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Dugan L, Rei KM, Ueno A et al. · 2025 · The Permanente journal
Introduction Simulation labs provide trainees the opportunity to practice procedures in a safe, controlled, nonjudgmental environment. It is unclear which teaching method leads to the highest levels of trainee skill competency when…
View details →Verrender A, Manley J, Wallace NK et al. · 2025 · Bioelectromagnetics
In order to understand Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance attributed to Electromagnetic Fields (IEI-EMF), it has been argued that it is crucial to test for effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) on biomarkers, given…
View details →Mitchell WJ, Stasiak J, Martinez S et al. · 2025 · Journal of experimental psychology. General
Successful emotion regulation (ER) requires effective strategy selection. Research suggests that disengagement strategies (e.g., distraction) are more often selected than engagement strategies (e.g., reappraisal) as emotional experiences…
View details →Gibbons MBC, Kodkany N, Liow Y et al. · 2026 · Clinical psychology & psychotherapy
Objective To investigate the effectiveness of cognitive therapy (CT) and short-term dynamic psychotherapy (STDP) among patients with greater severity, defined in several ways, in a community mental health setting. Method Using data from a…
View details →Ghanem J, Totzek JF, Henri-Bellemare C et al. · 2025 · Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
Psychotic disorders are heterogeneous disorders for which there is evidence of structural and functional brain abnormalities. The role of white matter integrity, often measured via Fractional Anisotropy (FA), has played a controversial…
View details →Sutton OP, Kious BM · 2025 · AJOB empirical bioethics
Background Some have hypothesized that changing attitudes toward medical aid in dying (MAID) contribute to increased suicide rates, perhaps by increasing interest in dying or the perceived acceptability of suicide. This would represent a…
View details →Dewi NA, Arfan M, Rahmasari H et al. · 2025 · Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)
Purpose To evaluate macular vessel density using clinical parameters in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) without retinopathy. Patients and methods This cross-sectional study enrolled 32 participants (63 eyes) aged 40-60 years…
View details →Fu Y, Mei G · 2024 · Journal of vision
The visual system often undergoes a relatively stable perception even in a noisy visual environment. This crucial function was reflected in a visual perception phenomenon-serial dependence, in which recent stimulus history systematically…
View details →Nicolella V, Novarella F, Falco F et al. · 2025 · Neurology international
Objective We aimed to explore associations between plasma neurofilament light chain (pNfL) and cognition through patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in multiple sclerosis (MS). Methods In this cross-sectional study, we included 211 people…
View details →Verheyen S, Van den Berckt J, Heyman T · 2026 · International review of social psychology
This Registered Report pertains to the face-name matching effect (Zwebner et al. 2017), according to which people can match the first name to an unknown target face above chance level. The purpose of the Registered Report was twofold: (i)…
View details →Donegan KR, Hossein S, Panny BM et al. · 2025 · Translational psychiatry
Cognitive impairments have been observed in patients with depression. These include deficits in inhibition, shifting, and updating; cognitive processes that are critical for goal-directed control over behavior ('model-based planning').…
View details →Nocini R, Lippi G, Mattiuzzi C · 2024 · Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)
Thyroid cancer is relatively rare in the general population compared to other malignancies, but its incidence appears to have increased in recent decades [...].
