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Valentina Cazzato

Dal 14.02.2023 al 18.02.2023

V.Cazzato@ljmu.ac.ukSenior Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience Liverpool John Moores University (UK)Research interests: Non-invasive brain stimulation in eating disordersProject: Erasmus+

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Valeria Orso

 Ever since I can remember, I used to observe how people around me behaved and wondered what made them act that way. My studies in Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Science helped me answer some of those questions, but above all they have lit up my curiosity even more. Since my PhD, I started to

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Anna Brytek-Matera

Dal 16.01.2023 al 29.01.2023

anna.brytek-matera@uwr.edu.plProfessor  Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw (Poland)   Research interests: Eating disorders and disordered eating

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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

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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

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