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Description: In this course, basic notions of programming applied to research in psychology will be taught. Students will acquire the fundamental elements for programming in Matlab (types of variables, loops, conditionals, functions...) through sessions that will combine theoretical explanations and practical exercises. Emphasis will be placed on how to use these resources for data processing. Finally, the course will offer the option of applying the acquired knowledge to data sets provided by the students.

Researchers from the University of Málaga (Occupational Therapy) and the University of Granada (CIMCYC) are working on the development of a protocol that assesses the cognitive sequelae of these patients who want to return to driving.

José L. Arco-Tirado, professor at the CIMCYC, together with professors Francisco D. Fernández Martín, Elena C. Mitrea and Levente Littvay, carried out a study aimed at identifying evidence of intergenerational transmission from fathers and mothers to sons and daughters. Mitrea and Levente Littvay, conducted a study aimed at identifying evidence on the intergenerational transmission from fathers and mothers to sons and daughters of psychological traits like grit, defined as passion and perseverance to achieve long-term goals.

Francisco D. Fernández-Martín, researcher at the CIMCYC, has carried out a study together with other CIMCYC researchers (Blanca Ruíz-del-Pino and José Luís Arco-Tirado) aimed at identifying, analyzing and synthesizing the quality of the evidence underlying the effectiveness of creativity training programs carried out in Primary Education.

On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the 11th of february, we will be holding a joint conference between the Federico Olóriz Neurosciences Institute and the Mind, Brain and Behaviour Research Centre (CIMCYC).

Masturbation is a healthy sexual behavior. Its positive aspects include the usefulness in the context of sex therapy to improve sexual functioning.

Interview with Antonio Cándido Ortiz in the programme Conciencia on Canal Sur.

Sexual attitudes are evaluative beliefs that determine favourable or unfavourable responses to sexual stimuli. Depending on the object to which it refers, sexual attitude can be general (erotophilia) or specific (attitude towards sexual fantasies and masturbation).

Strong predictor of traffic recidivism profile: Drug and alcohol addiction and inability to dissociate excessive alcohol or drug use when driving. Revoking your driver's license may not be enough.

CIMCYC Members of the Social Psychology of Inequality Laboratory (http://wwwlocal.ugr.es/~psidesigualdad/; and part of the Psychology of Social Problems group (HUM-289) in collaboration with the University of Salamanca (USAL), have developed a theoretical model supported by multiple empirical investigations to account for the psychosocial consequences of economic inequality.