IN an earlier communication (Sorsby and Mason, 1949), an account was given of a fundus dystrophy observed in five families, which showed onset at about the age of 40, dominant inheritance, and a progressive course. The earliest ophthalmoscopical reactions in this affection are a central retinal lesion showing oedema, haemorrhage, and exudates. Subsequently, there is considerable scarring, with ...

This study examines the roles of the gratifications sought and of narcissism in content generation in social media and explores the generational differences in motivations and in narcissistic personalities when predicting the usage of Facebook, blogs, and forums. Data were gathered from a probability sample of 596 social media users through a telephone survey in 2010. Factor analysis results sh...

BACKGROUND A propensity to attend to other people's emotions is a necessary condition for human empathy. AIMS To test our hypothesis that psychopathic disorder begins as a failure to attend to the eyes of attachment figures, using a `love' scenario in young children. METHOD Children with oppositional defiant disorder, assessed for callous-unemotional traits, and a control group were observe...

This article seeks to enlighten the deep connection between three concepts: 1. The phantasia-affection, 2. What Marc Richir called, in his first book (1977) “the beyond of Copernican reversal” and, finally, 3. Architectonics its phenomenological effectiveness. Firstly, we introduce concept “transcendental misalignment”, thereby underlining intrinsically hyperbolic structure acts representation....

This report describes the reasons of the suicidal behavior in adolescents, taking in this anthropologic analysis, the impact in the familiar and social context. The study was conducted during the period of March to August, 2005 using a qualitative approach and ethnography as methods. The participants of this study were 12 teenagers, assisted in an emergency hospital in Fortaleza, Ceará State, B...