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Towards an Active Inference Account of Deep Meditative Deconstruction
Publication · February 03, 2026
Early life stress rewires aggression circuits to produce life-long violent behavior
Stressful experiences early in life can leave a lasting mark on the brain, altering how it processes threat, emotion, and social cues. In some individuals, these changes give rise to persistent irritability and maladaptive aggression that endure l...
Project · February 03, 2026
Familiarity gates socially transmitted aggression via the medial amygdala
Publication · February 03, 2026
Systems Physiology & Phenotyping Core
Contacts:
Yibing Nong, MD, PhD, Director of Systems Physiology & Phenotyping Core
[email protected]
Kenneth Brittian, Manager of Systems Physiology & Phenotyping Core
The Core provides rigorously standardized in vivo surgical and physiol...
Project · February 03, 2026
Voter Responses to Denialist Rhetoric: Polarization, Democracy, and the Memory of Authoritarian Pasts
Abstract
In transitional democracies like Argentina and Chile, denialist rhetoric—discourse that minimizes or justifies human rights violations committed by past authoritarian regimes—poses a subtle threat to democratic norms. How do voters respo...
Publication · February 03, 2026
A parametric model for externally irradiated protoplanetary disks with photoevaporative winds
Publication · February 03, 2026