New research suggests that the negative effects of the ozone hole on the carbon uptake of the Southern Ocean are reversible, but only if greenhouse gas emissions rapidly decrease.
The study, led by the University of East Anglia (UEA), finds that…
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Language a barrier in biodiversity work
A University of Queensland study has shown scientific knowledge on the conservation of endangered species is often overlooked when not presented in English.
PhD candidate Kelsey Hannah examined articles about the protection and management of…
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Some science seems silly, but it’s still worthwhile
The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog
Carly Anne York
Basic Books, $30What’s the purpose of your study? It’s the question many basic-science researchers dread. And it’s the question that Carly Anne York received about 10…
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Little evidence for a role of facial mimicry in the transmission of stress from parents to adolescent children
Transparency and openness
Hypotheses and testing procedures of this study were preregistered on 16 May 2022, prior to data collection, and can be accessed at https://osf.io/3gdym. Any deviations from the preregistration are flagged in the Methods….
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Gaming for change – exploring systems thinking and sustainable practices through complexity-inspired game mechanics
Regarding data collection and participant engagement, there was a response rate of 65.7%, with 46 participants submitting written reflections following the game or within several days after each session. All players participated in the debriefing…
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Multidimensional Scale of Motives for Postponing Parenthood (MSMPP-18): Development, factorial structure and psychometric properties
Hayford, S. R. & Furstenberg, F. F. Jr. Delayed adulthood, delayed desistance? Trends in the age distribution of problem behaviors. J. Res. Adolesc. 18(2), 285–304. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-7795.2008.00561 (2008).
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Self-navigating the “Island of Reil”: a systematic review of real-time fMRI neurofeedback training of insula activity
Flynn FG, Benson DF, Ardila A. Anatomy of the insula – functional and clinical correlates. Aphasiology. 1999;13:55–78.
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Saper CB. The central autonomic nervous system: conscious…
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LLM-based robot personality simulation and cognitive system
In this section, we propose a cognitive robot framework designed to simulate personality. The framework comprises various units, each responsible for distinct cognitive processes, including personality inference, intention, emotion, long-term and…
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Randomized trial testing a self-guided digital mental health intervention teaching calming skills for Ukrainian children
This study was pre-registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (ClinicalTrials.gov Record: NCT06217705; first submitted January 12, 2024). All procedures were approved by the Harvard University IRB and partner school administrators. Pre-registered analyses,…
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Do ‘language trees with sampled ancestors’ really support a ‘hybrid model’ for the origin of Indo-European? Thoughts on the most recent attempt at yet another IE phylogeny
The genealogical tree of the IE family offered by Heggarty et al. is not convincing for the following reasons: (a) some important nodes have very low probability; (b) the tree is poorly resolved (see below); (c) some important nodes contradict…
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