Article written in collaboration with @martinaorlando_psicologa Introduction: Why do we react like this? Understanding your emotional reactions is one of the most complex challenges in everyday life. Many people experience moments of hyperactivation or hyposatisfaction without being able to explain what "triggered” that response. In psychology, two theoretical and practical tools prove particularly useful for giving order to what happens inside us: the ABC model , initially p

Introduction In recent years, the consumption of audiovisual content has undergone a profound transformation following the widespread diffusion of digital streaming platforms. The possibility of instant access to entire seasons of television series has substantially modified viewing habits, promoting increasingly prolonged and continuous patterns of consumption. Within this context, the phenomenon of binge-watching has emerged, defined as the consecutive viewing of multiple e

Article written in collaboration with @mensana.psy Introduction The history of intelligence theories represents a trajectory shaped by theoretical shifts, methodological debates, and continuous attempts at integration. From Charles Spearman’s early factorial models to today’s multilayered frameworks, the concept of intelligence has evolved from a monolithic construct to a dynamic and stratified system. Psychometric and neuroscientific research has progressively shown that cog

Psychological Time: Elasticity, Perception, and Subjective Experience In his iconic painting The Persistence of Memory  (1931), Salvador Dalí explores the fluid nature of time through his famous “soft watches.” This visual distortion corresponds closely to what cognitive psychology describes as psychological time , the time as it is perceived , not measured. Research on temporal perception shows that humans do not experience time as a stable, uniform line but as a highly vari