The COVID-19 pandemic is far more than a health crisis: it has unpredictably changed our whole way of life. As suggested by the analysis economic data on sales, this dramatic scenario also heavily impacted individuals’ spending levels. To better understand these changes, present study focused consumer behavior and its psychological antecedents. Previous studies found that crises differently affect people’s willingness to buy necessities products (i.e., utilitarian shopping) non-necessities...

On January 30th 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 pandemic a Public Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Italy has been one most affected countries in world. To contain further spread virus, Italian government imposed an unprecedented long-period lockdown for entire country. This dramatic scenario may have caused strong psychological distress, with potential negative long-term mental health consequences. The aim present study is to report prevalence high...

After the COVID-19 worldwide spread, evidence suggested a vast diffusion of negative consequences on people's mental health. Together with depression and sleep difficulties, anxiety symptoms seem to be most diffused clinical outcome. The current contribution aimed examine attentional bias for virus-related stimuli in people varying their degree health (HA). Consistent previous literature, it was hypothesized that higher HA would predict bias, tested using visual dot-probe task, stimuli....

Previous studies have shown that higher levels of self-esteem are associated with better academic performance. However, there is no evidence if make-up can indirectly influence achievement and cognition through self-esteem. In this study, we examined the possibility affect performance by asking 186 female undergraduate students to take a simulated university examination. Participants were randomly assigned three groups, which consisted wearing make-up, listening positive music, face...

Objectives Older adults have been identified as a high-risk population for COVID-19, therefore it is crucial to understand how they perceived and reacted the emergency. We examined age-related differences in emotions, cognitive attitudes, behavioral responses COVID-19 crisis. Based on Socioemotional Selectivity Theory, we expected find positive approach older adults, which may translate into lower compliance with restrictive measures.Methods: analyzed data (n = 306) from nation-wide online...

Extensive possibilities of applications have rendered emotion recognition ineluctable and challenging in the fields computer science as well human-machine interaction affective computing. Fields that, turn, are increasingly requiring real-time or interactions everyday life scenarios. However, while extremely desirable, an accurate automated classification approach remains a issue. To this end, study presents model based on easily accessible physiological signals deep learning (DL)...

In this study, we investigated whether age-related differences in emotion regulation priorities influence online dynamic emotional facial discrimination. A group of 40 younger and a older adults were invited to recognize positive or negative expression as soon the slowly emerged subsequently rate it terms intensity. Our findings show that recognized happy expressions faster than angry ones, while direction does not seem affect adults' performance. Furthermore, rated both faces more intense...

Numerous studies have reported age-related differences in memory for emotional information. One explanation places emphasis on an emotion processing preference older adults that reflects their socioemotional self-relevant goals. Here, we evaluate the degree to which this may be modulated by color. In 2 experiments, younger and were asked study a series of affective words (Experiment 1) or pictures 2) then presented with immediate yes/no recognition task. particular, colored according...

Considerable research has shown effects of facial appearance on trait impressions and group stereotypes. We extended those findings in two studies that investigated the contribution resemblance to emotion expressions attractiveness younger adults (YA) older (OA) age gender stereotypes dimensions warmth competence. Using connectionist modeling metrics 240 neutral faces, Study 1 found that, expression faces or female showed greater structural happy less angry than did male respectively. In...

Emotional face recognition is impaired in bipolar disorder, but it not clear whether this specific for the illness. Here, we investigated how aging and disorder influence dynamic emotional recognition. Twenty older adults, 16 patients, 20 control subjects performed a affective facial task subsequent rating task. Participants pressed key as soon they were able to discriminate neutral was assuming happy or angry expression then rated intensity of each expression. Results showed that adults...

Abstract The Chieti Affective Action Videos (CAAV) is a new database designed for the experimental study of emotions in psychology. main goal CAAV to provide wide range standardized stimuli based on two emotional dimensions: valence and arousal. first present through videos actions filmed developed specifically research. 444 young adults were recruited evaluate this database, which consisted sub-set 90 four versions, total 360 videos. versions differ gender actor (male or female) perspective...

The present pilot study examined to what extent the COVID-19 lockdown affected behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) in people with worsened their family caregivers' distress. associations between changes BPSD relatives (RwD) distress, sense social emotional loneliness, resilience were also investigated.Thirty-five caregivers RwD attending formal healthcare services before volunteered for study, interviewed by phone during lockdown. Caregivers completed NeuroPsychiatric...

The current study examines the association of individual hoarding levels with temporal discounting different commodities during COVID-19 pandemic. Based on their level, participants were assigned to Hoarding Group (HG) or Non-Hoarding (NHG). Participants performed two delay tasks: a traditional task monetary options and modified task, where money was replaced disposable surgical masks, needed commodity Results revealed stronger preference for immediate commodity, therefore higher discount...

Abstract We used silhouettes of headless human bodies, devoid primary sexual characteristics but possessing enough morphological information to visually convey the phenotype, as stimuli a visual adaptation paradigm. The results show that prolonged distinctively male or female body induces gender-specific contrast aftereffect on subsequent perception neutral (androgynous) (i.e., after exposure body, androgynous appears more male). This is first demonstration occurs for sexually dimorphic...

Aftereffects have been documented for a variety of perceptual categories spanning from body gender to facial emotion, thus becoming an important tool in the study high-level vision and its neural bases. We examined whether perceived valence complex scene is subject aftereffects, by observing participants' evaluation test picture preceded different picture. For this study, we employed adaptation paradigm with positive negative images used as adapters, positive, negative, neutral tests. Our...

Internet addiction is an emerging issue, impacting people's psychosocial functioning and well-being. However, the prevalence mechanisms underlying internet misuse are largely unknown. As with other behavioral disorders, increase persistence of may be favored by negative affect such as boredom. In this study, we examined role boredom susceptibility, a personality trait, in predicting risk addiction. Furthermore, analyzed attentional that exacerbate dysfunctional behaviors. Specifically,...

This study tested the hypothesis that affective content may undermine rather than facilitate working memory (WM) performance. To this end, participants performed a running WM task with positive, negative and neutral words. In typical tasks, are presented lists of unpredictable length asked to recall last three or four items. We found accuracy words decreased as lengthened, whereas list did not influence interpreted pattern results in terms limited resource model which valence represents...