Washington Soares Ferreira Junior
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Recent Articles
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Oliveira E, do Nascimento A, Ferreira Junior W, Albuquerque U
PLoS One
. 2024 May;
19(5):e0303512.
PMID: 38753598
The prestige theory of evolution states that our memory has an intrinsic bias to memorize information from someone of prestige. However, the evidence for information recall is mainly focused on...
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da Silva P, Ferreira Junior W, Zank S, do Nascimento A, de Abreu M
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed
. 2024 Feb;
20(1):24.
PMID: 38409039
Background: Local medical systems (LMS) include native and exotic plants used for the treatment of diseases of physical and spiritual nature. The incorporation of exotic plants into these systems has...
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Albuquerque U, Maroyi A, Ladio A, Pieroni A, Abbasi A, Toledo B, et al.
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed
. 2024 Feb;
20(1):18.
PMID: 38360640
This opinion piece, written by ethnobiologists from different parts of the world, emphasizes the importance of ethnobiology research in advancing contemporary biology, natural resource management, biodiversity conservation, sustainable development, and,...
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Abreu M, Ferraz T, Albuquerque U, Ferreira Junior W
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed
. 2023 Dec;
19(1):60.
PMID: 38093307
Local medical systems (LMSs) are complex and dynamic, encompassing local perceptions of diseases, prevention and treatment strategies, and evaluations of therapeutic responses. These systems are not isolated and interact with...
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Oliveira E, do Nascimento A, Ferreira Junior W, Albuquerque U
PLoS One
. 2023 Feb;
18(2):e0281991.
PMID: 36821634
In epidemic and pandemic contexts, such as that of COVID-19, epidemiological changes are continuous, and many people do not have access to accurate, up-to-date information. In this context, social learning...
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Sousa D, Ferreira Junior W, Albuquerque U
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed
. 2022 Jul;
18(1):51.
PMID: 35810291
Background: Measures of the importance of medicinal plants have long been used in ethnobotany and ethnobiology to understand the influence of social-ecological system factors in the formation of individuals' differential...
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Moura J, da Silva R, Ferreira Junior W, da Silva T, Albuquerque U
PLoS One
. 2021 Oct;
16(10):e0258986.
PMID: 34695160
Adaptive memory is the propensity of human memory to easily store and retrieve important information to deal with challenges related to the Pleistocene. Recent evidence shows that humans have had...
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de Medeiros P, Ferreira Junior W, Queiroz F
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed
. 2020 Oct;
16(1):62.
PMID: 33066790
The utilitarian redundancy model (URM) is one of the recent contributions to ethnobiology. We argue that URM can be applied to access use-pressure on plant species, the resilience of socioecological...
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da Silva R, Ferreira Junior W, de Medeiros P, Albuquerque U
PLoS One
. 2019 Mar;
14(3):e0214300.
PMID: 30913230
Throughout evolutionary history, humans have been exposed to a wide variety of diseases, some of which have serious and even lethal consequences. Memorizing medicinal plants for the treatment of serious...
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Albuquerque U, Ferreira Junior W, Sousa D, Reinaldo R, do Nascimento A, Goncalves P
J Relig Health
. 2018 May;
57(5):1948-1960.
PMID: 29730807
Religiosity/spirituality can affect health and quality of life in myriad ways. Religion has been present since the first moments of our evolutionary history, whether it is understood as a byproduct...