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Volume 6,Issue 2

Open Access Original Research

Loneliness Among African Migrants Living in Portugal

Félix Neto and

Maria Pinto

Received: 23 January 2022; Published: 08 June 2022; doi: 10.21926/obm.neurobiol.2202125

Abstract

This study analyzed the degree of loneliness, as well as acculturation and adaptation factors related to it among African migrants. The study sample consisted of 759 migrants (48.5% females) from four ethnocultural groups (Angolans, Cape Verdeans, Guineans, and Mozambicans) living in Portugal. Participants’ mean age was 37 years, and the mean length of sojourn in this country was 21 years. Participants completed self-reported questionnaires to evaluate social contacts, language profi [...]

Open Access Original Research

Satisfaction with Social Life and Academic Adaptation in Students with Different Types of Loneliness in the Process of Distance Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Rail Shamionov ,

Marina Grigoryeva ,

Elena Grinina and

Aleksey Sozonnik

Received: 25 March 2022; Published: 01 June 2022; doi: 10.21926/obm.neurobiol.2202124

Abstract

In an age when publicity is the norm, human loneliness is a significant socio-psychological problem. Objective loneliness (e.g., as experienced during the pandemic) does not always result in subjective loneliness. Subjective loneliness directly influences various aspects of the human psyche and activities. Analysis of satisfaction with social life, as a marker of social well-being and academic adaptation of students with different loneliness types, allows determining the magnitude of subjective [...]

Open Access Case Report

Use of Measuring Creatinine Kinase in Detection of Emerging Catatonia: Literature Review and Case Series Report

Mark Jaradeh ,

Mark deBettencourt ,

Edgar Yap ,

Yesha Patel ,

April Alcantara ,

Conrad Stasieluk and

Edwin Meresh

Received: 02 March 2022; Published: 23 May 2022; doi: 10.21926/obm.neurobiol.2202123

Abstract

Catatonia, particularly malignant catatonia (MC), continues to manifest in severe sequalae such as hyperthermia, rhabdomyolysis, cardiovascular collapse and failure, and even death as, although identification of the syndrome has significantly improved once its developed, several precarious factors continue to inhibit prompt and efficacious treatment. In this context, we evaluated the cases of six patients who were treated at our center for eventual MC manifestation with the aim of elucidating a [...]

Open Access Case Report

A Case Study on the Development of Math Competence in an Eight-year-old Child with Dyscalculia: Shared Intentionality in Human-Computer Interaction for Online Treatment Via Subitizing

Igor Val Danilov and

Sandra Mihailova

Received: 24 January 2022; Published: 18 May 2022; doi: 10.21926/obm.neurobiol.2202122

Abstract

Studies in the field of neuroscience have shown that the neural network responsible for numeracy overlaps with the visual and spatial processing regions. Other studies in psychology also highlighted an association of visual-spatial processing with mathematical competence at the early stages of development. These findings suggest that research on the size of the focal area of attention (consciousness) can contribute to understanding the development of numeracy. In this case study, we verified the [...]

Open Access Case Report

Alcohol Withdrawal Induced Malignant Catatonia and Response to Bromocriptine: Case Report

Ashley Schumaker ,

Rachel Klauber ,

Margaret Aasen ,

Michael Padua and

Edwin Meresh

Received: 07 December 2021; Published: 24 April 2022; doi: 10.21926/obm.neurobiol.2202121

Abstract

Catatonia and malignant catatonia may result in devastating and life-threatening complications like pulmonary embolisms, pneumonia, deep venous thrombosis, rhabdomyolysis, and even death. There have been documented cases implicating alcohol withdrawal as a significant culprit in catatonia. Here, we provide a unique case report of a patient with a complicated medical course, who subsequently developed malignant catatonia secondary to severe alcohol withdrawal, and was successfully treated using b [...]

Open Access Review

Cerebral Palsy: An Overview of Etiology, Types and Comorbidities

Joshua Vova

Received: 21 February 2022; Published: 20 April 2022; doi: 10.21926/obm.neurobiol.2202120

Abstract

Cerebral Palsy (CP) is the most frequent cause of childhood disability. CP occurs in 1 out of every 345 children in the United States. CP is primarily a motor disease that is the result of an insult to the brain that occurs during the prenatal or early postnatal period when the brain is still developing. CP is not a single disease but a physical description of motor impairments that originate from multiple etiologies. This article briefly discusses the etiologies, classification and management o [...]

Open Access Original Research

Examining the Social Signaling and Person Perception Functions of Loneliness

Kory Floyd ,

Nathan Woo ,

Benjamin Custer ,

Dana Dinsmore ,

Kaylin Duncan and

Jeannette Maré

Received: 07 January 2022; Published: 19 April 2022; doi: 10.21926/obm.neurobiol.2202119

Abstract

Loneliness is a common condition that poses substantial risks to morbidity and mortality. Cacioppo and Cacioppo’s [1] evolutionary theory of loneliness (ETL) provides that loneliness serves a social signaling function and also manifests in hypervigilance to threat, which we propose can influence person perception. In this experiment, 480 observers evaluated videotaped self-presentation messages from speakers who scored either high or low on a measure of loneliness. On the basis of ETL, we hypoth [...]

Open Access Interview

An Interview with Dr. Roy G. Beran

OBM Neurobiology Editorial Office

Received: 02 April 2022; Published: 07 April 2022; doi: 10.21926/obm.neurobiol.2202118

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