𝙰𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝.
𝙰𝚗𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑.
▸ Throughout my academic path, I've had the chance to explore well-being on several levels. Nowadays more than ever before, health and animal research are strictly connected to offer a better insight on how our brains work. We can resort to animal studies when we need to shed light on elements that cannot be directly accessed to, or investigated due to ethical reasons. As a matter of fact, animal sciences are essential for improving and supporting the welfare of all living species. Focusing on similarities across biological systems, lots of different research fields need to look back to our roots: our evolutionary history.
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▸ The concept of natural selection proposed by Charles Darwin in 1859 is the milestone of animal modelling because it has inspired the principle of biological continuity, which supports the existence of common ancestors shared in the phylogenetic tree. According to it, many functional features appear in different species as stages of the evolutionary processes.
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That is why behavioural simulation is a methodology seen by many like a bridge filling the gap between abstract statements and well-grounded analysis tools. As a matter of fact, simulation re-arranges variables of independent behaviour shown by animals, singularly or combinedly, which are largely considered to be antecedents of more complex performances in humans. Such promising approach is truly a game changer when it comes to prevention, as it can help us improving our lifestyles in an ever-changing context while shaping humane and up-to-date experimental techniques.
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 & 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗.
▸ My study and application of psychology are aimed to the understanding of consciousness. Although it's still difficult to grasp only one definition, many agree to consider consciousness as an ensemble of inner experiences which flow like a wave through our lives, owning both individual and collective features. To try and collect data on it, scientists often combine brain scanning and self-reports. We all play our part in understanding the human mind & brain, how they are "shaped" and they "shape" us, with forms of neurodiversity, cognitive decline and mental disorders being essential to obtain more insight.
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▸ I'm committed to help developing alternative research methods for the improvement of life quality. I'm particularly interested in the therapeutic potential of psychedelic substances which can act on the neural system and produce non-ordinary states of consciousness (i. e. enhancement of perception and self-awareness). After several decades they're slowly being re-introduced in Western societies as revolutionary discoveries related to their effects are taking place in many scientific fields. I've dedicated my studies to the topic, going through their impact in our culture before and after medicalisation.