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A recent study published in Neuropsychopharmacology reveals that a single dose of LSD can improve motor learning the following day. The psychedelic drug also appears to reduce perceived stress and alter brain activity up…
When a teenager spends hours in front of a screen, parents and clinicians often reach the same conclusion: too much technology. However, a new study suggests that the type and meaning of digital ...
Parental influence on Gen Z is now backed by data: 25% blame parents for mental health struggles and 52% report childhood abuse. The post Psychologists Agree With Gen Z as They Blame Parents for Their ...
A cancer diagnosis can turn life upside down, but new research suggests that its consequences reach far beyond physical health. Patients diagnosed with cancer are twice as likely to develop a mental ...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 31, August 2026.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 31, August 2026. Individuals encounter “climate doom,” extreme portrayals of climate change, on social media. While climate doom may be intended to…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 31, August 2026. SignificanceMemory research traditionally distinguishes semantic memory, which supports knowledge about the world, from episodic memory…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 31, August 2026. SignificanceEvolution frequently repeats, but how often similar traits arise from similar genetic changes remains unclear, especially…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 31, August 2026. SignificanceThis study reveals a functional variance in the retrosplenial cortex (RSC) for spatial processing. Using calcium imaging in…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 31, August 2026. SignificanceDe novo mutations provide the raw material for adaptation, but at high frequencies, they can compromise genome integrity…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 31, August 2026. SignificanceDespite extensive work on the functional organization of scene processing in the human adult visual cortex, little is known…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 31, August 2026. SignificanceHumans readily extract structure from sequences, detecting regularities that span from local transitions to large-scale…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 31, August 2026. SignificanceWhy are fertility rates falling even where family policies are strong and gender equality has advanced? This study shows…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 31, August 2026. SignificanceThe SLC34 family of sodium (Na+)-driven inorganic phosphate (Pi) transporters are indispensable gatekeepers of the body’s…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 31, August 2026. SignificanceWe build a coalescent-theoretic model for studying the early prehistory of the Bantu language family. Prior computational…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 31, August 2026. SignificanceDysregulated APOBEC activity is one of the most prominent sources of base substitution mutations in human cancer. Here, we…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 31, August 2026. SignificanceFlowers use scent to attract pollinators, yet animals are not known to produce floral chemical signals to manipulate these…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 31, August 2026. SignificanceThis study elucidates a vitamin D receptor–spleen tyrosine kinase–pyruvate kinase M2 (VDR–SYK–PKM2) axis through which…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 31, August 2026. SignificanceProteolytic activation of transcription factors has proven to serve biologically important regulatory roles. For example…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 31, August 2026. SignificancePandemic preparedness requires strategic stockpiling of antiviral drugs but existing stockpile estimates are based on…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 31, August 2026. SignificanceHermaphroditic plants commonly evolve mechanisms to resolve conflict between male and female components of fitness, for…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 31, August 2026. SignificanceThe global spread multidrug-resistantNeisseriagonorrhoeaethreatens to undermine antibiotic treatment. Treatment failures of…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 31, August 2026. SignificanceUnderstanding how social systems evolved requires knowing the ancestral social organization. Here, we tested the assumption…
Reimagining Human Movement: The Impact of Extended Reality on Physical and Emotional Experience Behind each article we publish stands a team of superheroes: authors, editors, and reviewers who chose to uphold quality…
A laboratory study reveals how underlying relationship doubts and mutual support systems influence the emotional tone and conversational engagement of romantic couples during everyday logistics and problem-solving tasks.
Psychometric evaluations of the Short Dark Tetrad (SD4; [33]) have been conducted predominantly in Western samples, and the limited evidence from non-WEIRD contexts has yielded inconsistent findings regarding its factor…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly reshaping second language (L2) learning by providing learners with more interactive, flexible, and personalized forms of support. Yet how learners’ perceptions of AI…
This study examines how exposure to artificial intelligence (AI) shapes Chinese workers’ occupational mobility and how the consequences differ across AI’s labor-saving and labor-augmenting channels. Using 2,446…
IntroductionOlder adults typically show a disproportionate decline in associative, relative to item, memory. Here, we investigated the role of stimulus presentation in a foreign language, as well as the impact of a…
IntroductionCollege students face prominent emotional and interpersonal challenges under current social and academic pressures, and social-emotional competence is essential for their mental health and healthy…
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