A5050297916- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Mind wandering and attention
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
- Housing Market and Economics
- Sleep and related disorders
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Face Recognition and Perception
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
Sapienza University of Rome
2016-2025
Fondazione Santa Lucia
2015-2024
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico
2015-2024
Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna
2024
ORCID
2023
Arizona State University
2023
GTx (United States)
2020
Azienda Ospedaliera Sant'Andrea
2019
University of Birmingham
2018
Edwards (United Kingdom)
2018
Preliminary findings support the potential of yoga as a complementary treatment depressed patients who are taking anti-depressant medications but only in partial remission. The purpose this article is to present further data on intervention, focusing individual differences psychological, emotional and biological processes affecting outcome. Twenty-seven women 10 men were enrolled study, whom 17 completed intervention pre- post-intervention assessment data. consisted 20 classes led by senior...
Autonomic dysregulation has been hypothesized to play a role in the relationships between psychopathology and cardiovascular risk. An important transdiagnostic factor that associated with autonomic dysfunction is perseverative cognition (PC), mainly present Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) form of rumination. As ability adaptively let our mind wander without ruminating critical mental health, this study aimed examine concomitants functional vs. dysfunctional intrusive thoughts MDD. Ambulatory...
Human cognition is not limited to the available environmental input but can consider realities that are different here and now. We describe cognitive states neural processes linked refinement of descriptions personal goals. When goals became concrete, participants reported greater thoughts about self future during mind-wandering. This pattern was observed for TV programmes. Connectivity analysis who underwent a resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging scan revealed traits...
Several labels, such as neuroticism, negative emotionality, and dispositional negativity, indicate a broad dimension of psychopathology. However, largely separate, often disorder-specific research lines have developed that focus on different cognitive affective characteristics are associated with this dimension, perseverative cognition (worry, rumination), reduced autobiographical memory specificity, compromised fear learning, enhanced somatic-symptom reporting. In article, we present...
Background: The construct of self-compassion is receiving increased attention due to its strong link mental health. Nonetheless, many questions concerning dimensionality and validity remain open.Aims: purpose this study was evaluate the factorial structure Self-Compassion Scale (SCS) in a sample 424 Italian participants ranging age from 17 65 years.Method: SCS translated with back-translation procedure then administered through an on-line survey, along measures self-blame, subjective...
Mind wandering (MW) has recently been associated with both adaptive (e.g., creativity enhancement) and maladaptive mood worsening) consequences. This study aimed at investigating whether proneness to MW was prospectively negative health outcomes. At time 0, 21 women, 19 men; mean age = 24.5 (4.9) underwent a 5-min baseline electrocardiogram (ECG), 20-min laboratory tracking task thought probes, personality questionnaires. 1 (1 year follow-up), the same participants 24-h Ecological Momentary...
Abstract Naturalistic environments have been demonstrated to promote relaxation and wellbeing. We assess opposing theoretical accounts for these effects through investigation of autonomic arousal alterations activation functional connectivity within the default mode network (DMN) brain while participants listened sounds from artificial natural environments. found no evidence increased DMN activity in naturalistic compared or control condition, however, seed based showed a shift anterior...
We tested whether a mirror could enhance the efficacy of self-compassion manipulation in increasing soothing positive affect and heart rate variability (HRV). Eighty-six participants generated four phrases they would use to soothe encourage their best friend. Second, described an episode where criticized themselves were assigned one three conditions: (a) repeat while looking at mirror; (b) without (c) look repeating phrases. Participants condition reported higher levels 'soothing' HRV...
Abstract In the past decade, evidence has been accumulated on relationship between impulsivity and over‐indebtedness. Nevertheless, magnitude of such association is still considered marginal compared to traditional socio‐demographic economic factors, with important consequence that continues be ignored in policy interventions for preventing dealing The aim this study was meta‐analyse existing studies answer question: Are higher levels associated greater over‐indebtedness? Scopus Web Science...
Abstract The goal of this study was to compare brain structure between individuals with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and healthy controls. Previous studies have generated inconsistent findings, possibly due small sample sizes, or clinical/analytic heterogeneity. To address these concerns, we combined data from 28 research sites worldwide through the ENIGMA-Anxiety Working Group, using a single, pre-registered mega-analysis. Structural magnetic resonance imaging children adults (5–90...