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Accelerating African neuroscience to provide an equitable framework using perspectives from West and Southern Africa by Besharati, Sahba, Akinyemi, Rufus

“…Drawing on perspectives from West and Southern Africa, this Comment critically examines the current state of neuroscience progress in Africa, describing the…”
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Damage to the right insula disrupts the perception of affective touch by Kirsch, Louise P, Besharati, Sahba, Papadaki, Christina, Crucianelli, Laura, Bertagnoli, Sara, Ward, Nick, Moro, Valentina, Jenkinson, Paul M, Fotopoulou, Aikaterini

“…Specific, peripheral C-tactile afferents contribute to the perception of tactile pleasure, but the brain areas involved in their processing remain debated. We…”
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Childhood factors associated with suicidal ideation among South African youth: A 28-year longitudinal study of the Birth to Twenty Plus cohort by Orri, Massimiliano, Ahun, Marilyn N, Naicker, Sara, Besharati, Sahba, Richter, Linda M

“…Although early life factors are associated with increased suicide risk in youth, there is a dearth of research on these associations for individuals growing up…”
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Mentalizing the body: spatial and social cognition in anosognosia for hemiplegia by Besharati, Sahba, Forkel, Stephanie J, Kopelman, Michael, Solms, Mark, Jenkinson, Paul M, Fotopoulou, Aikaterini

“…Following right-hemisphere damage, a specific disorder of motor awareness can occur called anosognosia for hemiplegia, i.e. the denial of motor deficits…”
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Experiences on the frontline: Qualitative accounts of South African healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic by Kazadi, Angela, Watermeyer, Jennifer, Besharati, Sahba

“…The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted people's mental health significantly. Frontline healthcare workers (HCWs) were arguably most affected,…”
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Another perspective on anosognosia: Self-observation in video replay improves motor awareness by Besharati, Sahba, Kopelman, Michael, Avesani, Renato, Moro, Valentina, Fotopoulou, Aikaterini (Katerina)

“…Anosognosia for hemiplegia (AHP), or unawareness of motor deficits contralateral to a brain lesion, has lasting negative implications for the management and…”
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Self-perceptions as mechanisms of achievement inequality: evidence across 70 countries by Hofer, Sarah I., Heine, Jörg-Henrik, Besharati, Sahba, Yip, Jason C., Reinhold, Frank, Brummelman, Eddie

“…Children from lower socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds tend to have more negative self-perceptions. More negative self-perceptions are often related to…”
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Ownership illusions in patients with body delusions: Different neural profiles of visual capture and disownership by Martinaud, Olivier, Besharati, Sahba, Jenkinson, Paul M., Fotopoulou, Aikaterini

“…The various neurocognitive processes contributing to the sense of body ownership have been investigated extensively in healthy participants, but studies in…”
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Awareness is in the eye of the observer: Preserved third-person awareness of deficit in anosognosia for hemiplegia by Besharati, Sahba, Jenkinson, Paul M., Kopelman, Michael, Solms, Mark, Moro, Valentina, Fotopoulou, Aikaterini

“…In recent decades, the research traditions of (first-person) embodied cognition and of (third-person) social cognition have approached the study of…”
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Childhood factors associated with suicidal ideation among South African youth: A 28-year longitudinal study of the Birth to Twenty Plus cohort by Massimiliano Orri, Marilyn N. Ahun, Sara Naicker, Sahba Besharati, Linda M. Richter

“…Background Although early life factors are associated with increased suicide risk in youth, there is a dearth of research on these associations for individuals…”
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Examining the role of self-reported somatosensory sensations in body (dis)ownership: A scoping review and empirical study of patients with a disturbed sense of limb ownership by Moro, Valentina, Scandola, Michele, Gobbetto, Valeria, Bertagnoli, Sara, Beccherle, Maddalena, Besharati, Sahba, Ponzo, Sonia, Fotopoulou, Aikaterini, Jenkinson, Paul M.

