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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi

@fiorelladpc.bsky.social
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PhD, senior post-doc fellow @UniPadova | @PsicologiaAIP director's board | affective psychophysiologist & neuroscientist 🧠 | she/her

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Leah Banellis @leahbanellis.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Our view is that studying interoception at rest may be missing the point entirely. Forthcoming work with @fiorelladpc.bsky.social calls it the "Quiescence Trap", like judging a car's aerodynamics while parked. We need to study bodily sensing during real physiological stress and symptom onset
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Leah Banellis @leahbanellis.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Sensing your body (‘Interoception’) is everywhere in theories of mental health. But when we tested how well hundreds of people sensed their heart and lungs, the link to symptoms was almost nowhere to be found. 💣 🚨New @natmentalhealth.nature.com paper 🚨🎉 asks why 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
📢 New paper out on SciRep! Fear and surprise are among the most commonly confused facial expressions. We investigated why by combining expression recognition studies with high-resolution 3D motion capture. Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com
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Preliminary evidence of kinematic overlap in posed, but not spontaneous, facial expressions of fear and surprise - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Preliminary evidence of kinematic overlap in posed, but not spontaneous, facial expressions of fear and surprise
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
If you're attending #ESCAN2026, come join our symposium: From Body Representation to Self-Experience: Neural Mechanisms and Clinical Applications 📅 5 June 2026 🕔 5:00–6:30 PM 📍 Session S5-2 Hope to see you there!
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Proud and excited to teach in the new Short Specialization Degree NEUROCARE @unipd.bsky.social A meaningful project bringing together developmental neuroscience, clinical practice, and rehabilitation✨ thanks Giovanni Mento for having me on board! uel.unipd.it/master-e-cor...
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NEUROCARE - Neuroscienze e neuropsicologia clinica e riabilitativa dell’età evolutiva | Unipd Executive Learning
Il Master Unipd NCE offre una formazione avanzata, teorica e pratica, sulla valutazione e il trattamento dei disturbi neuropsicologici nei bambini e negli adolescenti.
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
🚨 NEW PAPER OUT on @acamh.bsky.social JCPP Led by Lisa Toffoli and Giovanni mento acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Exploring learning-based cognitive control in children with ADHD: intact in simple contexts, but challenged under higher cognitive demands. Have a read!!
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<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background Learning-based cognitive control (CC), the ability to adapt control strategies based on contextual regularities, has been studied in typically developing (TD) children but remains underex.....
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Such an inspiring day with Prof. Freeston, I am truly grateful for the clever insights and valuable feedback I received today ✨stay tuned for the next updates about my research on #adolescent #interoception 🫀
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Leah Banellis @leahbanellis.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
🎉 Excited to share our publication in PNAS! 🎉 What happens when our stream of consciousness turns towards the body? Our fMRI study of 536 individuals finds that 'body-wandering' is associated with patterns of brain connectivity, physiology, affect, and mental health: www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
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Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · 19/03/2026
Is there a single "interoceptive sense"? Our new study in @commspsychol.nature.com says: probably not. In 241 participants, cardiac and respiratory interoception were completely uncorrelated — only subjective confidence was shared across domains. www.nature.com/articles/s44... #psychscisky 🧪
  Graphical abstract showing three panels. Left panel, "Multiorgan Interoception Measures," depicts a translucent human body
   silhouette with anatomically rendered heart (red) and lungs (blue), accompanied by schematic icons for three
  psychophysical tasks: the Respiratory Resistance Sensitivity Task (RRST), Heart Rate Discrimination Task (HRDT), and an
  auditory control condition. N = 241 participants. Center panel, "Psychophysical Modelling and Individual Differences,"
  shows a fan of overlapping sigmoid psychometric curves in blue-to-red gradient representing individual variation in
  perceptual threshold (α) and precision (β), a hierarchical Bayesian model diagram, and icons for metacognitive bias and
  M-Ratio efficiency. Right panel, "Key Finding: No Cross-Modal Relationship," displays a scatterplot of cardiac versus
  respiratory sensitivity with a flat regression line (r ≈ 0, BF₀₁ > 6), a compact Bayes Factor heatmap with mostly blue
  null-supporting cells and one orange cell indicating that subjective confidence is shared across modalities (r = 0.51***).
   Takeaway: interoceptive ability is modality-specific.
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Leah Banellis @leahbanellis.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Excited to share that our work on organ-specific interoception is now published in Communications Psychology! www.nature.com/articles/s44... @micahgallen.com @the-ecg.org
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Interoceptive ability is uncorrelated across respiratory and cardiac axes in a large scale psychophysical study - Communications Psychology
Bayesian psychophysical modelling of cardiac and respiratory interoception (N=241) showed no cross-domain associations in sensitivity, precision, or metacognition, indicating that interoceptive perfor...
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Over the course of a dynamic week, you’ll examine time perception through psychology, neuroscience, and state-of-the-art technologies. Gain hands-on experience with real research tools such as EEG, psychophysiological measures , eye-tracking, and non-invasive brain stimulation.
