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Reasoning

Revealing undergraduate biology students’ conception of variability and error bars within graphing

Lauren Stoczynski, David Zis, Anna Woodruff, Susan Maruca, Eli Meir, Joel K. Abraham, Stephanie M. Gardner

published 02 Mar 2026

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Evaluating cognitive depth of AI-generated multiple-choice questions with Bloom’s Taxonomy

Trang Thi Nguyen, Linh Nguyen, Ha Thi Nguyet Do, Huong Thi Thu Nguyen, Son Minh Tong

published 27 Feb 2026

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A full formal representation of Arrow’s impossibility theorem

Kazuya Yamamoto

published 24 Feb 2026

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DrugReasoner: Interpretable drug approval prediction with a reasoning-augmented language model

Mohammadreza Ghaffarzadeh-Esfahani, Ali Motahharynia, Nahid Yousefian, Navid Mazrouei, Jafar Ghaisari, Yousof Gheisari

published 19 Feb 2026

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Sources of individual variability in a pragmatic reference game: Effects of logical reasoning and Theory of Mind

Alexandra Mayn, Vera Demberg

published 19 Feb 2026

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The effects of problem-based learning (PBL) on undergraduate medical students’ critical thinking and communication skills development: A scoping review across resource-rich and resource-limited settings (2015–2024)

Bruce Ayabilla Abugri, Maxwell Ateni Assibi, Anthony Amalba, Patience Kanyiri Gaa, Sophia E.A. Kpebu, Patience Afua Adwaapa Karikari, Victor Mogre

published 13 Feb 2026

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Do dogs rationally infer the causes of failed actions?

Amalia P. M. Bastos, Gavin R. Foster, Patrick M. Wood, Christopher Krupenye

published 13 Feb 2026

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The time-place maze: A novel behavioral apparatus for assessing integrated spatial-temporal processing in rats

Fazel Isapanah Amlashi, Ali Ashkbari, Mehrdad Jahanshahi, Ahmad Sohrabi, Siavash Ahmadi-Noorbakhsh

published 13 Feb 2026

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Emotion meets coordination: Designing multi-agent LLMs for fine-grained user sentiment detection on social media

Hao Dong, Zuowen Bao, Muze Li, Zhengfeng Yang

published 09 Feb 2026

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Investigating the effect of augmented reality-based virtual patient training on occupational therapy students’ clinical decision-making: A quasi-experimental study

Farshid Chahartangi, Nahid Zarifsanaiey, Manoosh Mehrabi, Bahareh Zeynalzadeh Ghoochani, Nahid Sharifzadeh

published 04 Feb 2026

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Effects of digital game-based learning as a tool for laparoscopy training in surgical nursing

Fatemeh Akbari HajiAbad, Fatemeh Keshmiri, Fatemeh Jabinian

published 03 Feb 2026

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What happened and what proves you wrong? Combatting confirmation bias in police investigations through evidence reconstruction and falsification

Sarah Lenz, Tara Zohrevand, Eric Rassin, Bruno Verschuere

published 14 Jan 2026

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Script or style? Analysis of the relationship between teaching scripts and supervision style

Julia Sader, Nadia M. Bajwa, Robin Lüchinger, Thomas Fassier, Marie-Claude Audétat, Mathieu Nendaz, Noelle Junod Perron

published 08 Jan 2026

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