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Mura F, Catrambone V, Valenza G et al. · 2026 · Biological psychiatry global open science
Background Various cognitive and emotional factors shape our perception of time. Notably, individuals experiencing depressive symptoms often report changes in their time perception, characterized by a phenomenon termed depressive time…
View details →Hawkes JA, Flygare AD, Moodie LWK et al. · 2025 · Analytical chemistry
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is one of the most complex chemical mixtures known, with its chemical composition having long puzzled biogeochemists. Identifying the chemical structures within DOM is essential for unraveling its origins and…
View details →Galvin HR, Boffo M, Snippe L et al. · 2023 · Addictive behaviors
Evidence for approach bias tendencies to underly automatic behavioural impulses towards seeking out gambling activities in the presence of appetitive salient cues was first shown by Boffo et al. (2018) in a Dutch sample. Relative to…
View details →Hashemi Tayer A, Shokoohi G · 2026 · Iranian journal of microbiology
Background and objectives Umbilical cord blood-derived platelet gel (CBPG) is rich in growth factors (GFs) and antimicrobial peptides. This study evaluated its in vitro antibacterial and antifungal activity against dominant nosocomial…
View details →Landolt MA, Strebel NL, Moehrlen U et al. · 2026 · Epigenetics
Fetal repair of spina bifida aperta (fSBA) is an established intervention that improves neurological and neurodevelopmental outcomes. The present exploratory study examines whether molecular signatures related to stress regulation are…
View details →Stump K, Morar H, Talsania A et al. · 2026 · Hand (New York, N.Y.)
Background Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) use has demonstrated positive effects on bone metabolism and pseudoarthrosis following fusion surgery. There is, however, little evidence regarding the preoperative use of…
View details →Ricketts W, Hartshorne JK · 2022 · Preprint
We replicated Experiment 3 of Finn & Hudson Kam (2008) The curse of knowledge: First language knowledge impairs adult learners' use of novel statistics for word segmentation, Cognition, 108(2), 477-499. This is part of a larger project…
View details →Ricketts W, Hartshorne JK · 2022 · Preprint
We replicated Experiment 1 of Finn & Hudson Kam (2008) The curse of knowledge: First language knowledge impairs adult learners’ use of novel statistics for word segmentation, Cognition, 108(2), 477-499. This is part of a larger project…
View details →Matziorinis AM, Gaser C, Koelsch S · 2022 · Preprint
Music-making and engagement in music-related activities have shown procognitive benefits for healthy and pathological populations, suggesting reductions in brain aging. A previous brain aging study, using Brain Age Gap Estimation…
View details →Egeskov-Cavling AM, van Wijhe M, Yakimov V et al. · 2024 · The Journal of infectious diseases
Background Worldwide, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections are among the most common causes of infant hospitalization. Host genetic factors influencing the risk and severity of RSV infection are not well known. Methods We conducted…
View details →Tan E, Williams HC · 2026 · American journal of clinical dermatology
Nicotinamide has been widely promoted as a low-cost safe chemopreventive agent against non-melanoma skin cancer. A recent large retrospective study of more than 33,000 US veterans reported a 14% reduction in overall skin cancer risk and a…
View details →IJzerman H, Denissen JJA · 2022 · Preprint
Liu, Wang, and Van Lange (2022) have published a study that “replicated earlier findings that prosociality was associated with a greater level of secure attachment and a lower level of avoidant attachment” and that “prosociality was…
View details →Kalkunte NG, Delabmbre TE, Sohn S et al. · 2022 · Preprint
The potential of human induced pluripotent stem cell differentiated cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) is greatly limited by their functional immaturity. Strong relationships exist between CM structure and function, leading many in the field to…
View details →Lien MC, Ruthruff E · 2023 · Journal of cognition
There is emerging evidence that suppressing distractors occur to prevent capture by those distractors. Theeuwes (2022) claimed that the absence of capture is not because of suppression but rather because a difficult, serial search causes…
View details →Mochizuki M · 2022 · Cognitive processing
The QWERTY effect is a phenomenon in which words typed with more characters from the right side (everything to the right of T, G, and B) of a standard keyboard (i.e. QWERTY keyboard) are evaluated as having a higher valence or a more…
View details →Famularo RL, Aboelata A, Schatz T et al. · 2026 · Developmental science
