Selective attention-related top-down modulation plays a significant role in separating relevant speech from irrelevant background speech when vocal attributes separating concurrent speakers are small and continuously evolving.Electrophysiological studies have shown that such top-down modulation enhances neural tracking of attended speech.Yet, the s
Abstract Works for children are filled with a myriad of creatures that are often used by writers to convey certain messages to the young readers/audiences.From tamed to wild, real and imaginary beings, such creatures emerge either as benevolent or evil forces.This study seeks to highlight the role of humorous, benevolent monsters in works for child
Economic depression and unemployment in the West have been and continue to be seen as responsible for periodic increases in suicide rates.This belief has been reinforced by investigations and media reports going back to the mid-nineteenth century.The evidence sustaining this claim is based on official statistics of completed suicides, despite the o
X-linked choroideremia (CHM) is a disease characterized by gradual retinal degeneration caused by loss of the Rab Ointment Escort Protein, REP1.Despite partial compensation by REP2 the disease is characterized by prenylation defects in multiple members of the Rab protein family that are master regulators of membrane traffic.Remarkably, the eye is t