Saint Joseph's University

The Effect of Smile Cues on Food Calorie Perception: The Moderating Role of Dietary Restraint

ABSTRACT Consumers are becoming increasingly attentive to healthy eating and the caloric content of their food. However, when judging a food's calories, they often lack sufficient knowledge or objective information and therefore rely on marketplace cues to make subjective evaluat...

Lifetime History of Concussion in Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at increased risk for concussion. Sociodemographic differences in health literacy and access to health care might contribute to race-associated differences in concussion among children. This study i...

Measuring the Acute Effects of Concussion on the Sway Medical System Sports+ Test Battery

OBJECTIVE: To document the acute effects of sports-related concussion in student athletes on tests of balance and cognitive functioning, as measured by the Sway Medical System Sports+ test battery, compared with their baseline preinjury test scores. DESIGN: Retrospective observat...

Challenges in evaluating associations among vasopressors, enteral nutrition, and nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia

Abstract Purpose Acute mesenteric ischemia is a potentially life-threatening condition resulting from thromboembolic occlusion or nonocclusive mechanisms such as vasospasm and excessive vasoconstriction. Nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia (NOMI) is of particular concern in critical...

Sexually Dimorphic Developmental Trajectories of Cortical and Subcortical Subfields in Early Childhood

Chronic socio-economic adversity is associated with altered neurodevelopment. However, its relation to sex-specific brain structure during early childhood remains incompletely understood. We examined structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data from 79 children aged 6-7 years...