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View article: Can beliefs improve mental health? A dive into resilience during pandemic times in South America
Can beliefs improve mental health? A dive into resilience during pandemic times in South America Open
The association between paranormal beliefs and mental health has been extensively investigated. Nonetheless, there has been limited opportunity to examine this association in contexts characterized by high stress and social vulnerability. …
View article: The impact of loneliness and social adaptation on depressive symptoms: Behavioral and brain measures evidence from a brain health perspective
The impact of loneliness and social adaptation on depressive symptoms: Behavioral and brain measures evidence from a brain health perspective Open
Introduction Early detection of depression is a cost-effective way to prevent adverse outcomes on brain physiology, cognition, and health. Here we propose that loneliness and social adaptation are key factors that can anticipate depressive…
View article: “I am feeling tension in my whole body”: An experimental phenomenological study of empathy for pain
“I am feeling tension in my whole body”: An experimental phenomenological study of empathy for pain Open
Introduction Traditionally, empathy has been studied from two main perspectives: the theory-theory approach and the simulation theory approach. These theories claim that social emotions are fundamentally constituted by mind states in the b…
View article: THE ZEN MEDITATOR AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS: A STUDY ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS THE MEDITATOR HOLDS WITH THEIR SELF AND SIGNIFICANT OTHERS. A QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
THE ZEN MEDITATOR AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS: A STUDY ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS THE MEDITATOR HOLDS WITH THEIR SELF AND SIGNIFICANT OTHERS. A QUALITATIVE RESEARCH Open
During the last twenty years, there has been an increasing interest from the scientific community to study the effects that meditative practices could have in human well-being. However, the academic community has not reached a consensus re…
View article: TB and COVID-19 co-infection: rationale and aims of a global study
TB and COVID-19 co-infection: rationale and aims of a global study Open
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View article: A study based on the embodied emotion approach: The recognition of whole‐body social emotions and postural control in Alzheimer's disease dementia, Parkinson's disease and healthy control
A study based on the embodied emotion approach: The recognition of whole‐body social emotions and postural control in Alzheimer's disease dementia, Parkinson's disease and healthy control Open
Background Alzheimer's disease dementia (ADD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) have a significant impairment in social emotion recognition. Most of these studies assess emotional perception as the ability to identify others' facial emotions (E…