Biomedical subjects

M Farnè

Publications and source records attributed to M Farnè.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1992

The effect of daily hassles on salivary IgA: experimental evidence.

The study aimed at evidencing the suppressive effect of daily hassles on salivary immunoglobulin A (S-IgA); in fact, previous research did not detect a clear relationship between the two variables. Twenty-four subjects were tested as to the hassles that had occurred in their recent life and to S-IgA; the tests were repeated three times, with an interval of four weeks between each. The results show that the variation of S-IgA values between times 2 and 3 is associated with the variation of hassles between times 1 and 2 (r = -.46, p < .01).

Adult↗

PubMed1990

The Barrier inventory: a validity study.

The Barrier (B) inventory is a 37 item test based on the MMPI and measuring the B personality trait as conceived by Fisher. The validity of the inventory was tested by having the subjects (N = 94) complete it and answer a series of inkblot reproductions. In fact, according to Fisher, inkblot test responses are a useful means to assess the B trait. Correlation between the results of the two tests was high (.74).

Adult↗

PubMed1990

["Daily problems" as stressing factors in a student population].

An enquiry has been conducted to identify the most common hassles among University students (N = 169); from the 62 most frequently reported, a 62-item Daily Hassle Index has been developed. By asking the subjects to indicate how often each problem distressed them, the ten most commonly irritating hassles were isolated.

Activities of Daily Living↗

PubMed1989

[Test anxiety: various aspects].

"Academic achievement anxiety" (or "test anxiety") is a situation-specific anxiety. In this research, 53 medical student were subjected to the McNair et al. POMS (an inventory assessing six identifiable mood or affective states) during their psychology examination; 31 of them had been tested with the POMS also 50-70 days before the examination and the other 22 repeated the test 50-70 days after it. All the emotional states increased significantly during the examination, except the Anger-Hostility factor; the significance of the "period effect" for the Confusion-Bewilderment factor shows there is a state of confusion due to the novelty of the test.

Adult↗

PubMed1989

[Immediate effects of autogenic training].

The research investigated the autogenic training (AT) immediate effects, analysing the emotional reactions of patients during their learning of the AT standard exercises. An improvement has been observed in all the conditions even before the beginning of the course, thus demonstrating the presence of the drug-doctor-phenomenon; the control subjects, entered in a waiting list, showed no further improvement at this phase of the study.

Adult↗

PubMed1985

Illusory motions induced by rapid displacements of the observer.

Some illusory effects of movement are described that are easily observable when the subject is in rapid locomotion (driving a car or travelling on a train) and gazes fixedly at a particular point of the scene. These effects are essentially characterized by deformations and displacements of parts of the environment. It is suggested that the phenomenon responsible for them is the loss of size and position constancy, respectively. Experimental evidence indirectly validates this hypothesis, and a program of studies is now under way to further corroborate it.

Environment↗

PubMed1977

Brightness as an indicator to distance: relative brightness per se or contrast with the background?

A black and a white target are displayed, in five different conditions, on five grey backgrounds having different degrees of brightness (from very bright to very dark). The results show that the target having the higher contrast with its background is perceived as the nearer. With the off-white background, e.g., the black target appears as the nearer to the observer. This contradicts the well-known concept according to which the brighter target should in any case be perceived as the nearer ("relative brightness" cue). The conclusion is that the frame of reference must be taken into consideration: study of the indicators to distance in an empty space and per se is not sufficient.

Adult↗

PubMed1977

Motion in depth induced by brightness changes in the background.

A disc of unvarying brightness and position is presented against a background whose brightness is continuously changing up and down. This change is perceived as a pendular movement to and from the subject and, in its turn, clearly induces an analogous but contrary movement in the disc.

Adult↗

PubMed1974