The behavioural preview effect with faces is susceptible to statistical regularities: Evidence for predictive processing across the saccade

Abstract The world around us appears stable and continuous despite saccadic eye movements.This apparent visual stability is achieved by trans-saccadic perception leading at the behavioural level to preview effects: performance in processing a foveal stimulus is better if the stimulus remained unchanged (valid) compared to when it changed (invalid)

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Enhanced Disease Resistance Caused by BRI1 Mutation Is Conserved Between Brachypodium distachyon and Barley (Hordeum vulgare)

This study investigated the impact of brassinosteroid (BR)-insensitive 1 (BRI1) mutation, TULSI-NEEM SOAP BAR the main receptor of BR in both Brachypodium distachyon and barley, on disease resistance against a range of fungal pathogens of cereals exhibiting different trophic lifestyles.Results presented here show that i) disruption of BRI1 has plei

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Body as a Medium and Metaphor in the Context of Performance Art

Consciously or unconsciously, a new subversive world has been built with the change of consciousness, cultural segments, environment and reality experiences, as well as the emerging denial of form and art as contemplative medium, and the demolition of standards by artists who dictated the aesthetics of beauty and exclusivity of thematic freedom.Dur

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Simulation of Bay-Shaped Shorelines after the Construction of Large-Scale Structures by Using a Parabolic Bay Shape Equation

Among the various causes of coastal erosion, the installation of offshore breakwaters is considered the main cause that influences the most serious changes in shorelines.However, without a proper means for predicting such terrain changes, countries and regions continue to suffer from the aftermath of development projects on coastal land.It has been

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Rhetoric, Reality and Racism: The Governance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers in a State Government Health Service in Australia

Background In northern Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers (A&TSIHWs) are unique members of nominally integrated teams of primary care professionals.Spurred by research documenting ongoing structural violence experienced by Indigenous health providers and more recent challenges to recruitment and retention of A&TSIHWs, t

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