The initiative is promoted by the Department of General Psychology at the University of Padua, through the NeuroDev research group, in collaboration with the La Nostra Famiglia Center in Padua.Smartphones and tablets have become integral parts of daily life, raising increasingly urgent questions
This study investigated the relationship between personal views of aging—such as felt age, attitudes toward one’s own aging, and awareness of age-related change—and quality of life in midlife and older adults, exploring the extent to which cognitive reserve proxies may act as a mechanism mediating
Bianca Bonato has been awarded the recognition “Voci di Scienza, Voci di Donna 2026”, granted by Radio Parlamentare – Percorso Consapevole and the Intergruppo parlamentare per la Conoscenza e la Ricerca Scientifica.Bianca Bonato, RTDa researcher at the Department of General Psychology Unipd and
An investigation into how learning modalities in VR relate to performance and self-evaluationsThe study, carried out in collaboration with the e-learning company Piazza Copernico, started from a very concrete question: do we really learn better when we are immersed in a simulation compared to when
Unipd is the only Italian university in the top 100 of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2026The Psychology program at the University of Padua has been ranked among the world’s top 100 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2026, one of the
The study conducted by Avesani, Bonato et al. (2026) at the Department of General Psychology of the University of Padua and published in the scientific journal Molecules represents a contribution of great scientific and methodological relevance. For the first time, a technique typically belonging to
A Padua study reveals the link between cognitive stimulation and stress hormones in older adults with cognitive declineA new study led by Maria Devita from the Department of General Psychology at the University of Padua, in collaboration with the Geriatric Clinic of the Department of Medicine
Humans often make reasoning errors when they have to make decisions under conditions of uncertainty. These “mental traps,” known as cognitive fallacies, often arise from incorrect assessments of the probability that a given event will occur or from irrational responses that accompany decision-making
