Obesity and acute stress modulate appetite and neural responses in food word reactivity task. by Susan Carnell, Leora Benson, Afroditi Papantoni, Liuyi Chen, Yuankai Huo, Zhishun Wang, Bradley S Peterson, Allan Geliebter

“…Obesity can result from excess intake in response to environmental food cues, and stress can drive greater intake and body weight. We used a novel fMRI task to explore how obesity and stress influenced appetitive responses to relatively minimal food cues (words representing food items, presented similarly to a chalkboard menu). …”
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Evaluating task shifting to the clinical technologist in Dutch healthcare: A mixed methods study. by Maarten de Haan, Yvonne van Eijk-Hustings, Monique Bessems-Beks, Daisy De Bruijn-Geraets, Carmen Dirksen, Hubertus Vrijhoef

“…Additionally, the findings highlight that task shifting was influenced by the setting in which CTs worked, time allotted to patient-contact as well as external factors (e.g., financing).…”
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Mission of the historian; An exploration and a critique on the thick description as the most important task of historians by Sabah Ghanbari, Iraj Varfinezhad

“…Therefore, the most important task of historians is to provide a clear explanation (explanation) of how and why events happened; without separating or primary and secondary seeing the importance of how or why.…”
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The Effects of Task Based Speaking Instruction on Students’ Speaking Perception as Shambu Secondary School by Moti Alemayehu Dheressa, Tamiru Olana, Ebisa Bekele

“…Task-based speaking tasks offer significant benefits to students by providing opportunities to use the target language to convey meaning and engage with real-world topics and tasks. …”
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Unveiling users’ algorithm trust: The role of task objectivity, time pressure, and cognitive load by Ruoxin Yang, Sisheng Li, Yawei Qi, Jiali Liu, Qinghua He, Haichao Zhao

“…Study 1 recruited 488 participants to evaluate the perceived objectivity of 24 algorithm-estimated tasks, and revealed a significant positive correlation between perceived task objectivity and algorithm trust. …”
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Effect of task nature during short digital deprivation on time perception and psychophysiological state by Quentin Meteier, Anouk Délèze, Sébastien Chappuis, Joanna Witowska, Marc Wittmann, Ruth Ogden, Chantal Martin-Sölch

“…Abstract The technological advances in recent years are influencing and redefining our daily lives, communications, and social relationships. …”
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Task-related changes in resting state connectivity are affected by temporal interference (TI) stimulation by Danielle Lauren Kurtin, Ketevan Alania, Edward Rhodes, Samuel Vincent, Ines R. Violante, Nir Grossman

“…Background: Resting-state metrics, such as brain network activity and functional connectivity (FC), are influenced by preceding cognitive tasks, such as memory formation. …”
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Client experiences of a task-shifting supported self-management intervention for depression in Vietnam by Leena W. Chau, Hayami Lou, Jill K. Murphy, Vu Cong Nguyen, Will Small, Hasina Samji, John O’Neil

“…While there is a large body of literature exploring task-shifting, there is little that explores the client experience. …”
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Challenges and inequalities in the management of financing the tasks of local government units: a critical analysis by Arkadiusz Ciach

“…Research objectives and hypothesis/research questions The aim is to critically analyze the challenges and inequalities in the management of the financing of the tasks of local government units (LGUs) in Poland, with particular emphasis on the impact of legislative, political, and financial factors on the effectiveness of their tasks. …”
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Engagement factors affect academic success through study approaches among physical education and sport university students: a mediation analysis by Amayra Tannoubi, Amayra Tannoubi, Tore Bonsaksen, Tore Bonsaksen, Gry Mørk, Farruh Ahmedov, Edi Setiawan, Fairouz Azaiez

“…Analyses of associations were conducted through linear regression analysis and mediation analysis.ResultsResults from the linear regression analysis showed correlations between academic engagement factors, study approach variables, and GPA, with higher GPA correlating with higher scores on behavioral engagement, cognitive engagement, surface theory task, and deep theory task, and with lower scores on surface practical task. …”
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Workload Assessment of Operators: Correlation Between NASA-TLX and Pupillary Responses by Yun Wu, Yao Zhang, Bin Zheng

