Publications by authors named "V Nicolardi"
Background And Objective: Only few studies investigated social cognition in Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD). However, brain dystrophin deficiency could be a neural substrate for cognitive, emotional, and neuropsychological features in BMD.
Methods: We compared interoceptive accuracy and interpersonal comfort distance in two brothers with BMD presenting with the same genetic deletion and a healthy control.
Article Synopsis
- - The text discusses the varying sensitivity to pain in individuals with autism, highlighting that previous research has yielded mixed results regarding whether people with autism are more or less sensitive to pain.
- - It focuses on the use of standardized methods, like Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST), to better understand pain perception in autism, noting that existing studies using these methods are limited, especially for children.
- - The text emphasizes the need for new or adjusted research protocols to accurately assess pain perception in autistic children, while also addressing complex ethical challenges in obtaining both subjective and objective data.
Purpose: We aimed to clarify and contribute to a better comprehension of associations and correlations between placental histological findings, pregnancy evolution, and neonatal outcomes.
Study Design: This is a longitudinal and prospective observational study, performed between May 2015 and May 2019, on 506 pregnant women. Clinical data related to pregnancy outcome, neonatal health status, and placental histology were primarily collected.
This mini-review covers recent works on the study of pleasant touch in patients with chronic pain (CP) and its potential use as a treatment. While experiments have demonstrated that pleasant touch, through the activation of CT-afferents and the brain regions involved in its affective value, might reduce the unpleasantness and intensity of induced pain, the interaction between pleasant touch and CP remains under-examined. Some experiments show that CP might disrupt the positive aspects of receiving pleasant touch, while in other studies the perception of pleasantness is preserved.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMeditation practice is suggested to engage training of cognitive control systems in the brain. To evaluate the functional involvement of attentional and cognitive monitoring processes during meditation, the present study analysed the electroencephalographic synchronization of fronto-parietal (FP) and medial-frontal (MF) brain networks in highly experienced meditators during different meditation states (focused attention, open monitoring and loving kindness meditation). The aim was to assess whether and how the connectivity patterns of FP and MF networks are modulated by meditation style and expertise.
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