Dementia is a major cause of disability in older adults, with a tremendous negative impact on the quality of life (QoL) of people with dementia (PWD). Non-pharmacological treatments have proved helpful in counteracting dementia-related symptoms and promoting QoL in PWD, such as gardening therapy and
SARS-CoV-2 resulting in COVID-19 can affect the brain and cause neuropsychological disorders (e.g., executive dysfunction and memory difficulties). Recently the presence of more focal and isolated neuropsychological signs has been also reported, in the domain of language disorders (e.g., alexia
Asymmetry characterizes the brain in both structure and function. Anatomical asymmetries explain only a fraction of functional variability in lateralization, with structural and functional asymmetries developing at different periods of life and in different ways. In this work, we perform a scoping
This studyis conducted by Prof Diego De Leo, President of the NGO De Leo Fund, and Prof Sabrina Cipolletta, Department of General Psychology, University of Padua, with the collaboration of Msr Annalisa Guarino and Benedetta Maria Congregalli.What does violent and unexpected death mean? It is a
Advance care planning and advance directives (AD) play a key role in the care of life-threatening illnesses such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Professor Cipolletta from the Department of General Psychology of the University of Padua (Italy) has conducted a study to explore how the introduction
