Below are URLs of journal articles I find interesting and think might be of interest to some MindBlog readers. Most are open source. Email me if you hit a paywall and would like me to send you a PDF of the complete article.
The health risk of social disadvantage is transplantable into a new host. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2404108121 (relevant to transferring immune-reconstituting cells from a healthy donor to a cancer patient recipient.)
Can names shape facial appearances? https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2405334121 (individuals acquire face–name congruency as they mature, suggesting
that characteristics associated with stereotypes are not necessarily innate but may develop through a self-fulfilling prophecy.)
Dissonant music engages early visual processing https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2320378121
It matters what you see: Graphic media images of war and terror may amplify distress https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2318465121
Early-emerging combinatorial thought: Human infants flexibly combine kind and quantity concepts https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2315149121
Callousness, exploitativeness, and tracking of cooperation incentives in the human default network https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2307221121