Neural signatures of shared subjective affective engagement and disengagement during movie viewing.

When watching a negative emotional movie, we differ from person to person in the ease with which we engage and the difficulty with which we disengage throughout a temporally evolving narrative. We investigated neural responses of emotional processing, by considering inter-individual synchronization in subjective emotional engagement and disengagement. The neural underpinnings of these shared responses are ideally studied in naturalistic scenarios like movie viewing, wherein individuals emotionally engage and disengage at their own time and pace throughout the course of a narrative. Despite the rich data that naturalistic designs can bring to the study, there is a challenge in determining time-resolved behavioral markers of subjective engagement and disengagement and their underlying neural responses. We used a within-subject cross-over design instructing 22 subjects to watch clips of either neutral or sad content while undergoing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Participants watched the same movies a second time while continuously annotating the perceived emotional intensity, thus enabling the mapping of brain activity and emotional experience. Our analyses revealed that between-participant similarity in waxing (engagement) and waning (disengagement) of emotional intensity was directly related to the between-participant similarity in spatiotemporal patterns of brain activation during the movie(s). Similar patterns of engagement reflected common activation in the bilateral ventromedial prefrontal cortex, regions often involved in self-referenced evaluation and generation of negative emotions. Similar patterns of disengagement reflected common activation in central executive and default mode network regions often involved in top-down emotion regulation. Together this work helps to better understand cognitive and neural mechanisms underpinning engagement and disengagement from emotionally evocative narratives.

Theory of mind in chronic migraine with medication overuse assessed with the MASC.

Theory of Mind (ToM) is the ability to infer one's own and others' mental states. Growing research indicates that ToM is impaired in Chronic Migraine with Medication Overuse (CM + MO). However, the research in this field has been conducted using static scenario-based tasks, often failing to test mentalization in everyday situations and measuring only performance accuracy. We filled this gap by administering the Movie for the Assessment of Social Cognition (MASC) to subjects with CM + MO compared to episodic migraine (EM). This test allows us to assess both affective and cognitive ToM and which, in addition to being accurate, also analyzes the type of error in attribution of mental states, distinguishing between hypo-mentalization and hyper-mentalization. Thirty patients suffering from CM + MO and 42 from EM were enrolled. Results showed that CM + MO patients were less accurate in mental state attribution than EM. In addition, compared to EM, CM + MO individuals were more impaired in the affective ToM dimensions and committed more errors of hypo-mentalization. In conclusion, the application of MASC in patients with CM + MO allowed for the detection of an alteration in their ability to correctly draw conclusions about other people's mental states. This latter contributes critically to appropriate social reactions and also, possibly, to satisfactory social interactions.

Multimodal single-neuron, intracranial EEG, and fMRI brain responses during movie watching in human patients.

We present a multimodal dataset of intracranial recordings, fMRI, and eye tracking in 20 participants during movie watching. Recordings consist of single neurons, local field potential, and intracranial EEG activity acquired from depth electrodes targeting the amygdala, hippocampus, and medial frontal cortex implanted for monitoring of epileptic seizures. Participants watched an 8-min long excerpt from the video "Bang! You're Dead" and performed a recognition memory test for movie content. 3 T fMRI activity was recorded prior to surgery in 11 of these participants while performing the same task. This NWB- and BIDS-formatted dataset includes spike times, field potential activity, behavior, eye tracking, electrode locations, demographics, and functional and structural MRI scans. For technical validation, we provide signal quality metrics, assess eye tracking quality, behavior, the tuning of cells and high-frequency broadband power field potentials to familiarity and event boundaries, and show brain-wide inter-subject correlations for fMRI. This dataset will facilitate the investigation of brain activity during movie watching, recognition memory, and the neural basis of the fMRI-BOLD signal.

Suicidal Behavior in Nepali motion pictures of three decades (1990-2020): A content analysis.

