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Ioana Alina Cristea

 I am trained as a clinical psychologist and cognitive behavioral psychotherapist and obtained my PhD in Psychology from Babes-Bolyai University, Romania. I have previously conducted research and academic activities at Babes-Bolyai University, Romania; the Universities of Pisa and Pavia, Italy;

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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

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Patrik Pluchino

 I am a researcher interested in analyzing topics of Work and Organizational Psychology, such as stress, mental overload, well-being, adopting a multidisciplinary approach which combines Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), and in particular Human-Robot Interaction, to the analysis of

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Merylin Monaro

 I graduated with honors in Clinical Psychology from the University of Padova. In 2018, I received my Ph.D. in Brain, Mind a Computer Science from the same university. Thanks to the interdisciplinarity nature of the Ph.D. program and the collaborations that I have established, I developed several

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Silvia Cerea

 I am a licensed clinical psychologist and a psychotherapist, my main research interest is body image. I obtained my PhD in Psychological Sciences at the University of Padova. My PhD mainly dealt with the study of psychological risk factors for body dissatisfaction and Body Image Disorders (BIDs),

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