Broaden the Scope

Eukaryotic systems broaden the scope of synthetic biology

Synthetic biology aims to engineer novel cellular functions by assembling well-characterized molecular parts (i.e., nucleic acids and proteins) into biological "devices" that exhibit predictable behavior. Recently, efforts in eukaryotic synthetic biology have sprung from foundational work in bacteria. Designing synthetic circuits to operate reliably in the context of differentiating and morphol...

Time to broaden the scope of research on anticipatory behavior: a case for the role of probabilistic information

Citation: Cañal-Bruland R and Mann DL (2015) Time to broaden the scope of research on anticipatory behavior: a case for the role of probabilistic information. Over the past four decades we have seen a dramatic improvement in our understanding of the processes that underpin the anticipatory behavior of skilled performers in domains such as sport. and many of us who follow in their footsteps. Ori...

The Scope of Man's Free Will

Proposals to broaden the UK bolar defence.

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Does positive affect broaden and negative affect narrow attentional scope? A new answer to an old question.

The current research challenges the common view that positive affect and negative affect generate a broadened or narrowed attentional focus, respectively. Contrary to this view, two studies found that the link between affect and attentional focus as measured by a traditional flanker task (Study 1) and a modified flanker task (Study 2) reflects whatever focus is momentarily dominant. Further, in...