BACKGROUND: Assessment of the depiction of suicidal behavior in motion pictures would reveal the social representation of suicide that would foster suicide prevention in a country. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to assess how suicidality has been depicted in Nepali movies by scrutinizing their contents against the sociodemographic checklist and WHO media guidelines for suicidal reporting. METHODS: This is a narrative quantitative analysis of suicidal behavior portrayals in the Nepali motion pictures that are publicly and freely accessible. RESULTS: Overall, out of the 573 scrutinized movies, we found ten movies consisting of 11 characters (i.e., the prevalence is 1.75%) showing suicidal behavior. The majority of suicidal behavior was seen in males 6 (54.5%), and the majority of attempters were students 3 (27.3%) or homemakers 2 (18.2%). Suicidal behavior was mostly observed in unmarried people 6 (54.5%). Hanging was the most prevalent method (45.5%), and home (36.4%) and public places (36.4%) were equally the most frequent places of attempt. The consequential risk factors for the attempts were found to be marital problems/premarital affairs (50%), followed by unfulfilled demand/conflict (30%). While all 11 items depicted the method and place of the attempt, two also depicted the complete scene of the attempt. One item used language that normalized suicide as a constructive solution to the problem. None of the pictures publicized any mental health messages or educated the public about suicide prevention. CONCLUSIONS: The minimal adherence of the Nepali motion pictures on the depictions of suicidality with WHO media guidelines indicates urgent need to create awareness among the Nepali film fraternity.

A Lotus or a Dragon? - The orientalization and fetishization of Asian women's bodies. / Um Lótus ou um Dragão? - a orientalização e fetichização dos corpos das mulheres Asiáticas.

This article stems from interviews conducted with Chinese women residing in Lisbon, aged 18-34, during the initial phase of fieldwork (2021/2022). As an outcome of my Anthropology Ph.D. project, the focus here is on comprehending the perception of Asian women within the realm of everyday life as fetishized entities and how they persist in (re)shaping their identities. By primarily examining visual "yellow fever" depictions (in Hollywood cinema through films like "The World of Suzie Wong", "Madame Butterfly", "Miss Saigon", and the "Year of the Dragon", along with interracial Pornography), I endeavor to delve into the impact of "race", "sexual fetishization", and the ubiquitous propagation of stereotypical imagery on the lives of the individuals I engage with.

Este artigo provém das entrevistas realizadas com mulheres Chinesas residentes em Lisboa, com idades compreendidas entre os 18 e os 34 anos, no decorrer da primeira fase do trabalho de campo (2021/2022). Resultante do meu projeto de Doutoramento em Antropologia aqui busco compreender como mulheres asiáticas são observadas na experiência do quotidiano enquanto organismos fetichizados e como seguem (re)construindo as suas identidades. Percorrendo essencialmente representações visuais da "yellow fever" (o cinema de Hollywood em filmes como "O Mundo de Suzie Wong", "Madame Butterfly", "Miss Saigon" e "Year of the Dragon" e a pornografia inter-racial) procuro explorar como a "raça", a "fetichização sexual" e as imagens estereotipadas exaustivamente disseminadas, afetam a vida das minhas interlocutoras.

El banquete humano. A propósito de Hannibal Lecter y el canibalismo. El silencio de los corderos (1991) de Jonathan Demme / The human banquet. About Hannibal Lecter and cannibalism. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) by Jonathan Demme