“…Patients with a disturbed sense of limb ownership (DSO) offer a unique window of insight into the multisensory processes contributing to the sense of body…”
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A fronto-insular-parietal network for the sense of body ownership by Moro, Valentina, Pacella, Valentina, Scandola, Michele, Besharati, Sahba, Rossato, Elena, Jenkinson, Paul M, Fotopoulou, Akaterini

“…Neuropsychological disturbances in the sense of limb ownership provide unique opportunities to study the neurocognitive basis of body ownership. Previous small…”
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Perspective matters: a systematic review of immersive virtual reality to reduce racial prejudice by Higgins, Sarah, Alcock, Stephanie, Aveiro, Bianca De, Daniels, William, Farmer, Harry, Besharati, Sahba

“…In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of social justice movements, increased attention has been directed to levels of intergroup tension worldwide…”
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Adolescent Mental Health Problems and Adult Human Capital: Findings From the South African Birth to Twenty Plus Cohort at 28 Years of Age by Richter, Linda M., Ahun, Marilyn N., Besharati, Sahba, Naicker, Sara N., Orri, Massimiliano

“…We investigated associations between adolescent internalizing and externalizing problems and adult human capital in a non-Western setting. Little is known…”
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The Motor Unawareness Assessment (MUNA): A new tool for the assessment of Anosognosia for hemiplegia by Moro, Valentina, Besharati, Sahba, Scandola, Michele, Bertagnoli, Sara, Gobbetto, Valeria, Ponzo, Sonia, Bulgarelli, Cristina, Fotopoulou, Aikaterini, Jenkinson, Paul M.

“…Introduction: Anosognosia for hemiplegia (AHP) is a condition in which patients with paralysis are unaware of their motor deficits. Research into AHP is…”
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What I think she thinks about my paralysed body: Social inferences about disability‐related content in anosognosia for hemiplegia by Besharati, Sahba, Jenkinson, Paul M., Kopelman, Michael, Solms, Mark, Bulgarelli, Cristina, Pacella, Valentina, Moro, Valentina, Fotopoulou, Aikaterini

“…Abstract The neuropsychological disorder of anosognosia for hemiplegia (AHP) can offer unique insights into the neurocognitive processes of body consciousness…”
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The Long-Term Health and Human Capital Consequences of Adverse Childhood Experiences in the Birth to Thirty Cohort: Single, Cumulative, and Clustered Adversity by Naicker, Sara N, Ahun, Marilyn N, Besharati, Sahba, Norris, Shane A, Orri, Massimiliano, Richter, Linda M

“…Human capital-that is the cumulative abilities, education, social skills, and mental and physical health one possesses-is increasingly recognized as key to the…”
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Analysis of Maternal Postnatal Depression, Socioeconomic Factors, and Offspring Internalizing Symptoms in a Longitudinal Cohort in South Africa by Orri, Massimiliano, Besharati, Sahba, Ahun, Marilyn N, Richter, Linda M

“…Few studies from low-and-middle income countries have investigated long-term associations between maternal postnatal depression and offspring internalizing…”
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The affective modulation of motor awareness in anosognosia for hemiplegia: Behavioural and lesion evidence by Besharati, Sahba, Forkel, Stephanie J., Kopelman, Michael, Solms, Mark, Jenkinson, Paul M., Fotopoulou, Aikaterini

“…The possible role of emotion in anosognosia for hemiplegia (i.e., denial of motor deficits contralateral to a brain lesion), has long been debated between…”
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Welcoming back my arm: affective touch increases body ownership following right-hemisphere stroke by Jenkinson, Paul M, Papadaki, Cristina, Besharati, Sahba, Moro, Valentina, Gobbetto, Valeria, Crucianelli, Laura, Kirsch, Louise P, Avesani, Renato, Ward, Nick S, Fotopoulou, Aikaterini

“…Abstract Right-hemisphere stroke can impair the ability to recognize one’s contralesional body parts as belonging to one’s self. The study of this so-called…”
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