Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
August 2, 2025
P. G. Rossini, Francesca Malandrone, Mariagrazia Merola et al.
ABSTRACT This study aimed to validate the Italian version of the Multiscale Dissociation Inventory (MDI-ITA) and to assess its psychometric properties in a non-clinical sample. The MDI was translated and culturally adapted following established guidelines. A total of 439 Italian-speaking adults participated in the study and filled out the MDI-ITA and other assessment tools for dissociation...
Cerebellum
September 19, 2022
Daniela Rabellino, J. Thome, Maria Densmore et al.
The flocculus is a region of the vestibulocerebellum dedicated to the coordination of neck, head, and eye movements for optimal posture, balance, and orienting responses. Despite growing evidence of vestibular and oculomotor impairments in the aftermath of traumatic stress, little is known about the effects of chronic psychological trauma on vestibulocerebellar functioning. Here, we...
Frontiers in Neuroscience
December 10, 2020
Daniela Rabellino, Paul Frewen, Margaret C Mckinnon et al.
Peripersonal space (PPS) is defined as the space surrounding the body where we can reach or be reached by external entities, including objects or other individuals. PPS is an essential component of bodily self-consciousness that allows us to perform actions in the world (e.g., grasping and manipulating objects) and protect our body while interacting with the surrounding environment....
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
May 1, 2018
Daniela Rabellino, Dalila Burin, Sherain Harricharan et al.
55 citations
Traumatic experiences have been linked to the development of altered states of consciousness affecting bodily perception, including alterations in body ownership and sense of agency, the conscious experience of the body as one’s own and under voluntary control. Severe psychological trauma and prolonged distress may lead to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).Together, symptoms of derealization...
Human Brain Mapping
April 17, 2018
Daniela Rabellino, Maria Densmore, Jean Théberge et al.
The cerebellum plays a key role not only in motor function but also in affect and cognition. Although several psychopathological disorders have been associated with overall cerebellar dysfunction, it remains unclear whether different regions of the cerebellum contribute uniquely to psychopathology. Accordingly, we compared seed-based resting-state functional connectivity of the anterior...
Human Brain Mapping
December 20, 2017
Daniela Rabellino, Maria Densmore, Sherain Harricharan et al.
64 citations
The bed nucleus of the stria terminals (BNST) is a subcortical structure involved in anticipatory and sustained reactivity to threat and is thus essential to the understanding of anxiety and stress responses. Although chronic stress and anxiety represent a hallmark of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), to date, few studies have examined the functional connectivity of the BNST in PTSD. Here,...
European Journal of Psychotraumatology
2016
Daniela Rabellino, Sherain Harricharan, Paul Frewen et al.
25 citations
Early traumatic experiences are thought to be causal factors in the development of trauma-related dissociative experiences, including depersonalization and derealization. The rubber hand illusion (RHI), a well-known paradigm that measures multi-sensorial integration of a rubber hand into one's own body representation, has been used to investigate alterations in the experience of body ownership...