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Dvořáková M, Chládková K · 2025 · Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR
Purpose The mismatch negativity (MMN), a neural index of speech sound discrimination, is reportedly stronger for phonemically relevant speech sound differences than for phonemically irrelevant differences, even if the former are…
View details →Zenkov VS, Cockburn IA, Lin R et al. · 2025 · Preprint
A relatively small number of liver-localized CD8 T cells can provide sterilizing protection against exposure to Plasmodium sporozoites. Previously published mathematical model-based simulations of randomly searching for an infection T…
View details →Hutchison SM, DiazPinzon N, Oberlander TF et al. · 2025 · Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research
Over the past 10 years, research has suggested no negative effect on second language exposure in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), yet, parents and professionals may be concerned that using a second language with a child with…
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Immune globulin G (IgG) is a normal component of breastmilk. Data from 2 mothers indicate that IgG concentrations in milk are normal or higher and IgM levels in milk are normal or lower during intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy. The…
View details →Kerns EV, Engel S, Codner PA et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Schistocephalus solidus is a parasitic cestode with a complex, multi-host life cycle. S. solidus reproduces in its terminal host either by exchanging gametes with similarly sized individuals or selfing. Fertilized eggs then pass through…
View details →Pontes MR, Abadie M, Ribeiro LP et al. · 2025 · Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
Global warming is driving shifts in rainfall and temperature patterns, and projections indicate an increase in frequency and intensity of climate anomalies. These changes influence wildlife disease dynamics, affecting pathogen development,…
View details →Morgan MM, Hickey CM · 2026 · European journal of pain (London, England)
Background Many people use cannabis to self-medicate for pain. Little is known about the impact of pain on tolerance and spontaneous withdrawal to delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinal (THC), the primary psychoactive compound in cannabis. Our…
View details →Parham M, Aghaali M, Adeli SH et al. · 2025 · International journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Background Diabetes is a major global health issue, affecting over 8.5% of adults worldwide and significantly increasing the risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). However, the association between diabetes-related macrovascular…
View details →Erb WM, Porter LM, Voyt R et al. · 2025 · American journal of primatology
Among primates, maternal infant care may vary in response to several factors including litter size, reproductive history, and health status. In cooperative breeders, maternal investment may also depend on the amount of help their group…
View details →Corregidor-Castro A, Romano A, Butler M et al. · 2024 · Preprint
Recent climate warming has led to a reduction in bird body size and a relative elongation of their appendages, consistent with Bergmann’s and Allen’s ecogeographical rules. These changes are generally interpreted as thermoregulatory…
View details →Casado-Ruiz J, Castaño-Leon AM, García-Escudero L et al. · 2025 · Journal of neurosurgery
Objective Blunt cerebrovascular injuries (BCVIs) are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. To identify patients with BCVI who were undetected using the classic criteria, researchers designed the expanded Denver screening…
View details →Gladstone JJ, Lehman M, Decker M · 2025 · Journal of experimental psychology. Applied
We investigated the influence of childhood poverty on financial decision making under threat by replicating the findings of Griskevicius et al. (2011b), which found that individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds tend to make riskier…
View details →Servais A, Schomaker J, Bastin C · 2024 · Preprint
Whether exposure to a novel environment in virtual reality improves subsequent verbal memory or not is still debated. The present study aims to replicate previous positive findings. To do so, we assessed whether exploration of a novel…
View details →Zehavi-Dorin T, Kutzscher AE, Badr M et al. · 2026 · Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)
Purpose To compare global peripapillary and perifoveal vessel densities between primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and normal-tension glaucoma (NTG) patients with the same glaucoma severity using optical coherence tomography angiography…
View details →Guo J, Pratt J, Walther DB · 2025 · Attention, perception & psychophysics
The nature of visual processes underlying scene perception remains a hotly debated topic. According to one view, scene and object perception rely on similar neural mechanisms, and their processing pathways are tightly interlinked.…
