BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Previous investigators have reported on benefits and risks
associated with vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty, but there are limited comparison data available. …

Lumbar fusion is commonly performed to relieve pain from degenerative conditions, including
spinal stenosis and spondylolisthesis. While clinical studies have reported favorable …

… SD 6.8) and extension (neutral 11.6 Nm, SD 2.6; contralateral pretorque 17.2 Nm, SD 5.8;
ipsilateral pretorque 12.6 Nm, SD … of 499 N (SD 148) and 4.0 Nm (SD 3.1), respectively. Failure …

Study Design. A biomechanical study was performed using cadaveric cervical spine specimens.
Objective. To determine the effect of cervical spine fusion on adjacent-level intradiscal …

This study tested the prediction that introspecting about the reasons for one's preferences
would reduce satisfaction with a consumer choice. Subjects evaluated two types of posters …

For the past several years we have investigated the effects of introspection on attitude change.
We have found that when people are asked to think about why they feel the way they do …

Two studies of college students investigated the conditions under which women perform
better than men on an empathic accuracy task (inferring the thoughts and feelings of a target …

Study Design. A study of the transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and the posterior lumbar
interbody fusion techniques was performed. Objectives. To describe the transforaminal …

Feeling like one exerts more effort than others may influence women’s feelings of belonging
with science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and impede their motivation. In …

[discuss] 2 different forms of empathy—automatic and controlled/by considering separately
those processes of empathy that simply happen to people and those that people can …