The role of interoception and its neural basis with relevance to drug addiction is reviewed. Interoception consists of the receiving, processing, and integrating body-relevant signals with external stimuli to affect ongoing motivated behavior. The insular cortex is the central nervous system hub to process and integrate these signals. Interoception is an important component of several addiction...

performance and development are based on hard work, experience and learning. learning how to change different behaviors is crucial to successful talent management plans. within the brain there are complex connected circuits that can identify threats. the brain reacts to change as a threat. there is also a collection of brain structures tied to a natural reward system that are involved in the re...

This Data in Brief (DiB) article presents a hierarchical multiple linear regression model that examine the associations between psychosocial work factors and risk behaviors at the wheel in Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) drivers (n=524). The data were collected using a structured self-administrable questionnaire made of measurements of wok stress (job strain and effort- reward imbalance), fatigue (need...

YES Cesarean section on demand can be defined as a primary cesarean section performed at the mother’s request in order to avoid a vaginal birth, without any recognized medical or obstetric indication for the procedure. The medical field now acknowledges a patient’s right to actively participate in her choice of medical treatments, including method of delivery.1 We have accepted that a patient i...

Five experiments tested whether ostracism increases dishonesty through increased feelings of entitlement. Compared with included and control participants, ostracized participants indicated higher levels of dishonest intentions (Experiments 1-3) and cheated more to take undeserved money in a behavioral task (Experiments 4 and 5). In addition, increased feelings of entitlement mediated the effect...

Some new constructions of parallelisms in PG(3, q) are given that produce parallelisms consisting of one Desarguesian spread and q + q derived Knuth semifield spreads and other types consisting of one Knuth semifield spread, one Hall spread and the remaining spreads are derived Knuth semifield spreads.