ABSTRACT
Adequate emotion recognition is relevant to individuals' interpersonal communication. Patients with frontal traumatic brain injury (TBI) exhibit a lower response to facial emotional stimuli, influencing social interactions. In this sense, the main goal of the current study was to assess the ability of TBI patients in recognizing basic emotions. Photographs of facial expressions of five basic emotions (happiness, sadness, fear, anger, and surprise) were presented to 32 TBI patients and 41 healthy controls. Emotion recognition was measured by accuracy and reaction time. Overall performance of the TBI group was poorer than control group for emotion recognition, both in terms of accuracy and reaction time. It is suggested that TBI patients show impairment on emotion recognition, and this relation seems to be moderated by the lesion localization.
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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Emotions , Facial Expression , Interpersonal Relations , Brain Injuries, TraumaticABSTRACT
Embora os estudantes universitários tenham fácil acesso à informação sobre a transmissão do VIH e oscomportamentos de risco associados à actividade sexual, esta informação nem sempre é correcta nem sebaseia em fontes fiáveis ou conhecimentos científicos. Por outro lado, o nível de conhecimentos nem sempre se traduz numa utilização mais frequente do preservativo. Neste estudo analisaram-se as fontes de informaçãosobre os métodos contraceptivos e as doenças de transmissão sexual, os conhecimentos sobre a AIDS eo modo de transmissão do VIH e o uso do preservativo em 678 estudantes universitários portugueses eespanhóis. O nível de conhecimento é elevado em ambas as amostras, contudo os estudantes portuguesesapresentam um melhor nível. Encontraram-se algumas diferenças no uso do preservativo e na utilização dasfontes de informação entre países e sexo. Discutem-se as implicações para as actividades de promoção dasaúde assim como o papel dos diferentes agentes educativos.
In literature, there are several studies showing that college students have easy access to information aboutHIV transmission and sexual activity risk behaviour. However, this information is not always correct neitherbased on reliable sources nor scientific studies. On the other hand, the knowledge level does not alwaysreflect larger frequency on the condom use. In the present study, we analyse information sources concerningcontraception methods, sexual transmitted infections, and HIV/AIDS knowledge and condom use from 678Portuguese and Spanish college students. Results show high knowledge level in both samples, althoughPortuguese students present higher knowledge level. There were found some differences on the informationsources consulted and on the condom use, according to country and gender. We discuss main results andtheir implications for health promotion as well as for the various educative agents role.