Inverted U | List of Frontiers open access articles

Brief Research Report

Published on 29 Oct 2025

The “inverted-U” of cognitive effort across speech rates holds for simple but not complex sentence structures

in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience

Ryan M. O’Leary
Nataniela Zavlun
Alex Kinney
Arthur Wingfield

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1685938

1,559 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 23 Sep 2022

A double-edged sword: The effects of R&D intensity and capitalization on institutional investment in entrepreneurial firms

in Organizational Psychology

Yuan Feng
Chenyang Ma
Yushi Wang
Jiangshui Ma

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.942931

7,681 views
3 citations

Original Research

Published on 10 Jan 2022

How to Enhance the Green Innovation of Sports Goods? Micro- and Macro-Level Evidence From China’s Manufacturing Enterprises

in Environmental Economics and Management

Chengyin Huang
Ying Chen

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2021.809156

6,733 views
21 citations

General Commentary

Published on 28 Jul 2014

Is there an inverted-U relationship between creativity and psychopathology?

in Psychopathology

Anna Abraham

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00750

19,584 views
56 citations

Original Research

Published on 28 Feb 2019

Multi-Scale Expressions of One Optimal State Regulated by Dopamine in the Prefrontal Cortex

in Fractal Physiology

Guyue Hu
Xuhui Huang
Tianzi Jiang
Shan Yu

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2019.00113

4,037 views
10 citations

Original Research

Published on 06 Jan 2022

The Effect of Red and Blue on Gross and Fine Motor Tasks: Confirming the Inverted-U Hypothesis

in Movement Science

Xiaobin Hong
Aiai Xu
Yan Shi
Lu Geng
Rong Zou
Yuanbing Guo

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.744913

8,540 views
7 citations

Original Research

Published on 11 Feb 2021

Pupillometric Complexity and Symmetricity Follow Inverted-U Curves Against Baseline Diameter Due to Crossed Locus Coeruleus Projections to the Edinger-Westphal Nucleus

in Fractal Physiology

Sou Nobukawa
Aya Shirama
Tetsuya Takahashi
Toshinobu Takeda
Haruhisa Ohta
Mitsuru Kikuchi
Akira Iwanami
Nobumasa Kato
Shigenobu Toda

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2021.614479

6,795 views
13 citations

Hypothesis and Theory

Published on 20 Jun 2017

Spacing Repetitions Over Long Timescales: A Review and a Reconsolidation Explanation

in Cognition

Christopher D. Smith
Damian Scarf

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00962

65,232 views
68 citations

Original Research

Published on 21 Dec 2023

Impact of SNR, peripheral auditory sensitivity, and central cognitive profile on the psychometric relation between pupillary response and speech performance in CI users

in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience

Yue Zhang
M. Amparo Callejón-Leblic
Ana M. Picazo-Reina
Sergio Blanco-Trejo
François Patou
Serafín Sánchez-Gómez

Frontiers in Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnins.2023.1307777

5,488 views
7 citations

Original Research

Published on 17 Nov 2022

Urban spatial structure and regional smog management for environmental sustainability

in Environmental Economics and Management

Hongkai Qie
Yudie Chao
Qianwen Yang
Yong Lu

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2022.1053077

1,556 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 12 Jun 2025

The influence of green trade openness, natural resources rent, institutional quality, and R&D investment on environmental sustainability in the OECD: testing the EKC and LCC hypotheses

in Environmental Economics and Management

Abdulateif A. Almulhim
Md Qamruzzaman
Abdullah A. Aljughaiman

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1572439

3,288 views
6 citations

Original Research

Published on 25 Mar 2022

The Curvilinear Relationship Between Dissatisfaction With the Status Quo and Innovative Behavior

in Organizational Psychology

Siyuan Wang

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.849586

3,819 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 18 Mar 2021

Does Economic Overheating Provide Positive Feedback on Population Health? Evidence From BRICS and ASEAN Countries

in Health Economics

Chi-Wei Su
Shi-Wen Huang
Ran Tao
Muhammad Haris

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2021.661279

20,225 views
12 citations

Review

Published on 18 Dec 2012

Making Memories Matter

Paul E. Gold
Donna L Korol

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnint.2012.00116

9,964 views
40 citations

Original Research

Published on 05 Jan 2024

Impact of environmental regulation on government subsides of public-private partnership waste-to-energy incineration projects: evidence from 66 cities in China

in Environmental Economics and Management

Ye Shen
Min Xu
Caiyun Cui
Bo Xia
Martin Skitmore
Matthew Moorhead
Yong Liu

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2023.1288851

10,873 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 18 Jan 2022

Serum Chloride Level Is Associated With Abdominal Aortic Calcification

in Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Prevention

Sheng Hu
Tian Lan
Silin Wang
Lang Su
Sheng Zou
Jiayue Ye
Yang Zhang
Deyuan Zhang
Qiang Guo
Wenxiong Zhang

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

doi 10.3389/fcvm.2021.800458

4,502 views
7 citations

Articles

The “inverted-U” of cognitive effort across speech rates holds for simple but not complex sentence structures

A double-edged sword: The effects of R&D intensity and capitalization on institutional investment in entrepreneurial firms

How to Enhance the Green Innovation of Sports Goods? Micro- and Macro-Level Evidence From China’s Manufacturing Enterprises

Is there an inverted-U relationship between creativity and psychopathology?

Multi-Scale Expressions of One Optimal State Regulated by Dopamine in the Prefrontal Cortex

The Effect of Red and Blue on Gross and Fine Motor Tasks: Confirming the Inverted-U Hypothesis

Pupillometric Complexity and Symmetricity Follow Inverted-U Curves Against Baseline Diameter Due to Crossed Locus Coeruleus Projections to the Edinger-Westphal Nucleus

Spacing Repetitions Over Long Timescales: A Review and a Reconsolidation Explanation

Impact of SNR, peripheral auditory sensitivity, and central cognitive profile on the psychometric relation between pupillary response and speech performance in CI users

Urban spatial structure and regional smog management for environmental sustainability

The influence of green trade openness, natural resources rent, institutional quality, and R&D investment on environmental sustainability in the OECD: testing the EKC and LCC hypotheses

The Curvilinear Relationship Between Dissatisfaction With the Status Quo and Innovative Behavior

Does Economic Overheating Provide Positive Feedback on Population Health? Evidence From BRICS and ASEAN Countries

Making Memories Matter

Impact of environmental regulation on government subsides of public-private partnership waste-to-energy incineration projects: evidence from 66 cities in China

Serum Chloride Level Is Associated With Abdominal Aortic Calcification