- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Motor Control and Adaptation
- Sex and Gender in Healthcare
- Delphi Technique in Research
- Educational and Social Studies
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Media Influence and Health
- Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Spaceflight effects on biology
- Psychology of Social Influence
- Mental Health via Writing
- Culinary Culture and Tourism
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
- Sports Performance and Training
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Reliability and Agreement in Measurement
- Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function
- Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
2023-2025
Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation
2023-2025
The Bayesian-brain framework applied to placebo responses and other mind-body interactions suggests that the effects on body result from interaction between priors, such as expectations learning, likelihood, somatosensorial information. Significant research in this area focuses role of but relevance likelihood has been surprisingly overlooked. One way manipulating is by paying attention sensorial We suggest can influence both precision position (i.e., relative distance priors) focusing...
Long-duration missions in isolated, confined, and extreme environments, including Antarctica upcoming deep-space operations, can be a source of increased stress. The identification countermeasures protective factors is required to support health performance similar contexts. Mindfulness disposition an optimal candidate, but no research has ever explored this potential association. Twenty-four crew members from two Antarctic expeditions at the Concordia base were repeatedly assessed over...
To assess whether the use of revised Cochrane risk bias tool for randomized trials (RoB2) in systematic reviews (SRs) adheres to RoB2 guidance.We searched MEDLINE, Embase, Library from 2019 May 2021 identify SRs using RoB2. We analyzed methods and results sections see was assessed at outcome measure level applied primary outcomes SR as per guidance. The relation between characteristics adequacy examined by logistic regression analysis.Two hundred-eight were included. could adherence 137 12...
The study aimed to examine the effect of mental imagery on sports performance. Specifically, it was tested whether imagining flying (i.e., air travel) increases jumping performance in a group female volleyball players.
ABSTRACT The relationship between food consumption and emotions is complex influenced by a variety of factors. Pasta, staple the Mediterranean diet, has not been extensively studied in terms its emotional impact on consumers. This study aims to evaluate associated with pasta consumption, examining whether increases happiness levels identifying individual characteristics that predict these reactions. A multi‐method approach was employed across two interconnected studies. Study 1 involved an...
Placebo effects are beneficial mind-body outcomes derived from beliefs or expectations, not explainable as the consequence of active medical treatments. These phenomena have long been considered a result external manipulation, generally obtained with deceptive strategies (e.g., fake pills) suggestions. Open-label placebos showed promising results, but even in that case, individual has passive role: they actively engaged promoting effect. We propose framework to investigate potential for...
Background: During a pandemic, tracheostomy management in neuromuscular disease (NMD) patients can be complex. Methods: Using multicentre, multiple case study approach, we sought perspectives through semi-structured interviews via hybrid quali-quantitative analysis. The qualitative analysis involved interview and the quantitative completion of battery questionnaires. Aim: To investigate caregivers’ experiences, burden beliefs regarding during Italian COVID-19 pandemic. following instruments...
Background: Although some existing models propose that attention may be crucially implicated in placebo/nocebo effects, empirical research on this aspect remains limited and scattered. Purpose: This systematic review aims to provide an inclusive overview of studies have either directly manipulated or assessed within the context placebo nocebo procedures so gain a synthetized picture role variable effects. Importantly, only which represented mechanism mediator response, not primary outcome,...
Population Medicine considers the following types of articles:• Research Papers -reports data from original research or secondary dataset analyses.• Review -comprehensive, authoritative, reviews within journal's scope.These include both systematic and narrative reviews.• Short Reports -brief reports research.• Policy Case Studies articles on policy development at a regional national level.• Study Protocols -articles describing protocol study.• Methodology -papers that present different...