2024
Information processing style and institutional trust as factors of COVID vaccine hesitancy
Zhao W, Russell C, Jankovsky A, Cannon T, Pittenger C, Pushkarskaya H. Information processing style and institutional trust as factors of COVID vaccine hesitancy. Scientific Reports 2024, 14: 10416. PMID: 38710827, PMCID: PMC11074285, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-60788-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInformation processing styleIndividual cognitive styleProcessing styleCognitive styleSelf-report measures of personalityMeasures of personalitySelf-report measuresInformation processing capacityPersonality traitsBehavioral tasksStructural equation modelingAuthoritarian submissionEquation modelingProcessing capacityStylePersonsComprehensive assessmentInformation processing capabilitiesPerceptionTrust levelProcessing capabilitiesMultifactorial natureSocio-demographic factorsClinical characteristicsTask
2022
Ignorance and the Brain
Smithson M, Pushkarskaya H. Ignorance and the Brain. 2022, 136-149. DOI: 10.4324/9781003100607-17.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNaturalistic decision makingVisual cortical areasPerceptual switchingPerceptual statesBrain activityBrain imagingCortical areasSceptical viewpointEveryday lifeDecision makingStimuliInternal informationBrainPerceptionNew informationMindDifferent interpretationsMakingBrief reviewFindingsInformationThemes
2015
Constructing a multi-dimensional measure of local entrepreneurial culture
Breazeale N, Fortunato M, Allen J, Hustedde R, Pushkarskaya H. Constructing a multi-dimensional measure of local entrepreneurial culture. Community Development 2015, 46: 516-540. DOI: 10.1080/15575330.2015.1080743.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLocal entrepreneurial cultureEntrepreneurial cultureEntrepreneurship support programsResidents' perceptionsMulti-dimensional measureEntrepreneurial climateSmall businessesEntrepreneurship researchEntrepreneurial activityLocal cultural characteristicsCulture scaleCultural attributesSemi-structured interviewsBusinessRegional factorsCulture focusFactor analysisCultural characteristicsIndividual-level characteristicsTheoretical modelPerceptionSupport programsCounty-level ratesEntrepreneurshipEntrepreneursIgnorance and the brain
Smithson M, Pushkarskaya H. Ignorance and the brain. 2015, 114-124. DOI: 10.4324/9781315867762-15.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStudy of judgmentFunctional magnetic resonanceDominant perceptVisual perceptionStimuliInternal informationPerceptBrainEntire research programPerceptionJudgmentsResearch programDecisionsMore questionsNew informationDifferent interpretationsInformationPhenomenologyMagnetic resonanceBrief reviewFindingsAbility