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Valuing Health Surveillance as an Information System: Interdisciplinary Insights
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Brain activation provides individual-level prediction of bipolar disorder risk
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Mouse study finds BPA exposure has transgenerational effects on gene linked to autism: Social recognition test used for first time in mice shows behavioral deficit
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The Role of Perfectionism and Controlling Conditions in Norwegian Elite Junior Performers’ Motivational Processes
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Using a Gratitude Intervention to Improve the Lives of Women With Breast Cancer: A Daily Diary Study
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Could playing computer games improve your peripheral vision?
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Preschool Metacognitive Skill Assessment in Order to Promote Educational Sensitive Response From Mixed-Methods Approach: Complementarity of Data Analysis
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Epilepsy drugs linked to increased risk of suicidal behavior, particularly in young people: Review of treatment guidelines needed, suggest researchers
Epilepsy drugs linked to increased risk of suicidal behavior, particularly in young people: Review of treatment guidelines needed, suggest researchers
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Mediating Effect of Trait Emotional Intelligence Between the Behavioral Activation System (BAS)/Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS) and Positive and Negative Affect
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Children with autism, co-occurring ADHD symptoms lag in key measures of independence
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Body Representation in Children With Unilateral Cerebral Palsy
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Brain discovery explains a great mystery of Alzheimer
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Keeping active in middle age may be tied to lower risk of dementia
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UK sales of Xanax and other prescription psychiatric drugs increasing via the darknet
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Experimentally Induced Empathy Has No Impact on Generosity in a Monetarily Incentivized Dictator Game
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Self-Compassion and Subjective Well-Being Mediate the Impact of Mindfulness on Balanced Time Perspective in Chinese College Students
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Why forgetting at work can be a good thing: New study by psychologists and information scientists provides basis for trustworthy information systems
Why forgetting at work can be a good thing: New study by psychologists and information scientists provides basis for trustworthy information systems
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Why creative experts may be better at imagining the future
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Why children struggle with the
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Why Behavioral Indicators May Fail to Reveal Mental States: Individual Differences in Arousal-Movement Pattern Relationships
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Why Are People High in Dispositional Awe Happier? The Roles of Meaning in Life and Materialism
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Why adults at risk for Huntington
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Whole-Genome Sequencing as Tool for Investigating International Tuberculosis Outbreaks: A Systematic Review
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Which car crashes cause traumatic brain injury? New tool to calculate likelihood of traumatic brain injury after a vehicle collision
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Which brain hemorrhage patients have treatable underlying conditions
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Where Does the Money Come From? Humanizing High Socioeconomic Status Groups Undermines Attitudes Toward Redistribution
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When tempers flare, nurses
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