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The Grounded Expertise Components Approach in the Novel Area of Cryptic Crossword Solving Kathryn J. Friedlander* and Philip A. Fine Nosewitness Identification: Effects of Lineup Size and Retention Interval Laura Alho*, Sandra C. Soares, Liliana P. Costa, Elisa Pinto, Jacqueline H. T. Ferreira, Kimmo Sorjonen, Carlos F. Silva and Mats J. Olsson Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) Program As a Useful Adjunct to Conventional Psychosocial Rehabilitation for Patients with Schizophrenia: Results of a Small-scale Randomized Controlled Trial Paula Calvo*, Joan R....

Frontiers for Young Minds announces the first Collection on Tropical Biodiversity and why we should care? Hosted by editors Ana Maria Almeida & Chelsea Specht Understanding Biodiversity, Frontiers for Young Minds Scope When we look at our planet’s species distribution, we observe a very interesting pattern: as we move from the Poles to the Equator, the number of species drastically increases. This is what has been called ‘latitudinal gradient of species diversity’....

Università della Svizzera italiana has formed an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. This institutional agreement means that eligible Università della Svizzera italiana researchers may publish in any Frontiers journal at no cost to them and with a simplified process. Articles may benefit from a 10% membership discount. The university library Svizzera italiana supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. This agreement will further encourage Università della Svizzera italiana researchers to publish open access, increasing the volume of research openly available....

By Dr Hugh Harris, APC Microbiome Ireland/University College Cork One particular virus has come to dominate our lives. Now Dr Hugh Harris of APC Microbiome Ireland and University College Cork writes that viruses deserve a place on the ‘Tree of Life’. A single virus has dramatically changed our lives. SARS-CoV-2 is keeping most of us at home, often with other members of our family. The next time we get annoyed by a relative, some perspective might be achieved by thinking about how inclusive the concept of family can be....

This exciting area of research has been deeply explored with the Frontiers Research Topic “Augmentation of Brain Function: Facts, Fiction and Controversy”, hosted by Dr Mikhail Lebedev, Dr Ioan Opris and Dr Manuel Fernando Casanova in Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. We asked Dr Lebedev to tell us more about this topic. How has this topic idea been developed? “It all started with an invitation letter mailed from Frontiers to Dr. Opris....

We asked Martin Siegert what prompted the “Environmental Sciences in the 21st Century?” challenge to learn more about his goals for the field and his mission for the journal. Frontiers in Environmental Science launched at the end of 2013 and, as of now, has published 173 articles from 19 specialty sections ranging from Interdisciplinary Climate Studies to Environmental Toxicology. The journal’s Field Chief Editor is Prof Martin Siegert, co-Director of the Grantham Institute, Imperial College London....

Alex Hansen is professor of theoretical physics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. His main research interests are complex transport processes in disordered media. He is Field Chief Editor of Frontiers in Physics. What excites you about working as a Physicist? Nature in all its complexity is understandable – this never ceases to amaze me. The truth is often very subtle and the way there is typically quite frustrating, but with hard work one eventually gets there....

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer An international team used interdisciplinary techniques including 3D CT to do a ‘virtual autopsy’ on three mummies found in Peru and Chile, dating to between 900 and 1300 CE. They show that both male mummies had been murdered. These results highlight the wealth of archeological information that can be gained from mummies, as opposed to from skeletons. How frequent was violence in prehistoric human societies?...

Meet Professor Tom Hanson, Associate Director of the Marine Bioscience Program in the College of Earth, Ocean & Environment of the University of Delaware, and Specialty Chief Editor Microbial Physiology and Metabolism in Frontiers in Microbiology. Tom Hanson is an expert on the metabolism and physiology of photosynthetic microbes. Already as a young researcher in 2005, Hanson was awarded a NSF CAREER Award, one of the NSF’s highest honors for new faculty members....

New study in Frontiers in Psychology shows a connection between changes in temperature and voting behavior in the United States of America — By Tania Fitzgeorge-balfour Political rebellions and riots have been associated with warmer weather, but until now, there has been little research on its potential influence on peaceful and democratic political behavior. A new study, published in the open-access journal Frontiers in Psychology, has uncovered a connection between changes in temperature and voting behavior in the United States of America....

