Social perception of young adults prolongs the lifespan of aged Drosophila

AbstractLifespan is modulated at distinct levels by multiple factors, including genetic backgrounds, the environment, behavior traits, metabolic status, and more interestingly, sensory perceptions. However, the effects of social perception between individuals living in the same space remain less clear. Here, we used the Drosophila model to study the influences of social perception on the lifespan of aged fruit flies. We found the lifespan of aged Drosophila is markedly prolonged after being co-housed with young adults of the same gender. Moreover, the changes of lifespan were affected by several experimental contexts: (1) the ratios of aged and young adults co-housed, (2) the chronological ages of two populations, and (3) the integrity of sensory modalities. Together, we hypothesize the chemical/physical stimuli derived from the interacting young adults are capable of interfering with the physiology and behavior of aged flies, ultimately leading to the alteration of lifespan.

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Social Perception of Young Adults Prolongs the Lifespan of Aged Drosophila

10.1101/2020.08.30.273854 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Li-Chun Cho ◽

Chih-Chieh Yu ◽

Chih-Fei Kao

Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Social Perception ◽

Metabolic Status ◽

Multiple Factors ◽

Drosophila Model ◽

Sensory Modalities ◽

Physical Stimuli ◽

The Mean ◽

And Behavior ◽

Two Populations

AbstractLifespan is modulated at distinct levels by multiple factors, including genetic backgrounds, the environment, behavior traits, the metabolic status, and more interestingly, the sensory perceptions. However, the effects of social perception between individuals living in the same space remain less clear. Here, we used the Drosophila model to study the influences of social perception on the lifespan of aged fruit flies. We found the mean lifespan of aged Drosophila is markedly prolonged after being co-housed with young adults of the same gender. Moreover, the changes of lifespan were affected by several experimental contexts: (1) the ratios of aged and young adults co-housed, (2) the chronological ages of two populations, and (3) the integrity of sensory modalities. Together, we hypothesize the chemical/physical stimuli derived from the interacting young adults are capable of interfering with the physiology and behavior of aged flies, ultimately leading to the alteration of lifespan.

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Pathological gambling and behavior addiction in adulthood

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/s0924-9338(11)71806-5 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 26 (S2) ◽

pp. 95-95

Author(s):

L. Romo ◽

A. Morvannou ◽

N. Cheze ◽

C. Legauffre ◽

C. Lucas ◽

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Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Young People ◽

Problem Gambling ◽

Pathological Gambling ◽

Adult Population ◽

Professional Schools ◽

Problematic Use ◽

Young Adult Population ◽

And Behavior ◽

Assessment Scales

Gambling behaviors of young adults may begin in adolescence and continue or even worsen in adulthood (Goudriaan et al., 2009).Even if the young adult population is not an homogeneous group, studies show that almost 5% of young people, against 1% in general population showed pathological gambling (Dyke, 2009)Our objective was to study the presence of problem gambling among a population of young adults in professional-schools.We included 629 people, average age 20 and 66.4% of men. We used a battery of assessment scales of consumption of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, pathological gambling, compulsive shopping, video games addiction, anxiety and depression.The results show a prevalence of 1.6% of young people with a score of pathological gambling in the Canadian Problem Gambling Index (CPGI) and 7% with a score of problematic use.The findings regarding depression, anxiety and other dependencies will be discussed.

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Associations between social control, motivation, and exercise: How romantic partners influence exercise during young adulthood

Journal of Health Psychology ◽

10.1177/1359105317727840 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 24 (10) ◽

pp. 1425-1435 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tiffany L Berzins ◽

Judith Gere ◽

Scout M Kelly ◽

John A Updegraff

Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Social Control ◽

Young Adulthood ◽

Romantic Partners ◽

Romantic Partner ◽

Approach And Avoidance ◽

Control Motivation ◽

Approach Avoidance ◽

Exercise Motives ◽

And Behavior

This study investigated whether positive and negative romantic partner social control attempts (persuasion and pressure, respectively) were related to approach-avoidance motives and exercise among young adults ( N = 98), using daily reports. Daily persuasion was linked to higher daily approach motives. At the person level, persuasion was associated with higher approach and avoidance motives in addition to more frequent, longer exercise. Pressure was associated with higher daily relationship stress, which was associated with higher daily avoidance motives. At the person level, pressure was related to less frequent, shorter exercise. Thus, romantic partners’ social control use correlates with exercise motives and behavior.

