The effect of lexical semantic activation on reasoning about evolution: A cross-linguistic study.

We hypothesised that people of different language backgrounds (English vs. Mandarin Chinese) might think about evolutionary relationships among living things differently. In particular, some reasoning heuristics may come from how living things are named.

Seeing what you believe: recognition memory for evolutionary tree structure is affected by students' misconceptions.

Peoples' recognition memory for pictorial stimuli is extremely good. Even complex scientific visualisations are recognised with a high degree of accuracy. The present research examined recognition memory for the branching structure of evolutionary trees.

Perceptual grouping affects students' propensity to make inferences consistent with their misconceptions.

People have many incorrect beliefs about evolutionary relationships among living things, in part due to the prominence people place on observable similarities as indicators of such. Consider: People think that porpoises and whales are more closely related to manatees than to bison based on their shared aquatic habitat. Our research asked whether it is possible to combat misconceptions using compelling visual representations.

Should pregnant women be screened for SARS-CoV-2 infection? A prospective multicenter cohort study.

Objective: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), ranges from asymptomatic to severe infection. We aimed to compare the prevalence of COVID-19 in asymptomatic pregnant versus nonpregnant women in order to establish recommendations for a COVID-19 screening strategy.

Methods: A prospective multicenter cohort study was conducted.