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Lifetime familiarity cue effects for autobiographical memory.

Psychol Res

July 2024

Department of Psychology, McGill University, 2001 Avenue McGill College, Montréal, QC, H3A 1G1, Canada.

Recollecting an autobiographical memory requires a cue to initiate processes related to accessing and then elaborating on a past personal experience. Prior work has shown that the familiarity of a cue can influence the autobiographical memory retrieval process. Extending this work, we tested how familiarity accrued from cumulative lifetime exposures associated with the cue-as well as associated semantic knowledge-can affect how we access and remember autobiographical memories.

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Effects of emotional ambiguity and emotional intensity on true and false memory.

Mem Cognit

October 2024

Department of Psychology and Human Neuroscience Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA.

Whereas the effects of emotional intensity (the perceived strength of an item's valence or arousal) have long been studied in true- and false-memory research, emotional ambiguity (the uncertainty that attaches to perceived emotional intensity) has only been studied recently. Available evidence suggests that emotional ambiguity has reliable effects on true memory that are distinct from those of emotional intensity. However, those findings are mostly restricted to recall, and the effects of emotional ambiguity on false memory remain unexplored.

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Association of naturally acquired type-specific HPV antibodies and subsequent HPV re-detection: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Infect Agent Cancer

November 2023

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population and Global Health, McGill University, 2001 Avenue McGill College, Suite 1200, Montreal, QC, H3A 1G1, Canada.

Background: Understanding the role of naturally acquired (i.e., infection-induced) human papillomavirus (HPV) antibodies against reinfection is important given the high incidence of this sexually transmitted infection.

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Increasing evidence of a common neurodevelopmental etiology between schizophrenia and developmental dyslexia suggests that neurocognitive functions, such as reading, may be similarly disrupted. However, direct comparisons of reading performance in these disorders have yet to be conducted. To address this gap in the literature, we employed a gaze-contingent moving window paradigm to examine sentence-level reading fluency and perceptual span (breadth of parafoveal processing) in adults with schizophrenia (dataset from Whitford et al.

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  • Phonological working memory (PWM) is crucial for learning and processing language, with key brain areas including Broca's area and Wernicke's area connected by the arcuate fasciculus (AF).
  • The study focuses on the middle frontal gyrus (MFG) and identifies two branches of the AF: the ventral (AFv) and dorsal (AFd), which link important regions for PWM.
  • Results from a functional MRI study reveal that successful PWM performance is tied specifically to the left AFd's connection to areas involved in attention and memory monitoring, emphasizing its role in language processing.
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The recognition effects of attribute ambiguity.

Psychon Bull Rev

December 2023

Department of Psychology and Human Neuroscience Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.

When examining memory effects of semantic attributes, it is common practice to manipulate normed mean (M) ratings of the attributes (i.e., attribute intensity) in learning materials.

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Introduction: The term « adenoid facies » suggests a causal relationship between nasopharyngeal obstruction and facial hyperdivergence in growing subjects. The strength of this association is controversial and few « quantified » values exist.

Materials And Methods: A rapid electronic search was conducted on PubMed and Embase to find the main cephalometric studies involving patients with nasal/nasopharyngeal obstruction compared to a control sample.

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Introduction: Pediatric OSAS is a complex condition, comprising a plurality of clinical signs, complicated by the phenomena of growth. Its etiology is dominated by the hypertrophy of lymphoid organs, but obesity and certain craniofacial and neuromuscular tone abnormalities also contribute.

Material And Method: The authors summarize the interrelations between pediatric OSAS endotypes, phenotypes and orthodontic anomalies.

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Introduction: Sleep-disordered breathing could affect 10% of an orthodontic population. The integration of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) diagnosis could influence the choice of orthodontic techniques or their implementation, with the aim of improving ventilatory function.

Material And Method: The author summarizes the clinical studies using dentofacial orthopedics, alone or in combination with other interventions, in pediatric OSAS or the repercussions of orthodontic interventions on upper airways.

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The font size effect depends on inter-item relation.

