What Does It Mean To Say That A Person With Autism Has An Extreme Male Brain?
This article is about whether the concept of an ‘extreme male brain’ has any explanatory power for autism. Clinical autism is more common in men…
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Enhanced Expectancies In Golf Putting
Enhanced expectancies, or one’s expectations of being successful in a certain task, can lead to better performance and the acquisition of various motor skills (Wulf…
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From Micro To Macro: Physicochemical Surface Properties Of Biogenic Silica Structures And Their Role In Silicon Cycling
Silicon (Si) is the seventh most abundant element in the universe, and thus it can be found almost everywhere on Earth. That is why it…
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Endocan: Can It Predict Post-Operative Pneumonia?
Patients undergoing cardiac surgery, such as coronary artery bypass graft or valve replacement surgery, may be prone to suffer from respiratory complications after surgery. These…
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Soil Fauna Can Support Both Litter Decomposition And Soil Organic Matter Accumulation
Published by Jan Frouz Czech Academy of Sciences and the Charles University in Prague These findings are described in the article entitled Effects of soil…
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A Network Of Possibilities Beyond Age
When we are young, visual stimuli in the outer world — faces, objects, scenes — seem slow. But as we age, so do they seem…
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Fossils Know It Best: Origin And Evolutionary History Of Murine Rodents
In a new study published in the journal Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, a team of international researchers from the Czech Republic, France, and Japan selected…
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The Psychological Science Accelerator: Building A “CERN For Psychology”
The science of human behavior holds great promise for illuminating processes that impact every one of our lives every day. We study how one can…
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What Lies Beneath? Predicting The Quality Of Groundwater For Well Users
Groundwater is the world’s most extracted raw material, with withdrawal rates currently in the estimated range of 982 km3 /year and providing almost half of…
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How Hand Grip Strength Could Indicate Brain Health
One of the most remarkable findings to emerge from medical science in recent years is the strong association that exists between age-related declines in hand…
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Harming Your Rivals Is Not Only Satisfying, But Also Suppresses Physical Pain
You might be familiar with the concept called schadenfreude — feeling pleasure from another person’s pain. Schadenfreude is not only felt between individuals, but also…
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