Articles written by: Francesca Salcioli
Education is prevention
On October 11 and 12, the Bertinoro Days for Civil Economy were held, promoted by the AICCON Research Center as a laboratory for study and discussion on the evolution of the Third Sector and Civil Ec…
What is resilience?
According to the American Psychological Association, resilience is the process of positive adaptation to difficult life experiences. Originally borrowed from material physics, the concept has undergo…
How to cultivate empathy and prevent empathic overload?
Empathy represents one of the most extraordinary and important human abilities: the capacity to understand and share others’ emotions, creating subtle bridges that connect visions, experiences, and l…
The Multitasking Mom
Multitasking describes the ability to follow multiple activities simultaneously: a characteristic that is common among mothers. It is a strategy that responds to the need for speed and the complexity…
The danger of new behavioral addictions
The worrying phenomenon of addictions now goes beyond just the use of illegal drugs, involving various types of risky behaviors that feed on fragility and threaten to steal well-being, future, and li…
Adolescent Emergency: How Are Our Young People Doing?
Worldwide, over one billion people suffer from mental disorders, particularly anxiety (affecting 4.4% of the population) and depression (4%). Psychological distress strongly affects young people: 1 i…
Social connection for overall health
We live in an era characterized by increasing digitalization of work and services and by hyperconnectivity that shifts relationships and free time online. However, the most important connection remai…
Even the body remembers
If our brain stores traces of life experiences, our organs and muscle cells also participate in this memory archive, preserving fragments of our history through somatic emotional memory and proteic m…
Voices from the Pedagogy for the Third Millennium
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Patrizio Paoletti Foundation, we give voice to the recipients of its neuro-psychopedagogical research in the service of humanity, close to people and capable…
Why are emotions so important?
Emotions represent one of the most fascinating and complex dimensions of human experience: sophisticated information-processing systems that guide our thoughts, shape our decisions, and influence our…
Caravan of the Heart: how good is volunteering for us?
Volunteering means committing to doing good for others. But how good is it for us as well? And how useful is it for everyone, even for the youngest? We talk about it with Ariadne Rossetti, psychologi…
Scientific Research on Silence
Silence brings significant benefits to our overall health, for example in terms of stress reduction, improved sleep, enhanced mental clarity, boosted creativity, better concentration, increased aware…
How to learn to manage conflicts?
Conflicts are an integral and natural part of our lives and play a fundamental role in the evolution of ideas, choices, and human history itself. From small domestic disagreements to workplace disput…
The triad of intelligences, emotions, and relationships
The World Health Organization in 1948 introduced a new concept of health: no longer simply the absence of disease, but a complete state of physical, psychological, emotional, social, and existential…
The Pain of Loneliness
Social interaction is essential for ensuring satisfaction, joy, and even proper brain functioning. On the other hand, the deprivation of human connections is highly detrimental to the entire body and…
What and how many are our senses really?
At school, we were taught that we have 5 senses: sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste. But science today suggests that the ways our body perceives and interacts with the environment are more numer…
Pranayama: how to practice the Yoga of Breath?
On the occasion of International Yoga Day, June 21, we explore Breath Yoga, a set of techniques that help us understand and optimize the most natural and fundamental activity of our life—the first on…
How do climate change and pollution impact our mental and cognitive health?
The health of the Planet and that of humans are intrinsically linked. Many scientific studies investigate the effects of climate change on our physical health, but the impact on our psyche and brain…
Happiness is green
The Planet is our largest home, and protecting and honoring it is essential for the well-being of ourselves and all living beings. To build a sustainable future, it is essential to have a reflection…
Human and Emotional Sustainability: The Path to Global Health
In a rapidly changing world, with climatic, technological, and social shifts, choosing sustainability is the only way to reshape our relationship with ourselves, others, and the Planet, and to allow…
How to deal with emotional eating through Mindful Eating?
Eating does not only respond to a physiological need, but also to the inner mosaic of emotions that we experience daily, including those that are more difficult or unheard. One may find themselves ea…
Psychology for the future: let’s talk about silence
The 33rd International Congress of Psychology ICP 2024: Psychology for the Future – Together in Hope was held from July 21 to 26. The new symposium, organized by the RINED Research Institute for Neur…
Brain and mental health
Preserving cognitive functions is a fundamental goal of global health, particularly regarding the prevention and research of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson. At the same…
The right environment for concentration
Focusing seems increasingly difficult in an era saturated with information, notifications, sounds, and lights. Every stimulus can become a distraction, pulling us away from tasks and goals. The envir…
Silence is health: Patrizio Paoletti Foundation at Sapienza University
Silence is golden, even for health. Current scientific research is confirming that silence can become a protective factor for the mind and overall body health, especially when sought intentionally. T…
Self-esteem can also grow through failure
Successes and failures naturally influence self-esteem and our perception of ourselves. Scientific studies, however, show that what matters most is our attitude towards them. In failure, in particula…
Patrizio Paoletti Foundation at the National Days of Positive Psychology
This month, the Patrizio Paoletti Foundation is participating in an important scientific event dedicated to Positive Psychology. It will share research results on the silence as a resource in educati…
The focus on education, between journals and scientific research
The registers for pedagogists and educators are born, while awareness of the centrality of education is increasingly deepening. A fundamental role is played by the training of educators and by neuro-…
