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Offtopic: is it just me that can't comprehend this title? I'm not a native english speaker, but this has happened all too often to me in the recent past and I'

• iainmerrick 6y ago
  Not just you, even as a native speaker this is very hard to parse. The title is ambiguous on its own (are "life cycle" and "long run" referring to the same thing?) and the abstract is very unclear.
• ben_w 6y ago
  Native English speaker: I’d only be worried if the titles of scientific papers in particular used to be clear to you, as scientific papers are often hard enough even for me, and I’m a listed author on one[0]. In this case: > Life cycle patterns of cognitive performance over the long run I’m not sure why it needs any words after “performance”. [0] technically, and ages ago: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250219248_Bottom-up_control_of_common_octopus_Octopus_vulgaris_in_the_Galician_upwelling_system_northeast_Atlantic_Ocean https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250219248_Bottom-up...