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Tabullo ÁJ · 2026 · Trends in neuroscience and education
Background Neuromyths-misconceptions arising from misinterpretations of neuroscientific findings-are widely endorsed by educators and students, including those in psychology. Their persistence has been linked to contextual, cognitive, and…
View details →Munsch MA, Nguyen DM, Crowley S et al. · 2026 · Hand (New York, N.Y.)
Background This study evaluated the results of minimally invasive headless compression screw (HCS) fixation for treatment of scaphoid delayed union or nonunion. A minimally invasive approach has several potential benefits, including…
View details →Joffe AR, Humber A, Bates A et al. · 2026 · Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Achieving antibiotic pharmacodynamic targets is critical to surviving sepsis. The purpose of this study was to determine the achievement of pharmacodynamic target-free minimum plasma concentration (fCmin)-during the first 2 days of…
View details →Sammani N, Radosevich JJ, Martinez S et al. · 2026 · Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis
Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) accounts for about 10% of strokes in the United States and is linked to high mortality and morbidity. Hematoma expansion independently predicts poor outcomes. Thromboelastography with platelet…
View details →Güner Gültekin D, Siniksaran E · 2025 · Acta psychologica
Authority bias and overconfidence are two common cognitive tendencies that influence how individuals react to expert advice when faced with uncertainty. This study explores the interaction between these biases in decision-making,…
View details →Crowe ML, Halverson TF, Kimbrel NA et al. · 2026 · Journal of affective disorders
Suicide remains a critical concern within the United States, particularly among U.S. veterans. Anger is a known correlate of suicidal ideation (SI) but little is understood about their moment-to-moment relationship. This short…
View details →Taber JL, Stults CB · 2025 · Transgender health
Purpose Transgender and nonbinary (TNB) people are at an elevated risk for depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and family behaviors may contribute to or protect from these negative outcomes. The current study,…
View details →Vila-Dieguez O, Cazorla-Rey A, Michener LA · 2026 · Shoulder & elbow
Objective To assess interrater reliability of the visual scapular dyskinesis test among physical therapists and examine how clinician beliefs influence classifications of healthy shoulders. Methods 104 physical therapists (≥3 years of…
View details →Molina-Sanchez M, Dowdall L, Dominijanni G et al. · 2026 · Current biology : CB
Our ability to transfer motor skills across tools and contexts is central to how we adapt to an increasingly technological world. From smartphones to wearable robotics, modern technologies demand flexible motor control that generalizes…
View details →Vaccariello ED, Van Dyne A, Sutherland A et al. · 2026 · Journal of affective disorders
Bipolar disorder (BD) is associated with cognitive impairments, which can worsen with age. This study aimed to investigate longitudinal changes in processing speed among individuals with BD and the influence of peripheral inflammation on…
View details →Gomez-Suarez R, Lin E, Gershon E et al. · 2026 · Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition
Objectives To evaluate the clinical utility of the simplified colon transit protocol of radiopaque markers (SROM) in pediatric functional constipation (FC). Methods Retrospective study of children meeting Rome IV criteria for FC undergoing…
View details →Jang M, Lee KH, Shin J et al. · 2026 · Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
Adolescent depression differs from adult depression in neurobiology and treatment response. Although resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) of the default mode network (DMN) has been linked to treatment response in adults, its value…
View details →Perkins ER, Flum MW, Plate RC et al. · 2026 · Journal of personality disorders
Psychopathy involves disruptions in affiliation and threat sensitivity, but these are hard to disentangle behaviorally. This preregistered study (independent sample N s = 175 and 173) used clinical-forensic and transdiagnostic measures…
View details →Grossmann T, Miller H, Allison O · 2026 · Developmental science
Positive affect (PA) is integral to health and development, yet its early origins remain largely unexplored. In this pre-registered study (N = 78), we investigated whether infant-specific biological and social-behavioral factors predict PA…
View details →Zournatzidis P, Vorria P, Krana E et al. · 2026 · Personality and mental health
Mentalizing is a socio-cognitive capacity that develops within early attachment relationships, but institutional care may disrupt this process. Although adoption significantly improves developmental outcomes, it remains unclear whether…
View details →Kumar AA, Lim HL, Saffari SE et al. · 2025 · Journal of neurotrauma
Acute traumatic central cord syndrome (ATCCS) is the most common form of incomplete spinal cord injury. Treatment recommendations for ATCCS patients are largely from North America, and their applicability to Asian populations remains…
View details →Cakici O, Aykac K, Seyrek BE et al. · 2026 · The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
Tularemia is a rare zoonotic infection with marked geographic clustering and long interepidemic periods. Pediatric data, particularly those on host immune responses during active disease and treatment, remain scarce. The authors aimed to…
View details →Dunn CB, Farrell AD · 2026 · Research on child and adolescent psychopathology
Prior research has identified externalizing and internalizing pathways to adolescent-onset substance use, but few studies have considered how psychopathology is associated with the development of polysubstance use during early adolescence.…
View details →Anderson AJ, Rodriguez CM, Henson JM · 2026 · Child psychiatry and human development
Parental psychological distress is a commonly examined risk factor for the emergence of child problem behaviors, but the factors that contribute to that relationship-such as limited parental resources like greater social support and coping…
View details →Gallardo VJ, Caronna E, Rosell-Mirmi J et al. · 2026 · The journal of headache and pain
Background It remains unclear whether high-frequency migraine is associated with objective markers of possible neuroaxonal injury and potential expression of neurodegenerative hallmarks. We compared serum and MRI biomarkers in…
View details →Abel DB, Fulford D, Fiszdon JM · 2026 · The Journal of nervous and mental disease
Aim Researchers have studied mechanisms underlying social motivation in schizophrenia, including reward learning, hostile attribution bias, and defeatist performance beliefs. Yet, existing work is limited by the use of laboratory paradigms…
View details →McCabe SC, Ramirez K, Dyer S et al. · 2026 · American journal of audiology
Purpose Follow-up care after hearing aid fitting is recommended, yet clinicians lack data on the expected number of follow-up appointments needed and which patients require more support. This study aimed to characterize follow-up service…
View details →Fernández Pérez ER, Humphries SM, Lynch DA et al. · 2026 · Annals of the American Thoracic Society
Rationale Quantitative CT using multiple instance learning (MIL)-usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) classifier and data-driven textural analysis (DTA) provides objective and reproducible measurements of disease pattern and extent,…
View details →Berkley S, Hoyt LT, Zeiders KH et al. · 2026 · Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence
This study used multilevel growth modeling to examine associations between ethnic-racial socialization (ERS) and sociopolitical development among undergraduates of color (N = 125) attending predominantly White institutions during the 2016…
View details →MacAllister WS, Désiré N, Brooks BL · 2026 · The Clinical neuropsychologist
Objective There is strong support for the use of performance validity tests (PVTs) in all neuropsychological evaluations, however, research examining racial, ethnic, and linguistic differences in failure rates remains scarce, particularly…
View details →Cronblad IA, Warvik CE, Bjerkli IH et al. · 2026 · Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology
Background Oral tongue squamous cell carcinomas (OTSCC) frequently metastasise via lymphatic vessels, thus lymphangiogenesis may enhance tumour cell dissemination by increasing tumour-lymphatic interactions. The prognostic significance of…
View details →Pfeiffer JP, Pinquart M, Neubauer BA · 2026 · Epilepsy & behavior : E&B
Objective Using strategies for achieving age-specific goals is essential for developmental regulation. In a previous study, we demonstrated that adolescents with epilepsy have difficulty achieving some of their goals, which necessitates…
View details →Balousis P, Abood SK, Brazeau L et al. · 2026 · Frontiers in veterinary science
Introduction Raw meat-based diets (RMBD) are increasingly popular among dog guardians, yet the role of personal nutrition habits and pet-guardian relationships in their adoption remains unclear. This study examines how these factors,…
View details →Najjar E, Khan S, Quraishi NA et al. · 2026 · European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society
Background Cage subsidence is a common radiographic finding following transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF), but its clinical relevance remains uncertain. Hounsfield Unit (HU) values from preoperative CT scans have emerged as…
View details →Ballinger TJ, Zhao F, Jiang G et al. · 2026 · Cancer
Background Black patients with breast cancer experience higher rates of taxane-induced peripheral neuropathy (TIPN), which may compromise chemotherapy dose delivery and health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Using the prospective…
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