Campaigning on TikTok: Platform Affordances, Affective Messaging, and Candidate Communication Styles in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election
The landscape of modern political campaigning has fundamentally shifted from the town halls and television broadcasts of the 20th century to the algorithmic feeds of social media applications. A comprehensive…
No Evidence for the Evolutionary Resource Hypothesis as an Explanation of the Gender-Equality Paradox: A Longitudinal Test in the United States
For decades, behavioral scientists, evolutionary psychologists, and sociologists have debated a counterintuitive and controversial puzzle known as the gender-equality paradox. This socio-psychological concept describes a recurring observation: rather than diminishing…
Early psychosocial deprivation alters the refinement of neural dynamics across adolescence
New scientific research indicates that children who encounter severe psychosocial deprivation during their earliest years of life exhibit enduring alterations in how their brain activity matures throughout adolescence. Published in…
Actors of Disinformation: Issuers and Recipients of Hoaxes in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election
The landscape of modern American politics has undergone a profound structural shift, one where the boundaries between verified truth and strategic fabrication have blurred into standard electoral practice. During the…
Mystical experiences in virtual reality 2: Fantasy versus realism and psychophysiological correlates
For decades, the induction of profound spiritual awakenings, moments of deep cosmic unity, and transformative self-transcendence has largely remained the exclusive domain of intensive, long-term meditation practices, sensory deprivation, or…
Partisans Misperceive and Are Influenced by Dynamic Norms
Political polarization has long been identified as one of the most formidable challenges facing modern democracies, driving institutional gridlock, societal friction, and deep-seated animosity between opposing political factions. While much…
Hormone therapy before frozen embryo transfer is tied to larger babies but not to differences in early childhood IQ
As assisted reproductive technology continues to evolve and reshape modern family planning, medical researchers are increasingly turning their attention to the long-term developmental outcomes of children born through these specialized…
Pilot study of psilocybin in patients with post-treatment lyme disease
A novel pilot study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has yielded promising yet preliminary insights into the potential utility of psilocybin-assisted therapy for individuals…
Exercise-induced activation of ventromedial hypothalamic steroidogenic factor-1 neurons mediates improvements in endurance
The traditional paradigm of exercise physiology has long maintained that physical stamina is a story written entirely in the periphery of the human body. When an organism engages in rigorous…
















