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Pavlovian to instrumental transfer of control over fight or flight decisions [PDF]

npj Science of Learning
This study investigated outcome-selective Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer (PIT) in fight-or-flight decision making. Participants learned to attack or retreat from monsters (instrumental phase) and to associate environments with specific monsters ...
Andreas B. Eder, Vanessa Mitschke
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Monsters revisited: a comparative study of the use of humor in dramatizing benevolent monsters in The Monsters under the Bed and The Boy Who Loved Monsters and the Girl Who Loved Peas

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023
Works for children are filled with a myriad of creatures that are often used by writers to convey certain messages to the young readers/audiences. From tamed to wild, real and imaginary beings, such creatures emerge either as benevolent or evil forces ...
Heidi Mohamed Bayoumy
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Sea Monsters. Theoretical Perspectives [PDF]

Acta Iassyensia Comparationis, 2022
Fictional works that are centered on elements pertaining to the maritime imaginary are established around individual figures as those of the sea monsters. They express terror and instinctive repulsion.
BOBARU NICOLAE
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Beowulf and the Hunt

Humanities, 2022
The presence of hunting imagery in Beowulf has often been noted, but the significance of the figures of the stag and the wolf to the thematic design of the poem has yet to be fully explored.
Francis Leneghan
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Arctic cinema: from horror through dramas and thrillers To Action movies and fiction (Part I)

Проблемы постсоветского пространства, 2023
The article considers a number of genres of Arctic films in the world cinema. Among them, some of the most common are horror films (horror), thrillers (part I), dramas, science fiction and action films (part II).
I. S. Zonn
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The Vampire, a Mythical Monster for Eternity

Corpus Mundi, 2023
The purpose of this paper is a new approach from an interdisciplinary standpoint to the long lasting phenomena of the vampires. Consequently, I have drawn on from multiple sources in history, folklore, literary studies and anthropology. As monsters, they
Victoria Hurtado
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Monstrøsitet som kulturel og religiøs diskurs

Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, 2003
The present contribution attempts to understand and interpret the significance of monstrosity, a well-attested phenomenon in the history of religions.
Laura Feldt
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Sirens Chanting in Auvergne-Velay: A Story of Exegetical Pilgrimage on the "Via Podiensis"

Ad Limina, 2013
Migrating from Greek mythology to scripture and ecclesiastical writing, sirens are best known for the perils they put on the road of Odysseus, and conversely, on that of the crucified Christ and on that of the pilgrim, two significations that Odysseus ...
Avital Heyman
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The Feminine Other: Monsters and Magic in Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

J-Lalite, 2021
Monsters are perceived as humanity’s enemy that should be eradicated. However, based on Jeffrey Cohen’s Monster Theory (1997), monsters play an important role in understanding humanity’s fears and anxieties.
Hana Ghani
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Yes, We Khan—Diversity and De-Monsterization of Muslim Identities in Ms. Marvel (2014–)

Nordlit: Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur, 2019
In 2014, Marvel comics introduced a new character to take over the mantle of the superhero identity Ms. Marvel. The new heroine is Kamala Khan, a 16-year-old girl born and raised in New Jersey.
Anja Borg Andreassen
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