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Suicide risk in young adults: warning signs in everyday life

According to the World Health Organization, suicide is the second leading cause of death among people aged 15 to 29. This is a critical transitional stage of life, marked by substantial psychobiological, relational, and social pressures. These figures highlight a major public health challenge and

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The Living SEB Skills Project

The article The Living SEB Skills Project has been published in the European Journal of Personality. It focuses on the scientific study of social, emotional, and behavioral competencies, often referred to as soft skills. The work is based on the Social, Emotional, and Behavioral skills model (SEB

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The Metabolic Layer of Cognition: Expanding the Horizons of Cognitive Neuroscience

A new publication in Frontiers in Neuroscience introduces an innovative perspective on one of the central challenges of contemporary neuroscience: understanding how cognitive processes emerge from the biological activity of the brain and the body.In this contribution, Bianca Bonato and Umberto

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Insights into the multi-factorial nature of reading difficulties

A study involving 97 Dutch-speaking children provides new evidence supporting a multifactorial view of developmental dyslexia (DD), challenging the traditional perspective that considers dyslexia primarily a phonological disorder. The findings reveal substantial heterogeneity among children with

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The placebo effect in reading performance: A cross-over experimental study

A new study, conducted by researchers from the Department of General Psychology, shows that positive expectations can temporarily improve reading performance.Researchers asked 102 young adults to wear “special” glasses that were actually sham lenses but were presented as tools capable of modifying

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