Successful human social life requires imagining what others believe or think to understand and predict behavior. This ability, often referred to as theory of mind, reliably engages a specialized network of temporal and prefrontal brain regions in older children and adults, including selective recruitment of temporal-parietal junction (TPJ). To date, how and when this specialized brain organization for ToM arises is unknown due to limitations in functional neuroimaging at younger ages. Here we employed the emerging technique of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to measure the functional brain response across the parietal, temporal, and prefrontal regions in 7-month old male and female infants as they viewed different video scenarios of a person searching for a hidden object. Over different conditions, we manipulated whether the person held an accurate (true) or inaccurate (false) belief about the location of the hidden object in the videos. In two separate experiments, we observed that the TPJ, but not other temporal and prefrontal regions, spontaneously tracked with the beliefs of the other person, responding more during scenarios when the other person’s belief regarding the location of the object was false compared to scenarios when her belief was true. These results mirror those obtained with adults to show that the TPJ already shows some functional organization relevant to high-level social cognition by around 7-months. Furthermore, these results suggest that infants may draw on similar core mechanisms to implicitly track beliefs as adults do when explicitly reasoning about them.
The present study was conducted in Iran and aimed to analyze the relationships among technology acquisition & exploitation, organizational innovation, and organizational performance. We selected 80 knowledge-intensive organizations as statistical population of the study. Executive managers, senior managers, operational managers, and R&D managers of the companies were considered as appropriate respondents for this study. After the distribution of 320 questionnaires among the respondents, 280 usable questionnaires were gathered. The analysis was done utilizing Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) methodology by LISREL software. The factors analysis and the findings show that technology acquisition & exploitation has a significant positive influence on both organizational innovation and organizational performance. Further, organizational innovation has a significant positive impact on organizational performance.
The production of instant pasta from non-conventional raw materials using dietary fibers is a promising field of development of both instant pasta and gluten-free food products intended for people who keep special diets. This paper considered the possibility of producing instant pasta from non-conventional wheat gliadin- or protein-free raw materials having similar properties (secaline, hordein, avenin). Rice, buckwheat and soy flour were chosen as the raw materials for the study. The study included laboratory works to identify structure-forming agents and plasticizers, as well as their optimum doses and ratios thus simulating the properties of wheat gluten in pasta prepared according to the traditional formula. The choice of food additives was based on the analysis of their influence on physical and chemical properties of semi-finished and finished products, as well as on manufacturing technology. Instant pasta prepared from gluten-free raw materials using structure-forming agents was characterized by better dry matter ratio, transferred to cooking water during brewing, higher protein content and lower fat content in finished products compared to instant pasta made from wheat flour. The maximum dosage of instant pasta made of non-traditional raw material of dietary fiber (inulin) is established, which does not have a negative impact on technological and consumer quality parameters of semi-finished and finished products.
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