Scientific Reports
August 29, 2026
Alejandro Luis Callara, Mohammad Hadi Azarabad, Laura Sebastiani et al.
Meditation has long been associated with improvements in mental well-being, emotional regulation, and attentional control. However, the diversity of meditative techniques and variability in participant expertise across studies have hindered the systematic identification of their neurophysiological correlates. To address this challenge, we investigated the neurophysiological signatures of...
Scientific Reports
February 26, 2026
Gianluca Rho, Francesco Bossi, Ngawang Norbu et al.
Meditation is a complex cognitive practice associated with significant neurophysiological changes, particularly in long-term practitioners. These individuals represent an ideal human model for investigating neural changes associated to their consistent, frequent, and sustained cognitive engagement. However, in Western societies, long-term practitioners are relatively rare compared to Eastern...
bioRxiv Preprint Server
December 8, 2025
Alejandro Luis Callara, Mohammad Hadi Azarabad, Laura Sebastiani et al.
preprint
Meditation has been long associated with improvements in mental well-being, emotional regulation, and attentional control. Yet, the diversity of meditative techniques and participant expertise has hindered the systematic identification of their neurophysiological correlates supporting these benefits. To address this challenge, we investigated the neurophysiological signatures of concentrative...
Scientific Reports
September 12, 2025
Emma T Eliasson, Elisa Vigna, Elisa Dal Bò et al.
Body odours (BOs) of individuals in specific emotional states can influence receivers' responses - referred to as an emotional contagion. To investigate the potential of BOs to enhance the effects of mindfulness practice, this quasi-randomised pilot study tested the hypothesis that participants exposed to emotional BOs during mindfulness meditation would exhibit a steeper decrease in state...
Journal of Affective Disorders
January 15, 2025
Cinzia Cecchetto, Elisa Dal Bò, Emma T Eliasson et al.
5 citations
Human body odors (BOs) serve as an effective means of social communication, with individuals exposed to emotional BOs experiencing a partial replication of the sender's affective state. This phenomenon may be particularly relevant in conditions where social interactions are impaired, such as social anxiety. Our study aimed to investigate if emotional human BOs could augment the benefits of...
Scientific Reports
August 3, 2023
Alejandro Luis Callara, Alberto Greco, Enzo Pasquale Scilingo et al.
Abstract: The blinking rate far exceeds that required for moistening the cornea and changes depending on whether a person is resting or engaged in cognitive tasks. During ecological cognitive tasks (such as speaking, reading, and watching videos), blinks occur at breakpoints of attention suggesting a role in information segmentation, but the close relationship between cognition dynamics and...
Brain Sciences
May 29, 2023
Alejandro Luis Callara, Žan Zelič, Lorenzo Fontanelli et al.
7 citations
The relevance of formal hypnotic induction to the experience of trance and its neural correlates is not clear, in that hypnotizability, beliefs and expectation of hypnosis may play a major role. The aim of the study was assessing the EEG brain activity of participants with high (highs) or low hypnotizability scores (lows), aware of their hypnotizability level and informed that the session will...