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Drug addiction is marked by drug-biased salience attribution and prefrontal cortex (PFC) dysfunction. As drug-associated cues acquire incentive properties and underpin drug craving, seeking, and relapse, diminishing…
The network organization of the human brain dynamically reconfigures in response to changing environmental demands, an adaptive process that may be disrupted in a symptom-relevant manner across psychiatric illnesses…
The primary visual cortex (V1) encodes multidimensional representations of ongoing movements, raising the question of how these signals are organized and interact with sensory representations within the same population…
With artificial-intelligence tools speeding up and taking on ever more steps in science, Nature canvassed opinions on tasks that readers would rather keep for themselves. Here is a snapshot of the responses. As a student…
Reward responsiveness plays an important role in promoting health and well-being in youth. Understanding associations between early experiences and variation in the typical developmental trajectory of reward…
Public health policy and clinical guidelines worldwide have stressed the importance of exercise for health and well-being. However, an increasing evidence-base shows that personality traits can impact individual…
Adolescence is a period of rapid neurobiological and behavioural change, yet how brain maturation deviations relate to psychopathology remains unclear. Here, we show, using data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive…
Repeatedly processing an object leads to subsequent behavioral improvements in its identification and reductions in associated neural activity, a form of neural processing efficiency that multiple theoretical models have…
Deceptive actions such as head fakes are a hallmark of interactive sports, yet it is not well understood how decisions and whole-body responses to head fakes unfold over time. In the present study, participants viewed…
Despite broad scientific consensus, a large proportion of the UK population remain unconvinced of the reality of anthropogenic climate change. Segmentation research has increased understanding of attitudes towards…
Social capital (SC) is a key determinant of well-being and social participation, yet the magnitude of its individual differences and their neurobiological bases remain poorly understood. Here we showed that social…
Are public sector workers more honest? Although an important question in public administration and the policy sciences, empirical results have been inconclusive. Current studies have largely relied on indirect methods…
Mental health issues, especially depressive symptoms, among young adults represent a public health challenge. Conventional psychological assessment tools have limited sensitivity and specificity for identifying…
The development of young childrenâs emotional competence not only affects their current mental health and well-being but also has a profound impact on their future socialization, learning ability, and overall quality…
Despite the growing importance of open and online higher education in widening access, student attrition remains a major concern. This study seeks to provide a large-scale descriptive analysis of student attrition in an…
Workâfamily conflict is a prevalent issue among parents of preschool children, and prolonged exposure to such conflict can significantly impact the social adjustment of preschool children. In this study, we conducted a…
Mental health applications (MHAs) hold promise for expanding access to care, yet user satisfaction varies across cultural contexts. Drawing on value co-creation theory, this study integrates developer and user…
This study examines how video duration—specifically short-form (under 1 min) versus long-form (over 10 min)—affects learner engagement and sentiment in YouTube-based educational content. Drawing on 623 videos retrieved…
The development of AI technology has enabled algorithms to gradually take on some of the management tasks previously completed by human managers in organizations, such as task allocation, performance review, employee…
Deep interaction is closely linked to learning quality in blended learning, yet its mechanisms remain unclear. While cognitive interaction has been widely studied, group dynamics are increasingly seen as an important…
Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly being applied to time-series forecasting, giving rise to a class of models referred to as time-series LLMs. While these models achieve competitive predictive accuracy, their…
Social media have become key sources of nutrition-related information, but the high prevalence of misinformation is increasingly concerning. We tested the effectiveness of source verification labels (signaling a content…
In contemporary Japan, isolated parenting has become a serious social issue, increasing psychological stress on parents and potentially affecting childrenâs development. Existing childcare support services tend to…
Most new parents will experience changes to their sexual relationship during the perinatal period, yet no accessible prevention programs exist to support couples in navigating these changes. Our aim was to assess the…
Early childhood is a sensitive developmental period for the acquisition of cognitive and socio-emotional skills that are strongly associated with later mental health, academic achievement, and social functioning…
Sleep duration and weekday–weekend sleep variability are increasingly recognised as important determinants of mental health. However, evidence from African populations on the relationship between sleep patterns and…
Background As a core diagnostic criterion for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), sensory differences may have profound implications for the quality of life among autistic individuals. However, little is known about the…
Background Although mental pain is widely regarded as a central catalyst for suicidal behavior, the relationship between physical pain sensitivity and suicidal ideation remains poorly characterized. This study examines…
Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) has been increasingly associated with neuropsychiatric conditions, including major depressive disorder (MDD). However, demographic variation in documented MDD diagnoses among patients with…
Background Empathy, encompassing cognitive mentalizing and affective sharing, is pivotal for navigating social interaction during adolescence. However, the characteristics and its electrophysiological mechanisms of…
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