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”.

Research project supported by the BIAL Foundation published in the journal “Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging”

In the scope of the research project 50/10 - Trance: Cortical Representations supported by the BIAL Foundation, Alessandra Mainieri and collaborators have recently published the paper Neural correlates of psychotic-like experiences during spiritual-trance state in the journal Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging.

Research project supported by the Bial Foundation published in the journal "Scientific Reports"

In the scope of the research project 122/14 - Internal and External World in Parietal Cortexsupported by the BIAL Foundation, Paolo Capotosto and collaborators published the paper Temporal dynamics of TMS interference over preparatory alpha activity during semantic decisions in the journal Scientific Reports.

Research project supported by the BIAL Foundation published in the journal PLOS ONE

The research project 256/12 - Contemplative Development Mapping Project, supported by the BIAL Foundation, was highlighted by the magazine “Visão Mais” in the article “Os inesperados (e negativos) efeitos secundários da meditação” [The unexpected (and negative) secondary effects of meditation] following the study recently published in the journal PLOS ONE “The varieties of contemplative experience: A mixed-methods study of meditation-related challenges in Western Buddhists”