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Who Composed This Piece? Emotions, Creativity and Perceptions in Human and AI-Generated Music

This study investigates how authorship attribution (human vs. AI) and listener expectations influence the perception of emotional resonance, creativity, and aesthetic value in instrumental music, comparing listener evaluations of AI-generated and human-composed pieces under varying priming conditions while also considering the emotional states of human composers.

Eleonora Diletta Sarcinella, Anna Forzato, Andrea Schiavio, Alice Chirico2026-08-10
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Spatially Embedded Clan Culture and Rural Migrants’ Urban Economic Integration in China: Evidence from Occupational Mobility

Drawing on China Family Panel Studies data, this paper reveals that spatially embedded clan culture hinders rural migrants' urban economic integration by limiting occupational mobility through reliance on native-place networks and increased childcare burdens, particularly affecting women and those with lower human capital, though these adverse effects can be mitigated by digital social capital and domestic service development.

Xi Chen, Guowan Hu, Shanlai Liu, Yangfan Guo2026-08-08
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The Relationship Between Dimensions of Psychological Reappraisal of Stressful Situations and Anxiety and Depression in Medical Sciences Students

This cross-sectional study of 400 Iranian medical students reveals that adaptive psychological reappraisal strategies, particularly compassionate reappraisal, are significantly associated with lower levels of anxiety and depression, whereas logical/rational reappraisal does not serve as a significant predictor for these mental health outcomes.

Omid Parvizifard¹, Aliakbar Parvizifard¹, Aliakbar Foroughi¹, Peyman Davoodizadeh2026-08-08
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Gurukul 2.0: A Capability-Based Model Integrating Indigenous Mentoring, AI, and Character Formation for Graduate Competence

This study validates the "Gurukul 2.0" model, demonstrating that integrating indigenous Guru–Shishya mentoring, AI-augmented personalized learning, and character formation significantly enhances graduate professional competence through learning capability development, moderated by student learning readiness.

Neerupa Chauhan, K.Vinodha Devi, Aakash Kumar, Sreela Krishnan, Nithin Venugopal, Thanuja K A K A2026-08-08
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Curiosity profiles, creative self-beliefs, and well-being in music-related undergraduate training

This study utilized latent profile analysis on 528 Chinese music undergraduates to identify five distinct curiosity profiles, revealing that students with globally high curiosity exhibited the strongest creative self-beliefs and subjective well-being, while those with globally low curiosity reported the weakest outcomes.

Jie Zhang, Katayoun Mehdinezhadnouri, Junjie Liu, Qianhui Zhang, Siming Zhu2026-08-08
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Prototypicality and platformisation in India’s CTI ecosystem

Drawing on two years of qualitative fieldwork in India, this paper argues that cognitive-linguistic prototypes (such as the firefighter, smoke-detector, bystander, and Danda) shape organizational behavior and policy reasoning, thereby creating inertia, fragmentation, and constrained innovation in the development and adoption of Cyber Threat Intelligence platforms.

Shashank Yadav, Sundeep Oberoi, Shishir K Jha2026-08-07
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Han Cultural Integration and Identity among Ethnic Minorities in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties: Evidence from Eaves Tiles

By analyzing 356 eaves tiles from 46 sites, this study demonstrates that the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties witnessed a tangible transition from regional divergence to a shared Han cultural paradigm among ethnic minorities, evidenced by the gradual convergence of northern and southern architectural dimensions and decorative motifs.

Lianyu Wang, Wenyu Jia, Yixin Dou, Haiming Li2026-08-07