Background: Sensory information processing and alexithymia are two important factors in determining behavioral reactions. Some studies explain the effect of the sensitivity of sensory processing and alexithymia in the tendency to substance abuse. Giving that, the aim of the current study was to compare the styles of sensory information processing and alexithymia between substance-dependent peop...

BACKGROUND For many children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), social interactions can be stressful. Previous research shows that youth with ASD exhibit greater physiological stress response during peer interaction, compared to typically developing (TD) peers. Heightened sensory sensitivity may contribute to maladaptive patterns of stress and anxiety. The current study investigated between-g...

Abstract. Mental imagery plays an important role in the onset and maintenance of psychological disorders as well their treatment. Therefore, a reliable valid measure mental is essential. Andrade colleagues (2014) developed Plymouth Sensory Imagery Questionnaire (PsiQ), which contains 35 items (long version) or 21 (shortened measuring vividness seven different modalities: vision, sound, smell, t...

background : in china, over 80% of all work-related deaths in the mining industry occur in coal mines and human factors constitute 85% of the direct causes of coal mine accidents, which indicates that significant shortcomings cur-rently exist in the safety behavior management of chinese coal mine workers. we aimed to verify the impact of human psychological behavior in coal mine accidents syste...

in this study, quality characteristics of incorporated burgers containing 25, 50, 75 and 100 common carp (cyprinus carpio) surimi was evaluated. accordingly, proximate composition, texture profile analysis (tpa), color, water holding capacity (whc) and sensory attributes of resulted burgers were determined. based on data, burgers containing surimi showed lower amount of protein, fat and ash com...