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Gould RK, Moreau K, Fisher B et al. · 2025 · PloS one
It is well established that exposure to nature can reduce stress - but what if that "nature" is in a degraded state? We suggest a gap in research on nature-stress connections--and attempt to fill that gap. We conducted an experiment to…
View details →Hajra S · 2024 · Preprint
In this article, we have rationally analyzed the null result of the Michelson-Morley experiment, along with the unique observation that all electrodynamic phenomena, whether terrestrial, solar, or astral, are independent of the motion of…
View details →Zeng S, Cheng W · 2026 · Medicine
The association between viral infections and subacute thyroiditis (SAT) has been recognized, yet whether a genetic causal relationship exists between them remains unclear. To address this, we conducted a two-sample Mendelian randomization…
View details →Liu Z, Pan H, Lei H et al. · 2026 · Brain sciences
Objectives: Females are often underrepresented in preclinical fear research due to concerns over estrous cycle related variability. This study examined whether there were differences between female and male C57BL/6J mice in terms of fear…
View details →Schell C, Godinho A, Cunningham JA · 2026 · Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy
BACKGROUND: Invitation letters can be the first point of contact between research staff and potential participants and a number of modifiable variables have been studied to improve their effectiveness. The aim of this analysis was to…
View details →Kekecs Z · 2023 · Preprint
This document provides corrections for the paper titled “Raising the value of research studies in psychological science by increasing the credibility of research reports: The Transparent Psi Project” (1). The corrections are in response to…
View details →Dong J, Leger K, Lee AJ et al. · 2024 · Evolutionary psychology : an international journal of evolutionary approaches to psychology and behavior
Many researchers have proposed that women perceive men with masculine face shapes to be less suitable as parents and long-term partners than men with feminine face shapes, causing women to find masculine men more attractive for short-term…
View details →Severijnen GGA, Bosker HR, McQueen JM · 2025 · Psychonomic bulletin & review
Speech is highly variable in rate, challenging the perception of sound contrasts that are dependent on duration. Listeners deal with such variability by perceiving incoming speech relative to the rate in the surrounding context. For…
View details →Ziani Z · 2022 · Preprint
In 2014, Casciaro, Gino, and Kouchaki published an influential paper (hereafter referred to as CGK) for our understanding of networking behaviors. Specifically, the paper offered experimental evidence that people view networking actions as…
View details →Mark S, Schwartenbeck P, Hahamy A et al. · 2026 · eLife
Humans' ability for generalization is outstanding. It is flexible enough to identify cases where knowledge from prior tasks is relevant, even when many features of the current task are different, such as the sensory stimuli or the size of…
View details →Floridi G, Gargiulo M, Aburto JM · 2026 · Population research and policy review
Since 2006, Mexico has experienced a surge in homicides due to national policies and international influences on drug trafficking activities. Although the effects of the so-called "Drug War" have been extensively studied in demography and…
View details →Grossman A · 2026 · Frontiers in neuroscience
Background Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) prevalence has increased markedly across high-income countries, including Norway, yet environmental drivers remain poorly understood. We hypothesized that historical lead exposure may inversely…
View details →Sesay FA, Oware K, Violette LR et al. · 2026 · The Journal of infectious diseases
Doxycycline treats and prevents several bacterial and parasitic infections and has been proposed as a possible treatment for Trichomonas vaginalis. Nested in a trial of doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis among cisgender women in Kenya,…
View details →Hassan M, Al Balah O, Hegazy A et al. · 2026 · Journal of the Saudi Heart Association
Background Transcranial photobiomodulation (TPBM) using near-infrared (NIR) light is a novel, non-invasive neuromodulation strategy with potential to enhance neurorecovery. While preclinical studies are promising, clinical evidence in…
View details →MacMillan MB, Neath I, Roodenrys S · 2024 · Memory & cognition
A word's orthographic neighborhood is the set of words that differ from the target word by one letter. Both Roodenrys (2009) and Robert et al. (Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 44, 119-125, 2015) posit that orthographic neighbors are…
