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Attachment patterns trigger differential neural signature of emotional processing in adolescents
(2013-08-05)
Background: Research suggests that individuals with different attachment patterns process social information differently,
especially in terms of facial emotion recognition. However, few studies have explored social ...
Neglect in human communication : quantifying the cost of cell-phone interruptions in face to face dialogs
(2015-06-03)
There is a prevailing belief that interruptions using cellular phones during face to face inter- actions may affect severely how people relate and perceive each other. We set out to deter- mine this cost quantitatively ...
Producing or reproducing reasoning? Socratic dialog is very effective, but only for a few
(2017-03-23)
Successful communication between a teacher and a student is at the core of pedagogy. A
well known example of a pedagogical dialog is `Meno', a socratic lesson of geometry in
which a student learns (or `discovers') how ...
Serial, parallel and hierarchical decision making in primates
(2017-06-26)
he study of decision-making has mainly focused on isolated decisions where choices are associated with motor actions. However, problem-solving often involves considering a hierarchy of sub-decisions. In a recent study ...
Collective behavior in the spatial spreading of obesity
(2012-06-12)
Obesity prevalence is increasing in many countries at alarming levels. A difficulty in the conception of policies to reverse these trends is the identification of the drivers behind the obesity epidemics. Here, we implement ...
The neural basis of decision-making and reward processing in adults with euthymic bipolar disorder or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
(2012-05-18)
Background: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and bipolar disorder (BD) share DSM-IV criteria in adults and
cause problems in decision-making. Nevertheless, no previous report has assessed a decision-making ...
Empathy for others’ suffering and its mediators in mental health professionals
(2017-07-25)
Empathy is a complex cognitive and affective process that allows humans to experience concern for
others, comprehend their emotions, and eventually help them. In addition to studies with healthy
subjects and various ...
Social validation influences individuals’ judgments about ownership
(2018-06-30)
In all domains, from informal to formal, there are conflicts about property and ownership which resolution demands consideration of alleged claims from more than one party. In this work we asked adults (N = 359) to judge ...
Preliminary evidence about the effects of meditation on interoceptive sensitivity and social cognition
(2013-12-23)
Background: Interoception refers to the conscious perception of body signals. Mindfulness is a meditation practice
that encourages individuals to focus on their internal experiences such as bodily sensations, thoughts, ...