The EU-funded project Building Inclusive Societies: Diversifying Knowledge and Tackling Discrimination through Civil Society Participation in Universities (with the acronym BRIDGES) kicks off this 15 November.
Orexin-A and Orexin-B are a type of neuropeptides linked with many different functions, such as eating and drinking intake or certain cognitive processes. That is why it is suspected that they contribute in the clinical phenotype...
In general practice, overusers, as the name indicates, are patients who overuse or abuse public health services thus generating burnout in professionals and increasing healthcare costs. In this article, the differential personality characteristics of overusers have been analyzed and results have shown...
Improving argumentative competence is a social and educational imperative to help students to develop scientific thinking. It is basic that future teachers understand science and learn to build scientific reasoning during their...
Dr Carla Sharp is Professor of Psychology at the University of Houston and conducts research into Borderline Personality Disorder in children and adolescents. She has conducted several pioneering studies in this field and has published over 200 publications in journals, articles and books. In 2016 she was the recipient of the...
The Research Group on Stress and Health, has investigated whether the ocular system, regulated by the same neural mechanisms as the arteries, also suffers the phenomenon known as white coat hypertension in its intraocular pressure.
After a child recovers from cancer, the emotional distress caused by the experience significantly affects 34% of parents, according to this study, carried out by researchers at the UAB and the VHIR. The authors have analysed the causes behind this negative...
Researchers from the UAB through a study of the scientific literature on emotional and cognitive aspects reveal a new subdiscipline called Psycho-ophthalmology, which allows us to contribute their knowledge and methods to improve the health and...
Substance abuse, compulsive gambling and obesity show to have a very similar cognitive profile when it comes to the decision making process. This process drives individuals to choose determinate actions, over others, after...
A total of 91% of teenagers have smartphones and the majority use them to connect to social networks such as Facebook. Research reveals that they give much importance to the feedback they receive on their profiles, and that traditional stereotypes arise when presenting...
