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ABSTRACT Land‐use change and climate change are reshaping watershed ecological functions and may intensify the risk of localized ecological degradation. However, existing studies have primarily focused on the spatiotemporal patterns of ecosystem services (ESs) during historical periods, while the nonlinear changes, spatial heterogeneity, and driving ...
Jingyuan Chen +4 more
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It has been suggested that music and language had a shared evolutionary precursor before becoming mainly responsible for the communication of emotive and referential meaning respectively.
Diana eOmigie
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ABSTRACT Human activities are accelerating ecosystem degradation, making regional sustainability transitions increasingly urgent. Although the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a unified global framework for action, their implementation at the regional scale still lacks operational approaches for evaluating whether progress in
Li Luo +6 more
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Songs for the ego: Theorizing musical self-enhancement
This paper outlines a theoretical account of musical self-enhancement. I claim that listening to music serves as a resource for actively manipulating affective states so that a positive self-view is maintained and a sense of optimism is provided.
Paul eElvers
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ABSTRACT Urban expansion can substantially reshape ecosystem structure and functioning, especially in ecologically fragile Karst landscapes. Clarifying how ecosystem health (EH) responds to urbanization and identifying the factors that drive spatial variation in EH are important for regional sustainability.
Jinlong Hu, Zhenhong Bin, Yingxue Wang
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Consumer Cultural Renaissance: Conceptualisation, Scale Development, and Validation
ABSTRACT As incessant globalisation leads to the pervasive erosion of traditional Asian culture by Western consumerism, a recent phenomenon has emerged that allures Asian consumers to reconnect with their traditional culture via consumption. We postulate that this behaviour is rooted in a self‐identity, consumer cultural renaissance (CCR), that has not
Richard Lee +3 more
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Manufacturing Nostalgia in the Digital Age: A Foreverism Perspective
ABSTRACT Many scholars argue that we are experiencing the era of “retro”—nostalgia‐driven marketing and consumption phenomena reinforced by digital technologies. However, existing research lacks a critical analysis of nostalgia in contemporary markets and of how digital content, tools, and environments transform retro consumption experiences and alter ...
Dinara Davlembayeva +4 more
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This commentary critically evaluates the target paper by Schubert, North and Hargreaves on the semantic structure of aesthetic experience. It places it in the context of existing research with a special emphasis on related debates in philosophy and ...
Melanie Wald-Fuhrmann
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ABSTRACT This experimental study compares how consumers engage with AI‐generated and human‐created advertisements, specifically examining patterns of visual attention, emotional and cognitive responses, attitudes toward AI, and whether emotional resonance fosters brand trust or future behavioral intentions.
Mariia Shitova +3 more
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ABSTRACT Sustainability information is difficult for consumers to evaluate because environmental performance represents a credence attribute. Although numerical sustainability claims have been shown to improve consumers' perceptions of sustainability communication, little is known about whether they influence product choice under realistic marketplace ...
Elena Gasulla Tortajada +3 more
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