On the morning of March 28th we received at CIMCYC students of the Psychology course of the 2nd year of Bachillerato of the I.E.S. Pedro Soto de Rojas, Granada.
Have you ever found yourself behind the steering wheel unable to keep your attention on the road as the journey progresses? What happens in this and many other daily situations is due to a phenomenon known as decreased vigilance: it is difficult for us to maintain our attention for a prolonged period of time, which is why it declines over time.
Joaquín Alcañiz Colomer, predoctoral researcher at CIMCYC and member of the Psychology of Social Problems group (HUM-289), has participated in a review and synthesis article of the scientific literature on human-animal relationships.
Marta Reyes Sánchez winner of the UGR's Thesis in Three Minutes contest
Therefore, a conceptual model was proposed to understand which variables influence the decision-making process in women, differentiating the type of relationship they are in presence of partner conflict vs. gender violence.
"The building of the month" will give prominence to a building or group of buildings and will open the doors of the University to the public.
This research compared two phenomena that often appear in the literature as interchangeable elements: Selective Attention and Perceptual Expectancy. We can understand Attention as the selection of task-relevant stimuli, while Expectancy refers to the anticipation of probable information.
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.
