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Qual Health Res 2021 Dec 2:10497323211055459. Epub 2021 Dec 2.

204209Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Survivors of the intensive care unit (ICU) report an aggregate of burdensome memories. ICU diaries have been proposed to address the psychological impact of ICU treatment. Twenty-six participants wrote about their ICU experiences in three successive sessions, while in the second session, they were presented with a dairy derived from their medical records. Read More

Am J Clin Hypn 2021 Oct;64(2):90-97

We explore a new distinction between the being investigated in current neuroscience and the , which was the original theoretical foundation of therapeutic hypnosis, classical psychoanalysis, and psychotherapy. We then generalize a current evolutionary theory of sleep and dreaming, which focuses on the , to conceptualize a new evolutionary perspective on therapeutic hypnosis and brief psychotherapy. The implication of current neuroscience research is that activity-dependent gene expression and brain plasticity are the psychobiological basis of adaptive behavior, consciousness, and creativity in everyday life as well as psychotherapy. Read More

Biomed Phys Eng Express 2021 Dec 1. Epub 2021 Dec 1.

Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413 Milwaukee, WI 53201, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53201, UNITED STATES.

Steady-state Visually Evoked Potential (SSVEP) based Electroencephalogram (EEG) signal is utilized in brain-computer interface paradigms, diagnosis of brain diseases, and measurement of the cognitive status of the human brain. However, various artifacts such as the Electrocardiogram (ECG), Electrooculogram (EOG), and Electromyogram (EMG) are present in the raw EEG signal, which adversely affect the EEG-based appliances. In this research, Adaptive Neuro-fuzzy Interface Systems (ANFIS) and Hilbert-Huang Transform (HHT) are primarily employed to remove the artifacts from EEG signals. Read More

J Neurosci Methods 2021 Nov 28:109429. Epub 2021 Nov 28.

Behavioral Pharmacology Group, Laboratory of Animal Morphology and Pathology, State University of North Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Avenida Alberto Lamego, 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, 28013-602, RJ, Brazil. Electronic address:

Background: Reduced locomotion with repeated exposure to a novel environment is often used as a measure of the basic adaptive learning process of habituation. While this is a well-established and reliable measure of habituation, it is not useful for the investigation of neurobiological changes before and after habituation because of the uncontrolled differential activity levels in a novel versus habituated environment. New Method In this study we report a behavioral method that uses spontaneous locomotion to measure habituation, in which the total spontaneous locomotion in an initially novel environment does not change with repeated testing but, the ratio of central to peripheral activity does change and is indicative of habituation. Read More

Bull Menninger Clin 2021 ;85(4):385-404

Unit of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Montpellier-Saint Eloi Hospital, Montpellier, France.

More than half of children who have autism spectrum disorder (ASD) suffer from motor impairment. In a retrospective study, the authors investigated the effect of a body-mediated workshop with dance movement therapy (DMT) on the motor skills and social skills of children with ASD by comparing 10 autistic children aged 7 to 10 years who benefited from DMT with 10 autistic children in a control group. Scores on the Movement Assessment Battery for Children and the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale were compared. Read More