Predicting mothers' stress based on mindful parenting and the quality of the child-parent relationship

The Sound of Connection: Interpersonal and Behavioral Mechanisms of Dyadic Music-Induced Pleasure

The faculty of deriving pleasure from music is exclusive to our species. Despite musicality lacking an obvious adaptive value, music-related reward responses are comparable to those triggered by survival-salient stimuli. The present study investigates how pre-existent bonds, shared social behaviors (eye contact and shared smiles), and similarity in music reward sensitivity between pairs of friends influence pleasure ratings during joint music listening. Grounded in the Musicality as a Co-Evol...

The role of pheripheral thermal regulation in Body-Self Awareness

The sense of body ownership, relying on the assumption that “E is embodied if and only if some properties of E are processed in the same way as the properties of one’s body”, is built from the multisensory integration of different channels of perceptive signals from both inside and outside the body. The final product of this elaboration creates a plausible and stable representation of our body. Thermosensory information coming from the skin may also play a role, and a growing body of evidenc...

Trascinamento neurale nei neonati con sviluppo tipico: esplorazione degli effetti dell'allenamento ritmico

Ricerche recenti hanno dimostrato che l’allenamento ritmico può svolgere un ruolo chiave nello sviluppo iniziale e nelle abilità linguistiche. Il trascinamento neurale – il paradigma attraverso il quale le nostre onde cerebrali interne si sincronizzano con gli stimoli esterni – è una parte cruciale dello sviluppo. Nel nostro studio, osserviamo come l’allenamento ritmico potrebbe potenzialmente migliorare il grado di trascinamento neurale nei bambini con sviluppo tipico di età compresa tra 7 e...

The role of Theory of Mind, Verbal Intelligence, and Non-verbal reasoning in Social integration during early adolescence

The ability to navigate social interactions is crucial during early adolescence, a period when peer relationships significantly shape developmental trajectories. This study examines whether theory of mind (ToM) uniquely predicts social integration in classroom settings, beyond the influence of general cognitive abilities such as verbal and non-verbal reasoning. A sample of 305 native-Italian adolescents (M = 11.11 years, SD = 1.35) participated in the study. ToM was assessed using the Strange...

Neural correlates of body image disturbance and social media use: A systematic review and comparative network analysis

Valutazione del ritmo circadiano in soggetti adulti con parasonnia dell’arousal

NREM parasomnias are sleep disorders characterized by abnormal behaviors occurring during deep sleep, leading to sleep fragmentation and impaired restorativeness. While these disorders have been extensively studied in childhood, their persistence in adulthood remains less understood, particularly regarding their association with circadian rhythm alterations. Emerging evidence suggests that disturbances in sleep-wake regulatory mechanisms may play a critical role in the pathophysiology of arou...

A SHARED DEFINITION OF SOMATOPARAPHRENIA: A SCOPING REVIEW OF THE MISDIAGNOSIS OF SOMATOPARAPHRENIA AND A STATEMENT OF CLEAR DIAGNOSTIC PARAMETERS

Background: Somatoparaphrenia (SP) is a neuropsychological condition, mainly observed in brain-damaged patients, characterized by the delusional belief about the patient's body, that the contralesional limbs belong to someone else. The key feature of SP is, therefore, the presence of an ownership misattribution of the denied limbs. The present scoping review aims to give a proper definition and specific diagnostic criteria for SP, which, due to its nature, has been subjected to many misdiagno...

“The effects of Hippocampal Sclerosis on Premembering in Refractory Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Patients”

Hippocampal sclerosis (HS) is a leading cause of refractory temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), characterized by neuronal loss and gliosis in the hippocampus. While the impact of HS on memory has been extensively studied, less attention has been given to its effects on premembering—the cognitive ability to anticipate and mentally simulate future events based on past experiences. This thesis explores the relationship between hippocampal dysfunction and deficits in premembering, with a focus on how t...