Sameha AlShakhsi, Ala Yankouskaya, Dena Al-Thani, Raian Ali
{"title":"Protégé Effect for Behavior Change: Does Teaching Digital Stress Solutions to Others Reduce One's Own?","authors":"Sameha AlShakhsi, Ala Yankouskaya, Dena Al-Thani, Raian Ali","doi":"10.1111/nyas.70368","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.70368","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The protégé effect suggests that individuals learn a subject more effectively when they teach it to others. Can we therefore assume that when individuals with a problematic behavior teach others about it and how to manage it, they become more likely to reduce and better manage that behavior themselves? We address this question by evaluating a protégé-based approach to reducing and managing digital stress (DS). Over 3 weeks, 137 participants with moderate-high DS were assigned to four groups. Two groups followed a protégé-based approach: a passive group, given materials to teach, and an active group, given headlines and required to search for and prepare teaching content. Both groups completed three sessions, each focusing on one DS dimension: availability stress, approval anxiety, and fear of missing out. A digital literacy group received content and quizzes, alongside a control group. Outcomes included DS levels, problematic social media use, word of mouth, and issue involvement. Results showed no significant differences between groups. The findings highlight the difficulty of translating cognitive engagement into behavioral change. This study contributes empirical evidence to the digital well-being literature by illustrating the challenges of enhancing digital well-being, potentially due to persistent digital habits and socially reinforced stressors.</p>","PeriodicalId":8250,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences","volume":"1562 1","pages":"e70368"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13475590/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148757078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Genetic Adaptation Accompanying the Emergence of Inkoo Virus, the European Orthobunyavirus jamestownense.","authors":"Yan Li","doi":"10.1111/nyas.70359","DOIUrl":"10.1111/nyas.70359","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Inkoo virus (INKV), a member of Orthobunyavirus jamestownense (Jamestown Canyon orthobunyavirus), is widely distributed in northern Europe. Human seroprevalence of INKV is high in endemic areas, and human infection with this agent can cause neurological disease. Here, I deciphered the genetic basis underlying the emergence of the currently circulating INKV in Europe. Phylogenetic analysis showed a clear delineation between the INKV isolates and those of Orthobunyavirus jamestownense from North America and suggested that INKV may be a descendant of an epidemic expansion from America to Europe. Clade model analysis revealed that, compared to the American isolates, INKV has been influenced by different selective pressures, with effects on L protein, surface glycoprotein Gc, and nonstructural protein NSm. Further, contingency analysis showed that, in the emergence of INKV, amino acid changes have accelerated in its L protein and Gc. These changes represent an adaptation likely to local selective pressure. My findings emphasize the significance of endogenous genetic changes in the epidemic dissemination of INKV across geographic space (or the succession of variants) and further highlight the key viral elements and potential mechanisms involved in this process.</p>","PeriodicalId":8250,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences","volume":"1562 1","pages":"e70359"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13502114/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148808209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chiara Malvaso, Gemma Fernández-Rubio, Mattia Rosso, Elisa Serra, Vera Rudi, Peter Vuust, Morten L. Kringelbach, Claudia Testa, Leonardo Bonetti
{"title":"FREQ-NESS Reveals Age-Related Differences in Frequency-Resolved Brain Networks During Auditory Recognition and Resting State","authors":"Chiara Malvaso, Gemma Fernández-Rubio, Mattia Rosso, Elisa Serra, Vera Rudi, Peter Vuust, Morten L. Kringelbach, Claudia Testa, Leonardo Bonetti","doi":"10.1111/nyas.70349","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.70349","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Understanding how brain networks operate across different frequencies during cognitive tasks, and how these dynamics change with age, remains a central challenge in cognitive neuroscience. While previous studies have focused on resting-state activity and passive listening, less is known about frequency-specific brain dynamics during event-related tasks that require active memory engagement. In this study, we extend the recently developed FREQ-NESS analytical pipeline by adapting it to event-related task and resting-state source-reconstructed magnetoencephalography (MEG) data from 140 healthy participants. This method quantified the variance explained by