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July 14, 2026
Abstract: This paper proposes the middle‐range theory “academic fear of missing out” (academic FoMO) as a situational and dynamic phenomenon emerging within competitive academic environments. Drawing on self...
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July 14, 2026
Abstract: The preferential engagement of the right hemisphere in vertebrates biases visuospatial attention to the left. This attentional bias has been proposed as the basis for the organization of numbers al...
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July 14, 2026
Abstract: It is now widely appreciated that culture can shape cognition and neural engagement. However, research investigating the effects of culture across the adult lifespan, with a focus on cognitive agin...
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July 11, 2026
Abstract: X;autosome translocations allow us to study how X‐chromosome inactivation (XCI) spreads into autosomal DNA in vivo. We re‐evaluated a male patient with an inherited unbalanced X;19 translocation to...
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