When semantically-related photos appear with true-or-false trivia claims, people more often rate the claims as true compared to when photos are absent--"truthiness." This occurs even when the photos lack information useful for assessing veracity. We tested whether truthiness changed in magnitude as a function of participants' age in a…

Examined behaviors of 66 hospitalized adolescents following release from acute-care hospitals. Used the Hospital Self-Report Instrument to record positive and negative experiences while hospitalized. Respondents reported statements of personal learning and benefit from being alone and inactive while hospitalized. Discusses developmental aspects in…