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Cows enjoy the sound of a human voice — but are more relaxed by a face-to-face chat than when listening to a recorded voice through a loudspeaker: Frontiers in Psychology Cows enjoy the sound of a human voice — but are more relaxed by a face-to-face chat than when listening to a recorded voice through a loudspeaker. “Live” talking can be used to improve relationships between cattle and humans, therefore benefiting animal welfare....

We are delighted to announce that Durham University has joined the national open access deal agreed between Jisc Collections and Frontiers. Durham University supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. As part of this support, Durham University Library has entered into a discount agreement with Frontiers. Under the terms of this agreement, eligible authors from Durham may publish in any Frontiers journal and there will be a 10% discount to the cost of the APC – only where the remainder of the fee is to be covered by either the UKRI Open Access Grant Award or the Wellcome Trust Open Access Grant Award....

Have you ever tried to imagine the initial years in science of our Science Heroes? Perhaps you’ve pictured them as young scientists full of enthusiasm with an endless curiosity driving them in the attempt to understand the world. But in reality, how are those early years of a research career? How is the impulse to pursue the key to open questions developed, maybe threatened sometimes, through them? Looking back, were they really decisive moments?...

From the domestication of dogs to the medical benefits of yoga, Frontiers articles regularly receive media coverage from top news outlets. Here we showcase some of the biggest stories in 2013. Enjoy the read! January 2013: Medical benefits of yoga Video credit: CBS News A systematic review of yoga on psychiatric disorders revealed positive effects on mild depression and sleep disorders and symptoms associated with schizophrenia and ADHD. The paper, “Yoga on our minds: a systematic review of yoga for neuropsychiatric disorders,” published in Frontiers in Psychiatry, was covered by CBS, TIME, CNN, the Huffington Post and The British Psychological Society....

Here is a step by step guide on how to submit and host a Research Topic to drive scholarly communication in your research field For your online proposal, everything you need is listed below: The Topic Editors: You can host a Research Topic on your own, but many of our most successful Topics were co-hosted by a senior researcher and one or two early-career scientists. A Title: A compelling and concise title....

Groundbreaking research shows leg exercise is critical to brain and nervous system health, fundamentally altering current brain and nervous system medicine: Frontiers in Neuroscience In a new take on the exercise truism ‘use it, or lose it,’ researchers show neurological health is an interactive relationship with our muscles and our world — By Rachael Bishop, Frontiers science writer Groundbreaking research shows that neurological health depends as much on signals sent by the body’s large, leg muscles to the brain as it does on directives from the brain to the muscles....

Comparison of the Bedside Head-Impulse Test with the Video Head-Impulse Test in a Clinical Practice Setting: A Prospective Study of 500 Outpatients Chun Wai Yip*, Miriam Glaser, Claudia Frenzel, Otmar Bayer and Michael Strupp Public Knowledge and Attitude toward Essential Tremor: A Questionnaire Survey Sherif Shalaby, Jeffrey Indes, Benison Keung, Christopher H. Gottschalk, Duarte Machado, Amar Patel, Daphne Robakis and Elan D. Louis* Effects of Primary Blast Overpressure on Retina and Optic Tract in Rats James DeMar*, Keith Sharrow, Miya Hill, Jonathan Berman, Thomas Oliver and Joseph Long...

Serious brain injuries occur once in about every 2,000 baseball and softball games reports a study in Frontiers in Neurology. Serious brain injuries occur once in about every 2,000 baseball and softball games — and could be largely eliminated if players wore helmets. — By St. Michael’s Hospital, Canada Despite lower rates of traumatic brain injuries in baseball and softball, there is poor compliance overall with helmet use and return-to-play guidelines following a concussion across all levels of play, according to a new systematic review....

Improved service for institutions to capture, store, curate and showcase articles published by their researchers in Frontiers journals Frontiers is the latest Open Access publisher to automatically distribute content to institutional repositories via Jisc’s Publications Router service. Having published more than 95,000 articles to date in 61 journals, covering 500 academic disciplines — including in Life Sciences, Health, Engineering and Humanities — Frontiers will now deposit content from all these journals into Router for onward delivery to the relevant repositories....

