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Map recall accuracy depends on navigational strategies

It is now online the article: “Map recall accuracy depends on navigational strategies” by Alessandro von Gal, Paola Verde, and Laura Piccardi, published in Giornale di Medicina Militare. This article, written in Italian and English, intends to analyze the contribution of navigational strategies and gender in the delayed recall of a learned path on a […]

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The prevention of road accidents in non-expert drivers: Exploring the influence of Theory of Mind and driving style

It is now online the article: “The prevention of road accidents in non-expert drivers: Exploring the influence of Theory of Mind and driving style.” by Raffaella Nori, Micaela Maria Zucchelli, Pierluigi Cordellieri, Alessandro Quaglieri, Massimiliano Palmiero, Paola Guariglia, Marco Giancola, Anna Maria Giannini, and Laura Piccardi, published in Safety Science. This article aims to examine

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The Role of Sounds and Music in Emotion and Cognition

It is now online The editorial: The Role of Sounds and Music in Emotion and Cognition by Laura Piccardi, Massimiliano Palmiero, and Raffaella Nori published in Brain Sciences. The editorial introduces a research topic that explores how natural and man-made sounds, including music, affect our emotions and cognitive abilities, such as attention, memory, problem-solving, decision-making,

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Editorial: Effects of physical exercise on brain and cognitive functioning, volume II

It is now online the editorial: Editorial: Effects of Physical Exercise on Brain and Cognitive Functioning, volume II by Soledad Ballesteros, Laura Piccardi, and Joshua Oon Goh, published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. The editorial introduces Volume II of this research topic, which focuses on the effects of physical activity on the brain and cognition.

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The Key Role of Empathy in the Relationship between Age and Social Support

It is now online the final published version of the Article “The Key Role of Empathy in the Relationship between Age and Social Support” by Paola Guariglia, Massimiliano Palmiero, Anna Maria Giannini, and Laura Piccardi published in Healthcare. In the present study, the change in the perceived social support across the lifespan as a function

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Exploring the relationship between perceived loneliness and subjective cognitive decline in older individuals

It is now online the final published version of the Article “Exploring the relationship between perceived loneliness and subjective cognitive decline in older individuals.” by Anna Pecchinenda, Alla Yankouskaya, Maddalena Boccia, Laura Piccardi, Cecilia Guariglia, and Anna Maria Giannini published in Aging & Mental Health. In the present study we conducted a cluster analysis and

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Field dependence-independence mediates the association between visual perception and mathematics. A cross-sectional study in children and preadolescents.

It is now online the final published version of the Article “Field dependence-independence mediates the association between visual perception and mathematics. A cross-sectional study in children and preadolescents.” by Francesca Vecchione, Marco Giancola, Massimiliano Palmiero, Maddalena Boccia, Simonetta D’Amico and Laura Piccardi published in European Journal of Developmental Psychology. In the present study we found

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Environmental cognitive load and spatial anxiety: What matters in navigation?

It is now online the final published version of the Article “Environmental cognitive load and spatial anxiety: What matters in navigation?” by Raffaella Nori, Micaela Maria Zucchelli, Massimiliano Palmiero and Laura Piccardi published in Journal of Environmental Psychology. In the present study we explored the mediating role of anxiety (spatial, trait and state) in the

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Preschoolers’ Perceptual Analogical Reasoning and Map Reading: A Preliminary Study on the Mediating Effect of Spatial Language

It is now online the published version of the Article “Preschoolers’ Perceptual Analogical Reasoning and Map Reading: A Preliminary Study on the Mediating Effect of Spatial Language” by Marco Giancola, Maria Chiara Pino, Valentina Riccio, Laura Piccardi and Simonetta D’Amico published in Children. In the present study 56 typically developing 4- to 6-year-old children performed perceptual

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