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Portada del libro Las pérdidas y sus duelos
Fri, 03/21/2025 - 11:30
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21/03/2025

CIMCYC Researchers Publish New Book on Grief

The book "Las Pérdidas y sus Duelos. New Perspectives in the Study, Evaluation and Intervention" was published by Editorial Pirámide. It was coordinated by Francisco Cruz Quintana and María Nieves Pérez Marfil, members of CIMCYC, and Manuel Fernández Alcántara, from the University of Alicante, with the participation of national and international authors of great relevance in the study of grief and loss processes.

cimcyc talks Dr. Dezső Németh
Thu, 03/20/2025 - 17:30
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CIMCYC Talks: Competition Between Predictive Processes and Prefrontal Cortex Functions

In this talk, the Dr. Dezső Németh will present findings from four studies—on non-invasive brain stimulation, functional brain connectivity, lifespan development, local sleep, and mind-wandering—exploring the competitive interaction between perceptual statistical learning and prefrontal executive functions.

Persona usando un móvil
Wed, 03/19/2025 - 18:41
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19/03/2025

Cyberdating Abuse Perpetration: An Analysis from Online Disinhibition and Moral Disengagement.

From the Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center of the University of Granada (UGR), a group of researchers from the Laboratory of Social & Gender Psychology and members of the Psychology of Social Problems Group, have carried out an investigation to analyze whether the feeling of online disinhibition is associated with greater activation of the mechanisms of moral disengagement and, consequently, with greater perpetration of direct cyberdating abuse perpetration towards the partner (e.g., sending sexually explicit photos of the partner without their consent through social networks), while examining the moderating role of participants' gender, their sexist attitudes, and their experiences of intimate partner cybervictimization.

CIMCYC TALKS JED ELISON
Tue, 03/18/2025 - 14:22
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CIMCYC Talks: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2.0

The Master in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience presents a new edition of CIMCYC Talks, with the participation of Jed Elison, researcher at the University of Minnesota. The talk, entitled “Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2.0”, will explore the evolution of developmental cognitive neuroscience and new perspectives on child brain development.

imagen de un cerebro y corazón
Wed, 03/12/2025 - 13:18
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12/03/2025

How Does Attention Influence the Cardiac Defense Response?

Researchers from CIMCYC and UMIT Tyrol University studied how the heart responds to unpleasant sounds. In particular, they focused on a reaction called the cardiac defense response and attentional modulation. The results were published in the International Journal of Psychophysiology.

Pasillo del centro cimcyc con vistas a la montaña
Mon, 03/10/2025 - 12:02
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High School IES Puerta del Mar visits CIMCYC

The Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC) will receive High School IES Puerta del Mar's visit next Thursday, March 13. The main objective of the day will be to introduce the students to the world of psychology research and offer them a close view of the scientific work carried out in the center.

equipo Co-Grief
Mon, 02/24/2025 - 14:12
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24/02/2025

Grief Responses During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain

The Co-Grief team, belonging to the CTS-436 research group (Psychosocial and Transcultural Aspects of Health and Illness) of the CIMCYC (University of Granada), has published the article “Grief Responses During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study in Spain” in the journal Heliyon, in collaboration with the University of Alicante (UA).