Cultural values can be a strong predictor of alcohol consumption: Frontiers in Psychology New research shows that cultural values can be a strong predictor of alcohol consumption — By Tanya Petersen Countries with populations that value autonomy and harmony tend to have higher average levels of alcohol consumption than countries with more traditional values, such as hierarchy and being part of a collective. This new research finding, published in the open-access journal Frontiers in Psychology, may have important implications for international public health organizations aiming to tackle problems associated with alcohol consumption....

Introducing the Global Day of Parents, the United Nations states that “The Global Day provides an opportunity to appreciate all parents in all parts of the world for their selfless commitment to children and their lifelong sacrifice towards nurturing this relationship by Pascal Rocha da Silva Introducing the Global Day of Parents, the United Nations states that “The Global Day provides an opportunity to appreciate all parents in all parts of the world for their selfless commitment to children and their lifelong sacrifice towards nurturing this relationship”[1]....

An estimated 25 per cent of the global population – 1.6 billion people – depends on forests in some way for their subsistence, livelihood, employment and income. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change is launching a new specialty section on People and Forests. This new section will address the interaction between forests and people at various levels – from local to global – providing new and interdisciplinary perspectives based on research across forest biomes....

University of Helsinki A new study published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science found that event horses that wear thin or thick bits in events had a greater risk of moderate or severe oral lesions compared to horses wearing medium-sized bits, while straight bits were associated with lesions in the bars of the horse’s mouth. “Our recommendation is to use a jointed bit of moderate thickness, that is 14 to 17 millimetres, if the size of the mouth is not known, paying particular attention to the handling of mares and both warmblood and coldblood event horses....

We are very pleased to announce the launch of the first 5 specialty sections of Frontiers in Sociology. We are very pleased to announce the launch of the first specialty sections of Frontiers in Sociology, a new peer-reviewed, open-access journal: ELSI in Science and Genetics (a specialty section led by Prof. Dov Greenbaum); Evolutionary Sociology and Biosociology (a specialty section led by Prof. Rosemary Hopcroft); Gender, Sex and Sexuality Studies (a specialty section led by Prof....

Professor Johanna Devaney is new Specialty Chief Editor for Digital Musicology. In this interview, she discusses her goals and motivations for the section — by Radhaika Kapur Professor Johanna Devaney is the new Specialty Chief Editor for Digital Musicology. In this interview, she provides an insight into her research background as well as discussing her goals and motivations for the section. Digital Musicology is a relatively young field. How did you first become involved in this area of research?...

We have recently achieved a super exciting milestone – we have now reached 10 million article views! Frontiers for Young Minds has achieved a super exciting milestone in recent weeks – our articles have been viewed over 10 million times! The journal has reached a huge global audience with its freely-available scientific articles, all written for – and edited by – young people. — By Jenny Lycett Small Beginnings As the saying goes, ‘great oaks grow from small acorns’....

Is being a scientist a real job? If you have a tenure track position the answer is certainly “yes.” Otherwise, welcome to the dark side of early career scientists. They make up the majority of the workforce in research, they are the ones who actually design experiments and produce scientific data and they invest the best years of their lives trying to find new ideas and create new opportunities for science....

Emotionally manipulative political ads fail at swaying new voters, but excel at ensuring party loyalty, finds new study in Frontiers in Psychology By Peter Rejcek, science writer Both Democrats and Republicans in US elections are more likely to be emotionally moved or angered by political advertising produced by the party to which they identify. This suggests that most ads today do little to sway the other side, but rather help motivate a party’s faithful to support a candidate through actions such as making a campaign donation or showing up at the ballot box....

Apples originally evolved in the wild to entice ancient megafauna to disperse their seeds; more recently, humans began spreading the trees along the Silk Road with other familiar crops; dispersing the apple trees led to their domestication — by Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History Recent archaeological finds of ancient preserved apple seeds across Europe and West Asia combined with historical, paleontological, and recently published genetic data are presenting a fascinating new narrative for one of our most familiar fruits....