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Open AccessInteroceptive abilities facilitate taking another’s spatial perspective
Information can be perceived from a multiplicity of spatial perspectives, which is central to effectively understanding and interacting with our environment and other people. Interoception, the sense of the ph...
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Case Report: Drawing “IT”—A Neuropsychological Study on Visuospatial Abilities of a Boy with Autism and Drawing Talent
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Open AccessThe Role of Dispositional Mindfulness in the Impact of Repetitive Negative Thinking on Anxiety and Depression in People with Different Autistic-Like Traits
Available data suggest that inflexible allocation of attention in people on the autism spectrum can lead to anxiety and depression symptoms, through the increase of repetitive negative thinking (worry and rumi...
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Open AccessFigure Disembedding: The Gottschaldt’s Hidden Figure Test in Children with Typical Development and Autism
In two studies, we used the Gottschaldt’s Hidden Figure Test (GHFT) for assessing figure disembedding ability in children aged 7–11. Study 1 demonstrated in a large sample of typically develo** children that...
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Open AccessA longitudinal study on the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on non-motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease
The COVID-19 pandemic led to psychological consequences on people’s mental health, representing a condition of increased vulnerability for the weakest sections of population, including elderly patients with Pa...
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Open AccessAnxiety Sensitivity Domains are Differently Affected by Social and Non-social Autistic Traits
Anxiety sensitivity (AS) is implicated in the development and maintenance of several psychopathological conditions. Non-clinical individuals with high autistic traits may develop anxiety disorders and depressi...
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The Italian version of the alternative form of Parkinson’s Disease-Cognitive Rating Scale (PD-CRS/AF): normative values from 260 Italian healthy subjects
The Parkinson’s Disease-Cognitive Rating Scale (PD-CRS) is a comprehensive PD-specific cognitive scale which assesses both fronto-subcortical and cortical functions. The original version of the PD-CRS is a val...
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Open AccessThe effect of autistic traits on disembedding and mental rotation in neurotypical women and men
Recent data has revealed dissociations between social and non-social skills in both autistic and neurotypical populations. In the present study, we investigated whether specific visuospatial abilities, such as...
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Linking perception of bodily states and cognitive control: the role of interoception in impulsive behaviour
Interoception and impulsivity are two multi-dimensional constructs and although the role of interoception in impulsiveness has been previously reported, it is not clear whether their different facets are relat...
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Signals of Threat in Persons Exposed to Natural Disasters
Individuals exposed to traumatic events can develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and depression, but also subclinical behavioral and emotional changes. Although persons exposed to trauma without PTSD ...
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The Influence of Systemizing, Empathizing and Autistic Traits on Visuospatial Abilities
Much evidence indicates that neurotypical individuals with high level of autistic traits show performances comparable to those of autistic individuals in visuospatial tasks, such as the embedded figure test an...
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Personality profile and depression in migraine: a meta-analysis
Despite the clinical importance of psychological factors in migraine, the relationship between personality traits, depression, and migraine has been poorly investigated.
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The effects of autistic traits and academic degree on visuospatial abilities
In the present study, we were interested to investigate how autistic traits (including systemizing and empathy) and academic degree influence individuals’ visuospatial abilities. To this end, 352 university st...
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Normative data of the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure for Italian-speaking elementary school children
The Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test (ROCF) is a widely used neuropsychological test for the evaluation of drawing disorders in different clinical populations, and, in particular, in persons with neurodevelo...
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Assessment of apathy minimising the effect of motor dysfunctions in Parkinson’s disease: a validation study of the dimensional apathy scale
Apathy is associated with motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease (PD); therefore, its evaluation could be influenced by motor disability. The Dimensional Apathy Scale (DAS) evaluates apathy excluding confoundin...
