A5028311873- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Face Recognition and Perception
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Resilience and Mental Health
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Aging and Gerontology Research
- Memory Processes and Influences
- Language Development and Disorders
- Technology Use by Older Adults
- Youth, Drugs, and Violence
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Service-Learning and Community Engagement
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
Valencia Catholic University Saint Vincent Martyr
2016-2025
Universitat de València
2011-2025
Sapienza University of Rome
2021-2023
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
2023
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
2023
Universidade Brasil
2023
Laboratoire CarMeN
2018
Investigating human cognitive faculties such as language, attention, and memory most often relies on testing small homogeneous groups of volunteers coming to research facilities where they are asked participate in behavioral experiments. We show that this limitation sampling bias can be overcome by using smartphone technology collect data science experiments from thousands subjects all over the world. This mass coordinated use smartphones creates a novel powerful scientific "instrument"...
After a lockdown, particularly one where human life is at risk, there are expected to be psychological consequences. The examination of personality traits, different adaptative and non-adaptative behaviors in the face adversity expected, our interest. aim this research was analyze role fear personal death played during Covid-19 outbreak relation anxiety. main results can described as follows: women displayed higher scores on anxiety death; gender, death, neuroticism, extraversion predicted...
A neglected issue in the literature on visual-word recognition is careful examination of parameters such as font, size, or interletter/interword spacing reading times. Here we analysed whether serifs (i.e., small features at end strokes) play a role lexical access. Traditionally, serif fonts have been considered easier to read than sans fonts, but prior empirical evidence scarce and inconclusive. conducted decision experiment word/nonword discrimination task) which compared words from same...
Technology can help support the goal of many older adults to live independently, though cognitive, attitudinal, and other barriers often result in a "digital divide" which use adopt new technology at lower rate compared younger adults. Due potential benefits it is not surprising that interest tools assess proficiency among has increased. These adult research training. However, understand these issues more broadly, especially cross-cultural determinants proficiency, translated, validated,...
Abstract The Big Five Inventory (BFI) is an instrument designed to assess the personality of individuals aged 18 and above. original version consists 44 items divided into five sub-scales representing each factors: agreeableness, neuroticism, conscientiousness, openness, extraversion. main purpose this study was factorial structure 44-item BFI reliability two shorter versions with 20 10 items. also aimed present normative data for interpreting scores from short ultrashort Brazilian...
Successful resilience is a variable often related toan optimal aging process. However, literature rather limited when dealingwith assessment instruments for the elderly in Spanish language. Theobjective of this work to validate Brief Resilient Coping Scale(Sinclair & Wallston, 2004), four item likert scale, Spanishelderly. For propose, scale wasadministrated sample 991 participants, and data setanalysed terms exploratory confirmatory factor analysis, internalconsistency criterion...
This study aims to investigate the influence of sociodemographic characteristics on performance older people two tasks verbal fluency and provide normative data for a Brazilian population healthy elderly individuals with different educational levels. The initial sample included 521 aged from 60 years, participating in Program Family Health Strategy. Participants who had scores suggestive cognitive decline Mini-Mental State Examination, depressive symptoms Geriatric Depression Scale...
Migrants and refugees need international protection, particularly during a crisis such as the current health pandemic. The aim of this research was to examine mental attitudes towards COVID-19 in migrants compared general Spanish population. Moreover, nature resilience examined mixed component though life experiences. For proposal, an interview carried out sample 245 participants who volunteered participate study. divided into non-migrants, migrants, non-Spanish refugees. Attitudes COVID-19,...
We examined the relationships among gender, coping, and mental health in terms of probabilities. selected a sample university students ( N = 131) aged between 18 32 years, used GHQ-28 COPE instruments for analysis. The Bayesian network model that we constructed showed higher probabilities symptoms problems emotion-focused coping than problem-focused coping. No differences were found regarding gender. This suggests use is more recommendable both male female students, it may also provide some...
Abstract: Background: This study investigates the impact of social support on resilience and affect among Ukrainian individuals affected by war (non-displaced persons refugees), one year after onset conflict. Method: A total 344 participants were recruited categorized into two groups: non-displaced refugees. Measures included Scale Positive Negative Experience (SPANE), Brief Resilient Coping (BRCS), Multidimensional Perceived Social Support (MSPSS). Rigorous back-translation was conducted...
Mental reconstruction (MRC) and Free Recall (FR) have been recognized for enhancing the quality of witness statements. However, mechanisms underlying this association remain insufficiently understood. This study explores how time allocated to MRC FR variations in educational level influence eyewitness testimonies. Testimony is evaluated based on manually annotated content information provided by experts testimony assessment, which measures adherence events. further complemented fine-grained...
Introduction Understanding how humans perceive and engage with fictional characters—particularly antagonists—offers valuable insights into narrative comprehension moral cognition. Antagonists, as morally complex figures, challenge readers’ ethical frameworks stimulate affective cognitive responses. This review aims to synthesize current research on the neural mechanisms involved in perception evaluation of antagonistic characters contexts. Methods systematic analyzed findings from functional...
Cognitive assessment with virtual reality (VR) may have superior ecological validity for older adults compared to traditional pencil-and-paper cognitive assessment. However, few studies reported the development of VR tasks. The aim this study was present development, feasibility, content validity, and preliminary evidence construct an task in (ECO-VR). tasks were prepared based on theoretical clinical backgrounds. We had 29 non-expert judges identify visual stimuli three-dimensional...
The transition from on-paper to on-screen reading seems make it necessary raise some considerations, as a greater attentional effort has been claimed for print texts than digital ones. Not surprisingly, most university students prefer this medium. This research aims examine times by contextualizing phenomenon into two processes: namely, word recognition and comprehension task on paper screen. Thus, different tasks-counterbalanced mediums-were carried out per each participant with preference...
The study focused on examining the relationship between well-being and various psychological factors such as loneliness, anxiety, depression, stress, whilst also considering changes in lifestyle. A total of 108 elderly participants, with an average age 70.38 years, were enrolled this quantitative cross-sectional study. research employed a battery assessment tools including Sociodemographic Data Questionnaire, Mini-Mental State Examination, Positive Mental Health Scale, Stress Perception...