Benzodiazepines have proven to be highly effective for treating insomnia and anxiety. Although considered safe when taken for a short period of time, a major risk–benefit dilemma arises in the context of long-term use, relating to addiction, …
Anxiety is recognized as a major health issue is quite prevalent among older adults. An efficient way to manage anxiety is abdominal breathing. Breathing exercises seem to reduce anxiety and to increase parasympathetic activity assessed by HRV …
This study aimed to examine ageist attitudes in psychology students who may become the healthcare professionals. We also compared cultural differences between attitudes in Belgium and Quebec. We hypothesized that psychology students would have more …
Consistent with embodied cognition, a growing evidence in young adults show thatsensorimotor processing is at the core of cognition. Considering that this approachpredicts direct interaction between sensorimotor processing and …
**Background:** Currently, sedentariness is assessed over a short period of time, thus it isdifficult to study its cognitive implications. To investigate the cognitive consequences of a sedentarylifestyle, the past level (i.e., the sedentary time …
La cognition est ancrée dans le corps selon l’approche incarnée de la cognition. L’étude du corps dans les travaux s’inscrivant dans cette approche s’est toutefois généralement limitée à le considérer comme un objet moteur (e.g. effet du geste ou de …
L’approche incarnée et située prédit des interactions directes entre les traitements sensorimoteurs et cognitifs. Cet article présente les arguments en faveur de telles interactions en se concentrant sur le fonctionnement sensoriel et mnésique chez …
Background: Stress is a significant public health concern that can be self-evaluated using the job control demands model from Karasek. Emergency health care workers are particularly exposed to stress because of the intrinsic characteristics …
This study examined the judgment of the passage of time in elderly people living in retirement homes, focusing on the passage of time experienced in the present and that judged retrospectively for short periods (last day, week, month) and longer …
**Background**: Executive deficits are a core characteristic of schizophrenia. Yet, the origin of these impairments remains unclear as they may be caused by processing slowing. This issue is of particular interest for aging insofar as cognitive aging …