Investigações internacionais sugerem que um maior envolvimento na religiosidade está positivamente associado a melhor saúde física e mental e a uma maior sensação de bem-estar ao longo da vida e negativamente associada ao medo e evitação da morte e menor risco de depressão. A religiosidade refere-se a uma caraterística psicossocial incluindo um conjunto de crenças, rituais e práticas religiosas na procura de um...
O trauma perineal ocorre em cerca de 85% dos partos vaginais, podendo ter um impacto significativo na perceção da experiência de parto das mulheres. A aplicação da massagem perineal no 2º estádio do trabalho de parto, como prática de cuidado do enfermeiro especialista em saúde materna e obstétrica, aparenta reduzir a probabilidade de trauma perineal e impactar positivamente a experiência de parto das mulheres. ...
The developmental trajectories of brain oscillations during the encoding and maintenance phases of a Working Memory (WM) task were calculated. The Delayed-Match-to-Sample Test (DMTS) was applied to 239 subjects of 6-29 years, while EEG was recorded. The Event-Related Spectral Perturbation (ERSP) was obtained in the range between 1 and 25 Hz during the encoding and maintenance phases. Behavioral parameters of re...
Effects of emotional valence have been observed in lexical decision tasks, suggesting that valence information modulates early word recognition. However, is still unclear the processing advantage of the different valence categories, and how these advantages might be modulated by word frequency and arousal. To clarify this question, a lexical decision task was designed using emotional words as stimuli. Emotional...
Working memory (WM) impairments have been frequently observed as an important feature of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Event-related potential (ERP) differences between ADHD and healthy controls (HC) would be expected during WM task performance. Especially, the so-called slow wave (SW), which is related to the retention process, might present amplitude differences in ADHD. In this ERP study p...