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Neurofeedback can induce long-term changes in the brain functional connectivity, but its influence on the connectivity between different physiological systems is unknown. With this research, Guzmán Alba, Jaime Vila and Miguel Ángel Muñoz, CIMCYC researchers, analyzed the influence of neurofeedback on the connectivity between the electroencephalogram (EEG) and heart rate (HR).

Most pain studies have focused on only two aspects: the influence of pain on attentional processing and the modulation of pain perception by affective stimuli.

Economic inequality is one of the main problems in today's society and affects people's psychological processes. With this research, Eva Moreno-Bella, Guillermo B. Willis and Miguel Moya, researchers at CIMCYC, study how economic inequality affects the way men and women are perceived.

Orgasm is characterized by an experience of intense pleasure, accompanied by psycho-physiological responses that, as a result of sexual activity, culminate in a feeling of well-being. Therefore, it is a clear indicator of a pleasurable and healthy sexuality.

When English-Spanish bilinguals hear English words such as piano, radio, or dentist, words that are phonologically similar between the two languages and are known as cognate words, how will they process them? Will they be processed faster compared to words that lack phonological overlap, such as butterfly? And, if cognate words are processed faster when heard, will this advantage depend on the level of the second language and how similar the words are between the two languages?

From an early age, gaze acts as a special cue to infer the interests, behaviors, thoughts and emotions of others. Despite sharing attentional properties with other non-social directional stimuli, such as arrows, gaze produces unique effects.

Cándida Castro Ramírez, researcher at CIMCYC, together with her team have constructed Danger Prediction and Decision Making tests. To do so, they have used realistic video recordings of traffic scenes. In these tests, the driver can play a passive role, such as when a pedestrian suddenly crosses the road, or an active role by making risky decisions such as running an amber light.

Economic inequality has negative consequences on people's subjective well-being through status competition and social distance. However, the empirical evidence proving this idea is not unanimous

Police officers are often the first interveners in cases of gender violence and are essential to ensure the victim's safety. Despite the laws on gender violence, police response is not consistent, with police attitudes playing a key role according to recent literature.

The sexual double standard (SDS) implies men and women are being evaluated differently in terms of sexuality. CIMCYC researchers have carried out several studies concerning the SDS. They have proposed their analysis by alluding to two domains of sexual behaviors (freedom and shyness) and through different typologies of adherence (man-favorable, woman-favorable and egalitarian;)Alvarez-Muelas et al., 2021; Sierra et al., 2018).