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IntroductionWe address two related questions in multisensory integration: What are suppressive multisensory and multimodal neurons good for, and how could neurons implement the earliest stages of weighted cue averaging…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming psychiatric research and clinical practice, offering new capabilities in areas such as diagnosis, risk prediction, digital phenotyping, and treatment personalization…
Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a highly heterogeneous disorder. Childhood trauma (CT) is a well‑established risk factor, although the contribution of specific CT dimensions remains incompletely understood. This study…
While AI usage is increasingly embedded in employees’ core work tasks, its implications for task performance remain inconsistent in the literature. Drawing on self-determination theory and regulatory focus theory, this…
To examine the direct and indirect pathways among work–family conflict, marital quality, generalized anxiety disorder, and fertility intention among employed Iranian women with one child, using structural equation…
Physical inactivity remains a pressing public health challenge among college students. Tai Chi is an accessible low-intensity exercise for campus settings, but research on its motivational drivers remains limited. Most…
Hot-iron disbudding, a routine procedure that prevents horn bud growth through cauterization, is painful for calves. The resulting burns remain sensitive to touch for weeks, but it is unclear whether calves experience…
Boredom is an aversive human experience, driving individuals to change their current action in order to acquire new information from their environment and engage in meaningful activity. While boredom under healthy…
Mental health problems (MHP) are common in adolescents. Help-seeking behavior (HSB) in this age group is low. An online intervention promoting HSB in adolescents with MHP (ProHEAD-Online) was evaluated in a randomized…
Emergency department nurses play a critical role in providing quality care to patients, and gauging the degree of their burnout and its root causes holds significant importance. This study investigated the demographics…
As the heart beats, the interval between consecutive beats differs. A major source of this variability is the synchronization between respiration and heartbeats: the heart beats faster during inhalation and slows down…
Generative AI (GenAI) mental health chatbots offer scalable, on-demand support with the potential to address persistent gaps in mental healthcare access. Yet evidence on how these interventions are designed and how users…
Social media are frequently blamed for exacerbating ideological divides. We evaluate whether it is possible to design a social media platform that instead promotes productive, open-minded dialogue among users. We…
Emotions during language learning fluctuate rapidly, but intervention studies often miss when change occurs. In a two-arm randomized ecological momentary trial, 84 university foreign-language learners completed a 20-day…
Behavioral adaptation to noise helps mammals maintain perceptual acuity in challenging acoustic environments by dynamically adjusting to background sound, thereby enhancing speech recognition. Many older adults report…
Curiosity is linked to uncertainty and is a powerful driver of human functioning, yet little is known about how it manifests collectively in naturalistic social settings across multiple timescales. To address this gap…
The existing literature indicates an increasing interest in the emotions of teachers within the context of second language (L2) acquisition. However, it is important to note that there remains a considerable gap…
Mental health problems among medical students represent a major global concern. This study examined the statistical mediating associations of anxiety, emotional reactivity, social camouflaging, and burnout in the…
Injection drug use among nonurban people has fueled sharp rises in Hepatitis C (HCV) infections. Innovative treatment models are needed that circumvent healthcare system barriers for people who use drugs (PWUD)…
Background This German multicenter study aimed to analyze the efficacy of telephone-assisted self-help (TASH) and changes during subsequent adaptive treatment in children with mild-to-moderate ADHD. Methods Participants…
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is characterized by substantial heterogeneity in symptom presentation, illness trajectory, and treatment response, highlighting the need for objective approaches capable of monitoring…
Intelligence, empathy, systemizing, and autistic traits are psychological dimensions that vary continuously across the population. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may reflect extreme expressions of these traits, yet their…
This study examined oxidative stress (OS) markers in acute relapse schizophrenia, assessed the impact of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), and explored correlations with clinical improvement. 110 Han Chinese patients and…
Body image disturbance and body dysmorphic symptoms are important appearance-related mental health concerns among university students, yet evidence from Bangladesh remains limited. This study examined factors associated…
Temporal interference stimulation (TIS) is a novel noninvasive neuromodulation technique. However, whether it can be applied in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) remains unclear. This pilot study investigated…
Background Relapse after residential treatment for substance use disorder (SUD) remains common, yet no prior systematic review and meta-analysis has comprehensively synthesized the risk and protective factors associated…
Background Major Depressive Disorder with psychotic features (MDD-Psy) represents a severe clinical subtype with distinct psychopathology, yet its underlying large-scale brain network dynamics, as measured by…
Background Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder in childhood, and treatment of children with severe behavioral dysregulation remains challenging. This study evaluated…
Although borderline personality disorder (BPD) is associated with substantial mortality and morbidity, frontline BPD interventions are difficult to access and have suboptimal efficacy. Therefore, there is a pressing need…
Mental disorders pose a major global health burden, with stigma hindering treatment access. In Iran, stigma persists despite integration efforts. This study assessed explicit and implicit stigma toward psychiatric…
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