. A notable difference has been identified in the relationship between the main variables of TAM and the objective and subjective measures of the actual use of technologies. In addition, objective measures of actual use have been included in few practical studies, but have generally included small samples, which impairs the strength of the results. Another weakness of the TAM is its significantly lower capacity to predict the volume (time of use over a given period), as well as the frequency of use (number of use over a given period) of a technology, compared to the simple prediction of use.
In a stressful context, the contribution of state anxiety to reduced working memory performance is more pronounced in patients with acute stroke than in controls. These results are of particular relevance for clinicians assessing patients in the acute phase of stroke in which anxiety is highly prevalent.
The social behavior of outbred Long-Evans (LE) and Wistar (WI) rats was compared in a situation where access to food was particularly difficult (clearing an aquatic barrier, plus the necessity of carrying the food back to the home cage). In groups of either six WI or LE rats, only about 50% of individuals carried the food, and the others survived by attacking those that did. However, behavioral profiles associated with these acts were different in the two cases: LE carriers, contrary to WI carriers, restole some food, and LE noncarriers expressed more agonistic behavior and were more often attacked than were the WI noncarriers. Food flow and all associated, interactive behaviors were more complex in the LE than in the WI rats, indicating the likelihood of potential genetic differences in this testing situation.
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