“…The study tested three hypotheses: first, whether increased pupil dilation correlates with higher NASA-TLX scores; second, whether task type affects workload; and third, whether task repetition influences workload. …”
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Studying the aftereffect and changes in sensitivity to physical and mental time references using a time adaptation paradigm by Wang On Li, Kenneth Sung Lai Yuen, Dorita Hue-fung Chang, Calvin Kai-Ching Yu

“…Beyond the commonly employed time bisection task, this study incorporated a time production task to evaluate whether adaptation influences mental time references or remains limited to perceptual processing. …”
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Task-Contingent Persistence is Related to Better Performance-Based Measures in Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain by Cyrille Burrus, Philippe Vuistiner, Bertrand Léger, Gilles Rivier, Roger Hilfiker, François Luthi

“…The purpose of this study was to measure the influence of activity patterns on lifting tasks commonly used in daily life. …”
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The effects of bromazepam over the central and frontal areas during a motor task: an EEG study by Suzete Fortunato, Guaraci Ken Tanaka, Fernanda Araújo, Juliana Bittencourt, Danielle Aprigio, Mariana Gongora, Silmar Teixeira, Fernando Augusto Monteiro Saboia Pompeu, Mauricio Cagy, Luis F. Basile, Pedro Ribeiro, Bruna Velasques

“…The present study investigates the influence of bromazepam while executing a motor task. …”
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Boosting employee information security compliance: the contingent roles of task–technology and person–organization fits by Inho Hwang, Ribin Seo, Sungho Hu

“…Abstract In the domain of information security (IS) management, the influence of individual behavior on organizational security has garnered considerable attention, underscored by a dynamically evolving technological landscape. …”
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The Impact of Background Music on Flow, Work Engagement and Task Performance: A Randomized Controlled Study by Yuwen Sun

“…The widespread adoption of background music in workplaces contrasts with the inconsistent empirical evidence regarding its cognitive effects, particularly concerning how music types influence the sequential pathway from flow states to work engagement and task performance. …”
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Broadening the lens: A review of multi-object tracking task and its use in cognitive training by Pech Marion, Adolphe Maxime, Oudeyer Pierre-Yves, Sauzéon Hélène

“…However, inconsistencies across studies highlight how task design and population characteristics influence outcomes. …”
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The role of stimuli valence and arousal in emotional word processing: Evidence from the emotional Stroop task by Martynova Ekaterina N., Lyusin Dmitry

“…This study estimated how words that differ in valence and arousal influence the size of emotional Stroop effect (ESE). …”
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The Impact of Minimally Invasive Surgical Modality and Task Complexity on Cognitive Workload: An fNIRS Study by Fuat Ücrak, Kurtulus Izzetoglu, Mert Deniz Polat, Ümit Gür, Turan Şahin, Serhat Ilgaz Yöner, Neslihan Gökmen İnan, Mehmet Emin Aksoy, Cengizhan Öztürk

“…Results: Laparoscopic surgery elicited higher activity changes in the prefrontal cortex, indicating increased cognitive demand compared with robotic surgery, particularly for complex tasks like knot tying. Task complexity significantly influenced mental load, with more intricate procedures eliciting greater neural activation. …”
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Performance of language tasks in patients with ruptured aneurysm of the left hemisphere worses in the post-surgical evaluation by Ana Cláudia C. Vieira, Gustavo Andrade, Moysés Ponte de Souza, Maria de Fátima Leal Griz, Isabel Eugênia Costa e Silva, Saul M. C. Quinino, Divaldo Câmara Jr, Hildo R.C. Azevedo-Filho

“…Results Deterioration is detected in the performance of all patients during the post-surgical period; L-MCA aneurysm patients displayed a reduction in verbal naming and fluency; L-PcomA patients deteriorated in the written language and fluency tasks. Conclusion After the surgical procedure the patients decreased in various language tasks and these differences in performance being directly related to the location of the aneurysm.…”
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