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...
Personality disorders are mental health problem whose prevalence in the general population is 10%, a much higher percentage compared to other mental disorders. The authors of this paper have conducted a study of nearly a thousand people whose...
Cocaine dependence is often accompanied by personality disorders, one of whose essential features is the poor quality of interpersonal relationships. This research used functional magnetic...
This article explores and describes the association between social support perceived by children and young people diagnosed with cancer, and health-related quality of life once they overcome the oncological illness. Results showed how social support, specifically the...
Josep Call is Director of the Wolfgang Köhler Primate Research Centre (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany) and a lecturer in the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of St Andrews (UK). He specialises in the study of the cognitive processes that distinguish humans from...
