Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Marco Marinucci, Luca Pancani, Nicolas Aureli, Paolo Riva
Summary: The study found that online social connections protected individuals from psychological distress during the most strict isolation stages, especially for those with lower levels of face-to-face interactions. However, during the last mild isolation stage, online relationships did not promote well-being.
COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sahar Motallebi, Rex C. Y. Cheung, Babak Mohit, Shahram Shahabi, Amir Alishahi Tabriz, Syamak Moattari
Summary: This study demonstrates that face mask mandates are associated with lower mortality rates from COVID-19, supporting the use of masks in preventing excess deaths during epidemics.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Shan Zhang, Chengyu Ma
Summary: This study quantified the changes in online and face-to-face healthcare utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic, aiming to provide insights for future healthcare resource planning during infectious disease outbreaks. Results showed a decrease in outpatient visits and discharges, while online consultations increased significantly. Different diseases exhibited different patterns of healthcare utilization.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Shan Zhang, Chengyu Ma
Summary: This study aimed to quantify the changes in healthcare utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic, and found that there was an increase in online healthcare consultation and a decrease in outpatient and inpatient visits. Different diseases showed different patterns of healthcare utilization changes, with non-critically ill patients more likely to choose online consultation and critically ill patients opting for hospital healthcare services. The volume of online physician services also significantly increased.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Shan Zhang, Chengyu Ma
Summary: This study quantified the changes in online and face-to-face healthcare utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic and provided insights for future healthcare resource planning during infectious disease outbreaks. The results showed a significant decrease in outpatient visits and discharges in Beijing's public hospitals, while online consultations increased significantly. Different diseases also showed varied changes in healthcare utilization.
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Mona Ghaffari, Gohar F. Khan, Shivendu Pratap Singh, Bruce Ferwerda
Summary: This study examined the global changes in online music listening behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic and how friendship networks and online communication motives influenced these behaviors. The researchers used causal inference methods to analyze the music consumption and social interactions of Last.fm users in 45 countries. The results showed that music consumption decreased in quantity, variety, and novelty during COVID-19, but individuals with more online social connections and communications demonstrated different behavior. The findings highlight the importance of online social interactions and community development in shaping listeners' behaviors and can inform the design strategies for digital media.
MULTIMEDIA TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Yael Sidi, Tamar Shamir-Inbal, Yoram Eshet-Alkalai
Summary: This study aimed to explore the challenges faced by teachers during the transition to online distance teaching and examine the factors that influenced their ability to cope effectively. The research adopted a mixed-method approach, analyzing qualitative data from interviews and quantitative data from questionnaires. The findings identified five primary categories of concern for teachers in online distance teaching, with pedagogy and emotions being the most prominent. Regression analysis revealed that self-efficacy and teachers' attitudes towards technology integration predicted both positive and negative experiences. The study provides guidelines for promoting positive experiences in online distance teaching.
