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  • The challenges of writing physical pain: Philip Roth’s voice in pain

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  • Randomized-controlled trial of skills-based vr vs. distraction vr vs. sham VR for chronic low back pain

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  • Institutional prestige, geographic embedding, and competitiveness: a comparative analysis of research ecosystems in California and Texas

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  • The digital transformation, corporate uncertainty, and CEO risk preference

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  • Correlates of interpersonal physiological synchrony and sources of empirical heterogeneity

    Correlates of interpersonal physiological synchrony and sources of empirical heterogeneity

  • Strogatz, S. H. Sync: How Order Emerges from Chaos in the Universe, Nature, and Daily Life (Hachette, 2003).

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  • Children's views are rarely sought by researchers: We found a way to do it

    Children's views are rarely sought by researchers: We found a way to do it

    Adults think we know what is best for children. We have responsibility for them—feeding them, clothing them, educating them, protecting them, loving them—but we also assume rights over them, and on their behalf. Adults make rules (including…

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  • Valentine's Day won't fix your relationship—but attachment theory might explain it

    Valentine's Day won't fix your relationship—but attachment theory might explain it

    As Valentine’s Day approaches, restaurant bookings fill up and couples exchange cards, flowers, and carefully chosen gifts. For some, it’s a day of closeness and connection. For others, it can bring anxiety, disappointment, or emotional distance.

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  • Loneliness at work matters more than we think

    Loneliness at work matters more than we think

    As loneliness reaches epidemic levels worldwide, work has become one of the main settings where connection is either strengthened or lost. In 2023, Vivek Murthy, the former surgeon general of the United States, labeled loneliness an “epidemic,”…

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  • Why some kids struggle with math even when they try hard

    Why some kids struggle with math even when they try hard

    Researchers at Stanford University led by Hyesang Chang set out to better understand why some children find math much harder than their classmates. Their findings were published in the journal JNeurosci, a peer reviewed neuroscience journal that…

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