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1. Empathy through the Pandemic: Changes of Different Emphatic Dimensions during the COVID-19 Outbreak

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Chiara Baiano, Gennaro Raimo, Isa Zappullo, Marialaura Marra, Roberta Cecere, Luigi Trojano, Massimiliano Conson, Baiano, C., Raimo, G., Zappullo, I., Marra, M., Cecere, R., Trojano, L., and Conson, M.

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Emotion, Disease Outbreak, SARS-CoV-2, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Social skill, Emotions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, COVID-19, Social cognition, Disease Outbreaks, Theory of mind, Humans, empathy, social skills, theory of mind, social cognition, Empathy, Pandemics, Human
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Growing evidence suggests that empathy is a relevant psychological trait to face the challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, but at the present very little is known on whether this multi-dimensional construct has been affected by the pandemic outbreak differently in its separate components. Here, we aimed at filling this gap by capitalizing on the opportunity of having collected data from different self-report measures and cognitive tasks assessing the main dimensions of empathy immediately before the beginning of the global pandemic and about one year later. The results showed a detrimental impact of the pandemic outbreak on empathic social skills but not on both cognitive (perspective-taking) and emotional empathy that instead significantly improved. Thus, reduced empathic social skills could be a weakness to be targeted in psychological interventions to help people cope with the mental health challenges related to COVID-19 pandemic, whereas the ability of understanding another’s mental states and emotions could represent a strength in dealing with the current long-lasting crisis.

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2022
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2. Implicit Motor Imagery and the Lateral Occipitotemporal Cortex: Hints for Tailoring Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation

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Gabriela Forgione, Roberta Cecere, Chiara Baiano, Isa Zappullo, Massimiliano Conson, Luigi Trojano, Francesco De Bellis, Conson, M., Cecere, R., Baiano, C., De Bellis, F., Forgione, G., Zappullo, I., and Trojano, L.

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Imagery, Psychotherapy, Movement, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, medicine.medical_treatment, lcsh:Medicine, Stimulation, Motor Activity, Article, Functional Laterality, 050105 experimental psychology, Lateralization of brain function, visual areas, compensation, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Motor imagery, rTMS, human hand, medicine, Humans, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Aged, Cerebral Cortex, hand laterality judgment, lcsh:R, 05 social sciences, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hand, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Cognitive training, Transcranial magnetic stimulation, Brain stimulation, Laterality, Mental representation, Psychology, Neuroscience, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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Background: Recent evidence has converged in showing that the lateral occipitotemporal cortex is over-recruited during implicit motor imagery in elderly and in patients with neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson&rsquo, s disease. These data suggest that when automatically imaging movements, individuals exploit neural resources in the visual areas to compensate for the decline in activating motor representations. Thus, the occipitotemporal cortex could represent a cortical target of non-invasive brain stimulation combined with cognitive training to enhance motor imagery performance. Here, we aimed at shedding light on the role of the left and right lateral occipitotemporal cortex in implicit motor imagery. Methods: We applied online, high-frequency, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) over the left and right lateral occipitotemporal cortex while healthy right-handers judged the laterality of hand images. Results: With respect to the sham condition, left hemisphere stimulation specifically reduced accuracy in judging the laterality of right-hand images. Instead, the hallmark of motor simulation, i.e., the biomechanical effect, was never influenced by rTMS. Conclusions: The lateral occipitotemporal cortex seems to be involved in mental representation of the dominant hand, at least in right-handers, but not in reactivating sensorimotor information during simulation. These findings provide useful hints for developing combined brain stimulation and behavioural trainings to improve motor imagery.

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2020
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3. The Relationships between Self-Reported Motor Functioning and Autistic Traits: The Italian Version of the Adult Developmental Coordination Disorders/Dyspraxia Checklist (ADC).

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Zappullo I, Conson M, Baiano C, Cecere R, Raimo G, and Kirby A

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Humans, Adult, Male, Female, Adolescent, Young Adult, Self Report, Checklist, Reproducibility of Results, Italy, Autistic Disorder, Motor Skills Disorders, Apraxias
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Background: We developed the Italian version of the adult developmental co-ordination disorders/dyspraxia checklist (ADC), providing reliability and concurrent validity data for the scale (Aim 1). In addition, we investigated the relationships between motor coordination difficulties and different autistic traits (Aim 2)., Methods: 498 participants (341 females; age range = 18-34) underwent the Italian version of the ADC, as well as a handwriting speed test, the autism spectrum quotient, the empathy quotient, and the systemizing quotient., Results: The distinction between three main factors (A, B, and C) identified in the original version of the ADC was confirmed here. Internal consistency of the ADC subscales was adequate, as well as the correlation with the handwriting speed test used to assess concurrent validity. No substantial sex differences on the ADC scores were found. Furthermore, data revealed that poor autistic-related communication skills and lower levels of systemizing tendencies were, among all the investigated autistic traits, those more strongly associated with higher motor coordination difficulties., Conclusions: The Italian ADC seems a valuable tool for assessing motor coordination difficulties in adults and can reveal the nuanced impact exerted by different autistic traits on self-reported motor functioning.

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2023
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4. Tendency to Worry and Fear of Mental Health during Italy's COVID-19 Lockdown.

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Baiano C, Zappullo I, The LabNPEE Group, and Conson M

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Adult, COVID-19, Coronavirus Infections virology, Female, Humans, Italy epidemiology, Male, Mindfulness, Pandemics, Pneumonia, Viral virology, Psychometrics, SARS-CoV-2, Self Report, Surveys and Questionnaires, Young Adult, Anxiety psychology, Betacoronavirus isolation & purification, Coronavirus Infections epidemiology, Coronavirus Infections psychology, Fear, Mental Health, Pneumonia, Viral epidemiology, Pneumonia, Viral psychology, Quarantine psychology
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Background: We tested whether the tendency to worry could affect psychological responses to quarantine by capitalizing on the opportunity of having collected data before the COVID-19 outbreak on measures of worry, anxiety, and trait mindfulness in a group of university students., Methods: Twenty-five participants completed self-report measures assessing worry (Penn State Worry Questionnaire, PSWQ), anxiety (Anxiety Sensitivity Index, ASI-3), and trait mindfulness (Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, MAAS) at T0 (pre-lockdown, 4 November 2019-17 February 2020) and T1 (at the end of lockdown, 26 April-30 April 2020). We compared assessments at the two time points in the whole sample and in high and low worriers (defined at T0 by scores on PSWQ respectively above and below 1.5 SD from mean of the Italian normative sample)., Outcomes: High worriers showed at T1 a significant increase of anxiety sensitivity and fear of mental health in comparison to low worriers. Moreover, in the whole sample, at T1 trait mindfulness was inversely related to worry and fear of mental health., Interpretation: A valuable approach to support individuals experiencing anxiety related to the COVID-19 outbreak could be represented by mindfulness-based interventions improving the ability to focus attention and awareness on the present moment.

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2020
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