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Towards imaging the infant brain at play. 对玩耍中的婴儿大脑进行成像。

Communicative and Integrative Biology Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/19420889.2023.2206204

Aleksandra A W Dopierala, Lauren L Emberson

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Approximate entropy: a promising tool to understand the hidden electrical activity of fruit. 近似熵:一个有前途的工具，以了解隐藏的电活动的水果。

Communicative and Integrative Biology Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/19420889.2023.2195236

Gabriela Niemeyer Reissig, Thiago Francisco de Carvalho Oliveira, André Geremia Parise, Ádrya Vanessa Lira Costa, Douglas Antônio Posso, Cesar Valmor Rombaldi, Gustavo Maia Souza

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引用次数: 1

Identification of intelligence-related proteins through a robust two-layer predictor. 通过稳健的两层预测器识别智力相关蛋白。

Communicative and Integrative Biology Pub Date : 2022-11-15 eCollection Date: 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/19420889.2022.2143101

Aida Shomali, Mohammad Sadegh Vafaei Sadi, Mohammad Reza Bakhtiarizadeh, Sasan Aliniaeifard, Anthony Trewavas, Paco Calvo

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On stimulus persistence and human behavior: the stimulus persistence unification theory. 刺激持续性与人类行为：刺激持续性统一理论。

Communicative and Integrative Biology Pub Date : 2022-11-07 eCollection Date: 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/19420889.2022.2141954

Tobore Onojighofia Tobore

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Island biogeography, competition, and abiotic filtering together control species richness in habitat islands formed by nurse tree canopies in an arid environment. 岛屿生物地理、竞争和非生物过滤共同控制着干旱环境下由乳胶树冠层构成的栖息地岛屿物种丰富度。

Communicative and Integrative Biology Pub Date : 2022-11-01 eCollection Date: 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/19420889.2022.2139471

Ali A Al-Namazi, Stephen P Bonser

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引用次数: 2

Electrical spiking of psilocybin fungi. 裸盖菇素真菌的电脉冲。

Communicative and Integrative Biology Pub Date : 2022-10-24 eCollection Date: 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/19420889.2022.2136118

Antoni Gandia, Andrew Adamatzky

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Tool and techniques study to plant microbiome current understanding and future needs: an overview. 植物微生物组的工具和技术研究现状和未来需求综述。

Communicative and Integrative Biology Pub Date : 2022-08-10 eCollection Date: 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/19420889.2022.2082736

Enespa, Prem Chandra

引用次数: 5

A general theory of consciousness II: The language problem. 意识的一般理论 II：语言问题。

Communicative and Integrative Biology Pub Date : 2022-08-08 eCollection Date: 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/19420889.2022.2101194

Abraham Peper

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The expensive-tissue hypothesis may help explain brain-size reduction during domestication. 昂贵组织假说可能有助于解释驯化过程中大脑体积减小的原因。

Communicative and Integrative Biology Pub Date : 2022-08-05 eCollection Date: 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/19420889.2022.2101196

Raffaela Lesch, Kurt Kotrschal, Andrew C Kitchener, W Tecumseh Fitch, Alexander Kotrschal

引用次数: 4

Omni-local consciousness. Omni-local意识。

Communicative and Integrative Biology Pub Date : 2022-08-05 eCollection Date: 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/19420889.2022.2107726

Andrew Lohrey, Bruce Boreham

引用次数: 1