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
We are happy to announce that we will host the 2nd #TimingResearchForum @timingresforum.bsky.social Summer School "Sensing Time" at @unipd.bsky.social from 6-10 July 2026. Registration are open until March 15 2026! Clik the link for more information sites.google.com/view/sensing...
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Can't wait to test it!
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Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · 20/02/2026
This is coming along very nicely. Fascinating hemispheric and areal differences in response to high and low frequency heart rate variability. My favorite brain region, at long last!
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Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · 19/02/2026
accidental physiology art
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Happy to announce that my proposal on #adolescent #interoception and #digitalhealth has been shortlisted to enter stage 2 of the grant review process! 🫀🧠📱 Fingers crossed! 🤞🏻 @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
📢 New paper! Just published in @elsevierconnect.bsky.social #Cortex 🧠 ⏱️This study compares the EEG signatures of explicit and implicit timing, revealing largely overlapping neural dynamics and a key role of expectation and motor preparation 🔓Open access 🔗https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2026.02.002
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
📢 New paper alert! Just published in @therealspr.bsky.social #Psychophysiology! Led by Antonio Maffei this research shows that social proximity buffers stress-related startle inhibition 🔊, regulating threat vigilance during public speaking 👥🎤 Enjoy the read! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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<em>Psychophysiology</em> | SPR Journal | Wiley Online Library
Being close to others has a beneficial impact on stress-induced physiological reactivity. Tracking the modulation of the startle reflex during stress, we showed that the stress buffering selectively ...
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Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · 09/02/2026
Paper submitted! A very special piece led by @fiorelladpc.bsky.social in which we finally write down what we really think is going on with interoception and emotion. Stay tuned!
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
🧠🫀 Glad to see my proposal on adolescents’ #interoception recognised with a #SealofExcellence This achievement wouldn’t have been possible without my supervisory team @micahgallen.com Gioia Bottesi @skhalsa.bsky.social Let’s try again next year! 💪 link.europa.eu/tPVTWM
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MSCA awards €404.3 million to postdoctoral researchers
1610 outstanding postdoctoral researchers were selected for funding among 17,066 applicants.
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Thrilled to share some news! 🎉📷 Don't miss my #poster tomorrow. I could not be at the conference for unforeseen circumstances but feel free to email me with all your questions! - via #Whova Event Platform @therealspr.bsky.social
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Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · 26/09/2025
“Added value” 🙄
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Luigi (@luigi_micillo ) truly touched my🫀by citing me in his PhD thesis acknowledgments 🥹 From that conference to now, it’s been a wild journey — and this is just the beginning! Wishing him all the best, both as a researcher and the amazing person he is 🫶🏻 Let’s crush the PhD defense now!
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Sahib Khalsa @skhalsa.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
What if many psychiatric disorders share the same hidden glitch in how the brain infers reality? In a new volume, Al Powers and I gather experts to examine how disrupted sensory inference across #vision, #touch, #proprioception and #interoception might unify our understanding.
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Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) @therealspr.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
✨ 🎬 “Psychophys Is” 2025 videos are lighting up the contest! This video was submitted by Antonio Maffei, @fiorelladpc.bsky.social & Salvatore Frisina 🔗 Submit your video before October 1, 2025: sprweb.org/spr-video-cont fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Stress
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
I’m really grateful to my supervisory team @skhalsa.bsky.social @micahgallen.com & Gioia Bottesi for the precious support throughout and for helping me refine my insights for the proposal, let’s keep fingers crossed! 🤞🏻 #MSCAActions
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
#MSCAPF call closed and number of applications is huuuge this year😱 I’m happy with my proposal and, as ⁦‪Sahib Khalsa‬⁩ said “every grant submission it’s worth celebrating the opportunity to articulate the best version of your science” marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/node/1463
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MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 receives record number of 17,058 proposals
This year’s annual MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships call has attracted considerable interest from the research community with 17,058 proposals submitted.
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Huge thanks to my amazing co-authors for their brilliant contributions to this work 🙌👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 @francafranchini.bsky.social Giulia Buodo & Carmen Belacchi
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Take-home message: promoting self-regulation capacity + active lifestyles may help students resist unhealthy temptations and maintain balanced nutrition.
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
But here’s the twist: higher HRV and regular physical activity were linked to less junk food and more fruit/veg intake 🌿✨
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Unhealthy foods triggered stronger pleasantness, arousal, and craving compared to healthy options 🍔🍩 > 🥦🐟
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
🧠🍎 New study alert! Among female university students, emotional reactivity and self-regulation (measured via heart rate variability, HRV) play a key role in shaping food choices. 👉 www.frontiersin.org/journals/nut... @frontiersmedia.bsky.social
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Frontiers | Nutritional habits, inhibitory control, and emotional reactivity to healthy and unhealthy food cues in non-obese female students: insights from heart rate variability
BackgroundResearch shows that the nutritional habits of university students do not follow the national recommendations. While most studies have focused on th...