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Through thick and thin?: Young adults’ implicit beliefs about friendship and their reported use of dissolution and maintenance strategies with same‐gender friends

Social Development ◽

10.1111/sode.12560 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Katya Santucci ◽

Thomas H. Khullar ◽

Melanie A. Dirks

Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Implicit Beliefs ◽

Maintenance Strategies ◽

Same Gender

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Millennials and ICT—Findings from the Technology 4 Young Adults (T4YA) Project: An Exploratory Study

Societies ◽

10.3390/soc9040080 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 80 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Hannah R. Marston

Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Focus Groups ◽

Exploratory Study ◽

First Century ◽

Information Communication ◽

Content Sharing ◽

Ict Use ◽

And Behavior ◽

Privacy Issues ◽

Larger Sample

Information communication technology (ICT) is becoming a pivotal element in the twenty-first century, and while there has been substantial work conducted to understand ICT use by older adults, there is a paucity of knowledge relating to ICT use and behavior by Millennials. The Technology 4 Young Adults (T4YA) study opens the discussion to the barriers and enablers of ICT by Millennials in their day-to-day activities. Eight participants aged 18–33 years were recruited, and open-ended questions were posed to the focus groups participants. A total of three focus groups were conducted, two focus groups were conducted in Pontefract (West Yorkshire, England) and one focus group was conducted in Swansea (West Glamorgan, Wales); all focus groups were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Primary themes included: hardware, privacy issues/concerns, confidence, usability/functionality, day-to-day activities, and content/sharing of information. Day-to-day activities were undertaken primarily on smartphones, such as online banking and shopping, while privacy and trust concerns was a conversation thread throughout the discussions. Further work is needed with larger sample sizes, taking a multi-methods approach to extract quantitative data to underpin qualitative data analysis and frameworks. This exploratory study intersects at the fields of social sciences and human–computer interaction.

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Delirium, caused by suspending treatment of hypothyroidism

Mental Illness ◽

10.1108/mi.2016.6787 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 33-34

Author(s):

Alejandro Hernández-Sandí ◽

David Quirós-Baltodano ◽

Michelle Oconitrillo-Chaves

Keyword(s):

Sensory Processing ◽

Language Impairment ◽

High Rate ◽

Medical Specialties ◽

Root Cause ◽

Multiple Factors ◽

Short Period ◽

Abrupt Discontinuation ◽

And Behavior ◽

Levothyroxine Treatment

Delirium, or acute confusional syndrome, is a set of symptoms whose care involves not only psychiatry, but also many other medical specialties. Being as how the syndrome is caused by multiple factors, it is important to recognize each risk factor affecting the patient in order to anticipate and prevent it. In case of diagnosis, identifying and treating the root cause that triggered is important, given that it has a high rate of comorbidity and an elevated cost of medical care. We describe a case where a patient with hypothyroidism began suffering from delirium due to an abrupt discontinuation of levothyroxine treatment. Previously, the patient was seemingly healthy. After the medical treatment was interrupted, sensory processing and behavior were altered, and symptoms fluctuated, for a short period of time, showing disorientation and memory and language impairment.

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A survey of attitudes, knowledge, and behavior related to HIV testing of adolescents and young adults enrolled in alcohol and drug treatment

Journal of Adolescent Health ◽

10.1016/1054-139x(93)90115-6 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 14 (6) ◽

pp. 442-445 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Lawrence S. Friedman ◽

Lee Strunin ◽

Ralph Hingson

Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Drug Treatment ◽

Hiv Testing ◽

Adolescents And Young Adults ◽

And Behavior ◽

Alcohol And Drug Treatment

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Differences in neural response to extinction recall in young adults with or without history of behavioral inhibition

Development and Psychopathology ◽

10.1017/s0954579417000554 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 30 (1) ◽

pp. 179-189 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Tomer Shechner ◽

Nathan A. Fox ◽

Jamie A. Mash ◽

Johanna M. Jarcho ◽

Gang Chen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Behavioral Inhibition ◽

Brain Function ◽

Neural Correlates ◽

Anterior Cingulate ◽

Self Report ◽

Subgenual Anterior Cingulate Cortex ◽

History Of ◽

And Behavior ◽

Manifest Anxiety

AbstractBehavioral inhibition (BI) is a temperament identified in early childhood that is associated with risk for anxiety disorders, yet only about half of behaviorally inhibited children manifest anxiety later in life. We compared brain function and behavior during extinction recall in a sample of nonanxious young adults characterized in childhood with BI (n = 22) or with no BI (n = 28). Three weeks after undergoing fear conditioning and extinction, participants completed a functional magnetic resonance imaging extinction recall task assessing memory and threat differentiation for conditioned stimuli. While self-report and psychophysiological measures of differential conditioning and extinction were similar across groups, BI-related differences in brain function emerged during extinction recall. Childhood BI was associated with greater activation in subgenual anterior cingulate cortex in response to cues signaling safety. This pattern of results may reflect neural correlates that promote resilience against anxiety in a temperamentally at-risk population.

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