COMPUTERS & EDUCATION
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yuki Yamada, Dominik-Borna Cepulic, Tao Coll-Martin, Stephane Debove, Guillaume Gautreau, Hyemin Han, Jesper Rasmussen, Thao P. Tran, Giovanni A. Travaglino, Andreas Lieberoth, Angelique M. Blackburn, Lois Boullu, Mila Bujic, Grace Byrne, Marjolein C. J. Caniels, Ivan Flis, Marta Kowal, Nikolay R. Rachev, Vicenta Reynoso-Alcantara, Oulmann Zerhouni, Oli Ahmed, Rizwana Amin, Sibele Aquino, Joao Carlos Areias, John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta, Dastan Bamwesigye, Jozef Bavolar, Andrew R. Bender, Pratik Bhandari, Tuba Bircan, Huseyin Cakal, Tereza Capelos, Jiri Cenek, Brendan Ch'ng, Fang-Yu Chen, Stavroula Chrona, Carlos C. Contreras-Ibanez, Pablo Sebastian Correa, Irene Cristofori, Wilson Cyrus-Lai, Guillermo Delgado-Garcia, Eliane Deschrijver, Carlos Diaz, Ilknur Dilekler, Vilius Dranseika, Dmitrii Dubrov, Kristina Eichel, Eda Ermagan-Caglar, Rebekah Gelpi, Ruben Flores Gonzalez, Amanda Griffin, Moh Abdul Hakim, Krzysztof Hanusz, Yuen Wan Ho, Dayana Hristova, Barbora Hubena, Keiko Ihaya, Gozde Ikizer, Md. Nurul Islam, Alma Jeftic, Shruti Jha, Fernanda Perez-Gay Juarez, Pavol Kacmar, Kalina Kalinova, Phillip S. Kavanagh, Mehmet Kosa, Karolina Koszalkowska, Raisa Kumaga, David Lacko, Yookyung Lee, Antonio G. Lentoor, Gabriel A. De Leon, Shiang-Yi Lin, Samuel Lins, Claudio Rafael Castro Lopez, Agnieszka E. Lys, Samkelisiwe Mahlungulu, Tsvetelina Makaveeva, Salome Mamede, Silvia Mari, Tiago A. Marot, Liz Martinez, Dar Meshi, Debora Jeanette Mola, Sara Morales-Izquierdo, Arian Musliu, Priyanka A. Naidu, Arooj Najmussaqib, Jean C. Natividade, Steve Nebel, Jana Nezkusilova, Irina Nikolova, Manuel Ninaus, Valdas Noreika, Maria Victoria Ortiz, Daphna Hausman Ozery, Daniel Pankowski, Tiziana Pennato, Martin Pirko, Lotte Pummerer, Cecilia Reyna, Eugenia Romano, Hafize Sahin, Aybegum Memisoglu Sanli, Gulden Sayilan, Alessia Scarpaci, Cristina Sechi, Maor Shani, Aya Shata, Pilleriin Sikka, Nidhi Sinha, Sabrina Stockli, Anna Studzinska, Emilija Sungailaite, Zea Szebeni, Benjamin Tag, Mihaela Taranu, Franco Tisocco, Jarno Tuominen, Fidan Turk, Muhammad Kamal Uddin, Ena Uzelac, Sara Vestergren, Roosevelt Vilar, Austin Horng-En Wang, J. Noel West, Charles K. S. Wu, Teodora Yaneva, Yao-Yuan Yeh
Summary: The dataset was collected through the collaborative COVIDiSTRESS Global Survey, allowing for a cross-cultural study of psychological and behavioral responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated government measures. The survey includes various measures and variables, with data from 39 countries and regions.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Hye Kyung Kim, Edson C. Tandoc
Summary: The proliferation of online misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic has negative effects on behavior, including engaging in misinformed behaviors such as consuming more garlic and rinsing the nose with saline, while discouraging evidence-based prevention measures like social distancing. Information overload and misperception of prevention play important roles in linking exposure to online misinformation and these outcomes. The impact of misinformation exposure varies based on individuals' health literacy level, highlighting the importance of health literacy education to minimize the counterproductive effects of online misinformation.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Claudio Villegas, Abril Ortiz, Victor Arriagada, Sofia Ortega, Juan Walker, Eduardo Arriagada, Alexis M. Kalergis, Cristian Huepe
Summary: This study analyzes 6 months of Twitter conversations related to the Chilean Covid-19 vaccination process in order to understand the online forces that support or oppose it. Through AI, the study classifies accounts into four categories based on the language used, distinguishing pro- and anti-vaccine activists from moderates. The research finds that all categories have relatively constant opinions, but the number of tweeting accounts increases during controversial periods. It also reveals that accounts disfavoring vaccination tend to appear in the periphery of the interaction network and are more active in addressing those favoring vaccination, indicating a potential communication problem.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Laura Espinosa, Olesia Altunina, Marcel Salathe
Summary: Making COVID-19 epidemiological indicators publicly available through websites and social media can support real-time monitoring and response efforts worldwide. However, the timeliness of these sources is not well-known.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Daniela Barragan, John J. Howard, Laura R. Rabbitt, Yevgeniy B. Sirotin
Summary: The presence of face masks in security applications has increased the influence of algorithm decisions on human confidence ratings in face recognition. Making humans aware of potential algorithm errors can mitigate the increase in cognitive bias caused by face masks.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Marta R. Jablonska, Karolina Zajdel, Radoslaw Zajdel
Summary: After more than a year in the pandemic world, over 171 million people have been infected and 3.5 million have died globally. The impact of COVID-19 content on social media has negatively affected mental health, especially among Asians.
