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Giorgio Bertini
Research Professor. Director at Learning Change Project – Research on society, culture, art, neuroscience, cognition, critical thinking, intelligence, creativity, autopoiesis, self-organization, rhizomes, complexity, systems, networks, leadership, sustainability, thinkers, futures ++
Giorgio Bertini does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from these papers, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
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Science Teaching as a Dialogue – Bakhtin, Vygotsky and some Applications in the Classroom
The theory of dialogism, developed by the Russian linguist Mikhail Bakhtin (1895–1975) with regard to literature and everyday communication, can be used to improve the teaching of science. Some of Bakhtin’s conceptual instruments are helpful in analysing the teaching process, and it … Continue reading
Neuroscience of Self and Self-Regulation
As a social species, humans have a fundamental need to belong that encourages behaviors consistent with being a good group member. Being a good group member requires the capacity for self-regulation, which allows people to alter or inhibit behaviors that … Continue reading
Posted in Neuroscience, Self Regulation
Tagged neuroscience, Self Regulation
Cognitive Neuroscience of Thinking
The study of thinking in psychology is distributed over three largely independent branches: problem solving, reasoning, and judgment and decision-making. These domains are delineated by the type of tasks they study and the underlying formal apparatus they appeal to in their explanatory framework. … Continue reading
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Prenatal Drug Exposure Affects Neonatal Brain Functional Connectivity
Prenatal drug exposure, particularly prenatal cocaine exposure (PCE), incurs great public and scientific interest because of its associated neurodevelopmental consequences. However, the neural underpinnings of PCE remain essentially uncharted, and existing studies in school-aged children and adolescents are confounded greatly by postnatal … Continue reading
Prenatal Depression Alters Child’s Brain Connectivity and Affects Behavior
Postnatal depression can have a significant influence on a child’s brain development and behavior. Greater symptoms of PND were associated with weaker white matter connections between areas of the brain involved in emotional processing. The weakened white matter connectivity was … Continue reading
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Tagged brains, Children, depression, prenatal
The Unity of Science
The topic of unity in the sciences can be explored through the following questions: Is there one privileged, most basic or fundamental concept or kind of thing, and if not, how are the different concepts or kinds of things in … Continue reading
Body Weight Has Alarming Impact on Brain Function
Summary: Obesity and higher body mass are linked to decreased cerebral blood flow. Lower cerebral blood flow is associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease and a range of psychiatric disorders. As a person’s weight goes up, all regions … Continue reading
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Tagged Body weight, Brain health
COVID‑19 Epidemic Peer Support and Crisis Intervention Via Social Media
This article describes a peer support project developed and carried out by a group of experienced mental health professionals, organized to ofer peer psychological support from overseas to healthcare professionals on the frontline of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China. This pandemic … Continue reading
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Tagged COVID-19, social media
Behavioral and Emotional Disorders in Children during the COVID-19 Epidemic
Although the knowledge base regarding children’s responses to trauma and adverse events in general has been expanding, descriptions of their responses during epidemics remain scarce. Yet their vulnerability makes this an important group to study. Several studies have documented the … Continue reading
The Mental Health Consequences of COVID-19 and Physical Distancing
The Need for Prevention and Early Intervention. Since the first case of novel coronavirus disease 2019 TheworldwideCOVID-19 pandemic, and efforts to contain it, represent a unique threat, andwe must recognize the pandemic that will quickly follow it—that of mental and behavioral illness—and implement … Continue reading
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Tagged COVID-19, mental health