Human newborns are able to discriminate between certain languages but not others. This ability has long been attributed to sensitivity to rhythm-the temporal regularities in speech of different languages. Here, we demonstrate through a…
View details →Warman A, Clark A, Malcolm GL et al. · 2024 · Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006)
It's been repeatedly shown that pictures of graspable objects can facilitate visual processing, even in the absence of reach-to-grasp actions, an effect often attributed to the concept of affordances. A classic demonstration of this is the…
View details →Ruuskanen V, Hagen T, Espeseth T et al. · 2023 · Preprint
Over the past few years, several studies have explored the relationship between resting-state baseline pupil size and cognitive abilities, including fluid intelligence, working memory capacity, and attentional control. However, the results…
View details →Bissonnette JN, Francis AM, Hull KM et al. · 2022 · Preprint
Dysconnectivity between cortical networks is a core feature of major depressive disorder (MDD). Electroencephalography (EEG) derived microstates are a cost effective and time sensitive method of examining the dynamics of large-scale brain…
View details →Melton ZJ, Chaffin R, Kangas-Dick K et al. · 2023 · Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006)
The causal relationship of interpersonal liking affecting interpersonal synchrony is inconsistently documented. This study tests whether (a) interpersonal liking increases both behavioural and perceived synchrony and (b) people will…
View details →Lee MK, El Sergani AM, Herrick N et al. · 2025 · Orthodontics & craniofacial research
Objective Torus Palatinus (TP) is a common trait with an unclear aetiology. Although prior studies suggest a hereditary component, the genetic factors that influence TP risk remain unknown. The purpose of this study is to identify genetic…
View details →Tengku Kamalden TMI, Azali MZ, Chong LC et al. · 2022 · The Medical journal of Malaysia
Introduction Many factors are associated with cochlear implant (CI) outcomes and various methods of assessment for auditory and speech performance outcomes in CI are available globally. The objective of this study is to identify factors…
View details →Burch CL, Romanchuk A, Kelly M et al. · 2022 · Preprint
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is a major contributor to bacterial genome evolution, generating phenotypic diversity, driving the expansion of protein families, and facilitating the evolution of new phenotypes, new metabolic pathways, and…
View details →Chen P, Zhao W, Li Y et al. · 2025 · BMC pregnancy and childbirth
OBJECTIVE: Thyroid hormones are essential for normal pregnancy and fetal development. The relationship between thyroid disease and the risk of spontaneous abortion (SA) and recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA) has been reported, but…
View details →Wengler K, Baker SC, Velikovskaya A et al. · 2024 · JAMA psychiatry
Importance The link between psychosis and dopaminergic dysfunction is established, but no generalizable biomarkers with clear potential for clinical adoption exist. Objective To replicate previous findings relating neuromelanin-sensitive…
View details →Van J, Nielsen SE, Kirwan CB · 2022 · Preprint
Common research practices in neuroimaging studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging may produce outcomes that are difficult to replicate. Results that cannot be replicated have contributed to a replication crisis in psychology,…
View details →Oberauer K · 2021 · Preprint
Some theorists argue that working memory is limited to a discrete number of items, and additional items are not encoded at all. Others assume that all items are represented with variable quality. Adam, Vogel, and Awh (2017) presented…
View details →MAKINDE AI, Abiodun BJ, James R et al. · 2022 · Preprint
Abstract The West African westerly jet (WAWJ) plays a crucial role in Sahel precipitation, yet there is no information on how well climate models simulate the jet and its contribution to Sahel precipitation. This study examines the…
View details →Kooij KL, Andreani NA, Keller L et al. · 2025 · The International journal of eating disorders
Objective Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a complex psychiatric disorder characterized by persistent dieting and reduced food intake, leading to significantly low body weight. Dysbiosis in the gut microbiome of patients with AN has been suggested…
View details →Kotb A, Wagdy S, Sharaf H et al. · 2025 · Scientific reports
Preeclampsia is a multi-factorial disease, with both genetic and environmental factors contributing to its development. The genetic susceptibility in preeclampsia has been determined to be around 50%. STORKHEAD_BOX1 PROTEIN 1 (STOX1), is…
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