ATTENTIONAL BIASES TOWARD ATTRACTIVE ALTERNATIVES AND RIVALS: MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN RELATIONSHIP MAINTENANCE AMONG CHINESE WOMEN.

Attentional Biases toward Attractive Alternatives and Rivals: Mechanisms Involved in Relationship Maintenance among Chinese Women.

A long-term romantic relationship can offer many benefits to committed individuals.Thus, humans possess relationship maintenance mechanisms to protect against threats from those who serve as attractive alternatives or intrasexual rivals.Many studies have indicated that romantic love can act as a commitment device to activate these mechanisms.To exa

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Ejecting chick cheats: a changing paradigm?

Abstract Evolutionary arms-races between avian brood parasites and their hosts have typically resulted in some spectacular adaptations, namely remarkable host ability to recognize and reject alien eggs and, in turn, sophisticated parasite egg mimicry.In a striking contrast to hosts sometimes rejecting even highly mimetic eggs, the same species typi

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Activation of ADAM17 by IL-15 Limits Human NK Cell Proliferation

Natural killer (NK) cells are innate cytotoxic lymphocytes that can recognize assorted determinants on tumor cells and rapidly kill these cells.Due to their anti-tumor effector functions and potential for allogeneic use, various NK cell Electrode Oven Parts platforms are being examined for adoptive cell therapies.However, their limited in vivo pers

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