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Taxing the bilingual mind: Effects of simultaneous interpreting experience on verbal and executive mechanisms

García AM, Muñoz E & Kogan B (2019). Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728919000063   En esta revisión sistemática detallamos cómo el desarrollo de habilidades en interpretación simultánea impacta sobre diversos sistemas cognitivos en personas bilingües. En particular, la evidencia indica que las personas con experiencia en este rubro desarrollan ventajas en capacidades lingüísticas (p. ej., […]

Crucial advance to know if a person is aware or not

The advance not only has theoretical relevance but could provide a valuable new tool for deciding therapeutic strategies in cases in which it is not possible to determine if the individual is conscious from behavioral signs. Although it was already known that consciousness requires a complex and distributed dialogue between different areas of the brain, […]

Disarming ex-combatants’ minds: Toward situated reintegration process in post-conflict Colombia

Baez S, Santamaría-García H, Ibáñez A (2019).  Front. Psychol. 10:73. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00073 La violencia colectiva afecta severamente la economía, los sistemas de salud y la estabilidad social de los países. La mayoría de las investigaciones e intervenciones sobre este tema aún carecen de la evaluación de los procesos mentales de los combatientes. Aquí, proponemos a los […]

The use of social networks harms the memory

A study by Princeton University revealed that the eagerness to take photos of an event and share them on the web affects the enjoyment and the precise memory of the original experience.     To read full note please click here

Reading Shakespearean tropes in a foreign tongue: Age of L2 acquisition modulates neural responses to functional shifts

Vilas M, Santilli M, Mikulan E, Adolfi F, Martorell Caro M, Manes F, Herrera E, Sedeño L, Ibáñez A & García AM (2019) Neuropsychologia 124, 79-86. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2019.01.007 En este trabajo exploramos las respuestas cerebrales de hablantes no nativos de inglés durante el procesamiento de oraciones con cambios funcionales (figuras retóricas típicas de la literatura de Shakespeare, […]

Rosario will host research experts. Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and cancer.

  The meeting will be attended by neurologists such as Fabián Piedimonte (Cenit Foundation for Research in Neurosciences) and Dr. Agustín Ibañez (Fundación Ineco). This workshop is the second edition of a biannual meeting.   Links: https://www.lacapital.com.ar/la-ciudad/rosario-sede-expertos-investigar-alzheimer-parkinson-y-cancer-n1705472.html https://www.diariopanorama.com/noticia/305324/rosario-sera-sede-expertos-investigar-alzheimer-parkinson-cancer https://ar.remonews.com/rosario-sera-sede-de-expertos-en-investigar-alzheimer-parkinson-y-cancer/ https://www.sinmordaza.com/noticia/574161-perotti-el-valor-comparativo-mas-alto-que-tiene-argentina-es-su-sistema-cientifico-tecnologico-integrado.html http://derf.com.ar/despachos.asp?cod_des=811346&ID_Seccion=51&fecemi=20/11/2018&Titular=perotti-ldquoel-valor-comparativo-maacutes-alto-que-tiene-argentina-es-su-sistema-cientiacutefico-tecnoloacutegico-integradordquo.html http://www.cadenaoh.com.ar/web/2018/11/20/perotti-el-valor-comparativo-mas-alto-que-tiene-argentina-es-su-sistema-cientifico-tecnologico-integrado/ https://rafaelanoticias.com/detalle/61786 https://diariolaopinion.com.ar/noticia/233342/perotti-destaco-al-sector-cientifico-tecnologico