Lifelong effects of prenatal and early postnatal stress on the hippocampus, amygdala, and psychological states of Holocaust survivors

Abstract This study focuses on hippocampal and amygdala volume, seed-based connectivity, and psychological traits of Holocaust survivors who experienced stress during prenatal and early postnatal development.We investigated people who lived in Central Europe during the Holocaust and who, as Jews, were in imminent danger.The group who experienced st

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CALL in Context: A Brief Historical and Theoretical Perspective

Computers have been used for language teaching since the 1960s (Warschauer & Healey, 1998), and several recent studies suggest that there is still a strong need to experiment with technology and digital tools in both education and language learning (Godwin-Jones, 2012; Goertler, 2009; Levy, 2009; Reinhardt & Ryu, 2013; Zhao, 2003).Because o

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Modeling the relationships between perfectionism, achievement emotions and academic well-being among gifted high school students: Testing for gender invariance

The present study examined the mediationg role of positive and negative achievement emotions on the relationship between perfectionism and academic well-being among boy and girl gifted adolescents.In this correlational study, 326 gifted students (161 boy and 165 girl) Sensory Toy Accessory responded to the Multidimensional Perfectionism Cognitions

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