Palliative Care in Parkinson’s Disease
The conference will be held on 25 and 26 November 2022 in Padua
New International Master's Degree on Neuroscience Data
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Application deadline early 2023
DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
NEWS AND EVENTS
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How emotions induced by reading influence sleep quality in young and older adults
This study, published in Aging & Mental Health, examined whether emotions induced by reading before sleep influence sleep quality in young and older adults. Sixty older adults (64–75 years) and 60 young adults (18–35 years) were randomly assigned to three conditions: positive reading, neutral readin
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Music Listening, Emotion, and Cognition in Older Adults
Using the arousal and mood hypothesis as a theoretical framework, we examined whether community-dwelling older adults (N = 132) exhibited cognitive benefits after listening to music. Participants listened to shorter (≈2.5 min) or longer (≈8 min) excerpts from recordings of happy- or sad-sounding mus
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The human voice preactivates the neural circuits of face perception already at 4 months of life
This study published in «Scientific Reports» demonstrates the ability of 4-month-old infants to anticipate an event according to the sound heard. In particular, the authors showed that a voice is able to pre-activate the neural circuits involved in the visual perception of faces about a second befor
Seminars
PsychoClub Seminars
It is a pleasure to announce a new series of seminars promoted by the three Departments DPG, DPSS, and FISPPA.
There will be two seminars each month (first and last Wednesday of the month). We meet in room A, PSICO 3 building, via Venezia 14, hour: 4.30 PM.
Each meeting will have one of the following
Seminars
PercUP Seminars
The Perception group at the University of Padova (PercUP) organises regular seminars. The group brings together many researchers within the Department of General Psychology.
The meetings are usually the second Wednesday of the month, starting at 16:30. The language of the seminar is English, and spe
