Examining the Relationship Between Engagement and Perceived Stress-Related Cognitive Complaints in the Argentinian Working Population.

Stress has a negative impact on cognitive functioning and occupational well-being. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship among perceived stress, cognitive complaints and work engagement in public employees from Córdoba, Argentina. In this cross-sectional study, self-report questionnaires were administered to 240 participants.

Public Sector Workers' Mental Health in Argentina: Comparative Psychometrics of the Perceived Stress Scale.

Objectives: Given that Argentinian public-sector workers are highly exposed to stressful conditions, and that the psychometric properties of the widely used Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) should be evaluated in different settings, this work aimed to compare the psychometric properties of the Latin American Spanish PSS-10 and PSS-4 and to identify the optimal scale for stress assessment.

Methods: A sample of 535 participants was randomly divided into 2 groups to evaluate dimensionality by exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. The reliability of both scales was also evaluated.

[Variations of the cognitive status in the puerperium and their determinants: a narrative review].

The neurobiological modifications that women experience during the puerperium, together with the consequent psychosocial changes, lead to variations in cognitive functions. In order to describe the cognitive variations that occur during postpartum and the determining factors, a narrative review was conducted by means of a bibliographic search in PubMed and Google Scholar. A steady increase in the number of published works was located (PubMed = 186; Google Scholar = 26,730).

[Auditory processing self-report: How do normal-hearing individuals perceive themselves?].

Background: Hearing results from processes of modulation of the acoustic signal performed by the auditory pathway and cortical activity. Sound detection, location, discrimination, intelligibility in noise and silence require integrity of the auditory system.

Objective: To recognize the auditory variability in competent users and examine the relationship of auditory processing abilities with peripheral sensitivity.

Positive correlation between proteasome activity and polyphenols in the telencephalon of adult female mice.

Introduction: Proteasome regulates proteostasis, and can be compromised in neurodegenerative diseases. Thus, our aim was to correlate the activity of proteasome to the level of polyphenols in telencephalon during murine adulthood.

Methods: Proteasome activity, polyphenols and other variables (glucose and hydroperoxides) were analysed in Balb/c female telencephala (n = 20, age = 4-12 months), using multivariate methods.

[Answers and latencies dichotic digit test normoacoustic majoring in hearing].

Neurocognitive assessment by dichotic digit test provides selective stimulation of auditory pathway with contralateral suppression of the ipsilateral showing interhemispheric differences in concurrent tasks. In order to recognize the pattern of responses, recovery order of digits and latencies heard the original test was modified with the addition of a record of an audio track of the responses. The sample includes subjects with a history in hearing specialization linked to the music and listen to comprehensive second language, normoacoustic without otologic diseases or neurological.

[Psychosocial risk of fossilization by occupationally-used non-native Englishin information and communication technologists of Argentina].

Aims: Companies use non-native language (L2) as a service tool, and they may incur in occupational psychosocial risks. Interlanguage can be chronic under poor communicative situations, leading to fossilization. It could be an adverse effect because of its impact in productivity and occupational health.