Mem Cognit

October 2023

Department of Psychology and Human Neuroscience Institute, Cornell University, Montréal, Canada.

The font size effect refers to the metacognitive illusion that larger fonts lead to higher judgments of learning (JOLs) but not better recall. Prior studies demonstrated robust JOL effects of font size under conditions of intra-item relation (i.e.

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'Feeling fat' refers to the subjective experience of carrying excess weight and relates to severity of eating pathology. Despite research suggesting that 'feeling fat' fluctuates across contexts, this construct is almost exclusively assessed in terms of frequency or as a trait. Examining state 'feeling fat' in response to external stimuli can inform us of the nature of this construct.

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The effectiveness of electrical stimulation (ES) in preventing or treating delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) and its effects on muscle recovery is unclear. The systematic review investigated the benefits or harms of ES on DOMS and muscle recovery. Databases (PubMed, Medline, CENTRAL, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, PEDro, LILACS, SPORTDiscus) were searched up to March, 31st 2021 for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of athletes or untrained adults with DOMS treated with ES and compared to placebo/sham (simulation or without ES), or control (no intervention).

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Motivational responses to food stimuli are relevant for eating disorders (EDs). Research examining reactions to food in EDs has been mixed, with some studies reporting enhanced appetitive responses, and others observing defensive responses, to food. Thin-ideal internalization, a socio-cognitive factor implicated in EDs, may relate to these mixed findings, as individuals with eating pathology may experience food as a threat to internalized ideals of thinness, despite its inherently appetitive qualities.

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Social distancing (SD) was an effective way of reducing virus transmission during the deadly and highly infectious COVID-19 pandemic. Using a prospective longitudinal design, the present study explored how the Big 5 traits relate to variations in SD in a sample of university students (n = 285), and replicated these findings using informant reports. Self-determination theory's concepts of autonomous motivation and intrinsic community values were explored as potential mechanisms linking traits to SD.

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A framework to model global, regional, and national estimates of intimate partner violence.

BMC Med Res Methodol

June 2022

Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

Background: Accurate and reliable estimates of violence against women form the backbone of global and regional monitoring efforts to eliminate this human right violation and public health problem. Estimating the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) is challenging due to variations in case definition and recall period, surveyed populations, partner definition, level of age disaggregation, and survey representativeness, among others. In this paper, we aim to develop a sound and flexible statistical modeling framework for global, regional, and national IPV statistics.

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Background: Interferential current (IFC) is a non-pharmacological therapy often used to reduce pain intensity. However, there is no scientific evidence of the biological effects of the adjustment of IFC intensity of stimulation.

Objective: To investigate whether the adjustment of IFC intensity influences pain on cutaneous sensory threshold (CST), pressure pain threshold (PPT) and pain intensity in healthy subjects under mechanically induced pain.

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Volume of the posterior hippocampus mediates age-related differences in spatial context memory and is correlated with increased activity in lateral frontal, parietal and occipital regions in healthy aging.

Neuroimage

July 2022

Brain Imaging Center, Douglas Institute Research Center, 6875 LaSalle Blvd Verdun, Montreal, QC H4H 1R3, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University and Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Room 2114, CIC Pavilion, 6875 LaSalle Blvd, 1033 Avenue des Pins, Verdun, H4H 1R3, Montreal, QC H3A 1A1, Canada. Electronic address:

Healthy aging is associated with episodic memory decline, particularly in the ability to encode and retrieve object-context associations (context memory). Neuropsychological and neuroimaging studies have highlighted the importance of the medial temporal lobes (MTL) in supporting episodic memory across the lifespan. However, given the functional heterogeneity of the MTL, volumetric declines in distinct regions may impact performance on specific episodic memory tasks, and affect the function of the large-scale neurocognitive networks supporting episodic memory encoding and retrieval.

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Design and development of Branched Poly(ß-aminoester) nanoparticles for Interleukin-10 gene delivery in a mouse model of atherosclerosis.