El dragón rojo (1981) de Thomas Harris es la carta de presentación del perverso psiquiatra Hannibal Lecter, un psicópata asesino que brilla singularmente en el firmamento de los homicidas más abyectos de la historia del cine. Esta colección se completó con la publicación de El silencio de los corderos (1988), Hannibal (1999) y Hannibal: El origen del mal (2006), hasta ahora su última secuela. Fuente de inspiración cinematográfica, la saga se inició con la galardonada El silencio de los corderos (1991) de Jonathan Demme, continuada por Hannibal (2001) de Ridley Scott, El dragón rojo (2002) de Brett Ratner y Hannibal: El origen del mal (2007) de Peter Webber, si bien además existe una primera adaptación de la novela El dragón rojo titulada Hunter/Cazador de hombres (1986) de Michael Mann, donde los agentes del FBI se enfrentan con el temible asesino en serie Dr. Hannibal Lecktor (Brian Cox). Asimismo, el escritor y productor estadounidense Bryan Fuller creó la serie televisiva Hannibal (2013-2015), 39 episodios en los que el actor danés Mads Mikkelsen encarna al perverso antropófago. Independiente de sus connotaciones antropológicas, morales y culturales, la mayor parte de las conductas de canibalismo están relacionadas con trastornos psicóticos, como por ejemplo la esquizofrenia paranoica, cuando estos enfermos asesinan y se comen parte de los cuerpos de sus víctimas dentro de sus cuadros delirantes patológicos.(AU)

The Red Dragon (1981) by Thomas Harris is the introduction of the perverse psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter, a murdeous psychopath who shines singularly in the firmament of the most heinous murderers in the history of cinema. This collection was completed with the publication of The Silence of the Lambs (1988), Hannibal (1999) and Hannibal: The Origin of Evil (2006), until now its last sequel. A source of cinematographic inspirations, the saga began with the Oscar-winning The Silence of the Lambs (1991) by Jonathan Demme, followed by Hannibal (2001) by Ridley Scott, The Red Dragon (2002) by Brett Rainer, and Hannibal: The Origin of Evil (2007) by Peter Webber, although there is also a first adaptation of the novel The Red Dragon titled Manhunter (1986) by Michael Mann, where FBI agents confront the fearsome serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecktor (Bryan Cox). Likewise, the American writer and producer Bryan Fuller created the television series Hannibal (2013-2015), 39 episodes in which the danish actor Mads Mikkelsen embodies the perverse cannibal. Regardless of its anthropological, moral and cultural connotations, most cannibalism behaviors are related to psychotic disorders, such as paranoid schyzophrenia, when this patients kill an d eat part of the bodies of their victims in their delusional pictures.(AU)

El corporativismo médico en el cine / Medical corporatism in cinema

Realizamos una búsqueda sistemática de películas utilizando los términos corporativismo y medicina en sitios web especializados sin importar la duración, nacionalidad, género o año de producción. Excluimos las películas animadas y series de television. Tras visionar 24 películas, seleccionamos seis de ellas buscando que fueran films de calidad, que no fueran muy conocidos y que el corporativismo formara parte importante del guion. En todos ellos y en diferentes formatos (comedia, drama, …) el corporativismo se presenta como una forma de corrupción en la que pueden caer los médicos, teniendo estos que anteponer siempre la salud del paciente y no sus intereses y prebendas. El análisis y comentario de todas estas películas puede ser de gran utilidad para la enseñanza de las ciencias de la salud, ayudando a evitar situaciones indeseables que tengan como responsable al corporativismo.(AU)

We carry out a systematic search for films on specialized websites regardless of duration, nationality, genre or year of production. The exclusion criteria were: animated films and television series. After viewing 24 films, we selected six of them looking for quality films, not very well-known and for corporatism to form an important part of the script. In all of them and in different formats (comedy, drama, …) corporatism is presented as a form of corruption that doctors can fall into, having to always put the patient's health first and not his interests and perks. The analysis and commentary of all these films can be very useful for the teaching of health sciences, helping to avoid undesirable situations that have corporatism as responsible.(AU)

Sintonía sin hogar. Historia de un solista solitario / Homeless tune. Story of a lonely soloist

