PhD en Psicología pela Universidad de Vigo – España. Actualmente como investigadora de la UCLA, EE.UU.
A new study links anxiety, a brain structure called the orbitofrontal cortex, and optimism, finding that healthy adults who have larger OFCs tend to be more optimistic and less anxious. The new analysis, reported in the journal Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, offers the first evidence that optimism plays a mediating role in the relationship… Continuar lendo Feeling anxious? Check your orbitofrontal cortex, cultivate your optimism
El objetivo de este estudio es revisar el patrón de los cambios morfológicos y funcionales cerebrales en niños y adultos con TDAH que emergen de la literatura reciente. Además, la tarea de la presente revisión es explorar la manera de entender la naturaleza de los cambios en el cerebro. El método utilizado es la revisión… Continuar lendo Neurobiología del TDAH desde la infancia hasta la edad adulta
Preschoolers who score lower on a working memory task are likely to score higher on a dropout risk scale at the age of 13, researchers at Université Sainte-Anne and the University of Montreal revealed today. “Dropout risk is calculated from student engagement in school, their grade point average, and whether or not they previously repeated… Continuar lendo Preschoolers working memory forecasts teenage dropout risk
