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Norm Circles and Critical Realism

open access: yesJournal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, Volume 56, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT An increasing number of scholars have employed the critical realist concept of norm circles in empirical research. Norm circles are social structures, composed of human agents, that tend to encourage people to conform with norms. As such, they provide a (partly) structural explanation for social normativity, which in turn plays an important ...
Dave Elder‐Vass, Manuel Heckel
wiley   +1 more source

Zoonotic anxieties: The cultural politics of Nepal's quest for pandemic preparedness

open access: yesMedical Anthropology Quarterly, Volume 40, Issue 2, June 2026.
Abstract Based on fieldwork conducted in Nepal (2022–2024) and by paying attention to how local and transnational notions of epidemiological risk are deployed, this ethnography introduces the concept of “zoonotic anxieties” to make sense of the multi‐species relational ethos that contemporary global health regimes propose.
Max D. López Toledano   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

M1 a‐tDCS does not acutely enhance motor skill acquisition of a dexterous, timing‐based videogame task in adults

open access: yesPhysiological Reports, Volume 14, Issue 12, June 2026.
Abstract Motor skill acquisition involves plastic changes across distributed neural networks, and anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (a‐tDCS) applied over primary motor cortex (M1) is often used to modulate excitability and potentially enhance learning.
Brandon O. Blake   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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