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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).

Algunos estudios han sugerido la existencia de una asimetría futura y han explicado que la razón de ello es que caminamos hacia delante. Cuando caminamos, las cosas que están delante de nosotros son las cosas futuras, mientras que vamos dejando atrás las pasadas. Así, al caminar podríamos sentir que cada vez nos acercamos más al futuro y dejamos atrás el pasado. En definitiva, haciéndonos percibir el futuro como si fuera más cercano a nosotros que el pasado.

The term mindfulness refers to the ability to become aware of the here and now in the present moment, directing attention to a current internal or external event.
Laura C. Sánchez Sánchez, researcher at CIMCYC, has studied the effect of a Mindfulness-based program (MBSR) on the sexual health and psychological well-being of professionals and volunteers of Doctors of the World (the spanish no-gubernamental organization “Médicos del Mundo”) who take care of vulnerable populations, such as people in prostitution, women victims of forced prostitution, people with the human immunodeficiency virus, etc. This program was chosen because working with sex education for these vulnerable groups of people requires empathy, full awareness and compassion.

Exercise addiction involves excessive worry about exercise routines, abusive practice and the inability to control one's own behavior, as well as the presence of psychological processes that are typical of addictive behaviors such as withdrawal or obsession.

The CIMCYC is carrying out a series of actions to improve the working environment in the center. Within these, Isabel Peralta, who collaborates from the Psychology Clinic with Humbelina Robles and Juan Manuel Quesada in activities to improve the wellbeing of doctoral students, has shared useful information for all CIMCYC research staff.