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An agent-based model of indirect minority influence on social change and diversity

open access: yesSocial Influence, 2018
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
doaj   +1 more source

Interaction vesicles as emerging mediators of host‐pathogen molecular crosstalk and their implications for infection dynamics

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

How power affects postdecisional attitude change: reducing dissonance when decisions do not match with own or others’ preferences

open access: yesSocial Influence
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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Altruistic indulgence: people voluntarily consume high-calorie foods to make other people feel comfortable and pleasant

open access: yesSocial Influence, 2018
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
doaj   +1 more source

Decoding the dual role of autophagy in cancer through transcriptional and epigenetic regulation

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Do people express and pay more attention to positive or negative information in stock forums? A big data analysis

open access: yesSocial Influence
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
doaj   +1 more source

‘Heroes aren’t always so great!’ – Heroic perceptions under mortality salience

open access: yesSocial Influence, 2019
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
doaj   +1 more source

A stepwise emergence of evolution in the RNA world

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Poeticized use of second-person pronouns in English-Chinese advertisement translation: a questionnaire and eye-tracking study on reader reception

open access: yesSocial Influence
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
doaj   +1 more source

Communicating highly divergent levels of scientific and social consensus: its effects on people’s scientific beliefs

open access: yesSocial Influence, 2019
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
doaj   +1 more source

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