Publications by authors named "S X Duggirala"

Article Synopsis
  • Task-free brain activity shows spontaneous fluctuations in functional states, indicating individual differences in brain connectivity and mental states, which may predict vulnerability to psychiatric disorders.
  • Research on 33 non-clinical individuals indicated that certain alpha brain wave states were linked to higher proneness to auditory hallucinations.
  • Specifically, individuals more prone to auditory hallucinations exhibited greater time in states characterized by activity in areas related to sensory and auditory processing, suggesting a relationship between alpha dynamics and auditory perceptual sensitivity.
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Background: Sensory suppression occurs when hearing one's self-generated voice, as opposed to passively listening to one's own voice. Quality changes in sensory feedback to the self-generated voice can increase attentional control. These changes affect the self-other voice distinction and might lead to hearing voices in the absence of an external source (ie, auditory verbal hallucinations).

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Chronic non-specific contamination of the reproductive tract in animals is a major issue during early postpartum, natural coitus, or artificial insemination. Uterine infection is one of the major concerns reducing fertility, production loss, and early culling of the animals. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify any novel bacterium if present in the uterine environment of causing infections.

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Stimuli that evoke emotions are salient, draw attentional resources, and facilitate situationally appropriate behavior in complex or conflicting environments. However, negative and positive emotions may motivate different response strategies. For example, a threatening stimulus might evoke avoidant behavior, whereas a positive stimulus may prompt approaching behavior.

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Appraisals can be influenced by cultural beliefs and stereotypes. In line with this, past research has shown that judgments about the emotional expression of a face are influenced by the face's sex, and vice versa that judgments about the sex of a person somewhat depend on the person's facial expression. For example, participants associate anger with male faces, and female faces with happiness or sadness.

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