El sinhogarismo supone un problema sociosanitario emergente relacionado principalmente con el desarrollo de patologías mentales y con diversas adicciones. La película El solista, dirigida por Joe Wright, representa un instrumento de gran utilidad para entender esta cuestión dado que revela el caso real de un músico que padece esquizofrenia y que vive en la calle, el señor Nathaniel Anthony Ayers Junior. Al mismo tiempo, la película permite analizar las circunstancias que le llevaron a esa situación y los factores que influyen en el proceso de inclusión social. Por lo tanto, se defiende el empleo de esta película como recurso pedagógico para la formación de estudiantes y profesionales.(AU)

Homelessness is an emerging socio-sanitary problem principally related to the development of mental pathologies and various addictions. The film The Soloist, directed by Joe Wright, represents a very useful resource to understand this issue since it reveals the real case of a musician who suffers from schizophrenia and who is homeless, Mr. Nathaniel Anthony Ayers Junior. At the same time, the film allows to analyze the circumstances that led him to this situation and the factors involved in the social inclusion process. Hence, the use of this film as a pedagogical resource for the training of students and professionals is defended.(AU)

Una Acción Civil (1998): la ley detrás del daño corporal, los defectos congénitos y la leucemia / A Civil Action (1998): the law behind bodily harm, birth defects and leukemia

Acción Civil es una película fundamental para comprender cómo la contaminación del ambiente influye en la salud humana, pero también el contexto biopsicosocial, ético, legítimo y legal en torno a la problemática de ejercer el derecho a un ambiente saludable. Muestra cómo la contaminación afecta a las comunidades, la responsabilidad que muchas empresas intentan eludir frente a sus acciones en perjuicio de la vida humana y ambiente y cómo la comunidad y los medios de comunicación pueden trabajar juntos para abordar estas cuestiones y tomar medidas para prevenir y tratar estos problemas. En la docencia universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, el filme se constituye en un recurso pedagógico para ilustrar y concientizar sobre la problemática de la contaminación del agua potable y ambiente en general en la salud humana y especialmente durante la gestación. El visionado del filme por otro lado estimula el pensamiento crítico, divergente, analítico, reflexivo, emocional y el aprendizaje significativo, al tiempo que permite integrar conocimientos de las asignaturas que cursan y cultura general en una experiencia inmersiva. Asimismo, permite integrar aspectos legales que pocas veces son abordados en la carrera como una transversal educativa que contribuye al acervo de cultura general del estudiante.(AU)

A Civil Action is a fundamental film to understand how environmental contamination influences human health, but also the biopsychosocial, ethical, legitimate and legal context around the problem of exercising the right to a healthy environment. It shows how pollution affects communities, the responsibility that many companies try to evade due to their actions in detriment of human life and the environment, and how the community and the media can work together to address these issues and take measures to prevent and treat these problems. In the university teaching of Health Sciences, the film becomes a pedagogical resource to illustrate and raise awareness about the problem of drinking water contamination and the environment in general in human health and especially during pregnancy. Viewing the film on the other hand stimulates critical, divergent, analytical, reflective, emotional thinking and significant learning, while allowing the integration of knowledge of the subjects they are studying and general culture in an immersive experience. Likewise, it allows the integration of legal aspects that are rarely addressed in the career as an educational transversal that contributes to the heritage of the student's general culture.(AU)

Cine debate y racialidad en la facultad de medicina n 1 de Santiago de Cuba / Cinema debate and raciality at the No. 1 medical school in Santiago de Cuba

La educación a través del cine constituye un exponente de concientización contra la discriminación racial y sus efectos. En la Facultad de Medicina No.1 de Santiago de Cuba se facilita el debate de filmes que abordan este asunto, partiendo del intercambio creativo y reflexivo con estudiantes y docentes según las situaciones complejas de diversas épocas que se reflejan en los materiales exhibidos y su paralelismo en la actualidad mundial, y en las complejas situaciones que prevalecen en la sociedad cubana.(AU)

Education through cinema is an exponent of awareness against racial discrimination and its effects. In the Faculty of Medicine No.1 of Santiago de Cuba the debate of films that promotes activity based on the creative and reflective exchange with students and teachers according to the complex situations of different times that are reflected in the exhibited materials and their parallelism in world news and the complex situations that prevail in Cuban society.(AU)