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Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · 27/08/2025
Are interoception and mental health linked? Many assume so, with interoception even described as a psychiatric “p-factor.” But in our latest preprint, we were surprised to find little evidence for such a connection. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵 Thread with our reflections on the matter 👇
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Interoceptive Ability is Unrelated to Mental Health Symptoms: Evidence From a Large Scale Multi-Domain Psychophysical Investigation
Interoception-the sensing and perception of the internal viscera-is widely cast as a transdiagnostic mechanism linking brain-body interaction to mental illness. Prevailing models propose that altered ...
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Marc Wittmann @marcwittmann.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
More news on interoception and time perception!
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
🧵5/5 These findings highlight the distinct roles of cardiac interoception and activity in explicit and implicit timing, emphasizing their nuanced contributions to time perception.
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
🧵4/n Better interoceptive accuracy sped up responses in the implicit foreperiod task. Higher interoceptive confidence led to worse performance in time bisection. Cardiac vagal tone influenced self-paced tapping in explicit timing tasks.
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
🧵3/n In Study 1, participants (N = 31, M = 23.1 years, SD = 3.23) completed an implicit timing task (foreperiod) and an explicit timing task (time bisection). In Study 2, participants (N = 51, M = 22.6 years, SD = 1.52) performed an explicit timing task (self-paced finger-tapping).
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
🧵2/n Interoceptive accuracy was assessed using a HCT. Interoceptive sensibility was measured using the Body Perception Questionnaire and subjective confidence ratings (0–9 scale) provided during the HCT. Resting HRV served as an index of cardiac vagal control.
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
🧵1/n We examined how cardiac and interoceptive signals shape time perception. Implicit and explicit timing were tested via foreperiod, bisection, and tapping tasks.
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
🎉 Happy to share our latest paper on #Physiology&Behavior @elsevierconnect.bsky.social Together with Luigi Micillo, Nicola Cellini and Giovanna Mioni we explored the link between cardiac #interoception and time perception 🧵in the comments
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In the heart of time: investigating the link between cardiac activity and interoception in explicit and implicit timing
Recent research suggests that our sense of time is influenced by interoceptive abilities. Efficient access to bodily signals, measured objectively (in…
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Excited to chair @micahgallen.com 's fantastic seminar this Wednesday, June 25th at DPG! 🧠🫀 Join us in 📍 Room 2C, PSICO2 building. Don’t miss it! 🚀 #UniversityOfPadova #DepartmentOfGeneralPsychology
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Sycophancy in Generative-AI Chatbots - NN/g Def worth a read #AI #chatGPT #sycophancy #generativeAI www.nngroup.com/articles/syc...
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Sycophancy in Generative-AI Chatbots
Large language models like ChatGPT can lie to elicit approval from users. This phenomenon, called sycophancy, can be detected in state-of-the-art models.
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Who says department retreats can't be fun? 😄Here's a glimpse of our latest retreat—full of laughter, learning, and meaningful connections. #TeamBuilding #GrowthMoments #dpgunipd Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale, Università di Padova
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
🙏 A huge thank you to the amazing research team supporting me throughout this journey: Giovanni Mento, Nicola Cellini, Antonio Maffei, Gioia Bottesi, @micahgallen.com
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
🎉 Thrilled to give the very first talk on my latest line of research at Prof. Paola Sessa's Lab Meeting today! 🧠✨ A precious opportunity to get feedback 💬 on the project I’m developing for my forthcoming #MSCA application 🚀
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 Thrilled to share ANOTHER PAPER OUT in @frontiersin.bsky.social with Vincenzo Livoti, Giulio Contemori, Silvia Saccani & Mario Bonato! 💥🧠 Check it out here 👉 www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy... #Psychology #Research #CognitiveScience #AcademicTwitter 📚✨
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Frontiers | Web-based assessment of dual-task costs at different ages: an analysis across cognitive domains
IntroductionUnderstanding the trajectories of cognitive aging provides important insights that might also be potentially useful for the early detection of co...
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
🚨 NEW PAPER ALERT x2! 🚨 #NeuroDev latest manuscript "Adapting cognitive control to local–global implicit temporal predictability: A lifespan investigation from 5 to 88 years old" is just published on #APA_journals #PsychologyAndAging psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
🚨 NEW PAPER ALERT 🚨 "Attentional load impacts multisensory integration, without leading to spatial processing asymmetries" just published on #ScientificReports @natureportfolio.nature.com w/ Maria Silvia Saccani, Giulio Contemori & Mario Bonato www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Attentional load impacts multisensory integration, without leading to spatial processing asymmetries - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Attentional load impacts multisensory integration, without leading to spatial processing asymmetries
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Margherita Calderan @marcald.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Check out our new paper: www.researchgate.net/publication/... 🍬 We found that: 1️⃣ Motivational contexts shape adaptive cognitive control in 4–7 y/o children 2️⃣ CC adaptation profiles predict everyday behavioral difficulties (parent-reported) #NeuroDev #DevelopmentalPsychology
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Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi @fiorelladpc.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
5/5 A huge thanks to my co-authors and to all the participants. Special credits go to Marco Destro for his assistance in recruiting participants and connecting the team with local organizations based in Padua.
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