BACKGROUND When individual judgment conflicts with a group, the individual will often conform his judgment to that of the group. Conformity might arise at an executive level of decision making, or it might arise because the social setting alters the individual's perception of the world. METHODS We used functional magnetic resonance imaging and a task of mental rotation in the context of peer ...

Humans' ability to represent their body state from within through interoception has been proposed to predict different aspects of human cognition and behaviour. We focused on the possible contribution of interoceptive sensitivity to social behaviour as mediated by adaptive modulation of autonomic response. We, thus, investigated whether interoceptive sensitivity to one's heartbeat predicts part...

Background - Treatment-induced hearing impairment can result from prolonged administration of potentially ototoxic medications often in the pharmacotherapeutic management chronic illnesses such as drug-resistant tuberculosis. Whereas drug ototoxicity may be idiosyncratic, it is imperative to aware its potential risk factors while treating patients. We aimed our study identify risks for patients...