Research project description PhD will investigate the impact of lifestyle choices on cognitive and mental health. The progressive aging of the population poses a challenge for today’s societies, as it implies an increase in the incidence of pathologies affecting the aging brain, including cognitive and mental disorders. Healthy aging involves mental, emotional, and social wellness, […]
Research project description PhD will investigate the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of Mixed Alzheimer’s disease (with cerebrovascular disease). Data from numerous clinical-pathologic cohort studies have shown that mixed pathology, especially Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology plus cerebrovascular disease (CVD) is the most common cause of dementia, particularly in older persons. However, most in vivo biomarkers and […]
Research project description PhD will investigate novel experimental paradigms to measure Sense of Agency and use these paradigms to test associations between them and psychosis spectrum disorders. Schizophrenia (SZ) is hypothesized to be fundamentally a disturbance of the self. Particular aspects of the self, the Sense of Agency (SoA), appear to be disrupted in individuals […]
Research project description PhD will investigate the emotional, cognitive, and biological correlates of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and borderline intellectual disability, adopting a multi-informant and sex-dependent perspective. Children/adolescents with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and borderline intellectual disability represent a uniquely vulnerable population that remains insufficiently characterized. The proposed thesis aims to comprehensively study […]
Research project description PhD will investigate mechanisms of fear regulation combining behavioural studies and computational analysis in this multidisciplinary project Fear conditioning (FC) and extinction (FE) are key in behaviour and neuropsychiatric disorders. We seek new insights into the mechanisms of fear regulation combining behavioural studies and computational analysis in this multidisciplinary project. FC and […]
Research project description PhD will investigate the importance of the consumption of ultra-processed foods and drinks (UPF) in the advent of depression. There is burgeoning interest in identifying factors that palliate the high prevalence and disability of major depressive disorders (MDD). Epidemiological evidence highlights the importance of the consumption of ultra-processed foods and drinks (UPF) […]
Research project description “Mindful Collaboration: Shaping Care Strategies through Mental Health User Involvement” is a transformative initiative focused on fostering a dynamic partnership between researchers and service users. The project recognizes the invaluable insights and experiences of mental health users, aiming to bridge the gap between theory and lived reality. Through a collaborative framework, individuals […]
Research project description PhD will investigate the role of precarious employment trajectories, job insecurity, and the deterioration of psychosocial working conditions as key determinants of mental health and mental health inequalities, from an interdisciplinary perspective (sociology of work, epidemiology, occupational health). The project is grounded in the framework of social determinants of health, which emphasizes […]
Research project description PhD will investigate the impact of lifestyle choices on cognitive and mental health. The progressive aging of the population poses a challenge for today’s societies, as it implies an increase in the incidence of pathologies affecting the aging brain, including cognitive and mental disorders. Healthy aging involves mental, emotional, and social wellness, […]
Research project description PhD will investigate predictive processing as an underlying dimension relevant for mental health, as well as creativity assessment and its link to psychological well-being. Predictive processing is a new approach to perception and action based on the idea that the brain is not a passive organ, passively waiting for sensory input in […]