Examining the Relationship Between Proprioception and Motor Proficiency: A Pilot Study

Summary Depression risk is associated with a late chronotype pattern often described as an ‘evening chronotype’. Fluctuations in mood over consecutive days have not yet been measured according to chronotype in in-patients with depression. A total of 30 in-patients with depression and 32 healthy controls matched for gender and age completed a chronotype questionnaire and twice-daily ratings on mood for 10 consecutive days (registered in the German Clinical Trials Register: DRKS00010215). The in-patients had Saturdays and Sundays as hospital-leave days. The relationship between chronotype and daily mood was mediated by the weekday–weekend schedule with higher levels of negative affect in the evening-chronotype patient subgroup at weekends. Results are discussed with respect to a probably advantageous standardised clinical setting with early morning routines, especially for patients with evening chronotypes.

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A Pilot Study of the Clinical Relevance of the Relationship between the Serum Level of Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein a and the Degree of Acute Coronary Syndrome

Journal of International Medical Research ◽

10.1177/147323001003800225 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 38 (2) ◽

pp. 625-632 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

L You ◽

L Li ◽

F Zhang ◽

Q Xu ◽

J Ren

Keyword(s):

Acute Coronary Syndrome ◽

Pilot Study ◽

Serum Level ◽

Plasma Protein ◽

Clinical Relevance ◽

Protein A ◽

Coronary Syndrome ◽

The Relationship

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The relationship between Gulf War Illness symptom severity and heart rate variability: A pilot study

Life Sciences ◽

10.1016/j.lfs.2021.119663 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 119663

Author(s):

Kyle J. Jaquess ◽

Nathaniel Allen ◽

Timothy J. Chun ◽

Lucas Crock ◽

Alexander A. Zajdel ◽

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Keyword(s):

Heart Rate ◽

Heart Rate Variability ◽

Pilot Study ◽

Symptom Severity ◽

Gulf War ◽

Gulf War Illness ◽

The Relationship

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The Effect of State Gratitude on Cognitive Flexibility: A Within-Subject Experimental Approach

Brain Sciences ◽

10.3390/brainsci10070413 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (7) ◽

pp. 413

Author(s):

Andree Hartanto ◽

Nadia C. H. Ong ◽

Wee Qin Ng ◽

Nadyanna M. Majeed

Keyword(s):

Pilot Study ◽

Cognitive Functioning ◽

Cognitive Flexibility ◽

Positive Emotion ◽

Positive Emotions ◽

Experimental Approach ◽

Main Study ◽

Considerable Research ◽

Potential Benefits ◽

The Relationship

Considerable research has examined the relationship between positive emotion and cognitive flexibility. Less is known, however, about the causal relationship between discrete positive emotions, specifically gratitude, and cognitive flexibility. Given that different positive emotions may dissimilarly affect cognitive functioning, we sought to examine the effect of state gratitude on cognitive flexibility. A pilot study with ninety-five participants was employed to ensure the effectiveness of our gratitude manipulation. One hundred and thirteen participants were recruited for the main study, which utilized a within-subject experimental approach. After the manipulation, participants completed a well-established task-switching paradigm, which was used to measure cognitive flexibility. Contrary to our hypotheses, we did not find any evidence that state gratitude may enhance cognitive flexibility. The current study identified some boundary conditions around the potential benefits of the experience of gratitude.

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