Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a dementia that affects language and does not yet have specific diagnostic tests in Catalan. In this study, the UAB researcher Io Salmons and the speech therapist at the Hospital Sant Rafael Helena Muntané...
What drives obesity in young university students? Obesity in the students is more than just a number on the scale. The research conducted by the Department of Psychobiology and Methodology shows that nutritional...
Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, the Hospital Clínic, and the Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) have published in Archives of Women’s Mental Health a systematic...
A research team from the UAB and the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona has evaluated for the first time the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing protocol (EMDR)...
Digitalisation has transformed education with changes that lead to mental health risks. The European project HealthyMindEd, with the participation of the Department of Basic, Developmental and Educational Psychology, analyses and disseminates...
Early detection of psychopathy is crucial for its prevention. Researchers from UAB study how to identify certain temperamental traits in the youth population that may evolve into this personality pattern....
Any movement we make throughout the day—like climbing stairs, walking to work, or doing household chores—can contribute to better health. This type of movement is known as Incidental Physical Activity, and it's gaining ground...
Parents are present in children's lives throughout their entire development and can be potential agents in improving their mental health. This article reviews the extent to which mentalization, the capacity to be aware of...
To contribute to a better understanding of social function in autism, a new article has investigated how autistic individuals process and perceive facial expressions and how this affects their social evaluation of others. The...
A study carried out by researchers from the Department of Pediatrics at UAB evaluates the psychosocial impact of juvenile idiopathic arthritis on Spanish children and teenagers. This chronic...
