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Above 2,000 meters: Cova 338 redefines Pyrenean prehistory

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An international research team led by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES-CERCA) has documented the highest-altitude prehistoric cave with evidence of intense human occupation known to date in the Pyrenees. The site, known as Cova 338, is located at 2,235 meters above sea level in the Núria Valley (Queralbs, Ripollès - Girona). The study documents recurrent human occupations spanning more than 5,000 years and provides some of the earliest evidence of copper-rich mineral exploitation in Western Europe. The results forces to rethink the role of high mountain environments in Pyrenean prehistoric societies.

Journal: Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology

Safeguarding children in childcare: teacher confidence key to addressing trauma

Adelaide University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

From workforce shortages to child safety concerns, Australia’s early childhood education sector is under pressure. Despite these pressures, children should never bear the consequences – particularly those who have already experienced trauma.

Journal: The Australian Educational Researcher
Funder: Open Access funding enabled and organized by CAUL and its Member Institutions. The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article.

Engineers track eye movements to advance student simulation training, enhance clinical preparedness in Meridian

Mississippi State University
Reports and Proceedings

A Mississippi State University faculty member and undergraduate researcher are using eye-tracking technology at MSU-Meridian to study how students see, process and respond in high-pressure training scenarios, helping reshape how future healthcare professionals are educated.

The GLP-1 paradox: Rice study finds weight loss drugs may carry unexpected stigma

Rice University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Glucagonlike peptide-1 (GLP-1) medications have taken over the national conversation around weight loss, nut new research from Rice University suggests the social reality may be more complicated.

Journal: International Journal of Obesity

Can dopamine bend time to shape memory?

University of California - Los Angeles
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Why do we often recall events as lasting longer or shorter than they did? New research by UCLA psychologists shows that dopamine signaling at event beginnings may stretch time in our memory. A key dopamine-producing area of the brain — the ventral tegmental area — was activated when volunteers participating in an MRI scan detected the start of a new event. When this dopamine hub activated more strongly, people later reported more time had passed. The finding suggests that dopamine plays a role in breaking lived experience into meaningful segments that can be stored as memories.

Journal: Nature Communications

How do rats determine whether to approach or avoid distressed peers?

Society for Neuroscience
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers identified a pathway in the rat brain that plays a role in evaluating social signals and making decisions to approach stressed pups or avoid stressed adult peers.

Journal: JNeurosci
Funder: Boston College (BC): Undergraduate Research Fellowships

New study gives voice to older homeless women navigating streets and shelters

Boston University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Boston University led research examines how older women experiencing homelessness navigate life on the streets and in emergency housing shelters, and how those environments affect their physical and emotional well-being, their sense of self-worth, and their path toward stable housing.

Journal: Frontiers

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