Vera Silvia Raad Bussab

• Abstract

  As such, studies on well-being and emotion regulation are to be conducted, with emphases on neurobehavioral and socio-emotional development of children and adolescents (aged 7-14). Our methodologies shall depend upon reliable indicators (psychometric instruments, behavioral, physiological and epigenetic correlates) and employ up-to-date statistical modelling techniques and qualitative stu…

  Positive psychology and neuroscience: translational research to promote well-being and emotional regulation, AP.PCPE

• Abstract

  Post-partum depression is a serious condition which may negatively affect infant development. It is considered a significant cause of developmental impairment in various areas, e.g., physical, cognitive, and emotional. Our project is multicentre including researchers from several institutes from Universidade de São Paulo (IP, IB, ICB, FMVZ, and HU), Centro de Saúde Escola do Butantan and …

  Mother-infant interaction: postpartum depression as a risk factor for development, AP.TEM

• Abstract

  There are variations between men and women regarding sexual strategies, from unrestricted to restricted strategies, depending on various contextual and developmental factors. Moreover, there are intersexual differences: men have a universal tendency to engage in casual sex more often than women, i.e., they tend to have a more unrestricted sociosexual orientation, which means they are more…

  Influence of indicators of masculinization on human attractiveness and sexuality, BP.MS

• Abstract

  The narrative envelope consists of parental conversational practices and narratives for the communication with their infants. It is considered a universal parental care practice related to the psychological function of promoting the foundation for the infant´s construction of the self, perceiving himself as individual. This study aims to investigate the narrative envelope of postpartum de…

  Mother-infant verbal interaction as a child rearing system: an analysis of the narrative envelope in postpartum depressed and nondepressed mothers., BP.PD

• Abstract

  The living beings make choices about how to spend their limited efforts (resources, energy, and time). According to the Future Discount Theory of Daly and Wilson (2001), organisms discount the future when they value immediate resources instead of future resources. This definition can be analyzed from the perspective of the Social Discount, a concept introduced by Rachlin and Ranieri (1992…

  Someone elses suffering, the cure for selfishness? A study about the pure altruism, BP.IC

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• Abstract

  The objective of this research internship is to consolidate the theoretical and practical knowledge of the use of observational data in human development research. I intend to do the research internship at the Observational Laboratory of the Department of Human Development of Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany, directed by Dr. Joscha Kärtner. Concerning my data specificall…

  Observational research in the context of postpartum depression, BE.EP.PD