Unlocking the Beat: Dopamine and Eye Blink Response to Classical Music.

The present study examined music-induced dopamine release, as measured by a proxy measure of spontaneous eye blinks. Specifically, we explored the effects of uplifting and sombre tones in different sections of Vivaldi's to investigate the affective content of musical pieces within one composition. Seventeen participants listened to four concertos (Major modes: "Spring" and "Autumn", Minor modes: "Summer" and "Winter") and a silence condition while completing a three-stimulus odd-ball attention task.

Use of a door handle disinfection system to reduce the risks associated with microbial loads on fomites in a healthcare setting.

Background: Pathogenic organisms, including those that are multidrug resistant, can survive for extended periods of time on surfaces. Numerous studies show that contaminated hand-touch sites, such as door handles, pose a serious risk for onward transfer to patients.

Aim: To compare microbial levels on the handles of ten frequently used door locations, with and without a door handle disinfection system in place, in a busy rehabilitation unit consisting of two wards at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Dublin.

Mindfulness in primary school children as a route to enhanced life satisfaction, positive outlook and effective emotion regulation.

Background: Mindfulness programmes as a potential avenue of enhancing pupil wellbeing are beginning to show great promise. However, research concerning the effectiveness of mindfulness training for primary aged school children (7-11 years of age) has been neglected.

Methods: Building on methodological limitations of prior research, this study employed an active controlled design to assess the longer term wellbeing and emotion regulation outcomes after a 6 week mindfulness programme (Living Mindfully Programme, UK), for a group of school children aged between 9 and 10.

The Mitochondrial Acyl-carrier Protein Interaction Network Highlights Important Roles for LYRM Family Members in Complex I and Mitoribosome Assembly.

NDUFAB1 is the mitochondrial acyl carrier protein (ACP) essential for cell viability. Through its pantetheine-4'-phosphate post-translational modification, NDUFAB1 interacts with members of the leucine-tyrosine-arginine motif (LYRM) protein family. Although several LYRM proteins have been described to participate in a variety of defined processes, the functions of others remain either partially or entirely unknown.

The disentanglement of the neural and experiential complexity of self-generated thoughts: A users guide to combining experience sampling with neuroimaging data.

Human cognition is not limited to the processing of events in the external environment, and the covert nature of certain aspects of the stream of consciousness (e.g. experiences such as mind-wandering) provides a methodological challenge.