Years after a shocking news event many people confidently report details of their flashbulb memories (e.g., what they were doing). People's confidence is a defining feature of their flashbulb memories, but it is not well understood. We tested a model that predicted confidence in flashbulb memories. In particular we examined whether people's social bond with the target of a news event predicts c...

Nipah virus (NiV) and Hendra virus (HeV) are newly identified members of the family Paramyxoviridae and have been classified in the new genus Henipavirus based on unique genetic characteristics distinct from other paramyxoviruses. Transgenic cell lines were generated that expressed either the attachment protein (G) or the fusion protein (F) of NiV. Functional expression of NiV F and G was verif...

aim and background: insecure attachment style is one of the important effective factors in many mental disorders. the aim of this study was to compare the positive, negative and disorganized schizotypal characteristics in secure, avoidance and anxiety attachment patterns among students of tabriz university, iran. methods and materials: in this cross-sectional descriptive study 300 students (150...

forgiveness and empathy are factors which are influential in improving the relationships between people, themselves can be affected by various factors in turn. the purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between the styles of attachment to god and forgiveness and empathy among female students in the city of qom. 250 students were selected from the city of qom by cluster sam...

the main purpose of this research was 10 study the relationship between attachment styles (secure. avoidant, ambivalent) and personality dimensions (neuroticism. extraversion, openness, agreeableness. consciousness) . two hundred and thirty three students ( 102 male. 131 female ) from the university of tehran participated in this study . adult attachment inventory (aai) was applied for measurin...

we examined the attachment styles and its domains in a sample of rapists. 34 rapists were randomly selected among a larger group of rapists who were in captivity in central prison of mashhad city and were compared with 34 non rapist individuals (controls); all participants were matched on age, marital status, occupation status and literacy level. the control participants were selected based on ...

Regenerating Local Food Systems (LFS) – also known as City-Region (CRFS) or foodsheds can bolster local socio-economic self-reliance and promote sense of belonging, place attachment, stewardship among inhabitants communities. LFS are particularly effective within an urban bioregion framework which underpins fosters the recovery a co-evolutionary relationship between human settlements surroundin...