Antihéroes que sufren trauma por estrés postraumático y villanos con trastorno de personalidad narcisista: el cisma de los problemas de salud mental en el cine / Antiheroes suffering from post-traumatic stress trauma and villains with narcissistic personality disorder: the schism of mental health problems in cinema

Actualmente existe una tendencia hacia la introducción de problemas de salud mental en los protagonistas de películas, particularmente en los antihéroes. Este hecho contrasta con la tradicional asociación de estas enfermedades con los villanos. Este manuscrito tiene el objetivo de detectar los problemas de salud mental que poseen los villanos y los antihéroes en el cine para averiguar si reciben el mismo tratamiento y si existen enfermedades estigmatizadas y vinculadas a unos y a otros. A partir del análisis cuantitativo y cualitativo de los resultados, se han identificado patrones, tendencias y se han establecido contrastes entre las narrativas de la salud mental entre villanos y antihéroes. Los hallazgos demuestran que el trastorno de estrés postraumático es el más frecuente en antihéroes, mientras que en villanos es el trastorno de personalidad narcisista, lo que evidencia los estigmas existentes en el imaginario cinematográfico.(AU)

Currently there is a trend towards the introduction of mental health problems in the protagonists of films, particularly in antiheroes. This fact contrasts with the traditional association of these diseases with villains. This manuscript has the objective of detecting the mental health problems that villains and antiheroes have in the cinema to find out if they receive the same treatment and if there are stigmatized diseases linked to each other. From the quantitative and qualitative analysis of the results, patterns, trends and contrasts have been identified between the narratives of mental health between villains and antiheroes. The findings show that post-traumatic stress disorder is the most frequent in antiheroes, while in villains it is narcissistic personality disorder, which shows the existing stigmas in the cinematographic imaginary.(AU)

Trabajos de fin de grado sobre humanidades en tres estudios de ciencias de la salud / Final degree projects on humanities in three health sciences studies

Las autoridades educativas recomiendan la introducción de las humanidades en los planes de estudio de las carreras en ciencias de la salud para mejorar la formación de sus graduados. El objetivo del presente estudio consistió en determinar el número de trabajos de fin de grado realizados en el campo de las humanidades en tres estudios de ciencias de la salud. Se revisaron todos los trabajos de fin de grado realizados durante 7 cohortes (2013-2020) en los grados de Biología Humana y de Medicina de la Unversidad Pompeu Fabra y durante 6 cohortes (2015-2021) del grado de Medicina en una unidad docente de la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. El volumen de trabajos de fin de grado en humanidades fue discreto en los dos estudios de Medicina (inferior al 10 %) y superior en el grado de Biología Humana (15,5 %). Una importante mayoría de los trabajos hacían referencia a temas de interés social. También, en los tres grados se realizaron trabajos sobre aspectos que afectaban a los propios estudiantes, y sobre temas de docencia y el uso del cine o de las series de televisión para fomentar el aprendizaje. Parece conveniente fomentar un mayor interés en la realización de trabajos de fin de grado centrados en temas humanísticos.(AU)

Educational authorities recommend the incorporation of humanities into the curricula of health science programs to enhance the education of their graduates. The aim of this study was to determine the number of final degree projects focused on humanities in three health science programs. All final degree projects completed during 7 cohorts (2013-2020) in the Human Biology and Medicine programs at Pompeu Fabra University, and during 6 cohorts (2015-2021) in the Medicine program at an affiliated teaching unit of the Autonomous University of Barcelona were reviewed. The volume of humanities-based final degree projects was modest in the two Medicine programs (less than 10%) and higher in the Human Biology program (15.5%). The majority of the projects addressed topics of social interest. Additionally, in all three programs, projects were carried out on issues affecting the students themselves, as well as on teaching-related subjects and the use of movies or TV series to enhance learning. Encouragement is given to cultivate a stronger interest in pursuing undergraduate projects centered around humanistic themes.(AU)

