Evento que já teve 70 trabalhos cai para 15...

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Violência como fonte de prazer ou desprazer

Front Hum Neurosci. 2013 Aug 13;7:447. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00447. eCollection 2013.

Violence as a source of pleasure or displeasure is associated with specific functional connectivity with the nucleus accumbens.

Porges EC, Decety J.

Source

Department of Psychology, The University of Chicago Chicago, IL, USA.

Abstract

The appraisal of violent stimuli is dependent on the social context and the perceiver's individual characteristics. To identify the specific neural circuits involved in the perception of violent videos, forty-nine male participants were scanned with functional MRI while watching video-clips depicting Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and Capoeira as a baseline. Prior to scanning, a self-report measure of pleasure or displeasure when watching MMA was collected. Watching MMA was associated with activation of the anterior insula (AI), brainstem, ventral tegmental area (VTA), striatum, medial, and lateral prefrontal cortex, orbitofrontal cortex, somatosensory cortex, and supramarginal gyrus. While this pattern of brain activation was not related to participants' reported experience of pleasure or displeasure, pleasurable ratings of MMA predicted increased functional connectivity (FC) seeded in the nucleus accumbens (NAcc) (a structure known to be responsive to anticipating both positive and negative outcomes) with the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and anterior insular cortex (AIC) (regions involved in positive feelings and visceral somatic representations). Displeasure ratings of MMA were related to increased FC with regions of the prefrontal cortex and superior parietal lobule, structures implicated in cognitive control and executive attention. These data suggest that functional connectivity is an effective approach to investigate the relationship between subjective feelings of pleasure and pain of neural structures known to respond to both the anticipation of positive and negative outcomes.

Desvendado o mistério do motivo para o treinamento com máscaras entre lutadores

O que falar disso?

http://uolesporte.blogosfera.uol.com.br/2013/08/15/equipe-de-mma-inova-e-usa-gas-de-pimenta-para-incrementar-treino/

Mais um caso de acusação contra treinador de judô

Fiquem tranquilos que logo voltam a circular mensagens sobre a declaração de algum órgão internacional sobre os benefícios do esporte, artes marciais e do judô, especificamente.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2396376/Olympic-judo-coach-barred-sex-abuse--Government-say-STILL-work-children.html

Para reflexão

Uma das lutas mais duras...

Generosidade versus avareza

Basilique Notre-Dame-du-Port, igreja do século XII.

Acho que a avareza perdeu porque, dentre outras coisas, não investiu em bons equipamentos (nem a espada aparece)  : )

Medalha de bronze da Emanuela Pierantozzi em Sydney

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDgwOU81OBs