Author: Alessandra Dallavecchia

  • Michael Schumacher: An “Awakening”

    Michael Schumacher: An “Awakening”

    In 2013, a roaring career came all to a stop after a tragic accident during a Christmas ski trip in the Alps. A famous formula 1 driver in a coma, so why are we hearing now that he is conscious?

  • Probing the Mind: Testing the breaking point of neuropsychological assessments

    Probing the Mind: Testing the breaking point of neuropsychological assessments

    Medicine and psychology intersect more than you would expect. In particular, tests developed based on psychological concepts are used frequently in clinical evaluations to assess different aspects of a patient’s cognitive abilities. However, there are important limitations to these tests that become evident in cases of severe disease. Research has moved towards using neurophysiological methods…