13. Relationships of anxiety and depressive symptoms with pain perception in post-mastectomy women. An intragroup analysis

Abstract Background Breast cancer confronts women with a threat to life and is classified among the most traumatic life experiences. The disease is often accompanied by strong negative emotions, often in the form of anxiety and depressive symptoms. Studies also point to the presence of chronic pain breast-cancer survivors. Objective To determine the rela

Arch. Clin. Psychiatry (São Paulo). Publicado em: 2016-08

14. Projective aspects on cognitive performance: distortions in emotional perception correlate with personality

Abstract Several approaches in psychology converge with the concept that individual characteristics may interfere with the perception and interpretation of the world. We hypothesized that such phenomenon could be identified in instruments that were not only projective techniques. The research’s goal was to study perceptive distortions in a cognitive test a

Psicol. Reflex. Crit.. Publicado em: 20/06/2016

15. Two systems for empathy in obsessive-compulsive disorder: mentalizing and experience sharing

Objective: To investigate empathic abilities in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) compared to control subjects. OCD is characterized by persistent obsessions and compulsions. Previous studies have proposed specific emotion recognition deficits in patients with OCD. The ability to recognize emotion is part of the broad construct of empathy th

Rev. Bras. Psiquiatr.. Publicado em: 22/03/2016

16. Happiness and health in psychiatry: what are their implications?

Background Happiness is a lasting state and is associated with the absence of negative emotions, the presence of positive emotions, life satisfaction, social engagement and objectives in life. Researchers have demonstrated the benefits of happiness in many aspects of life, but few studies have been conducted within psychiatry.Objectives To develop a critical

Arch. Clin. Psychiatry (São Paulo). Publicado em: 2015-08

17. Recognition of facial emotional expressions and its correlation with cognitive abilities in children with Down syndrome

Down syndrome (DS) is one of the most common chromosomal abnormalities. Delays in cognitive development are found in the first years of life. As years pass, it may turn into intellectual deficiencies that unfold into several aspects, including difficulty recognizing emotional facial expressions. The present study investigated the recognition of six universal

Psychol. Neurosci.. Publicado em: 2014-06

18. Overtraining increases the strength of equivalence relations

The present study investigated whether overtraining of the conditional discriminations that are the prerequisites of equivalence class formation strengthens the relations among stimuli in an equivalence class. Two groups of college students formed equivalence classes that consisted of faces that expressed emotions (A) and arbitrary stimuli (B, C, D, and E).

Psychol. Neurosci.. Publicado em: 2013-12

19. Effects of pleasant visual stimulation on attention, working memory, and anxiety in college students

Different emotional reactions can be induced by the presentation of visual stimuli with affective content. Emotional stimuli are processed and linked with cognitive functions, such as attention, memory, and anxiety, and have implications in the mental health field. Previous studies have reported that positive and negative emotions tend to change cognitive pr

Psychol. Neurosci.. Publicado em: 2013-12

20. Processing of affective faces varying in valence and intensity in shy adults: an event-related fMRI study

Recent behavioral and electrocortical studies have found that shy and socially anxious adults are hypersensitive to the processing of negative and ambiguous facial emotions. We attempted to extend these findings by examining the neural correlates of affective face processing in shy adults using an event-related fMRI design. We presented pairs of faces that v

Psychol. Neurosci.. Publicado em: 2013-06

21. RESSIGNIFICANDO A ANSIEDADE NA APRENDIZAGEM E USO DE LÍNGUAS ESTRANGEIRAS ATRAVÉS DAS CRENÇAS: UM ESTUDO EXPLORATÓRIO / REFRAMING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ANXIETY THROUGH BELIEFS: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY

The objective of this thesis is to present and discuss the reframing of foreign language anxiety which was observed to happen during a reflective journey developed throughout twelve exploratory sessions that were held between April and September in 2010. During the meetings, in which Lea, Mila and I participated, we sought to (re)construct our understandings

IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia. Publicado em: 07/12/2012

22. QUALIDADE DE VIDA E BEM-ESTAR SUBJETIVO DE ESTUDANTES UNIVERSITÁRIOS

Considering the expansion of higher education and the increase in the number of university students, the higher the demands and the need to promote the integral development of the student. Before it, this study aimed to evaluate the quality of life and the subjective well-being of students. This is a descriptive study, quantitative and cross-sectional design

IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia. Publicado em: 05/03/2012

23. Meditação Mindfulness para Promoção de Coping e Saúde Mental: Aplicação clínica e em presídio

Oriental philosophy and psychology have influenced the practices and research in positive and clinical psychology. Mindfulness was found to reduce stress and chronic pain (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction - MBSR); reduce panic and anxiety (MBSR and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ACT), help in the treatment of borderline patients (Dialectical Behavior Th

IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia. Publicado em: 23/09/2011

24. The influence of emotional contagion on products evaluation

Emotional Contagion is the mechanism that includes mimicking and the automatic synchronization of facial expressions, vocalizations, postures, and movements with another person and, consequently, convergence of emotions between the sender and receiver. Researches of this mechanism conducted usually in the fields of Psychology and Marketing tends to investiga

Publicado em: 28/02/2011