View details →Woodbury J, Offerdahl E · 2024 · CBE life sciences education
Team-based learning (TBL) is a highly intense active learning pedagogy that uses a cycle of preclass preparation, formative assessment for readiness, mini-lectures, and complex team exercises. Consistent with the literature on active…
View details →Bickerstaff L, Trinkl J, Munkwitz S et al. · 2025 · F1000Research
Background The photic sneeze reflex (PSR) is a common but underexplored phenomenon where bright light triggers sneezing, affecting ~30% of the population. This study aimed to characterise the light conditions inducing PSR. Methods One male…
View details →Bahadoran S, Vaeznia S, Hassanpour H · 2026 · Veterinary and animal science
This study evaluated the effects of dietary Echinacea purpurea supplementation on immune regulation, oxidative stress, and cellular aging in broiler chickens reared at high altitude (2100 m). One hundred and eight day-old male Ross 308…
View details →Klaiman T, Ianotte L, Josephs M et al. · 2023 · Preprint
Abstract Background : Heart failure (HF) is one of the most common reasons for hospital admission and is a major cause of morbidity, mortality, and increasing health care costs. The EMPOWER study was a randomized trial that used remote…
View details →Leger K, Dong J, DeBruine LM et al. · 2023 · Scientific reports
Perceptions of the trustworthiness of faces predict important social outcomes, including economic exchange and criminal sentencing decisions. However, the specific facial characteristics that drive trustworthiness perceptions remain poorly…
View details →Yoon S, Rottenberg J · 2025 · BMC psychology
Background Does what a person desires to feel (affect valuation) predict their future affective reaction to salient life events? We tested this idea in the context of an exam, a key achievement-oriented event for college students. Methods…
View details →Singstock M, Abdul Khader AHS, Wayant C et al. · 2026 · The oncologist
Background Oncology clinical trials, regardless of success in meeting their primary endpoint, often suffer from spin-the misrepresentation of research findings. Despite dramatic improvements in myeloma outcomes, numerous recent myeloma…
View details →Cusimano C, Kim J, Wong J · 2025 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
It is common to say that people feel entitled to rewards-they think they have earned or deserve them-based on their effort and achievement. However, effort and achievement draw on different principles to justify reward. They can also…
View details →Nakata Y, Watanabe Y, Ozaki A · 2026 · Cureus
Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the workstyle reform, aimed at improving physician health and safety, achieved a secondary goal of enhancing surgical productivity by applying the Malmquist Index (MI) model. We…
View details →Michel C, Langeloh M, Tünte MR et al. · 2025 · PloS one
Violation of expectation (VOE) paradigms are key to understanding infants' early knowledge. In VOE paradigms, infants are presented sequences of events either according with or violating regularities of their physical or social…
View details →Gurbuz E, Rohr M, Wentura D · 2024 · Experimental psychology
Research on automatic evaluative responses to faces varying in emotional expression and ethnicity has yielded conflicting results. Some paradigms, like the Approach/Avoidance task, demonstrated interactive evaluation. In contrast, recent…
View details →Chitic D, Zdravkov KS, Dounavi V et al. · 2026 · The European journal of neuroscience
Long-term memory (LTM) has been associated with neural oscillation in the theta (3-8 Hz) range. Although previous studies have suggested that the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC) is a core region for LTM retrieval, causal evidence is…
View details →Lantian A, Rose M · 2021 · Preprint
Introduction. Transhumanism is a movement that emphasizes the improvement of the human condition by developing technologies and making them widely available. Conspiracy theories regularly refer to the allegedly transhumanist agenda of…
View details →Wolff A, Feneberg E, Shakhtour J et al. · 2026 · PloS one
Background Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases, encompassing Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, are characterized by persistent inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. While traditionally regarded as confined to the gut, the…
View details →Williams EA, Ogden R, Stewart AJ et al. · 2021 · Preprint
Trains of auditory clicks increase subsequent judgements of stimulus duration by approximately 10%. Scalar timing theory suggests this is due to a 10% increase in pacemaker rate, a main component of the internal clock. The effect has been…
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