Nineteen university students experimented taking on the persona of an apprehended suicide bomber. The role play explored the psychological mechanisms of dissociative phenomena, euphoria or a sense of empowerment contemplating suicide bombing; responses of imagined secondary traumatization; identification with the victim group; creation of fic
The tumor microenvironment shows a hierarchy of cell-cell interactions dominated by fibroblasts
Abstract The tumor microenvironment (TME) is comprised of non-malignant cells that interact with each other and with cancer cells, critically impacting cancer biology.The TME is complex, and understanding it requires simplifying approaches.Here we provide an experimental-mathematical approach to decompose the TME into small circuits of interacting
Gender Expression, Sexual Orientation and Pain Sensitivity in Women
BACKGROUND: Film Despite a growing body of literature investigating sex differences with regard to pain, surprisingly little research has been conducted on the influence of various aspects of self-identity, including gender expression and sexual orientation, on pain sensitivity within each sex, particularly among women.In men, dispositional feminin