Speech signal in addition to the linguistic information contains additional information about the speaker: age, gender, social status, accent (foreign accent, dialects, etc.), emotional state, health etc. Some of these informational channels induce changes of the speech acoustic characteristics. This article presents evaluation of the ASR acoustic models (first trained on neutral, read speech) ...

BACKGROUND Twin studies have lacked statistical power to apply advanced genetic modelling techniques to the search for cognitive endophenotypes for bipolar disorder. AIMS To quantify the shared genetic variability between bipolar disorder and cognitive measures. METHOD Structural equation modelling was performed on cognitive data collected from 331 twins/siblings of varying genetic relatedn...

Speech signal in addition to the linguistic information contains additional information about the speaker: age, gender, social status, accent (foreign accent, dialects, etc.), emotional state, health etc. Some of these informational channels induce changes of the speech acoustic characteristics. This article presents evaluation of the ASR acoustic models (first trained on neutral, read speech) ...

CONTEXT Reduced neural responses to others' distress is hypothesized to play a critical role in conduct problems coupled with callous-unemotional traits, whereas increased neural responses to affective stimuli may accompany conduct problems without callous-unemotional traits. Heterogeneity of affective profiles in conduct problems may account for inconsistent neuroimaging findings in this popul...

The general aim of the present study was to examine and help clarify the properties of the distinctions between social networks and social support, their relationship to health status, and their implications for health education practice. More specifically, a secondary data analysis was conducted with 130 white women, community residents, between the ages of 60 and 68, which examined the relati...

Objective Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is used in the treatment of many psychiatric diseases and this therapy may be effective on antioxidant defence system. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effects of ECT on oxidative stress. Methods Fourteen major depression, 11 schizophrenia and 8 bipolar affective disorder patients diagnosed and received ECT treatment, and 37 healthy volunteers ...

BACKGROUND Abstinent alcoholics have deficits in comprehending the affective intonation in speech. Prior work suggests that these deficits are due to alcohol exposure rather than preexisting risk factors for alcoholism. The present paper examines whether family history of alcoholism is a contributor to affective prosody deficits in alcoholics. METHODS Fifty-eight healthy, nonabusing young adu...

The need to provide computers with the ability to estimate the affective state of their users is a major requirement for the practical implementation of Affective Computing concepts. This research aims at sensing and recognizing typical negative emotional states, especially “stress”, when the user is interacting with the computer. An integrated hardware – software setup has been developed to ac...

We aimed at assessing time shift in the severity of neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in nursing home residents between 2004/2005 and 2010/2011 and associations between NPS and socio-demographic variables, physical health status, dementia severity, and the use of psychotropic drugs. The Neuropsychiatric Inventory Nursing Home Version was used in 2004/2005 (n = 1,163) and 2010/2011 (n = 1,858). Li...