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Revealing synchrony in pea plants using wavelet coherence analysis

For the first time, Wavelet Transform Coherence (WTC), a powerful method widely used to study brain oscillations, human coordination, and animal synchrony, has been applied to plants. In their new article published in Scientific Reports by Nature, Bianca Bonato and colleagues reveal that pea plants

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Curious Jellyfish Open New Avenues for Nervous System Research

A team of researchers from the University of Padua and the University of Trieste has observed surprising behaviors in jellyfish of the species Aurelia (moon jellyfish). The study, published in «Behavioral and Brain Sciences», explores the origin of curiosity and the possibility of cognition without

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Should we worry about how we measure worry? Insights from an updated version of the Italian Penn State Worry Questionnaire

Worry, when it takes on pathological features, represents one of the main factors involved in the development and maintenance of anxiety-related psychopathologies. For this reason, worry constitutes a crucial target for cognitive-behavioural psychological interventions, both in preventive contexts

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