Virtual reality experimentationFrancesca Pazzaglia and Giuliana SalmasoThe BIO.POD is a calm and welcoming multi-sensory space designed by Giuliana Salmaso and Leonardo Tizi to offer users restorative breaks.The hypothesis guiding the design is that a few minutes rest in it can bring measurable
The training course "The Role of the Psychologist in Parkinson's Disease: from Assessment to Treatment" aims to train and sensitize psychologists/psychotherapists/physicians (including those in training) to a more modern and rational cognitive-behavioral framing and monitoring of the non-motor
I am a psychologist trained in psychology of aging, and I obtained a PhD in Psychological Sciences from the University of Padova. My studies focus on metacognitive processes associated with sleep and quality of life in aging, and how these aspects can be implemented in applied practice to design
Ever since I can remember, I used to observe how people around me behaved and wondered what made them act that way. My studies in Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Science helped me answer some of those questions, but above all they have lit up my curiosity even more. Since my PhD, I started to
Using the arousal and mood hypothesis as a theoretical framework, we examined whether community-dwelling older adults (N = 132) exhibited cognitive benefits after listening to music. Participants listened to shorter (≈2.5 min) or longer (≈8 min) excerpts from recordings of happy- or sad-sounding
