Author(s): Poulin-Dubois D, Dutemple E, Burnside K
Theory of mind is defined as the understanding that mental states predict and explain people's behaviors. It develops around the age of 4 but seems to remain deficient in people with ASD, whereas other forms of naïve understanding remain intact. This study compares children with ASD to neurotypical children on tasks measuring naïve psychology, physics ...
Article GUID: 33385282
Author(s): Gillet N, Morin AJS, Mokounkolo R, Réveillère C, Fouquereau E
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: This research identified profiles characterized by distinct levels of overcommitment, rumination, psychological detachment (Studies 1 and 2), and need for recovery (Study 2). This research also considers the role of hindrance demands and resources in the prediction of profile membership, and the outcomes of these profiles. METHO ...
Article GUID: 33380222
Author(s): Yitshak-Sade M, Nethery R, Schwartz JD, Mealli F, Dominici F, Di Q, Abu Awad Y, Ifergane G, Zanobetti A
BACKGROUND: Although long-term exposure to particulate matter METHODS: We constructed daily zipcode counts of hospital admissions of Medicare beneficiaries older than 65 across the United-States (2000-2014). We obtained daily PM2.5 estimates from a satellite-based model. A propensity score matchi ...
Article GUID: 33065503
Author(s): Marentette P, Furman R, Suvanto ME, Nicoladis E
Pantomime has long been considered distinct from co-speech gesture. It has therefore been argued that pantomime cannot be part of gesture-speech integration. We examine pantomime as distinct from silent gesture, focusing on non-co-speech gestures that occur in the midst of children's spoken narratives. We propose that gestures with features of pantomi ...
Article GUID: 33329222
Author(s): Gilbert AC, Honda CT, Phillips NA, Baum SR
We examined lexical stress processing in English-French bilinguals. Auditory mismatch negativity (MMN) responses were recorded in response to English and French pseudowords, whose primary stress occurred either on a language-consistent "usual" or language-inconsistent "unusual" syllable. In most conditions, the pseudowords elicited two consecutive MMNs, a ...
Article GUID: 33333337
Author(s): Krause S, Radomsky AS
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Mental contamination (i.e., contamination concerns that arise in the absence of direct contact with a contaminant) is a common symptom in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Cognitive theories suggest that it results from individuals' misinterpretations of perceived violations. Cognitive theories of OCD also highlight the i ...
Article GUID: 33321247
Author(s): Keenan ME, Loew M, Berlin KS, Hodges J, Alberts NM, Hankins JS, Porter JS
OBJECTIVE: Determining how the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is impacted by living with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) can inform psychosocial interventions. The purpose of the present study is to determine if demographic and treatment variables predict membership into empirically derived subgroups of HRQOL among youth and young adults with SCD. METHO ...
Article GUID: 33249456
Author(s): González Cautela BV; Quintana GR; Akerman J; Pfaus JG;
RATIONALE: Sexual side effects of chronic treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in humans include anorgasmia and loss of sexual desire and/or arousal which interferes with treatment compliance. There are few options at present to reduce these effects. Because orgasm and desire are mediated in part by activation of sympathetic arou ...
Article GUID: 33242109
Author(s): Kirkpatrick RH; Munoz DP; Khalid-Khan S; Booij L;
Over the past decade, psychiatric research has been on an important hunt for biomarkers of psychiatric disease. In psychiatry, the term "biomarker" is a broad umbrella term used to identify any biological variable that can be objectively measured and applied to a diagnosis; this includes genetic and epigenetic assessments, hormone levels, measures of neur ...
Article GUID: 33221025
Author(s): Murphy C; Johnson AP; Koenekoop RK; Seiple W; Overbury O;
Recent literature has reported a higher occurrence of cognitive impairment among individuals with Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) compared to older adults with normal vision. This pilot study explored potential links between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in AMD and cognitive status. Individuals with AMD (N = 21) and controls (N = 18) were ...
Article GUID: 33178008
Author(s): Molloy EN; Mueller K; Beinhölzl N; Blöchl M; Piecha FA; Pampel A; Steele CJ; Scharrer U; Zheleva G; Regenthal R; Sehm B; Nikulin VV; Möller HE; Villringer A; Sacher J;
The contribution of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors to motor learning by inducing motor cortical plasticity remains controversial given diverse findings from positive preclinical data to negative findings in recent clinical trials. To empirically address this translational disparity, we u ...
Article GUID: 33148103
Author(s): Valois P; Tessier M; Bouchard D; Talbot D; Morin AJS; Anctil F; Cloutier G;
Climate change is predicted to increase the frequency and intensity of floods in the province of Quebec, Canada. Therefore, in 2015, to better monitor the level of adaptation to flooding of Quebec residents living in or near a flood-prone area, the Quebec Observatory of Adaptation to Climate Change developed five indices of adaptation to flooding, accordi ...
Article GUID: 33143677