frequency-specific brain networks, their spatial organization, and associated time-resolved power estimates. We found significant effects of age, condition, and their interaction in the variance explained by leading components at 8.6, 10.0, and 20.0 Hz. Older adults exhibited peaks at 8.6 and 10.0 Hz across both rest and task, while younger adults displayed a task-related reduction, suggesting a different organization of brain networks during memory processing with age. Time–frequency analysis revealed age- and condition-dependent desynchronization in the alpha and beta bands (7.1–22.9 Hz). These findings demonstrate the effectiveness of the adapted FREQ-NESS pipeline for event-related tasks and highlight the importance of frequency-resolved network analysis for characterizing age-related changes in active auditory memory processing.</p>","PeriodicalId":8250,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences","volume":"1562 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/nyas.70349","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148616887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"TASRIC: A Type-Aware Semantic Retrieval Augmentation Framework With Iterative Correction for Bias Mitigation","authors":"Chenyang Li, Maoyuan Zhang","doi":"10.1111/nyas.70360","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.70360","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Gender bias in Chinese natural language processing poses significant challenges due to its high degree of metaphorical expression and strong dependence on contextual cues. Existing approaches typically rely on fixed demonstrations or one-shot generation strategies, which may result in incomplete debiasing or loss of core semantics when handling metaphorical and long-tail biased expressions. To address these limitations, this paper proposes a type-aware semantic retrieval augmentation framework with iterative correction (TASRIC), a semi-parametric generative framework for mitigating bias. First, we construct a unified fine-grained recognizer based on adversarial training to enable robust fine-grained bias identification. Second, we introduce a type-aware semantic retrieval augmentation mechanism that leverages bias type information and dynamic semantic retrieval to impose contextual constraints, thereby alleviating the insufficient coverage of fixed demonstration prompts in complex metaphorical bias scenarios. Finally, an iterative correction strategy is designed to ensure general semantic preservation during the debiasing process. Experimental results demonstrate that, compared with a few-shot ChatGPT baseline, TASRIC improves the quality of debiased text generation by 3.7% in BLEU, an n-gram overlap metric, and 3.3% in METEOR, a metric that considers more flexible lexical matching.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":8250,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences","volume":"1562 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148616883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Salma Feki Ben-Salah, Takwa Jlassi, Ahmed Ouni, Hajer Aounallah, Adel Rhim, Ali Bouattour, Youmna M'ghirbi
{"title":"First Records of Ixodes ventalloi and Ixodes frontalis on Vegetation in Tunisia: Bird-Mediated Dispersal Scenario?","authors":"Salma Feki Ben-Salah, Takwa Jlassi, Ahmed Ouni, Hajer Aounallah, Adel Rhim, Ali Bouattour, Youmna M'ghirbi","doi":"10.1111/nyas.70348","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.70348","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Ticks of the genus <i>Ixodes</i> are known vectors of various pathogens, and their distribution is often influenced by numerous biotic and abiotic factors defining their ecological niche that are different among species. This study aims to investigate the presence and genetic diversity of <i>Ixodes</i> species in a Mediterranean forested area of Tunisia. Using the flagging method, a total of 133 <i>Ixodes</i> ticks were collected from vegetation in the artificial forest of Dar Chichou, a stopover site for migratory birds on the Cap Bon Peninsula. Morphological and molecular analyses of the specimens identified two species: <i>I. ventalloi</i> (<i>n</i> = 122) and <i>I. frontalis</i> (<i>n</i> = 11). Genetic analysis of 49 randomly selected <i>I. ventalloi</i> specimens and the 11 <i>I. frontalis</i> specimens revealed phylogenetic relationships with Southwestern and Central European populations. These findings suggest that the presence of these two <i>Ixodes</i> taxa in this biotope could be the result of bird-mediated dispersal during short and long-distance migrations. They also point to the potential role played by migratory birds in shaping the distribution and genetic structure of tick populations across different regions.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":8250,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences","volume":"1562 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148616886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luca Pedruzzi, Alice Galotti, Martina Francesconi, Alberto Quartesan, Sheleme Abiyou Gamessa, Hailu Tilahun Argaw, Arianna Meletiadis, Pier Luigi Acutis, Maria Vittoria Riina, Valentina Serra, Giulio Petroni, Bezawork Afework Bogale, Alban Lemasson, Elisabetta Palagi
