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View article: Unexplored strains and job satisfaction for individuals with visual and auditory impairments: an Italian study
Unexplored strains and job satisfaction for individuals with visual and auditory impairments: an Italian study Open
Our study investigated for the first time specific job strains in PwSD, thus contributing to a deeper understanding of adjustment to work in a bank worker population. Older adults tend to show higher levels of technostress and a reduced se…
View article: Metacognitive Rehabilitation in the Elderly: the Mind the Gap Metacognitive Program
Metacognitive Rehabilitation in the Elderly: the Mind the Gap Metacognitive Program Open
This paper introduces the Mind the Gap Metacognitive Program (MGM-P), an innovative rehabilitation approach to contrast and prevent anosognosia. Anosognosia, or impaired self-awareness of illness and related deficits, is a pretty frequent …
View article: A new scale to assess technostress levels in an Italian banking context: the Work-Related Technostress Questionnaire
A new scale to assess technostress levels in an Italian banking context: the Work-Related Technostress Questionnaire Open
Introduction Technostress (TS) represents a multidimensional phenomenon closely related to the pervasive use of information and communication technologies. This study aimed to validate a new psychometric tool for assessing TS in an Italian…
View article: The Italian Validation of the Beck Cognitive Insight Scale: Underlying Factor Structure in Psychotic Patients and the General Population
The Italian Validation of the Beck Cognitive Insight Scale: Underlying Factor Structure in Psychotic Patients and the General Population Open
Cognitive insight refers to the ability to question one’s judgments and cognitive biases and is underpinned by specific metacognitive processes. The Beck Cognitive Insight Scale was developed to assess cognitive insight and includes two su…
View article: Financial Anxiety: a Multidimensional Model for a Multifaceted Phenomenon
Financial Anxiety: a Multidimensional Model for a Multifaceted Phenomenon Open
The latest years, characterized by the Covid-19 pandemic and major geopolitical crises, have brought several abrupt social changes, which in turn heavily affected mental health. One of the most spread consequences of worldwide upset is fin…
View article: Human-Computer Interaction: Lights, Shadows, and Spotlights
Human-Computer Interaction: Lights, Shadows, and Spotlights Open
In the last decades, Information and Computer Technology (ICT) has become part and parcel of our lives, bringing undeniable advantages, especially in the workplace, both to individuals and organizations. Nonetheless, the increasingly massi…
View article: A New Look on Long-COVID Effects: The Functional Brain Fog Syndrome
A New Look on Long-COVID Effects: The Functional Brain Fog Syndrome Open
Epidemiological data and etiopathogenesis of brain fog are very heterogeneous in the literature, preventing adequate diagnosis and treatment. Our study aimed to explore the relationship between brain fog, neuropsychiatric and cognitive sym…
View article: COVID-19 and Stressful Adjustment to Work: A Long-Term Prospective Study About Homeworking for Bank Employees in Italy
COVID-19 and Stressful Adjustment to Work: A Long-Term Prospective Study About Homeworking for Bank Employees in Italy Open
The COVID-19 evolution has forced the massive introduction of homeworking (HW) for most employees in the initial stages of the pandemic and then return to work, mainly due to the vaccination campaign. These multiple abrupt adjustment deman…
View article: Mental health in the post-lockdown pandemic phase: Relief or exacerbation of psychological distress? A cross-sectional study in the general population in Italy
Mental health in the post-lockdown pandemic phase: Relief or exacerbation of psychological distress? A cross-sectional study in the general population in Italy Open
This study is one of the first aiming at investigating the mental health in the post-lockdown period in an Italian adult population and detecting demographic and psychological predictors for a worse outcome. 1401 participants answered a we…
View article: Editorial: “We Know What We Are, but Know Not What We May Be”: Metacognition and Self-Awareness in the Aging Brain
Editorial: “We Know What We Are, but Know Not What We May Be”: Metacognition and Self-Awareness in the Aging Brain Open
EDITORIAL article Front. Psychiatry, 31 August 2021 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.745071
View article: The Relation Between Consumers' Frontal Alpha Asymmetry, Attitude, and Investment Decision
The Relation Between Consumers' Frontal Alpha Asymmetry, Attitude, and Investment Decision Open
The frontal alpha asymmetry (FAA) is a neurophysiological measure of motivation and preference. Despite the FAA is associated to commercial pleasantness, conflicting evidence emerged in the literature regarding its relationship with behavi…
View article: Anti-inflammatory Effects of Homotaurine in Patients With Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment
Anti-inflammatory Effects of Homotaurine in Patients With Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment Open
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a fatal dementing neurodegenerative disease, currently lacking an efficacious disease-modifying therapy. In the last years, there has been some interest in the use of homotaurine as a potential therapeutic compo…
View article: LC–MS/MS Simultaneous Analysis of Allopregnanolone, Epiallopregnanolone, Pregnanolone, Dehydroepiandrosterone and Dehydroepiandrosterone 3-Sulfate in Human Plasma
LC–MS/MS Simultaneous Analysis of Allopregnanolone, Epiallopregnanolone, Pregnanolone, Dehydroepiandrosterone and Dehydroepiandrosterone 3-Sulfate in Human Plasma Open
For the first time, a straightforward and reliable method for the chromatographic separation of allopregnanolone, epiallopregnanolone and pregnanolone, as well as of dehydroepiandrosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone 3-sulfate was carried o…
View article: Myeloid dendritic cells are decreased in peripheral blood of Alzheimer’s disease patients in association with disease progression and severity of depressive symptoms
Myeloid dendritic cells are decreased in peripheral blood of Alzheimer’s disease patients in association with disease progression and severity of depressive symptoms Open
View article: The superficial white matter in Alzheimer's disease
The superficial white matter in Alzheimer's disease Open
White matter abnormalities have been shown in the large deep fibers of Alzheimer's disease patients. However, the late myelinating superficial white matter comprised of intracortical myelin and short‐range association fibers has not receiv…
View article: Corpus Callosum Structure is Topographically Correlated with the Early Course of Cognition and Depression in Alzheimer's Disease
Corpus Callosum Structure is Topographically Correlated with the Early Course of Cognition and Depression in Alzheimer's Disease Open
Corpus callosum (CC) abnormalities may cause cognitive and neuropsychiatric complications due to reduced hemispheric integration. Over a one-year period, we investigated whether the CC structure of 20 patients with mild Alzheimer's disease…
View article: Atrophy of presubiculum and subiculum is the earliest hippocampal anatomical marker of Alzheimer's disease
Atrophy of presubiculum and subiculum is the earliest hippocampal anatomical marker of Alzheimer's disease Open
Background There is no consensus about which hippocampal subfields become atrophic earliest in the course of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Methods Thirty AD patients, 41 mild cognitive impairment (MCI) patients, and 38 healthy controls (HCs) u…