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Flickering lenses enhance reading performance through placebo effect

A new study conducted by researchers from the Department of General Psychology at the University of Padua and the University of Bergamo, published in “Psychological Research”, demonstrated that the placebo effect—induced by inactive “flickering” glasses—significantly improves reading abilities in

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Should we worry about how we measure worry? Insights from an updated version of the Italian Penn State Worry Questionnaire

Worry, when it takes on pathological features, represents one of the main factors involved in the development and maintenance of anxiety-related psychopathologies. For this reason, worry constitutes a crucial target for cognitive-behavioural psychological interventions, both in preventive contexts

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