View details →Friend MM, Nicodemus MC, Cavinder CA et al. · 2025 · Journal of equine rehabilitation
The use of psychotherapy incorporating equine interaction (PIE) is becoming widely utilized for the treatment of a range of conditions; however, evidence supporting the efficacy of this treatment is highly variable, inconsistently defined,…
View details →Civile C · 2026 · Perception
This study investigated the role of perceptual learning in the composite face effect (CFE), which is characterized by reduced accuracy in recognizing the top half of a face when it is combined with the bottom half of another face,…
View details →Kerns EV, Engel S, Codner PA et al. · 2026 · PeerJ
Schistocephalus solidus , a parasitic cestode with a multi-host life cycle, reproduces in its terminal host either by outcrossing with similarly sized individuals or selfing. Previous work found that selfing greatly depresses egg hatching…
View details →Dhanani NH, Lyons NB, Lee KH et al. · 2025 · HCA healthcare journal of medicine
Background Biologic mesh is often used in complex hernia repair, but there has been limited clinical evidence to date to support this practice. The aim of this study was to compare clinical and patient-reported outcomes of biologic versus…
View details →Ratner K, Zhu G, Li Q et al. · 2024 · Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence
Derailment is the sense of being "off-course" in life. But what could this mean for adolescents, who are often establishing identity and self-direction for the first time? We examined the structure and correlates of the Derailment Scale…
View details →Duster NA, Grossestreuer AV, Sorcher JL et al. · 2025 · Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies
Objectives To explore the association of intra-arrest sodium bicarbonate (SB) use with outcomes in pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest (p-IHCA) when accounting for the timing of initial SB administration. We hypothesized that…
View details →Cao X, Yi H · 2024 · Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology
Objective The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence rate and audiological characteristics of sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) before the COVID-19 pandemic, during the COVID-19 pandemic, and after inactivated…
View details →Arcos K, Covarrubias R, Storm BC · 2025 · Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)
First-generation students can experience a cultural mismatch between their values and those that colleges and universities tend to prioritize. This mismatch can increase cognitive load, leaving fewer resources available for learning.…
View details →Bellew SD, Kahler Z, Hamm J et al. · 2024 · The Journal of emergency medicine
Background In April of 2022, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a global shortage of intravenous contrast media (ICM), which led our health care system to implement rationing measures. Study objectives We set out to determine if the…
View details →Freeman SE, Staples AD, Loverich TM et al. · 2025 · Frontiers in global women's health
Introduction Emotion regulation (ER) abilities predict positive outcomes among children. While parenting behaviors that promote young children's ER development have been widely studied, less is known about how a parent's history of early…
View details →Barzaghi L, Paoletti M, Monforte M et al. · 2024 · Muscle & nerve
Introduction/aims Muscle diffusion tensor imaging has not yet been explored in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). We assessed diffusivity parameters in FSHD subjects compared with healthy controls (HCs), with regard to their…
View details →Hackländer RPM, Schlüter H, Rolke AK et al. · 2025 · Experimental psychology
Not all information encountered is equally important to remember. Some information may be valuable, while others may be irrelevant. Importantly, retrieving and acting upon some information may even have negative consequences. Research has…
View details →Robertson I, Taylor D, Chong J · 2025 · Journal of rehabilitation medicine
Background Rehabilitation is vital for optimizing recovery following neurological injuries. However, much of what is done for the paediatric population relies heavily on the adult literature or is based on expert opinion. No previous…
View details →McDonald A, Corbin W · 2025 · Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors
Objective Building upon prior research, the present study tested coping motives as a mediator of relations between both negative urgency and internalizing symptoms (depression, anxiety, and stress), and alcohol-related consequences using…
View details →Snippe E, Elmer T, Ceulemans E et al. · 2024 · Journal of consulting and clinical psychology
Objective Despite the importance for understanding mechanisms of change, little is known about the order of change in daily life emotions, cognitions, and behaviors during treatment of depression. This study examined the within-person…
View details →Jones GA · 2025 · Critical criminology
Failure is taboo. Yet as researchers we often encounter failure in the field and engage in confessional conversations with colleagues about 'what went wrong'. Failure is regarded as an unfortunate and unproductive part of research. Better…
View details →Li C, Li X, Zhang Z · 2024 · Work (Reading, Mass.)
Background The involvement of Perchloroethylene (PCE) in the development of autoimmune diseases has been reported. However, few studies investigated immunotoxicity in PCE-exposed workers. Objective To study changes in the oxidative stress…
View details →Van Dyken PC, Yang K, Faria AV et al. · 2025 · Biological psychiatry global open science
Background White matter alterations observed using diffusion weighted imaging have become a hallmark of chronic schizophrenia, but it is unclear when these changes arise over the course of the disease. Nearly all studies reported to date…
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