Decomposing unpleasantness: differential exogenous attention to disgusting and fearful stimuli.

Negative stimuli have consistently been shown to efficiently attract exogenous attention. Two different types of unpleasant stimuli, disgusting and fearful, sharing similar arousal and valence, are usually employed as a single category. However, since they diverge in several important aspects (biological functionality, associated feelings, and central and peripheral physiological correlates), it may be expected that their potential to capture attention differs. Event-related potentials and behavioral indices were recorded while participants were engaged in a digit categorization task in response to three types of irrelevant, distracting pictures: disgusting, fearful and neutral. Disgusting trials were associated with worse performance than fearful trials in the digit categorization task as revealed by reaction times and number of errors. Moreover, P2-associated cuneus activation and scalp anterior P2 amplitude were greater for disgusting than for fearful distracters. All these indices reveal that, under the experimental conditions employed in the present study, disgusting distracters are more efficient at attracting exogenous attention than are fearful distracters.

Aspectos psicosociales de la fisioterapia en la discapacidad / Psychosocial aspects of physiotherapy in disability

Desde inicios de los años noventa, el campo científico de la discapacidad se ha visto inundado de numerosas publicaciones que plantean un modelo o teoría social de la discapacidad. El modelo social de la discapacidad defiende que ésta es una "construcción social" impuesta. Este estudio se basa en una revisión de la literatura reciente sobre las variables psicosociales desencadenadas a partir de adquirir una situación de discapacidad. El fisioterapeuta trata en su práctica diaria con pacientes discapacitados que pueden presentar un perfil psicosocial determinado. El fisioterapeuta debe conocer y abordar estas dimensiones, ya que hasta podrían enmascarar la evolución real del tratamiento. Destaca el estudio de estas variables en el campo laboral, en la diferencia de género y en grupos específicos de población. La inclusión de un abordaje psicosocial en el tratamiento de Fisioterapia, como una intervención complementaria, puede ser de gran utilidad para una completa y eficaz atención al paciente

From the 90's, research on disability has increased with lots of articles which present a disability model or social theory. This social model in disability agrees that this is an imposed "social construction". This study is based in a recent literature review about the psychosocial variables arised when a disabled situation is acquired. The physiotherapist deals in her/his diary practice with disabled patients that could have a certain psychosocial profile. On these psychosocial variables, it's a common field of study the workplace, the gender differences and specific groups of the population. The application of a psychosocial approach in the treatment of Physiotherapy, as a complementary intervention, could be useful for a total and effective attention to the patient