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Von O. Leirer
Researcher at Stanford University
Publications - 37
Citations - 15212
Von O. Leirer is an academic researcher from Stanford University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sentence & Recall. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 37 publications receiving 14190 citations. Previous affiliations of Von O. Leirer include University of California, Santa Barbara.
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Development and validation of a geriatric depression screening scale: A preliminary report
Jerome A. Yesavage,T. L. Brink,Terence L. Rose,Owen Lum,Virginia Huang,Michael Adey,Von O. Leirer +6 more
TL;DR: A new Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) designed specifically for rating depression in the elderly was tested for reliability and validity and compared with the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRS-D) and the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale(SDS) as discussed by the authors.
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Cognitive representation of personality impressions: Organizational processes in first impression formation.
TL;DR: In this paper, subjects were given either impression formation or memory task instructions and read a series of behavior descriptions that either did or did not contain a highly distinctive item, but the presence of a distinctive item in the stimulus list had little effect on recall of the other items.
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Adherence and Medication Instructions Review and Recommendations
TL;DR: Inexpensive microcomputer-based hardware and software makes it possible for pharmacists to provide elderly patients with effective instructions that enable elders to easily construct a clear and simple mental model of how to take their medication.
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Hangover effects on aircraft pilots 14 hours after alcohol ingestion: a preliminary report.
Jerome A. Yesavage,Von O. Leirer +1 more
TL;DR: The results indicate that caution should be exercised when piloting an aircraft 14 hours or less after ingesting similar quantities of alcohol and pilot performance was worse in the hangover condition.
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When expertise reduces age differences in performance
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined whether aviation expertise reduces age differences in a laboratory task that was similar to routine air traffic control (ATC) communication and found that expertise compensates age declines in resources when the task is highly domain relevant.