Line of research: Basic processes in psychology
This line of research brings together researchers who are investigating the basic processes of learning and cognition as well as the assessment and regulation of emotions. The research is organized around the following descriptors:
- Reasoning and associative processes in learning
- Acquisition and expression of habits: individual differences
- Extinction of acquired fears
- Numerical cognition
- Assessment and regulation of emotions
- Brain basis of language in healthy and brain damaged individuals
- Combined therapies for language rehabilitation in post-stroke aphasia
- Implicit memory and learning
This line of research is headed by nine faculty members. Their experience is evidenced by their contributions to numerous scientific publications, the development of doctoral theses, and their participation in competitive publicly-funded research projects.
Name | Institution |
Marina Calleja Reina | University of Malaga |
University of Málaga, Málaga Institute of Biomedical Research | |
University of Malaga | |
University of Málaga, Málaga Institute of Biomedical Research | |
University of Málaga, Autonomous University of Madrid | |
Autonomous University of Madrid, University College London | |
University of Malaga | |
University of Malaga | |
Guadalupe Dávila Arias | University of Malaga |
Labs associated with this line of research
>Cognitive neuroscience: aphasia and related disorders
Ongoing projects and recent publications
Title: Intolerancia a la incertidumbre como factor de vulnerabilidad frente a la adquisición de conductas de evitación desadaptativas. [Intolerance to uncertainty as a factor of vulnerability to the acquisition of maladaptive avoidance behaviors].
Reference: PGC2018-096863-B-I00.
Funded by: Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.
Duration: Start date: 2019; End date: 2022
Head researchers: Pedro Luis Cobos Cano
Participating entities: University of Malaga
Title: Factores protectores del bienestar personal y escolar en la adolescencia [Protective factors of personal and school well-being in adolescence]
Reference: UMA18-FEDERJA-114.
Funded by: Junta de Andalucía + FEDER [Andalusia Regional Govermment and ERDF].
Duration: Start date: 2019; End date: 2022
Head researchers: Pablo Fernández-Berrocal y Rosario Cabello.
Participating entities: University of Malaga
Title: Telerrehabilitación en afasia: evaluación de no inferioridad frente a terapia presencial e identificación de biomarcadores predictores de eficacia. [E-rehabilitation in aphasia: assessment of non-inferiority versus face-to-face therapy and identification of predictor biomarkers of efficacy].
Reference: P20_0050.
Funded by: Junta de Andalucia [Andalusian Regional Government]
Duration: Start date: 2021; End date: 2023
Head researchers: Guadalupe Dávila Arias
Participating entities: University of Malaga
Title: Análisis de factores personales y contextuales y su impacto en la salud y bienestar docente: implicaciones de la inteligencia emocional para los docentes en activo y el profesorado novel. [Analysis of personal and contextual factors and their impact on teachers’ health and well-being: implications of emotional intelligence on in-service teachers and new teachers.]
Reference: UMA18-FEDERJA-147
Funded by: Junta de Andalucía + FEDER [Andalusia Regional Govermment and ERDF].
Duration: Start date: 2019; End date: 2022
Head researchers: Natalio Extremera Pacheco.
Participating entities: University of Malaga
>Vadillo, M. A., Linssen, D., Orgaz, C., Parsons, S., & Shanks, D. R. (2020). Unconscious or underpowered? Probabilistic cuing of visual attention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 149, 160-181.
>Luque D, Beesley T, Morris RW, Jack BN, Griffiths O, Whitford TJ, Le Pelley ME. (2017). Goal-Directed and Habit-Like Modulations of Stimulus Processing during Reinforcement Learning. Journal of Neuroscience, 37, 3009-3017
>Flores, A., López, F. J., Vervliet, B., & Cobos, P. L. (2018). Intolerance of uncertainty as a vulnerability factor for excessive and inflexible avoidance behavior. Behaviour Research & Therapy, 104, 34-43
>Quintero, M.J., Flores, A., Gutiérrez-Huerta, M.T., Molina-Guerrero, P., López, F.J., & Morís, J. (2021). Limitations of occasional reinforced extinction to alleviate spontaneous recovery and reinstatement effects: Evidence for a trial signalling mechanism. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. Pre-printing online version
>Cabello, R., Gómez-Leal, R., Gutiérrez-Cobo. M.J., Megías-Robles, A., Salovey, P., & Fernández-Berrocal, P. (2021). Ability Emotional Intelligence in Parents and their Offspring. Current Psychol. Pre-printing online version
>Dávila, G., Moyano, M. P., Edelkraut, L., Moreno-Campos, L., Berthier, M. L., Torres-Prioris, M. J., & López-Barroso, D. (2020). Pharmacotherapy of Traumatic Childhood Aphasia: Beneficial Effects of Donepezil Alone and Combined with Intensive Naming Therapy. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 11, 1144
>Arrivillaga, C., Rey, L., & Extremera, N. (2022). Psychological distress, rumination and problematic use of smartphones among Spanish adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the incidence of psychotic disorders: Journal of Affective Disorders, 296, 1-8
>García-Orza, J., Gutiérrez-Cordero, I., & Guandalini, M. (2020). Saying thirteen instead of forty-two but saying lale instead of tale: is number production special? Cortex, 128, 281–296.
(Latest update: February, 2022)
If you would like further information on this line of research, please get in touch with Francisco José López Gutiérrez: (frjlopez@uma.es; member of the Academic Committee for the PhD Program, and PhD Program Coordinator).
