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”.

When our hearts beat together

In the scope of a project supported by the BIAL Foundation 87/12 – Neurobiological correlates of empathy in couples: A study of central and peripheral measures, the research team led by Joana Coutinho published the paper When our hearts beat together: Cardiac synchrony as an entry point to understand dyadic co‐regulation in couples in the journal Psychophysiology.

The BIAL Foundation has received 395 applications

Did you know that the BIAL Foundation as received 395 applications from 29 countries to the Grants programme for Scientific Research 2020/21 and 85 were approved?

Brain Sciences 2020 Young Investigator Award

Olivia Gosseries, principal investigator of project 261/18 - Phenomenological experience and neurophysiological correlates of shamanic trance in healthy individuals, supported by the BIAL Foundation, was one of the winners of the Brain Sciences 2020 Young Investigator Award.