THE EXPRESSIVE CREATIVITY OF EUPHEMISM AND DYSPHEMISM

The Expressive Creativity of Euphemism and Dysphemism

Euphemism and dysphemism are two cognitive processes of conceptualisation, with countervalent effects (having the same base and resources but different aims and purposes), of a certain forbidden reality.The expressiveness immanent in these phenomena is so consubstantial that it explains not only its forbidden origin (the affective ambivalence of th

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Modulation of gut microbiota composition due to early weaning stress induces depressive behavior during the juvenile period in mice

Abstract Background The gut microbiota plays an important role in the development of behavior and immunity in infants and juveniles.Early weaning (EW), a form of social stress in mice, leads to Freezer Door Handle Base increased anxiety and an enhanced stress response in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis during adulthood.Early life stress als

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Aberrant functional connectivity density in patients with treatment-refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder: a pilot study

Objective Functional connectivity (FC) is altered in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).Most previous studies have focused on the strength of FC in patients with OCD; few have examined the number of functional connections in these patients.The number of functional connections is an important index for assessing aberrant FC.In the pre

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The Treatment Effectiveness Assessment (TEA)

Walter Ling,1 David Farabee,1 Dagmar Liepa,2 Li-Tzy Wu3 1Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 2Valley Care Medical Center, Panorama City, CA, 3Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA We have been surprised and gratified by the re

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