THE BEHAVIORAL AND NEURAL EFFECTS OF PARIETAL THETA BURST STIMULATION ON THE GRASP NETWORK ARE STRONGER DURING A GRASPING TASK THAN AT REST

The behavioral and neural effects of parietal theta burst stimulation on the grasp network are stronger during a grasping task than at rest

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is widely used in neuroscience and clinical settings to modulate human cortical activity.The effects of TMS on neural activity depend on the excitability of specific neural populations at the time of stimulation.Accordingly, the brain state at the time of stimulation may influence the persistent ef

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Attitude Formation Through Exploration

usc trojans snapback hat Little experimental research has investigated how attitudes are formed via direct personal experience within risky environments.This report summarizes the development of Treasure Island (TI), an attitude learning paradigm based on BeanFest.Two studies are reported: The first designed to compare the outcomes of TI with BeanF

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Is sexual abuse a part of war? A 4-year retrospective study on cases of sexual abuse at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya

The harmful effects of sexual abuse are long lasting.Sexual abuse when associated with violence here is likely to impact negatively on the life of the victim.Anecdotal reports indicate that there was an increase in the number of cases of sexual violence following the 2007 post election conflict and violence in Kenya.Although such increases in sexua

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Combining damage and fracture mechanics to model calving

Calving of icebergs is a major negative component of polar ice-sheet mass balance.Here we present a new calving model relying on both continuum damage mechanics and linear elastic fracture mechanics.This combination accounts for both the slow sub-critical surface crevassing and the rapid propagation of crevasses when calving occurs.First, damage to

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