Pygmalion (1938): un filme relacionado indirectamente con la medicina / Pygmalion (1938): a film indirectly related to medicine

Este trabajo se focaliza en el filme Pygmalion (1938) de Anthony Asquith y Leslie Howard, relacionado indirectamente con la Medicina y basado en la obra teatral del escritor irlandés George Bernard Shaw inspirada en el Libro X de Las metamorfosis de Ovidio. Empero, no es descartable que, entre otros, Shaw pudo haber sido también influido por el romance histórico entre el médico alemán Friedrich Gustav Jacob Henle y la costurera Elise Egloff, a través de la novela Die Frau Professorin de Berthold Auerbach. Su distinta ubicación en lugar y tiempo, el cambio desde el hecho escultórico original a una desigualdad socio-cultural y la llamativa identidad de nombres entre Elise y Eliza contribuyen a esta probabilidad.(AU)

This paper focuses on the film Pygmalion (1938), indirectly related to Medicine and based on the play by the Irish writer George Bernard Shaw, inspired in Book X of Ovid's Metamorphoses. However, it cannot be ruled out that, among others, Shaw may have been also influenced by the historical romance between the German doctor Friedrich Gustav Jacob Henle and the seamstress Elise Egloff, through the novel Die Frau Professorin by Berthold Auerbach. Its different location in place and time, the change from the original sculptural fact to a socio-cultural inequality and the striking identity of names between Elise and Eliza contribute to this probability.(AU)

El embarazo en adolescentes a través del séptimo arte / Pregnancy in teenagers through the seventh art

Los embarazos en adolescentes se describen como embarazos en mujeres que no han alcanzado la mayoría de edad jurídica y están en situación de dependencia de la familia de origen. El embarazo suele implicar un riesgo en la trayectoria vital de las madres y padres adolescentes y un serio y prevalente problema médico-social. Por todo ello, el embarazo de la adolescente se convierte en una consulta «sagrada». Y el cine se convierte en una oportunidad para hablar con arte, ciencia y conciencia de un tema de trascendental importancia, así como una oportunidad para mejorar la relación profesional-paciente, para mejorar la humanización y para abrir el debate bioético. En este artículo os invitamos a vivir las emociones y reflexiones de la maternidad y el embarazo en alrededor de 40 películas, historias entre la ficción y la realidad. Y donde nos atrevemos a «prescribir» las siguientes: la película británica Un sabor a miel, la belga 9 meses, la estadounidense Nunca, casi nunca, a veces, siempre, la francesa El acontecimiento y la española La maternal; y como guinda, Juno, una película que más en tono de comedia que drama, capaz de incomodar a todas las partes.(AU)

Adolescent pregnancies encompass instances where women have not yet attained the legal age of majority and remain reliant on their family of origin. The phase of pregnancy during adolescence inherently introduces risks into the trajectories of both young mothers and fathers, forming a significant and widespread medical-social challenge. Consequently, an adolescent's pregnancy becomes a pivotal juncture for medical consultation, while cinema emerges as an influential platform to engage with this crucial theme from artistic, scientific, and awareness-driven perspectives. It not only fosters an opportunity to enrich the professional-patient relationship and advance humanization but also initiates profound discussions on bioethics. Within the confines of this article, we cordially invite you to delve into the emotional and contemplative dimensions of motherhood and pregnancy portrayed across nearly 40 films, each straddling the realms of fiction and reality. Moreover, we dare to "prescribe" the subsequent cinematic pieces: the British production A Taste of Honey, the Belgian creation Keeper, the American narrative Never Rarely Sometimes Always, the French cinematic gem L'événement, and the Spanish masterpiece La maternal. Adding to this repertoire is Juno, a film that skews more toward comedy than drama, deliberately invoking discomfort within diverse contexts.(AU)