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Associations between obesity, a composite risk score for probable long COVID, a...
Xue, Pei; Merikanto, Ilona; Delale, Eva A.; Bjelajac, Adrijana; Yordanova, Juliana; Chan, Rachel N. Y.; Korman, Maria; Mota-Rolim, Sérgio A.Background: Preliminary data suggests that obesity might hasten the decline in mRNA vaccine-induced immunity against SARS-CoV-2. However, whether this renders individuals with obesity more susceptible to long COVID symptoms post-vaccination remains uncertain. Given sleep’s critical role in immunity, exploring the associations between obesity, probable long COVID symptoms, and sleep disturbances is essential. Me...
Psychosis and the Control of Lucid Dreaming
Mota, Natália B.; Resende, Adara; Mota-Rolim, Sérgio A.; Copelli, Mauro; Ribeiro, Sidarta Tollendal GomesDreaming and psychosis share important features, such as intrinsic sense perceptions independent of external stimulation, and a general lack of criticism that is associated with reduced frontal cerebral activity. Awareness of dreaming while a dream is happening defines lucid dreaming (LD), a state in which the prefrontal cortex is more active than during regular dreaming. For this reason, LD has been proposed t...