A genetic data giant is falling, and it’s unclear what will happen to millions of people’s most intimate personal information in the aftermath.
On March 23, DNA testing company 23andMe announced it was filing for Chapter 11…
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Dynamic alterations in cortical activation during motor adaptation in table tennis using whole‑brain fNIRS
Behavioral data
In terms of target accuracy, there was no interaction between time (baseline vs. initial error at perturbation onset vs. early vs. late adaptation vs. after-effects vs. washout) and perturbation (serial vs. random, F(2.54,…
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Understanding sleep health challenges of defence shift workers to design a digital, sleep and circadian management tool
Crowther, M. E., Ferguson, S. A., Vincent, G. E. & Reynolds, A. C. Non-Pharmacological interventions to improve chronic disease risk factors and sleep in shift workers: A systematic review and Meta-Analysis. Clocks Sleep. 3 (1), 132–178.
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Long-distance exploration in insightful problem-solving
Experiment 1: FC-RAT
Participants
Behavioral data were collected from 372 participants. We screened out participants who provided no correct answers or had an average reaction time of less than 5 seconds (suggesting random button pushing). This…
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A feasibility study of distress screening with psychometric evaluation and referral of cancer patients
The prevalence of anxiety and depression in cancer patients is reported to have reached significant levels during the COVID-19 pandemic3. In this feasibility study, we aimed to develop a step-wise clinical pathway assessing the value of three…
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External stress, formaldehyde, and schizophrenia: a new mouse model for mental illness research
Elevated VTA DA levels and reduced PFC DA levels in the ES-model mice
The mouse was electrically stimulated 2 weeks after embedding the electrodes, anxiety-like behaviors in mice were evaluated using the marble buried test (MBT) and the open-field…
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Exploring the categories of students’ interest and their relationships with deep learning in technology supported environments
Harackiewicz, J. M., Smith, J. L. & Priniski, S. J. Interest matters: The importance of promoting interest in education. Policy Insights Behav. Brain Sci. 3 (2), 220–227. https://doi.org/10.1177/2372732216655542 (2016).
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Socio-economic status is a social construct with heritable components and genetic consequences
Flannery, K. & Marcus, J. The Creation of Inequality: How Our Prehistoric Ancestors Set the Stage for Monarchy, Slavery, and Empire (Harvard Univ. Press, 2012).
Alesina, A. & La Ferrara, E. Participation in heterogeneous communities. Q. J. Econ.…
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Baseline gut microbiome and metabolites are correlated with changes in alcohol consumption in participants in a randomized Zonisamide clinical trial
WHO. Global status report on alcohol and health 2018. World Health Organisation. 478 (2018).
Carvalho, A. F., Heilig, M., Perez, A., Probst, C. & Rehm, J. Alcohol use disorders. Lancet 394, 781–792 (2019).
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Effect of task nature during short digital deprivation on time perception and psychophysiological state
Amankwah-Amoah, J., Khan, Z., Wood, G. & Knight, G. Covid-19 and digitalization: the great acceleration. J. Bus. Res. 136, 602–611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.08.011 (2021).
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