Swearing produces effects that are not observed with other forms of language use. Thus, swearing is powerful. It generates a range distinctive outcomes: physiological, cognitive, emotional, pain-relieving, interactional and rhetorical. However, we know the power intrinsic to words themselves. Hence, our starting question is: How does get its power? In this Overview Paper, aim threefold. (1) We present an interdisciplinary analysis (‘what know’), drawing on insights from cognitive studies,...

Forgetting is a normal and everyday occurrence that may sometimes reflect complete loss of the mnemonic record or failure to encode it in first place. However, on many occasions with help cues we can eventually suddenly recall memory seemed be lost, thus highlighting probability instances "forgetting" fact inaccessibility rather than true loss. We report here our amnesic patient CR who presents an extreme example this forgetting. For 4 weeks, recorded regular personal autobiographical events...

Remembering and imagining are intricately related, particularly in the future: episodic future thinking. It is proposed that remembering recent past near take place what we term remembering–imagining system. The system renders recently formed memories imagined near-future events highly accessible. We suggest this serves purpose of integrating past, current, goal-related activities. When compromised, following brain damage psychological illnesses, cannot be effectively thinking may become...

Positivity biases in autobiographical memory and episodic future thinking are considered important mental wellbeing reduced anxiety depression. The inhibitory processes underlying retrieval-induced forgetting (RIF) have been proposed to contribute these biases. This investigation found positivity past be associated with specificity alongside greater levels of anxiety, depression, rumination. Most notably, however, RIF was significantly predict valence. indicates that may maintaining such...

People working in the music industry report significantly higher levels of anxiety and depression than general population, but to date, studies have not explored differences between professional musicians those who perform primarily for recreation. In this study, 254 from 13 countries completed measures anxiety, depression, wellbeing as well answering questions about their status, level success, income. Across whole sample, we found that over half had high a third were experiencing...

Attachment style has been linked with basal cortisol secretion in healthy adult women. We investigated whether dysregulation may be evident younger females.Sixty females aged 9-18 years (mean 14.16, SD ± 2.63 years) participated the Style Interview (ASI). Eight saliva samples, synchronised to awakening, were collected per day on two consecutive weekdays examine awakening response (CAR) and subsequent diurnal decline.Participants exhibiting an anxious attachment had higher levels contrast...

Pleasurability of individual chords, known as sensory consonance, is widely regarded physiologically determined and has been shown to be associated with differential activity in the auditory cortex several other regions. Here, we present results obtained contrasting isolated four-note chords classified consonant or dissonant tonal music. Using event-related functional MRI, were found elicit a larger haemodynamic response inferior middle frontal gyri, premotor parietal lobule. The effect was...

To date, the neural correlates of musical syntax processing have been investigated mainly by means paradigms in which isolated chords are made incongruent with harmonic context. Here, we present results obtained contrasting unfamiliar one-part piano melodies unstructured note sequences, comparable pitch and rhythm but devoid any syntactic structure. This paradigm indexes a superset cognitive functions involved rules. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, differential activation...

Although there is well-documented evidence for hyperactivity of hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis function in anorexia nervosa (AN), has been little research into secretory patterns salivary cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) this condition. The awakening response (CAR), a prominent discrete feature the cycle, not extensively explored adolescent AN. Saliva samples were collected at awakening, 30 min 12 h post-awakening on two consecutive weekdays from eight female adolescents...

This study is the first to demonstrate that a self-defining period (SP) for personally relevant music emerges spontaneously in public naturalistic setting. While previous research has demonstrated people tend have better memory and preference songs from their teenage years, theoretical relevance of these studies been limited by reliance on forced-choice methodology confinement contemporary popular Western music. Here, we examine record choices famous guests ( n = 80; mean age 61.6 years)...

What can musical memories tell us about preference, and what preferences memory? In this article we contrast the two perspectives using a dialogic conversation, drawing on insights brought into relief at recent Music Lifetime Memories conference. We use dialogue to present different bodies of relevant background literature theory consider their overlaps, interactions, contradictions in depth. then compare our approaches same dataset – Desert Island Discs archive which provide complementary...

Aphantasia is characterised by the inability to create mental images in one’s mind. Studies investigating impairments imagery typically focus on visual domain. However, it possible generate many different forms of including imagined auditory, kinesthetic, tactile, motor, taste and other experiences. Recent studies show that individuals with aphantasia report a lack modalities, than vision, audition. date, no research has examined whether these reductions self-reported auditory are associated...

The adrenal hormones cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) share a common secretagogue: adrenocorticotropic hormone; however, secretion of these can be dissociated suggesting subtle individual regulation at the level gland. We examined differences in diurnal patterns DHEA healthy adolescent girls, with aim informing possibility exploiting to aid interpretation data from clinical populations which become dysregulated. Fifty-six females aged 10–18 years provided saliva samples 0 30 min...

Music may play several roles and have many effects in advertising; it attract attention, carry the product message, act as a mnemonic device, create excitement or state of relaxation. There been numerous studies that focused on general perceptual, cognitive affective processing occurs response to exposure music; there also music short- long-term memory. However, few these examined specific importance device within filmed events (Boltz et al. 1991) TV commercials (Yalch 1991, Stewart 1998)....

Our ability to form visual images within our mind is known as mental imagery and enables us draw on internal representations in the absence of external stimuli. Aphantasia, a recent condition gain attention field neuroscience, describes experience individuals who lack voluntary imagery. The majority research this area has stemmed from subjective reports imagery, through questionnaires such Vividness Visual Imagery Questionnaire (VVIQ). More recently, few studies have investigated impairments...