Acta Biomater

April 2022

Lady Davis Institute, Department of Medicine, McGill University, 3755 Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, QC H3T 1E2, Canada. Electronic address:

Atherosclerosis progression is a result of chronic and non-resolving inflammation, effective treatments for which still remain to be developed. We designed and developed branched poly(ß-amino ester) nanoparticles (NPs) containing plasmid DNA encoding IL-10, a potent anti-inflammatory cytokine to atherosclerosis. The NPs (NP-VHPK) are functionalized with a targeting peptide (VHPK) specific for VCAM-1, which is overexpressed by endothelial cells at sites of atherosclerotic plaque.

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Emotional voices modulate perception and predictions about an upcoming face.

Cortex

April 2022

McGill University, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, 2001 Avenue McGill College, 8th floor, Montréal, Québec, H3A 1G1, Canada. Electronic address:

When we hear an emotional voice, does this alter how the brain perceives and evaluates a subsequent face? Here, we tested this question by comparing event-related potentials evoked by angry, sad, and happy faces following vocal expressions which varied in form (speech-embedded emotions, non-linguistic vocalizations) and emotional relationship (congruent, incongruent). Participants judged whether face targets were true exemplars of emotion (facial affect decision). Prototypicality decisions were more accurate and faster for congruent vs.

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  • * A new study explored using the stromal vascular fraction (SVF) from adipose tissue as a less invasive and potentially abundant alternative to traditional bone-marrow-derived stem cells for bone regeneration in OI patients.
  • * The research found that both OI patients and non-OI controls had similar viable cell counts in the isolated SVF, and these cells demonstrated the ability to differentiate into various cell types (cartilage, fat, bone) in a lab setting, suggesting SVF could be effectively
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Introduction: Adolescents typically spend decreasing amounts of time with family members, but the COVID-19 pandemic changed this pattern for many youth. The objective of the current study was to better understand adolescents' perceived change in family relationship quality, and how these perceptions were related to psychosocial functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic, accounting for more traditional measures of family relationship quality. Understanding how adolescents perceived change in relationship quality with family members during the pandemic offers novel insight into adolescents' relationships with their families and psychosocial functioning during this period.

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Effectiveness of interventions for prevention of common infections in people who use opioids: a protocol for a systematic review of systematic reviews.

Syst Rev

November 2021

Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Purvis Hall, 1020 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, QC, H3A 1A2, Canada.

Background: The North American opioid crisis is driven by opioid-related mortality and morbidity, including opioid use-associated infections (OUAIs), resulting in a substantial burden for society. Users of legal and illegal opioids are at an increased risk of OUAIs compared to individuals not using opioids. As reported for hepatitis C virus (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), bacterial, fungal, and other infections, OUAIs transmission and acquisition risks may be modifiable.

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Elevated Heart Rate and Pain During a Cold Pressor Test Correlates to Pain Catastrophizing.

Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback

December 2021

Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology, PERFORM Centre, Concordia University, Loyola Campus SP165.41 - 7141 Sherbrooke Street W., Montreal, QC, H4B 1R6, Canada.

To understand the variable response to pain, researchers have examined the change in cardiovascular measures to a uniform painful stimulation. Pain catastrophizing is the tendency to magnify or exaggerate pain sensations, and it affects the outcome of rehabilitation in a clinical setting. Its effect on cardiovascular changes during a painful stimulus is unclear.

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Background: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) have excellent anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties and are extensively used to treat post-traumatic or surgical musculoskeletal pain. Although an extensive literature exists on the administration of NSAID on animal bone healing, no systematic review and meta-analysis of animal studies that investigate the effect of NSAID administration on bone fracture healing. Objective of this study is to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to estimate the effect of NSAIDs administration on bone healing biomechanical and histomorphometric measurements in different animal models after bone fracture surgery.

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Dealing with predatory journal articles captured in systematic reviews.

Syst Rev

June 2021

Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Background: Systematic reviews appraise and synthesize the results from a body of literature. In healthcare, systematic reviews are also used to develop clinical practice guidelines. An increasingly common concern among systematic reviews is that they may unknowingly capture studies published in "predatory" journals and that these studies will be included in summary estimates and impact results, guidelines, and ultimately, clinical care.

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