Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2021 ; 2021BIOMED001.
Background: Dementia is a syndrome characterized by progressive cognitive impairment, psychological and behavioural symptoms, and functional deficits. It is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide; its impact and the associated costs are enormous. Consequently, dementia is a global public health priority, and so is Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most common cause of dementia in late...
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In: Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2015, vol. 22, no. 4, p. 1029-1034
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In: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 2015, vol. 265, no. 5, p. 407-417
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In: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 2017, vol. 33, no. 7, p. 808-820
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In: Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 2015, vol. 48, no. 1, p. 15-21
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In: Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 2015, vol. 15, no. 4, p. 878-888
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In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2019, vol. 187, p. 1-16
Goal neglect has been shown to contribute to kindergarteners’ poor executive control. Hence, presenting goal cues during a task improves children’s performance in inhibition and switching tasks. The current study aimed at extending these findings to working memory (WM) by examining the extent to which kindergarteners’ poor WM performance can result from neglecting the goal to recall...
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In: Brain and Behavior, 2019, no. 9, p. 1-21
Introduction: Reward and stress are important determinants of motivated behaviors. Striatal regions play a crucial role in both motivation and hedonic processes. So far, little is known on how cognitive effort interacts with stress to modulate reward processes. This study examines how cognitive effort (load) interacts with an unpredictable acute stressor (threat-of-shock) to modulate motivational...
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In: Brain Structure and Function, 2014, vol. 219, no. 1, p. 353-366
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In: Psychopharmacology, 2014, vol. 231, no. 19, p. 3879-3888
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