Treating Yourself in a Fairway: Examining the Contribution of Self-Compassion and Well-Being on Performance in a Putting Task.

Researchers have advocated for greater insight regarding the contributions of psychological resources to sports performance. The purpose of this study was to examine the contributions of self-compassion and well-being to sports performance using a golf putting task. Male golfers (N = 87, M = 54.

Call to Action: The Rise of Pediatric Gun Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Unlabelled: This study examines and describes circumstances involving non-fatal firearm injuries in a pediatric population from a Level I Pediatric Trauma Center in the southeastern U.S. Researchers analyzed Firearm Injury Questionnaire (FIQ) data collected from 144 children and adolescents, aged 2-17 years, who were treated in the emergency department and/or admitted to the hospital for non-fatal firearm injuries.

Increased motor cortex white matter volume predicts motor impairment in autism.

Careful consideration of motor impairments, such as those documented in autism, can afford valuable insights into the neurological basis of developmental disorders. Motor signs are highly quantifiable and reproducible and can serve as markers for deficits in parallel systems important for socialization and communication. Correlations of motor signs with anatomic MRI (aMRI) measures therefore offer an important means of investigating brain abnormalities contributing to autism.

Effects of gender and menstrual cycle phase on food-maintained responding under a progressive-ratio schedule in cynomolgus monkeys.

Clinical and preclinical data suggest that fluctuations in ovarian steroid hormones across the menstrual/estrous cycle influence spontaneous feeding behavior in females. The effects of gender, menstrual cycle phase, and ovarian hormone fluctuations on food-maintained responding under a progressive-ratio schedule were investigated in four female and three male cynomolgus monkeys. Females were studied across 21 menstrual cycles, and ovulatory cycles were defined by analysis of ovarian steroid hormone levels.