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BackgroundHealthy brain development depends on early social practices and experiences. The risk gene CACNA1C is implicated in numerous neuropsychiatric disorders, in which key characteristics include deficits in social functioning and communication ...
Rebecca Bogdan+11 more
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SOCIAL ISOLATION AND POST-COVID NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL DAMAGE [PDF]
Social isolation (SI) exerts a harmful effect on brain plasticity even in healthy animals and humans. We reported some new connections between aggressive behavior and SI, and new mechanisms of SI damaging effect on experimental rodents in previous ...
E. Encheva-Stoykova+2 more
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Previous cohort studies for the general pediatric population had a limited focus on either environmental or biological influences, or a specific theoretical framework.
Ai-Wen Hwang+6 more
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An Overview of Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs) for Ageing in Place
As an alternative to ageing at home in the community, naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs) have great potential to facilitate ageing in place; however, they have not attracted much research attention.
Jiaxuan E+4 more
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Social Acts in Digital Environments
Adolf Reinach's theory of social acts and Czesław Znamierowski theory of the environment can show a new perspective of analysis in the felds of computer science and digital communication. This paper will begin analysing the performance of social acts in two categories of digital environments: (i) fctional digital environment and (ii) real digital ...
Addis, Andrea+2 more
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Background Myocardial infarction (MI) is a significant clinical and public health problem worldwide. However, little research has assessed the interplay between genetic susceptibility and social environment in the development of MI.
Junhan Tang+4 more
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The social environment and health [PDF]
Social and environmental conditions affect health. Rates of mortality and illness differ markedly between areas. A report from the London Health Observatory showed that the life expectancy of men living in the healthiest parts of the London Borough of Camden was ten years longer than that of men living in the least healthy parts of the same borough ...
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Social distancing in a social therapy environment
Purpose This paper aims to describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a prison-based therapeutic community (TC). Design/methodology/approach The paper takes the form of a case study where the authors reflect on their current practice, using the findings of research on social isolation and the overarching TC principles to explore the effect of ...
Akerman, Geraldine Ann+3 more
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How Social Experience and Environment Impacts Behavioural Plasticity in Drosophila
An organism’s behaviour is influenced by its social environment. Experiences such as social isolation or crowding may have profound short or long-term effects on an individual’s behaviour.
Molly Chen, Marla B. Sokolowski
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Research in social mammals has revealed the complexity of strategies females use in response to female-female reproductive competition and sexual conflict.
Fragkiskos Darmis+3 more
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