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fMRI neurofeedback leads to long-term symptomatic reduction in treatment-resistant patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder
(Cambridge University Press, 2023)
Introduction: Obsessive‐compulsive disorder (OCD) is a severe
condition with a profound impact on the health, social and professional functioning of the patients. More than one third of the
patients do not achieve remission ...
Losing psychiatric or psychological follow-up during the first COVID-19 confinement in Portugal: outcomes in mental health
(Cambridge University Press, 2023)
Introduction: The COVID-19 outbreak imposed several periods of
lockdown to stop the pandemic, with a determinant impact on
access to mental health services. In Portugal, the first State of
Emergency was declared on the ...
The Neurobiology of Activational Aspects of Motivation: Exertion of Effort, Effort-Based Decision Making, and the Role of Dopamine
(Annual Reviews, 2024)
Motivational processes are complex and multifaceted, with both directional and activational aspects. Behavioral activation and exertion of effort are functions that enable organisms to overcome obstacles separating them ...
Compulsive sexual behavior disorder in 42 countries: Insights from the International Sex Survey and introduction of standardized assessment tools
(AKJournals, 2023-06-29)
Background and aims: Despite its inclusion in the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases, there is a virtual paucity of high-quality scientific evidence about compulsive sexual behavior disorder ...
Catastrophizing, Kinesiophobia, and Acceptance as Mediators of the Relationship Between Perceived Pain Severity, Self-Reported and Performance-Based Physical Function in Women with Fibromyalgia and Obesity
(Taylor and Francis GroupDove Press, 2022-09-26)
Purpose: Individuals with fibromyalgia and obesity experience significant impairment in physical functioning. Pain catastrophizing, kinesiophobia, and pain acceptance have all been identified as important factors associated ...
Daily stress encounters: Positive emotion upregulation and depressive symptoms
(American Psychological Association, 2024)
When it comes to coping with stress, positive emotion upregulation is of utmost importance. Positive emotions have been suggested to be an important resource during stressful times since people try to create and upregulate ...
Drinking Motives as Mediators of the Relationship of Cultural Orientation with Alcohol Use and Alcohol-Related Negative Consequences in College Students from Seven Countries
(Springer, 2022)
Aims. Past research has examined the association of cultural orientation with drinking
motives and drinking outcomes, mainly, at the country level or in participants from a single
region. This study examined the indirect ...
Childhood Traumatic Experiences and Negative Alcohol-Related Consequences in Adulthood: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Distress Tolerance and Drinking to Cope
(Taylor and Francis, 2023-03-19)
Background: Prior research has established that Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) predict harmful alcohol use outcomes. However, underlying mechanisms that could explain these associations are less clear. The present ...
Improving the understanding of web user behaviors through machine learning analysis of eye-tracking data
(Springer, 2023-07)
Eye-tracking techniques are widely used to analyze user behavior. While eye-trackers collect valuable quantitative data, the results are often described in a qualitative manner due to the lack of a model that interprets ...
Adding tactile feedback increases avatar ownership and makes virtual reality more effective at reducing pain in a randomized crossover study
(Nature Research, 2023-05-22)
Severe pain is a widespread health problem in need of novel treatment approaches. In the current study we used real water to give virtual objects (i.e., animated virtual water) more realistic physical properties (wet liquid ...