Article
Psychiatry
Rachel Rumas, Amanda L. Shamblaw, Shreya Jagtap, Michael W. Best
Summary: The study found that older age and larger social network size were associated with less loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic, while having multiple health diagnoses was linked to greater loneliness. Additionally, more virtual social contact was associated with increased feelings of loneliness.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2021)
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Serena Spudich, Avindra Nath
Summary: Understanding the pathophysiological mechanisms behind neurological symptoms is crucial.
Article
Biophysics
Harry Farmer, Antonio Cataldo, Nagela Adel, Emma Wignall, Vittorio Gallese, Ophelia Deroy, Antonia Hamilton, Anna Ciaunica
Summary: The study found that individuals with high levels of depersonalization showed an increased overall VRT effect but no self-face bias, instead exhibiting a greater VRT effect when observing another person's face. Furthermore, across all participants, self-bias was negatively associated with anomalous body experiences. These results suggest disrupted integration of tactile and visual representations of the bodily self in individuals experiencing high levels of depersonalization, contributing to a better understanding of how disruptions in multisensory perception of the self may underlie the phenomenology of depersonalization.
MULTISENSORY RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Federica Ribaldi, Daniele Altomare, Jorge Jovicich, Clarissa Ferrari, Agnese Picco, Francesca Benedetta Pizzini, Andrea Soricelli, Anna Mega, Antonio Ferretti, Antonios Drevelegas, Beatriz Bosch, Bernhard W. Muller, Camillo Marra, Carlo Cavaliere, David Bartres-Faz, Flavio Nobili, Franco Alessandrini, Frederik Barkhof, Helene Gros-Dagnac, Jean-Philippe Ranjeva, Jens Wiltfang, Joost Kuijer, Julien Sein, Karl-Titus Hoffmann, Luca Roccatagliata, Lucilla Parnetti, Magda Tsolaki, Manos Constantinidis, Marco Aiello, Marco Salvatore, Martina Montalti, Massimo Caulo, Mira Didic, Nuria Bargallo, Olivier Blin, Paolo M. Rossini, Peter Schonknecht, Piero Floridi, Pierre Payoux, Pieter Jelle Visser, Regis Bordet, Renaud Lopes, Roberto Tarducci, Stephanie Bombois, Tilman Hensch, Ute Fiedler, Jill C. Richardson, Giovanni B. Frisoni, Moira Marizzoni
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy and reproducibility of two freely available segmentation algorithms for WMHs. A harmonized MRI protocol was implemented in 3T scanners across 13 European sites, with each site scanning volunteers twice to assess the difference between automated and manual segmentations, as well as the reproducibility between test and retest scans. The results showed that the LST algorithms exhibited moderate accuracy and good reproducibility, making them reliable tools for cross-sectional and longitudinal studies in multi-site settings.
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Martina Ardizzi, Francesca Ferroni, Maria Alessandra Umilta, Chiara Pinardi, Antonino Errante, Francesca Ferri, Elisabetta Fadda, Vittorio Gallese
Summary: Empathy for pain brain regions are commonly activated by both artistic and non-artistic painful facial expressions, suggesting the importance of empathy in the aesthetic experience of artworks. Additionally, a distinct activation was found in the posterior cingulate cortex/precuneus for non-artistic stimuli.
