The "sleeper effect" has been defined as a delayed increase in the persuasive impact of a communication from a source low in credibility. This effect failed to appear in the present series of seven replications (total N = 656) of a sleeper effect experiment. However, the effectiveness of communications attributed to a source high in credibility did significantly decrease with passage of time wh...

—We collected and compiled length and weight information from four countries and one commonwealth to develop standard weight (W s ) equations for three amphidromous fish species native to the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico regions: mountain mullet Agonostomus monticola (N 1⁄4 9,768 individuals, 52 populations), river goby Awaous banana (N 1⁄4 1,847 individuals, 62 populations), and bigmouth sleep...

Objectives: Various stretching techniques have been proposed to prevent or improve Glenohumeral Internal Rotation Deficit (GIRD) and Posterior Shoulder Tightness (PST). Common stretching techniques include modified sleeper stretch and cross-body stretch. The current evidence is unclear which stretching technique is more effective. This study aimed to examine immediate effects of modified sleepe...

Although electrical coupling is present in many microcircuits, the extent to which it will determine neuronal firing patterns and network activity remains poorly understood. This is particularly true when the coupling is present in a population of heterogeneous, or intrinsically distinct, circuit elements. We examine this question in the Aplysia californica feeding motor network in five electri...