Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention

Who we are

1. The Cognitive and Behavioral Processes and Interventions (CBPI) group that focuses on emotion regulation processes, vulnerability and maintenance factors of psychopathology, processes associated with therapeutic change, and 3rd-wave empirically-based psychological interventions (e.g., mindfulness, compassion, and acceptance-based interventions), in different populations (e.g., general, clinical, forensic) and age groups (e.g., adolescence, adulthood);

2. The Relationships, Development & Health (RD&H) group that focuses on the prevention of illness and promotion of health and quality of life, with a special focus on the development of screening tools, and empirically-based psychological interventions directed at specific groups, such as those in the reproductive and parenthood context and chronic health conditions;

3. The Neuropsychological Assessment and Aging Processes (NAAP) group that focuses on the development, adaptation, validation and normalization of neuropsychological assessment tools for different age groups (children, adolescents, adults and older persons), on characterizing aging trajectories (normal aging, mild cognitive impairment, dementia), on risk and protective factors for cognitive decline and neurodegenerative diseases, and cognitive rehabilitation;

4. The Cognition, Brain and Behavior (CBB): a Cognitive Neuroscience approach to the human mind group that focuses on how knowledge is represented in the brain, on how connectivity constrains neural functioning, and on how the brain is plastically changed in special populations (e.g., congenital deafness; anxiety disorders). The Research Group uses fMRI and neuromodulation (e.g., tDCS) within a cognitive neuroscience approach.