SOCIAL COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Francesca Ferroni, Martina Ardizzi, Francesca Magnani, Francesca Ferri, Nunzio Langiulli, Francesca Rastelli, Valeria Lucarini, Francesca Giustozzi, Roberto Volpe, Carlo Marchesi, Matteo Tonna, Vittorio Gallese
Summary: A disruption of bodily self is a core feature of schizophrenia (SCZ). Our study found that the extent of peripersonal space (PPS) is altered in SCZ, but the plasticity of PPS is preserved after motor training with a tool.
SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN
(2022)
Article
Philosophy
Vittorio Gallese
Summary: This article addresses the topic of the human face from a biocultural perspective, investigating the representation, perception, and evaluation of the face in artistic portraits and self-portraits from the XVth to the XVIIth century. The crucial role of the human face in social cognition is emphasized, along with the neuroscience and psychophysics behind face perception. Experimental results reveal that self-portraits were rated higher in terms of emotion, communication, and aesthetics, despite participants' inability to distinguish them from portraits.
TOPOI-AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF PHILOSOPHY
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Francesca Ferroni, Vittorio Gallese, Agata Marta Soccini, Nunzio Langiulli, Francesca Rastelli, Donato Ferri, Francesco Bianchi, Martina Ardizzi
Summary: This study investigates the effects of real and virtual tool use on the perception of peripersonal space (PPS). The results show that only real-world tool use leads to an expansion of PPS, highlighting the potential differences between the two types of training. This study enriches the understanding of PPS plasticity in real and virtual environments and has relevance for the development of effective immersive environments.
Article
Psychology, Experimental
Martina Montalti, Marta Calbi, Valentina Cuccio, Maria Alessandra Umilta, Vittorio Gallese
Summary: In recent decades, the embodied approach to cognition and language has gained popularity in the scientific debate, providing evidence in various aspects of language processing. However, while the embodiment of concrete concepts is relatively uncontroversial, abstract aspects such as negation logical operator present a major challenge for this research paradigm. This study aims to assess whether mechanisms for motor inhibition underlie the processing of sentential negation, providing evidence for a bodily grounding of this logic operator. It also examines whether the Stop-Signal Task, used to investigate motor inhibition, can be a reliable tool for exploring this issue.
PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-PSYCHOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG
(2023)
Meeting Abstract
Psychiatry
F. Magnani, F. Ferroni, F. Ferri, M. Ardizzi, N. Langiulli, F. Giustozzi, F. Rasmii, R. Volpe, V. Lucarini, C. Marchesi, V. Gallese, M. Tonna
EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Lorenzo Moccia, Eliana Conte, Marianna Ambrosecchia, Delfina Janiri, Salvatore Di Pietro, Valentina De Martin, Marco Di Nicola, Lucio Rinaldi, Gabriele Sani, Vittorio Gallese, Luigi Janiri
Summary: This study aimed to explore the impact of anomalous self-experience (ASEs) on abnormal body image attitude and eating disorder symptomatology in individuals with anorexia nervosa-restrictive subtype (AN-R). The results showed that individuals with AN-R scored higher on ASEs, and ASEs had a direct effect on eating disorder severity, which was significantly mediated by body uneasiness in abnormal body image attitude.
EATING AND WEIGHT DISORDERS-STUDIES ON ANOREXIA BULIMIA AND OBESITY
(2022)
Meeting Abstract
Psychiatry
V. Gallese
EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Experimental
M. Calbi, N. Langiulli, F. Siri, M. A. Umilta, V. Gallese
Summary: This study investigates eye movement patterns related to understanding emotional body language, revealing the presence of a left-gaze bias and its relationship to emotional intensity. Results partially support the hypothesis and show opposite viewing patterns between Angry and Happy bodily postures.
PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-PSYCHOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG
(2021)