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Effects and benefits of music
psychology

Effects and benefits of music

By Dr. Gianpiero Greco Music is applied to all ages and affects the heart rate, blood pressure, breathing (greater amount of O2 available for the various areas of the body), the level of certain hormones, in particular that of stress, and endorphins. Listening to Mozart's music you have benefits on memory and learning, as it promotes concentration and improves productivity (Jausovec et al

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Pathological gambling: numbers and curiosities from the world

Gambling addiction , also known as pathological gambling , is the irrepressible desire to repeatedly gamble , even in spite of the risks that lie behind such behavior and despite the initial desire not to surrender to gambling. The precise causes of this particular mental illness - which is comparable to addiction to alcohol or drugs - are unknown
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Gambling addiction in Italy

Gambling addiction , also called pathological gambling , is the uncontrollable and continuous desire to gamble, despite the risks that lie behind such behavior and despite the initial desire not to give in to gambling. The precise causes of this particular mental illness - which is comparable to addiction to alcohol or drugs - are unknown
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Gambling addiction in young people

Gambling addiction , also called pathological gambling , is the uncontrollable and continuous desire to gamble, despite the risks that lie behind such behavior and despite the initial desire not to give in to gambling. The precise causes of this particular mental illness - which is comparable to addiction to alcohol or drugs - are unknown
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Emetophilia and emetophagy

The world is beautiful because it is varied. And it is often more varied than one might think! Just think of the phenomenon of emetophilia , according to which some people cause a strong sexual excitement towards vomiting or vomiting. Clearly, human variability requires that there are different nuances among emetophilics: there is, for example, those who get excited looking at the act of vomiting and those who find the maximum of lust by watching, feeling or smelling the vomit of others; then there are those who prefer to vomit on their sexual partner and those who love to be covered with vomit
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Excitement Delirium

The so-called delirium of excitement is a phenomenon that manifests itself as a combination of delirium, psychomotor agitation, anxiety, hallucinations, language disorders, disorientation, violence and bizarre behavior, insensitivity to pain, high body temperature and super strength / hysterical strength / superhuman strength
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Hysterical strength

The hysterical force, or super strength, or superhuman strength, is a demonstration of extreme strength, hypothetically outside human capacity, that is, beyond what is usually interpreted in the context of normality; in general, such manifestations occur in precarious situations between "life or death"
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Münchausen syndrome: origin of the name

The Münchausen syndrome is a psycho-behavioral disorder that causes those affected to complain about diseases or non-existent symptoms, with the sole intention of putting themselves at the center of attention of family and / or doctors. Sometimes, the will to show off is so strong that it induces some sick subjects to self-procure physical damages or to alter the diagnostic tests that concern them.
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Stockholm syndrome

Stockholm syndrome is the term that describes a paradoxical situation in which the victims of a seizure come to prove, over time, positive feelings towards their captors. At the origin of the name, there is a very curious news story, which occurred in Sweden on August 23, 1973. At 10:15 of that day, in fact, two robbers entered a Bank in Stockholm and took four employees for good hostage 5 days
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Posture and Emotion - Correlation between postural attitudes and emotional stability Study of 50 individual cases

Edited by Antonello Monno, Nicola Fiorentino and Nicola Ferrante Study of 50 individual cases 50 people were tested, equally divided into 25 women and 25 men, aged between 17 and 71; the study wants to correlate the non-instrumental postural assessment with the assessment of emotional stability by psychological test (Big Five Questionairre modified), to see if there are any constants between them
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Remedies for Anxiety

Anxiety is a psychological state characterized by the perception of an excessive fear (or rationally unjustified) towards a stimulus or a situation (real or elaborate) responsible for the production of stress. The anxious state increases or distorts the sensitivity towards certain stimuli, and besides anxiety it also triggers some psychosomatic reactions (increase in heart rate, pulmonary ventilation, sweating, brain activation, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, tremors, etc
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