Frontiers in Marine Science is delighted to announce the new Specialty Chief Editor, Hans van Haren for Physical Oceanography — by Nina Hall Frontiers in Marine Science is delighted to welcome our new Specialty Chief Editor, Hans van Haren, who is leading the journal’s new specialty section on Physical Oceanography. “The section on Physical Oceanography is devoted to the understanding of physical processes in marine systems. It aims to publish innovative insights into all aspects of physical oceanography in both the open ocean and shelf seas and their potential effects on marine life and transport of matter....

The Frontiers article submission system has range of new features to help authors submit their manuscript quickly and efficiently. Frontiers launches a seamless article submission system to help authors submit their manuscript even more quickly and efficiently. The state-of-the-art Frontiers submission system introduces a range of new features: Quick and easy journal selection Relevant journal and editorial board information Figure preview Guidance tips Automatic save Most importantly, as an author you need to be able to identify and select the correct journal to submit your manuscript to....

Research on attacker motives — a crucial aspect of phishing — identifies effective strategies and the role of early and high rewards: Frontiers in Psychology New research on attacker motives — a largely ignored but crucial aspect of phishing — identifies effective strategies and the role of early and high rewards — By Tania Fitzgeorge-Balfour Not all phishing campaigns work, but when an attacker perseveres with a strategy that does it is the key to their success....

A new specialty on Diabetes: Molecular Mechanisms now available in Frontiers in Endocrinology Diabetes is a complex disease, which currently affects almost 10 % of the adult population worldwide and whose incidence is expected to increase further in the coming years. Many questions and challenges are still open to find a cure to diabetes, such as: Why are only some individuals susceptible to environmental factors such as obesity? Is beta cell dysfunction — as well as destruction — an important aspect of Type 1 diabetes?...

Professor Peter K. Jonason, the Specialty Chief Editor of the Evolutionary Psychology specialty section (Frontiers in Psychology), is delighted to announce the winners of the Editor’s Choice Award for January to March of 2021. The two articles selected have received notable attention within the community and offer important insights from the field of evolutionary psychology to better understand behavioral responses within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. By Danielle Zurinsky, Frontiers in Psychology...

The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), supports their authors in publishing open access. As part of this support, NUPI will cover Article Processing Charges (APCs) for eligible articles centrally for their eligible authors. As part of the UNIT Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement, NUPI will benefit from a 10% membership discount. Authors are asked that during article submission the corresponding author’s NUPI institutional email address is used. Information for authors:...

Frontiers is pleased to announce the release of Loop, a social network for academics. Loop’s architecture is inspired by the principles of open science and as such is the only network that integrates into third-party websites. For the first time, scientists and academics are discoverable via their published content and across all participating publishers and organizations. Kamila Markram, co-founder and CEO of Frontiers says “Our mission has always been to spotlight the people behind the research in the most open and effective way possible to increase their work’s impact, and with Loop we are offering this opportunity....

Last updated July 1, 2016 Did you know Frontiers has the world’s largest editorial board with over 63,000 editors? The number is impressive, but what is even more impressive is the caliber of knowledge these editors bring to our journals. This is because at Frontiers our standards are high, but so are the standards of our editors as they are the ones who decide which articles are published. Each one of our editors, from the Chief Editors to the Associate Editors, Review Editors and the Topic Editors, represents the best in their fields which is why we are proud to say that our editorial board representatives are from the highest ranking institutes in the world....

The perceived intent of violence in movies activates different centers of the brain: in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience — by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania The gun violence seen in popular PG-13 movies aimed at children and teenagers has more than doubled since the rating was introduced in 1984. The increasing on-screen gun violence has raised concerns that it will encourage imitation, especially when it is portrayed as “justified....

Fungus-growing Xyleborus affinis beetles have independently evolved a similar social structure to many casteless wasps and bees: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer A new study shows for the first time that Xyleborus affinis beetles are cooperative breeders, where females disperse to found new nests or stay to help their mother raise siblings, while also reproducing themselves. They grow an asexual Raffaella fungus alongside their nest galleries, apparently their only source of food....

Maternal mental health linked to increased risks for both moms and babies, but physical exercise may help: Frontiers in Global Women’s Health — by Nora Belblidia, Frontiers Science Writer Pregnant and postpartum women are already at a high risk of depression and anxiety – one in seven women struggle with symptoms in the perinatal period. But the coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating those struggles according to a recent study published in Frontiers in Global Women’s Health, which found that the likelihood of maternal depression and anxiety has substantially increased during the health crisis....