In 2005, an American triathlete named Jon Blais was diagnosed with an incurable neurodegenerative disease known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. He was 33 years old. Given no more than five years to live, Blais set about ticking off his final bucket-list challenge: the annual “Ironman World Championship” in the US state
Nell’epoca moderna, il mondo del lavoro è diventato sempre più frenetico e competitivo, con richieste incessanti di produttività e prestazioni sempre più elevate. In questo contesto, lo stress occupazionale è diventato una realtà diffusa, con effetti negativi sulla salute mentale e fisica dei dipendenti e sulla produttività aziendale nel suo complesso. . Read
Questo articolo esplorerà il ruolo cruciale della psicologia comportamentalenell’industria tecnologica e come possa essere impiegata per migliorare il benessere dei dipendenti e, di conseguenza, aumentare la produttività. . Read full article here Lingua originale: italiano. Autore: Amadeo Furlan Amadeo Furlan è membro del Senato accademico, professore e ricercatore di psicologia comportamentale presso la
When the lunch bell rings at the Sancta Maria primary school in the Belgian city of Leuven, standard packed meals aren’t on the menu for dozens of hungry children. Instead, the pupils receive freshly prepared, hot organic vegetarian fare delivered daily to the school canteen. The meals come by bicycle from nearby, purpose-built
Understanding the flexibility of T cell memory can lead to improved vaccines and immunotherapies. Juan Gaertner/Science Photo Library via Getty Images Kathleen Abadie, University of Washington; Elisa Clark, University of Washington, and Hao Yuan Kueh, University of Washington How does your immune system decide between fighting invading pathogens now or preparing to fight
Esther Aarts has a warning for fast-food lovers around the world: such diets not only expand waistlines but also cause brain inflammation. A professor of nutritional neuroscience at Radboud University in the Netherlands, Aarts calls the double whammy an ‘obesity spiral’ that traps people in unhealthy eating habits. Trouble a head She leads
In questo articolo, esploreremo il concetto di “NeuroComunicAzione,” un approccio innovativo che sfrutta la neuroplasticità per migliorare le competenze di comunicazione e le dinamiche organizzative. Mentre la comunicazione efficace è un pilastro fondamentale per il successo in qualsiasi contesto, l’uso intelligente della neuroplasticità può portare la comunicazione a un livello superiore. . Read
Professor Alessio Fasano is keenly aware of the challenges faced by families that have children with autism. Fasano, a gastroenterologist at Massachusetts General Hospital in the US, has several relatives and friends raising children with autism – a neurological disorder characterised by impaired social behaviour. Parallel worlds Autism symptoms usually emerge during the
ph. Lightspring/Shutterstock Suman Majumdar, Burnet Institute; Brendan Crabb, Burnet Institute; Emma Pakula, Burnet Institute, and Stuart Turville, UNSW Sydney Since it was detected in August 2023, the JN.1 variant of COVID has spread widely. It has become dominant in Australia and around the world, driving the biggest COVID wave seen in many jurisdictions
In a laboratory in the Italian capital Rome, Marco Evangelos Biancolini and his team are poking patients to gauge the effectiveness of different surgical procedures. But it’s not actual people under a scalpel – it’s their digital double projected on a computer screen, each reflecting the person’s individual biochemical makeup. And it could open