Dream and daydream: differences and similarities

Did you know that daydreams reflect events from the previous two days and “night” dreams resemble a fictional plot?

Does your dog have social skills?

A study suggests that viewing the owner’s face works as a positive social reinforcement for dogs. Learn more about this and other surprising results about “man’s best friend”.

Do mediums differ from non-mediums on personality, cognitive, and quality of life outcomes?

“Are the psychological characteristics and well-being of individuals experiencing religious possession significantly different from those attending the same religious rituals, but not experiencing possession?” was one of the research questions addressed in the paper The mind possessed: well-being, personality, and cognitive characteristics of individuals regularly experiencing religious possession published in the Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry. Miguel Farias, principal investigator of the research project 346/16 - The mind possessed project: Mapping the varieties of possession experiences concluded that no differences were found between groups, except for anxiety, where the non-mediums showed higher scores.

The Portuguese Medical Association and the BIAL Foundation deliver the 2nd edition of the Maria de Sousa Award

The award ceremony for the 2nd edition of the Maria de Sousa Award took place on November 14 at Teatro Thalia, in Lisbon, and was attended by the Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Elvira Fortunato, who chaired the session, the Secretary of State for the Promotion of Health, Margarida Tavares, representing the Minister of Health, and the Secretary of State for Higher Education, Pedro Teixeira.

Are imagination and overt action associated with the same brain mechanisms?

In the scope of the project 193/18 - The essential role of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in motor imagery: A TMS interference study, Scott Glover et al. published in the journal Behavioural Brain Research the paper “TMS over dorsolateral prefrontal cortex affects the timing of motor imagery but not overt action: Further support for the motor-cognitive model”.