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How previous experience shapes future affective subjective ratings: A follow-up study investigating implicit learning and cue ambiguity

We all use our prior experiences to predict new events in our daily lives. This ability is especially important when we are called upon to predict (and prepare for) salient and significant stimuli such as emotional stimuli. Of crucial importance in these cases is the ability to use previously

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Sensory modality affects the spatiotemporal dynamics of alpha and theta oscillations associated with prospective memory

This research investigates the neurophysiological activity associated with intention maintenance during a Prospective Memory task, analyzing the differences associated with the presentation of the task in different sensory modalities (Auditory vs. Visual). In the Alpha band, the neural markers

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Guerra Silvia

I am part of the Mind(the)Plant lab at the Department of General Psychology. My research focuses on the characterization of motor cognition in plants by means of three-dimensional kinematic analysis. My main interest is to understand the mechanisms underlying the ability of plants to adapt their

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Guerra Silvia

I am part of the Mind(the)Plant lab at the Department of General Psychology. My research focuses on the characterization of motor cognition in plants by means of three-dimensional kinematic analysis. My main interest is to understand the mechanisms underlying the ability of plants to adapt their

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United we stand, divided we fall: intertwining as evidence of joint actions in pea plants

Bonato, B., Wang, Q., Guerra, S., Simonetti, V., Bulgheroni, M., Quaggiotti, S., Ruperti, B. & Castiello, U. (2023). “United we stand, divided we fall”: Intertwining as evidence of joint actions in pea plants. AoB PLANTS, plad088.ABSTRACT: In life, it is common for almost every kind of organism

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