BACKGROUND: The use of conversational agents (CAs) in mental health therapy is gaining traction due to their accessibility, anonymity, and nonjudgmental nature. However, understanding the psychological factors driving preferences for CA-based therapy...
This study extends previous findings by applying artificial intelligence (AI) methods to a larger dataset to identify key features that predict fear reactivity (i.e., immediate reaction to fear inducing stimuli) and fearfulness (i.e., a stable person...
Social buffering is a phenomenon whereby the stress response of anyone exposed to a distressing stimulus is alleviated by the presence of conspecific(s). In this study, we aimed to determine whether brief buffering (only 3 min) with conspecific immed...
BACKGROUND: Dental anxiety is a pervasive problem worldwide, leading to avoidance of dental care, resulting in oral health problems and impacting daily life through social withdrawal and work absenteeism. Addressing this fear is an important public h...
BACKGROUND: Due to the importance and the consequences of anxiety, the goals of the current study are brain mapping, biomarker identification and the use of an assessment method for diagnosis of anxiety during emotional face in preschool children.
American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation
Dec 3, 2024
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was compare the effects of combined training, which included robot-assisted gait training in addition to traditional balance training, and traditional balance training alone on balance and fear of falling in patients ...
International journal of medical informatics
Nov 14, 2024
OBJECTIVE: A major concern for cancer survivors after treatment is the Fear of Cancer Recurrence (FCR), which is the fear that cancer will reappear or progress. This fear can be exacerbated by medical uncertainty about the future, leading to harmful ...
IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics
Jul 2, 2024
Applying affective computing techniques to recognize fear and combining them with portable signal monitors makes it possible to create real-time detection systems that could act as bodyguards when users are in danger. With this aim, this paper presen...
Multiple sclerosis and related disorders
Jun 10, 2024
INTRODUCTION: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system. The progressive impairment of gait is one of the most important pathognomic symptoms which are associated with falls and fear of fall...
While disgust originates in the hard-wired mammalian distaste response, the conscious experience of disgust in humans strongly depends on subjective appraisal and may even extend to socio-moral contexts. Here, in a series of studies, we combined func...
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