Publications by authors named "Gemma Borin"

Background: Clean air is considered to be a basic requirement for human health and well-being.

Objective: To examine the relationship between cognitive performance and ambient pollution exposure.

Methods: Studies were identified through a systematic search of online scientific databases, in addition to a manual search of the reference lists from the identified papers.

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Personality describes persistent human behavioral responses to broad classes of environmental stimuli. Change in personality may be an early sign of dementia. Our goal was to review scientific literature on the association between personality and dementia.

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Background: The perception of old age differs in different societies and cultures: in the Western societies, the loss of youth, multiple losses of functions and independence resulting in inability produce a social stigma. Dementia is common among the elderly, regardless of their ethnic background. In countries dominated by Western philosophical thought, the cognitive domain has been privileged over other mental domains.

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The maintenance of appropriate social behavior is a very complex process with many contributing factors. Social and moral judgments rely on the proper functioning of neural circuits concerned with complex cognitive and emotional processes. Damage to these systems may lead to distinct social behavior abnormalities.

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