Directional selection is prevalent in nature, yet phenotypes tend to remain relatively constant, suggesting a limit to trait evolution. However, the genetic basis of this limit is unresolved. Given widespread pleiotropy, opposing selection on a trait may arise from the effects of the underlying alleles on other traits under selection, generating net stabilizing selection on trait genetic varian...

Fake news is a widespread element of the nowadays websites. The research focuses on students’ abilities to detect fake stories. 72 % respondents successfully identified texts. experiment proves that students concentrate reading texts carefully, check their credibility, facts and pictures accompany Students believe among linguistic features contribute creating there repetition lexemes, illogical...

Humor operates through a variety of techniques, which first generate surprise and then amusement and laughter once the unexpected incongruity is resolved. As different types of jokes use different techniques, the corresponding humor processes also differ. The present study builds on the framework of the 'tri-component theory of humor,' which details the mechanisms involved in cognition (compreh...