{"title":"Relationship Value, Emotion, and Uncertainty Shape Conflict−Resolution Communication in a Wild Primate","authors":"Luca Pedruzzi, Alice Galotti, Martina Francesconi, Alberto Quartesan, Sheleme Abiyou Gamessa, Hailu Tilahun Argaw, Arianna Meletiadis, Pier Luigi Acutis, Maria Vittoria Riina, Valentina Serra, Giulio Petroni, Bezawork Afework Bogale, Alban Lemasson, Elisabetta Palagi","doi":"10.1111/nyas.70352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.70352","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Studying how nonhuman primates tailor signals and behavioral patterns to resolve ingroup conflicts provides insight into the evolution of communicative and behavioral complexity in conflict management. Here, we explore how, in wild geladas, primates with a uniquely rich vocal−visual repertoire, aggressors and victims take into account relationship value, perceived risk and uncertainty, emotional dynamics, and audience and external factors when producing nonaggressive signals after conflicts. We found that reconciliation in the study groups occurred rapidly, was mainly initiated by aggressors, and was mediated by post-conflict sequences composed of vocalizations, sometimes supplemented with visual signals and tactile patterns. The complexity of post-conflict sequences—indexed by their length, sensory channels, and signal types—was amplified in aggressor−victim dyads with stronger social bonds, following more intense victim distress signals, with dominant aggressors, and between genetically unrelated individuals. These patterns reflect sensitivity to uncertainty, relationship quality, emotional states, and to the external audience. Such behavioral flexibility helps individuals navigate the challenges of complex social life, where multiple relationships must be continuously tracked, thereby supporting social competence and group cohesion. Post-conflict signaling lies at the intersection of social and cognitive sophistication, revealing evolutionary links to human complex communication.</p>","PeriodicalId":8250,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences","volume":"1562 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/nyas.70352","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148616878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Katarzyna Byrka, Simona Sciara, Johannes T. Doerflinger, Peter M. Gollwitzer
{"title":"Does Committing to Green Goals Always Lead to Impactful Action? An Identity-Goal Perspective","authors":"Katarzyna Byrka, Simona Sciara, Johannes T. Doerflinger, Peter M. Gollwitzer","doi":"10.1111/nyas.70363","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.70363","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Many people see caring for the environment as part of who they are and what they believe is morally right. Yet even when protecting nature is valued, consistently acting in environmentally friendly ways in everyday life can be difficult. In this paper, we adopt an identity-goal perspective and discuss why people who set green goals and feel environmentally responsible may choose quick and easy actions that signal concern but have limited real impact. Committing to the identity goal of being a green person might be the best route to success. However, there may also be potential downsides. When people feel they have already done enough to see themselves as environmentally responsible, they may stop putting in further effort—a pattern often called “slacktivism.” At the same time, people who feel they have not done enough may look for quick and easy actions that make them feel better, rather than taking more effective steps that require time and effort. This is problematic because environmental protection requires sustained effortful action over time. We will therefore discuss potentially effective self-regulation strategies that help to overcome these problems.</p>","PeriodicalId":8250,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences","volume":"1562 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/nyas.70363","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148616881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Physics-Informed Hemispherical Mapping for Global Navigation Satellite System Multipath Mitigation in Mining Subsidence Monitoring","authors":"Shicheng Xie, Xuexiang Yu, Xu Yang, Yulong Ge","doi":"10.1111/nyas.70342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.70342","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Multipath remains a major limitation for global navigation satellite system (GNSS) precise point positioning (PPP)-based subsidence monitoring in mining areas. We propose a physics-informed multipath hemispherical mapping (PI-MHM) model for multifrequency, multi-GNSS PPP. The method combines single-difference-to-undifferenced residual preprocessing with a compact multilayer perceptron