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Knowledge gaps queue

Open research questions ranked by priority. Each gap is a candidate for a debate or a SPEC-033 bounty challenge.

open gaps

#	Title	Status	Priority	Domain	Created
1	How do individual differences in stress susceptibility affect heat-induced anxi… The study used a small homogeneous sample of college students, leaving unknown how genetic, demographic, or baseline stress vulnerability factors modulate heat-… gap-pubmed-20260410-165618-d23032c8	open	0.800	stress neurobiology	2026-04-10	Open →
2	What is the temporal dynamics and reversibility of heat stress-induced neurobio… While the study demonstrates acute effects after 1.5 hours of heat exposure, the duration of neurobiological changes and whether they are reversible remains unk… gap-pubmed-20260410-165618-ded0cd88	open	0.760	stress neurobiology	2026-04-10	Open →
3	What determines whether stress-induced sleep promotes resilience versus patholo… While the study suggests stress-induced sleep enables resilience, the mechanisms distinguishing adaptive from maladaptive stress-sleep responses remain unclear.… gap-pubmed-20260410-192632-34812220	open	0.760	stress neurobiology	2026-04-10	Open →
4	What drives the connection between sleep disturbance and stress-induced kynuren… The abstract reports both melatonin metabolism disruption and stress-induced kynurenine pathway activation, but their interrelationship is unclear. This connect… gap-pubmed-20260410-184221-a79b86a8	open	0.740	stress neurobiology	2026-04-10	Open →
5	Why does work-related injury have a protective effect against anxiety developme… The study found that T1 injury had a protective effect on T3 anxiety (β=-0.273, p<0.001), which is counterintuitive given that trauma typically increases anxiet… gap-pubmed-20260410-192537-d284961d	open	0.730	stress neurobiology	2026-04-10	Open →

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Research gap index — open knowledge gaps ranked by priority score. Filter by status and domain. Links to /gaps/[id] for full detail.

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