GIUV2024-612
Our research group is dedicated to studying the relationship between brain function and human cognitive and emotional behaviour through controlled experimental methods. Our primary objective is to design and conduct experiments to explore and understand mental processes, brain function, and the interaction between the two, mainly in healthy adult populations and also in certain patient groups with mental and neurodegenerative disorders.
In addition to psychometric evaluation of behavioural paradigms across cognitive domains (attention, memory, language, social cognition, executive functions), we employ advanced techniques for assessing brain-related variables, such as structural and functional neuroimaging, eye-tracking technology, stimulus lateralisation techniques (Dichotic Listening), and non-invasive brain stimulation (neurofeedback, tDCS). All of these are used to examine how specific pathologies and/or experimental stimulation and manipulation affect cognition and emotions.
Within this framework, we have conducted numerous studies analysing the differential response of the cerebral hemispheres to lateralised stimulus presentation, preferably via the auditory pathway, using...Our research group is dedicated to studying the relationship between brain function and human cognitive and emotional behaviour through controlled experimental methods. Our primary objective is to design and conduct experiments to explore and understand mental processes, brain function, and the interaction between the two, mainly in healthy adult populations and also in certain patient groups with mental and neurodegenerative disorders.
In addition to psychometric evaluation of behavioural paradigms across cognitive domains (attention, memory, language, social cognition, executive functions), we employ advanced techniques for assessing brain-related variables, such as structural and functional neuroimaging, eye-tracking technology, stimulus lateralisation techniques (Dichotic Listening), and non-invasive brain stimulation (neurofeedback, tDCS). All of these are used to examine how specific pathologies and/or experimental stimulation and manipulation affect cognition and emotions.
Within this framework, we have conducted numerous studies analysing the differential response of the cerebral hemispheres to lateralised stimulus presentation, preferably via the auditory pathway, using the Dichotic Listening technique. These data are then related to both cognitive aspects (attention, language) and brain variables obtained through structural quantification of white/grey matter and spectroscopy.
Secondly, we have focused on the electrophysiological and hormonal correlates (particularly cortisol and testosterone levels) of emotion induction (sadness, anger) in laboratory settings. More recently, we have become interested in the analysis of the perception of one's own and others' emotional crying and its implications at the psychophysiological level (eye-tracking) and in terms of subjective moral and prosocial judgements.
Additionally, we collaborate with the UPV on the development of an online platform for anatomical and holistic brain analysis, based on deep learning, for the segmentation of neuroanatomical structures from Magnetic Resonance Imaging data.
Furthermore, our research activity also has a more clinical dimension, focusing on the neurological basis of certain mental disorders. In this regard, we are affiliated with the CB/07/09/0006 group of the Mental Health Network Research Centre (CIBERSAM), and also as R2 researchers at the INCLIVA Health Research Institute (Research Group in Psychiatry and Neurodegenerative Diseases), where we collaborate on projects studying severe mental disorders, particularly schizophrenia, and their cognitive and behavioural consequences.
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- Avanzar en el conocimiento de la relacion entre el cerebro humano y la conducta cognitiva y emocional
- Neuropsychology of healthy brain.This line of research focuses broadly on investigations that address the relationship between the brain and behaviour (cognition and emotion), but do not necessarily have a clinical background, nor are they conducted with patients.
- Neurobiology of mental disorders.Here we focus on the neurobiological basis of schizophrenia and mood disorders, exploring the connections between these disorders and brain structure and function, along with their cognitive and emotional consequences.
| Name | Nature of participation | Entity | Description |
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| M ENGRACIA GADEA DOMENECH | Director | Universitat de València | |
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| ALFONSO IGNACIO PICÓ PERIS | Collaborator | QUIBIM SOCIEDAD LIMITADA | researcher |
| ALBA POSTIGUILLO GIRALDOS | Collaborator | INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACION SANITARIA LA FE (VALENCIA) | researcher |
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- Institute for Res. of the Psy. of Hum. Res. Org. (IDOCAL)