that models directional multipath from azimuth, elevation, and trigonometric features, while imposing orbital repeatability, spatial smoothness, and high-elevation attenuation as soft constraints. In a field validation using 11 days of observations from three mining-area monitoring stations, labeled as CR01, CR05, and CR07, PI-MHM achieved mean residual root-mean-square (RMS) reduction rates of 37.1%, 38.3%, and 40.1% at these stations, respectively, outperforming trend-surface MHM (T-MHM), congruent cells multipath central grid (C-MCG), and convolutional neural network-long short-term memory (CNN-LSTM). In the 1-h three-system PPP test, the mean horizontal and vertical RMS values decreased from 3.56 and 5.66 cm to 2.31 and 3.44 cm, respectively. At CR07, the post-convergence up-component RMS decreased from 2.72 to 1.99 cm. The results suggest that repeatability, smoothness, and elevation-dependent attenuation priors can improve multipath correction under complex mining-area conditions.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":8250,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences","volume":"1562 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148616879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Use of Anaphora in Criminal Cases of Alleged Child Sexual Abuse: It, That, This, These, and Those","authors":"Colleen E. Sullivan, Stacia N. Stolzenberg","doi":"10.1111/nyas.70332","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.70332","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In child sexual abuse trials, attorneys often use demonstrative anaphors, such as <i>it</i>, <i>that</i>, <i>this</i>, <i>these</i>, and <i>those</i>, to refer to children's earlier statements, questions, or portions of them. For example, after a child says, “He left the room,” an attorney may ask, “What happened after that?” Here, <i>that</i> is an anaphor referring to the multi-word statement “He left the room.” To answer such questions, children must identify the intended referent and retrieve the relevant information, increasing cognitive load and potentially leading to brief responses or misunderstanding. We examined how the anaphors <i>it, that, this, these</i>, and <i>those</i> shaped responses from 5- to 10-year-old children in 40 trial testimonies comprising 12,314 question–answer (Q–A) pairs. Prosecuting and defense attorneys frequently used anaphora, appearing in 30% of Q–A pairs. When anaphors replaced multi-word or compound referents rather than single-word referents, children's elaboration decreased. Contrary to expectations and prior studies, children elaborated more when a Q–A pair contained multiple anaphors. Elaboration and misunderstanding also increased when children, rather than attorneys, first introduced an anaphor. We conclude that those questioning children about sexual abuse should avoid using anaphora for multi-word or compound referents and promptly clarify any anaphoric referent to reduce misunderstanding or incomprehension.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":8250,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences","volume":"1562 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148616880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Predictive Inference Alterations in Psychosis Proneness Show Task‐Dependent Signatures","authors":"Luca Tarasi, Vincenzo Romei","doi":"10.1111/nyas.70347","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.70347","url":null,"abstract":"Perception relies on the dynamic integration of sensory inputs with prior expectations shaped by recent experience. Disruptions in this inferential process are thought to underlie psychosis, yet whether similar alterations occur in subclinical psychosis‐like experiences (PLEs) and how they manifest across perceptual contexts remain unclear. Here, we tested two independent samples of healthy adults: 80 performed a visual detection task and 62 a motion discrimination task. Mixed‐effects models revealed that higher PLE scores predicted reduced weighting of sensory evidence and greater reliance on probabilistic cues across tasks. Complementary signal detection analyses confirmed that higher PLE scores were associated with reduced perceptual sensitivity, alongside increased cue‐dependent response bias shifts. To capture how recent experience shapes perception, we quantified history biases: the influence of the previous stimulus or choice on current decisions. These biases diverged across contexts: in the detection task, the repulsive bias from the previous stimulus was attenuated in high‐PLE individuals, whereas in the discrimination task, they exhibited a repulsive bias away from previous choices. These task‐dependent signatures reveal that psychosis‐like traits differentially alter the use of past information, pointing to a broader inferential vulnerability along the psychosis continuum.","PeriodicalId":8250,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2026-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148582177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}