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Psychophysical changes after total sleep deprivation and experimental muscle pain

Journal of Sleep Research, Volume 34, Issue 2, April 2025.
Summary Sleep disturbances exacerbate chronic pain, increase psychological load, and increase inflammation. Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) mimics aspects of chronic pain, predominantly affecting peripheral pain mechanisms, while experimental sleep provocations have been shown to impact central pain mechanisms.
Emma Hertel, Elaxmi Sathiyalingam, Linea Pilgaard, Simone Juline Brommann, Rocco Giordano, Kristian Kjær‐Staal Petersen   +5 more
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Scene Regularity Interacts With Individual Biases to Modulate Perceptual Stability

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2019
Sensory input is inherently ambiguous but our brains achieve remarkable perceptual stability. Prior experience and knowledge of the statistical properties of the world are thought to play a key role in the stabilization process. Individual differences in
Qinglin Li, Qinglin Li, Qinglin Li, Qinglin Li, Andrew Isaac Meso, Nikos K. Logothetis, Nikos K. Logothetis, Georgios A. Keliris, Georgios A. Keliris, Georgios A. Keliris   +9 more
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A Critique of S. S. Stevens' “New Psychophysics”

, 1963
S. S. Stevens' “New Psychophysics” is examined in terms of classical psychophysics and recent experiments. Distinctions between metathetic and prothetic continua, and between category and ratio scales are considered inappropriate. Conclusions drawn from
Roslyn P. Warren, Richard M. Warren
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A sensory ecology approach to understanding snakebites: Influence of sensory cues on the strike of the lancehead pitviper

Journal of Zoology, EarlyView.
Snakes are notable for having a broad range of predators and one of the most diverse repertoires of defensive behaviors. During heightened responses to aversive stimuli, one of the behaviors displayed is the venomous bite, particularly relevant because it triggers snakebite incidents in humans.
J. M. Alves‐Nunes, A. Fellone, R. H. Willemart, O. A. V. Marques   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neural markers of social dominance: A female-focused perspective

iScience
Summary: Social interactions are fundamental to human life, with social dominance being a key factor in these interactions. Previous studies have shown that dominant males are faster in decision-making tasks compared to non-dominant ones, even in the ...
Wei-Hsiang Lin, Janir Ramos da Cruz, Carmen Sandi, Michael H. Herzog   +3 more
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Theologies of Mind: Eriugena and Pratyabhijñā Śaivism

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Though Eriugena's affinities with several Hindu traditions are clear, this article offers to my knowledge the first detailed discussion of Eriugena's theology in relation to any Indic theological school, here, the nondualist Śaiva tradition known as the Pratyabhijñā (“Recognition”) lineage.
Matthew Z. Vale
wiley   +1 more source

Experienced Weight Stigma Changes Following Bariatric Surgery: a Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Obesity Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Experiencing weight stigmatization is linked to maladaptive eating, poorer mental health, and increased risk of weight gain, potentially impacting metabolic bariatric surgery (MBS) outcomes. This meta‐analysis aimed to synthesize patient experiences of weight stigmatization before and after MBS and to examine the association of ...
Hannah R. Farnsworth, Dakota L. Leget, Lara J. LaCaille, Rick A. LaCaille, Afton M. Koball, Alicia Niemann, Chloë Z. Backderf, Carly R. Mastrian, Ellie M. Von Duyke   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Moral Supervenience to Moral Contingentism (In One Easy Step!)

Analytic Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT According to the Divide & Conquer (DC) strategy (Fogal and Risberg 2020) for explaining moral supervenience, the modal covariation between moral and natural properties can be partly explained by appeal to pure moral principles. Bhogal (2022) has recently argued that DC fails.
Alexios Stamatiadis‐Bréhier
wiley   +1 more source

Staging the Semahs: Performing Aleviness in Turkey and Europe

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The semah, a genre of music and movement practices imbued with values of gender, class, age and ethical egalitarianism, lies at the core of the Alevis' ayn‐i cem rituals. Since the 1970s, processes of urbanisation, migration, folklore production and heritage‐making have facilitated the circulation of semah beyond ritual contexts, particularly ...
Sinibaldo De Rosa
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging the Gap: Possible Roles and Contributions of Representational Momentum

Psicológica, 2006
Memory for the position of a moving target is often displaced in the direction of anticipated motion, and this has been referred to as representational momentum.
Timothy L. Hubbard
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