Background: Previously, we found that patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) but not healthy controls (HC) showed improved memory retrieval after hydrocortisone administration. Objective: In this study, we examined whether increases in endogenous cortisol after psychosocial stress are associated with memory function in patients with BPD and in healthy individuals. Methods: We recruited 49 female patients with BPD and 49 female HC. All participants were exposed to a psychosocial stressor, the Trier Social Stress Test...

Background: Previously, we found that patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) but not healthy controls (HC) showed improved memory retrieval after hydrocortisone administration. Objective: In this study, we examined whether increases in endogenous cortisol after psychosocial stress are associated with memory function in patients with BPD and in healthy individuals. Methods: We recruited 49 female patients with BPD and 49 female HC. All participants were exposed to a psychosocial stressor, the Trier Social Stress Test...

It is a plausible hypothesis that parallel adaptation events to the same environmental challenge should result in genetic changes of similar or identical effects, depending on the underlying fitness landscapes. However, systematic testing of this is scarce. Here we examine this hypothesis in two closely related plant species, Arabidopsis halleri and Arabidopsis arenosa, which co-occur at two calamine metalliferous (M) sites harbouring toxic levels of the heavy metals zinc and cadmium. We conduct individual genome...

The ability of lineages to disperse long distances over evolutionary timescales may be influenced by the gain or loss of traits adapted to enhance local, ecological dispersal. For example, some species in the southern conifer sister families Podocarpaceae and Araucariaceae have fleshy cones that encourage bird dispersal, but it is unknown how this trait has influenced the clade’s historical biogeography, or its importance compared to other predictors of dispersal such as the geographic distance between...

Religiöse Elementarpädagogik ist darum bemüht, den Kindergarten als safe space zu entwickeln. In ihm soll Differenz kultiviert und kritisch wie produktiv bearbeitet werden zugunsten der religiösen Bildung der Kinder. Der vorliegende Beitrag nimmt dieses Ziel auf, fragt aber kritisch an, ob dabei so wichtige Faktoren wie Bildungsgerechtigkeit und kulturelle Vielfalt tatsächlich in ihrer gegenseitigen Abhängigkeit hinreichend bedacht werden. Erst unter dieser Bedingung, so die These, ist eine solche religiöse Elementarpädagogik heterogenitätsfähig.