The beneficial effects of regular physical activity on health are indisputable in the field of
modern medicine. Exercise is often the first step in lifestyle modifications for the prevention …

Opioid abuse has increased in the last decade, primarily as a result of increased access to
prescription opioids. Physicians are also increasingly administering opioid analgesics for …

The worldwide spread of COVID-19 has upset the normality of Italian daily life, forcing
population to social distancing and self-isolation. Since the containment precautions also …

It has been suggested that a key function of music during its development and spread
amongst human populations was its capacity to create and strengthen social bonds amongst …

Moving in synchrony leads to cooperative behavior and feelings of social closeness, and
dance (involving synchronization to others and music) may cause social bonding, possibly …

Although laughter forms an important part of human non-verbal communication, it has
received rather less attention than it deserves in both the experimental and the …

Humans have developed a number of specific mechanisms that allow us to maintain much
larger social networks than would be expected given our brain size. For our primate cousins …

These Guidelinesreview the use of medicines such as methadone, buprenorphine,
naltrexone and clonidine in combination with psychosocial support in the treatment of …

Recently published work and emerging research efforts have suggested that the olfactory
system is intimately linked with the endocrine systems that regulate or modify energy …

The psychology of close human relationships is increasingly well understood and our
understanding of the neurobiology of the onset of pairbonding behaviour in a range of …