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An agent-based model of indirect minority influence on social change and diversity
The present paper describes an agent-based model of indirect minority influence. It examines whether indirect minority influence can lead to social change as a function of cognitive rebalancing, a process whereby related attitudes are affected when one ...
Jiin Jung+2 more
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Interaction extracellular vesicles (iEVs) are hybrid vesicles formed through host‐pathogen communication. They facilitate immune evasion, transfer pathogens' molecules, increase host cell uptake, and enhance virulence. This Perspective article illustrates the multifunctional roles of iEVs and highlights their emerging relevance in infection dynamics ...
Bruna Sabatke+2 more
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Decisions with consequences for self and/or others do not always match the respective preferences. Following cognitive dissonance theory, one option to deal with such mismatches is to change one’s attitudes post-decision.
Zonghuo Yu+5 more
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We explored a novel phenomenon where people in certain social contexts voluntarily consume high-calorie foods with the altruistic motive of making other people feel comfortable and pleasant. We hypothesized that people are likely to choose a high-calorie
Youjae Yi, Jacob C. Lee, Saetbyeol Kim
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Decoding the dual role of autophagy in cancer through transcriptional and epigenetic regulation
Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation controls autophagy, which exerts context‐dependent effects on cancer: Autophagy suppresses tumorigenesis by maintaining cellular homeostasis or promotes tumor progression by supporting survival under stress. In this “In a Nutshell” article, we explore the intricate mechanisms of the dual function of autophagy ...
Young Suk Yu, Ik Soo Kim, Sung Hee Baek
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Investment decision-making is an important and challenging task faced by people in modern society, and emotions play an important role in the process of investment decision-making.
Yajing Li, Peipei An, Jibo He
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‘Heroes aren’t always so great!’ – Heroic perceptions under mortality salience
According to terror management theory, in a first study (N = 80), we tested the hypothesis that heroic perceptions of historic heroes would become more positive under mortality salience.
Simon Schindler+3 more
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A stepwise emergence of evolution in the RNA world
How did biological evolution emerge from chemical reactions? This perspective proposes a gradual scenario of self‐organization among RNA molecules, where catalytic feedback on random mixtures plays the central role. Short oligomers cross‐ligate, and self‐assembly enables heritable variations. An event of template‐externalization marks the transition to
Philippe Nghe
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Second-person reference frequently appears in advertisement translation. This research explores a poeticized form in English-Chinese translation, namely the ‘adjective + second-person pronoun’ (‘adj.
Ying Cui, Xiao Liu
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This study examined the impact of presenting scientific and social consensus information together on people’s scientific beliefs when the two types of consensus information contradict each other.
Keiichi Kobayashi
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