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FAAH, SLC6A4, and BDNF variants are not associated with psychosocial stress and mental health outcomes in a population of Syrian refugee youth
(2019-06-29)The developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD) hypothesis posits that early childhood stressors disproportionately impact adult health. Numerous studies have found adult mental health to be associated with childhood ... -
Factors affecting consumers' adherence to gluten-free diet, a systematic review
(Elsevier, 2019-03-01)Background: The gluten-free market is expanding rapidly. The reasons for this reflect a growing interest in adopting a gluten-free diet (GFD). This is partly explained by an increasing number of people diagnosed with Celiac ... -
Genetic and Environmental Influences on Dyslexia and Dyscalculia
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Genetic contributions of noncognitive skills to academic development.
(bioRxiv, 2023-10-26)Noncognitive skills such as motivation and self-regulation, are partly heritable and predict academic achievement beyond cognitive skills. However, how the relationship between noncognitive skills and academic achievement ... -
The genetics of specific cognitive abilities
(Elsevier, 2022)Most research on individual differences in performance on tests of cognitive ability focuses on general cognitive ability (g), the highest level in the three-level Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) hierarchical model of intelligence. ... -
A genome-wide association study of female sexual dysfunction.
(2012-04)Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) is an important but controversial problem with serious negative impact on women's quality of life. Data from twin studies have shown a genetic contribution to the development and maintenance of FSD. -
Grooming interventions in female rhesus macaques as social niche construction
(Elsevier, 2021)Social animals invest time and resources into adapting their social environment, which emerges not only from their own but also from the decisions of other group members. Thus, individuals have to monitor interactions ... -
Habituation of the electrodermal response - A biological correlate of resilience?
(PLoS, 2019-01-25)urrent approaches to quantifying resilience make extensive use of self-reported data. Problematically, this type of scales is plagued by response distortions–both deliberate and unintentional, particularly in occupational ... -
Hair cortisol concentrations in war-affected adolescents: A prospective intervention trial
(Elsevier, 2017-12-26)Temporal examinations of the biological signature of stress or trauma in war-affected populations are seldom undertaken. Moreover, few studies have examined whether stress biomarkers track biological sensitivity to brief ...