View details →Sarsangi P, Mohammadi M, Nadjarzadeh A et al. · 2025 · The British journal of nutrition
There is a lack of information from Middle Eastern countries regarding diet-disease associations. We examined dietary glycaemic and insulinemic potential in relation to risk of incident diabetes among a large group of Iranian adults. The…
View details →James KK, Storm BC · 2025 · Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)
Pretesting and posttesting have long been implemented in classrooms as methods of testing and improving learning. Prior research has been mixed on the relative benefits of pretesting versus posttesting, with some studies finding pretesting…
View details →Prowten S, Walker E, London B et al. · 2024 · Psychological science
People share information for many reasons. For example, Berger (2011, N = 40) found that undergraduate participants manipulated to have higher physiological arousal were more likely to share a news article with others via email than people…
View details →Ilfeld BM, Finneran JJ, Abdullah B et al. · 2026 · Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
Background A previous clinical trial applied percutaneous cryoneurolysis to lower limb amputees with phantom pain. The primary outcome measure was negative, but a secondary analysis suggested that patients with a below-knee amputation…
View details →Mace JH, Keller SR, Ingle KE · 2024 · Memory (Hove, England)
It is now well established that general information processing causes the activation of memories in the autobiographical memory system, and these memories on occasion emerge as involuntary autobiographical memories. This priming phenomenon…
View details →Patel H, Aks IR, Kemp EC et al. · 2024 · Preprint
Potentially traumatic events (PTEs) and substance use (SU) are commonly endorsed in early adolescence, a crucial period for neurodevelopment. Separately, they have been shown to alter within- and between-network connectivity in the three…
View details →Hunt EE, Arnold HP, Cortez KB et al. · 2026 · Frontiers in psychiatry
Inhibitory control (IC), the capacity to resist or suppress a dominant or automatic response, is a central component of self-regulation and executive functioning. Greater IC capacity in early development is also associated with a number of…
View details →Woodley SK, Agostini G, Jones DK et al. · 2024 · Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
Wetland communities are increasingly threatened by multiple stressors simultaneously, such as pesticides and salinization. We examined the effects of ecologically-relevant exposures to broad-spectrum insecticides and salinization on…
View details →Awh KC, Hsu S · 2023 · Cureus
Pemphigoid gestationis (PG) is a rare autoimmune bullous disease that occurs during pregnancy or the postpartum period. PG has been associated with an increased risk of Graves' disease possibly due to shared genetic factors and immune…
View details →Sandlund J, Duriseti R, Ladhani SN et al. · 2025 · Paediatric respiratory reviews
Mask mandates for children were implemented at schools and childcare centers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the US continues to recommend masking down to the age of two in certain settings. Medical interventions should be informed by…
View details →Mei JJ, Zhu JS · 2025 · Medicine
The aim of this study was to assess whether diabetes mellitus is a potential causal factor in the development of meniscal injuries by means of Mendelian randomization (MR). Independent genetic variants strongly associated with diabetes…
View details →Saccone G, Berghella V, Gulersen M et al. · 2026 · International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
Progesterone plays a key role in the establishment and maintenance of pregnancy and its deficiency has been associated with early pregnancy loss. Progestogen supplementation has therefore been widely investigated as a preventive strategy…
View details →Wöhner S, Luckow J, Brandt M et al. · 2024 · Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance
Semantic context effects in picture naming and categorization tasks are central to the development and evaluation of current models of word production. When pictures are named in a semantically blocked context, response latencies are…
View details →Mortimer AJ, Sander CF, Parmar AR et al. · 2026 · Scientific reports
Gene therapies are promising for diseases previously considered incurable. Adeno-associated virus serotype 9 (AAV9) demonstrates remarkable tropism for motor neurons (MNs) and represents an exciting candidate to target genetic causes of…
View details →Béna J, Lacassagne D, Corneille O · 2025 · Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006)
The contribution of uncontrolled processes to evaluative learning has been examined in evaluative conditioning procedures by comparing evaluations of conditioned stimuli between tasks or within tasks but between learning instruction…
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