Dynamics of Policymaking: Stepping Back to Leap Forward, Stepping Forward to Keep Back

Dynamics of Policymaking: Stepping Back to Leap Forward, Stepping Forward to Keep Back

We study a model of dynamic policy-making with three distinct features. First, policy agreements made today persist until they are replaced with a new agreement. Second, agents take into account the dynamic consequences of today’s policies for future policy-making opportunities. Third, there is uncertainty about who will hold political power to propose and to veto policy changes in the future. ...

Stepping back to move forward: Expressive writing promotes self-distancing.

Prior research indicates that expressive writing enhances well-being by leading people to construct meaningful narratives that explain distressing life experiences. But how does expressive writing facilitate meaning-making? We addressed this issue in 2 longitudinal studies by examining whether and how expressive writing promotes self-distancing, a process that facilitates meaning-making. At bas...

Looping Back to Leap Forward: Transcription Enters a New Era

Comparative genome analyses reveal that organismal complexity scales not with gene number but with gene regulation. Recent efforts indicate that the human genome likely contains hundreds of thousands of enhancers, with a typical gene embedded in a milieu of tens of enhancers. Proliferation of cis-regulatory DNAs is accompanied by increased complexity and functional diversification of transcript...

Emotion Stepping Back to Move Forward: Expressive Writing Promotes Self-Distancing

Thyroid research: stepping forward

It is eight years since Thyroid Research was launched with an aim to enhance opportunities for scientists and clinicians, working in the rapidly advancing field of thyroidology, to publish their research (Thyroid Res 1(1):1, 2008). Right from the outset, Thyroid Research aspired to become a prominent journal in thyroidology with high quality publications. Over the years, the journal has not onl...