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Paradoxical effects of Worrisome Thoughts Suppression: the influence of depressive mood
Thought suppression increases the persistence of unwanted idiosyncratic worries
thoughts when individuals try to suppress them. The failure of suppression may
contribute to the development and maintenance of emotional disorders. Depressive
people seem particulary prone to engage in unsuccessful mental control strategies such
as thought suppression. Worry has been reported to be elevated in depressed individuals
and a dysphoric mood may also contribute for the failure of suppression. No studies
examine, however, the suppression of worisome thoughts in individuals with depressive
symptoms. To investigate the suppression effects of worrisome thoughts, 46
participants were selected according to the cut-off score of a depressive
symptomatology scale and they were divided in two groups (subclinical and nonclinical
group). All the individuals took part in an experimental paradigm of thought
suppression. The results of the mixed factorial analysis of variance revealed an
increased frequency of worrisome thoughts during the suppression phase on depending
of the depressive symptoms. These findings confirm that depressive mood can reduce
the success of suppression.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
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Association study of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor genes identifies a novel lung cancer susceptibility locus near CHRNA1 in African-Americans
Studies in European and East Asian populations have identified lung cancer susceptibility loci in nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) genes on chromosome 15q25.1 which also appear to influence smoking behaviors. We sought to determine if genetic vari
Arching the back (lumbar curvature) as a female sexual proceptivity signal: an eye-tracking study
It is common in studies of human mate preference
to have participants judge the attractiveness of photographs in
which models adopt a neutral facial expression or a neutral
body posture. However, it is unlikely that humans adopt neutral
expressions and postures in normal social circumstances.
One way in which posture can vary is in the curvature of the
lower spine. In some non-human animals, a âlordoticâ posture
(in which the lower spine is curved towards the belly) is associated
in females with readiness to mate. In humans, this
posture may serve a similar function, attracting heterosexual
men. In this study, participants were presented with computergenerated
images of female bodies in which the back curvature
was systematically manipulated. The result showed that
small changes in lumbar curvature are associated with changes
in the perception of attractiveness. Specifically, the result
showed that there is a relationship between the range of the
back curvatures used in this study and attractiveness, such that
increasing the curvature increased the perception of attractiveness.
Additionally, as the curvature increased, participants
looked longer and fixated more on the hip region of the female
bodies. This paper argues that the attractiveness of women in
lordotic posture is due to a conserved mechanism across the
taxa which signals proceptivity to men.This study was supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology and the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education through national funds and co-financed by FEDER through COMPETE2020 under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007653). FP receives funding from FCT Portugal through grant SFRH/BD/114366/2016; AM receives funding from FCT Portugal through grants PTDC/DTP-EPI/0412/2012 and PEST-C/FIS/UI607/2011; JA receives funding from FCT Portugal through grant IF/01298/2014.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio