Research Group on Modeling Complex Systems: Personality, Brain and Social Systems

Description

For years we have been working and publishing on the biological basis of personality, especially the brain and genetic mechanisms that underlie human behaviour. In this process we have proposed a theory on the General Personality Factor, and we have created an instrument to assess it. We have also proposed and investigated psychological intervention techniques (based on classical conditioning and suggestion) to modify personality and emotional states. At the same time, we have created complex mathematical models to study the dynamics of personality in the face of external stimuli, especially drugs. In this sense, we have mathematically modelled brain reactions to different drugs as a function of individual differences, while at the same time we have created a dynamic model that explains drug addictions.

Goals CT

From an interdisciplinary perspective, including psychology, mathematics, sociology and biology, and from a general systems theory approach, we are developing dynamic models of personality and drug effects, personality changes and the brain mechanisms that underpin them. We are also studying social systems from systems theory, such as demographic changes, development of countries and their relationship to quality of life, the economy and the environment.

Research lines

General personality factor
Proposal of a psychobiological model of General Personality Factor (GPF). Creation of an instrument for measuring the GPF.
Mathematical modelling of brain activity
Mathematical modelling of electroencephalographic (EEG) brain activity in relation to drug effects and from the paradigm of individual differences.
Dynamic socio-economic models
Modelling social systems, values and quality of life, and demographic flows.
Psychological intervention and personality
Application of psychological intervention techniques (self-regulation therapy) to modify personality and drug management.

Management