The role of learning in nocebo and placebo effects

L Colloca, M Sigaudo, F Benedetti - PAIN®, 2008 - Elsevier
The nocebo effect consists in delivering verbal suggestions of negative outcomes so that
the subject expects clinical worsening. Here we show that nocebo suggestions, in which …

Negative symptoms and everyday functioning in schizophrenia: a cross-sectional study in a real world-setting

…, C Montemagni, S Zappia, R Piterà, M Sigaudo… - Psychiatry …, 2014 - Elsevier
Negative symptoms have been suggested to have a greater impact on real-world functioning
in schizophrenia than other symptoms. We aimed to examine the relationship of specific …

Social cognition in people with schizophrenia: a cluster-analytic approach

…, D Gibertoni, C Montemagni, M Sigaudo… - Psychological …, 2016 - cambridge.org
BackgroundThe study aimed to subtype patients with schizophrenia on the basis of social
cognition (SC), and to identify cut-offs that best discriminate among subtypes in 809 out-…

Neuropsychiatric symptoms underlying caregiver stress and insight in Alzheimer's disease

…, D Leotta, C Liffredo, C Mingrone, M Sigaudo… - Dementia and geriatric …, 2010 - karger.com
Objective: Cluster analysis based on Alzheimer’s disease (AD) neuropsychiatric profile
demonstrated validity on caregiver burden, nursing-home placement and survival. The aims of …

[HTML][HTML] Abnormal sense of agency in patients with schizophrenia: Evidence from bimanual coupling paradigm

F Garbarini, A Mastropasqua, M Sigaudo… - Frontiers in Behavioral …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
A fruitful approach to the understanding the human awareness of action is the study of those
pathologies in which some aspects of it are altered. Previous evidences showed that …

Insight in stable schizophrenia: relations with psychopathology and cognition

…, F Castagna, C Montemagni, M Sigaudo… - Comprehensive …, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the relationship among insight, sociodemographic and
clinical variables, symptoms and cognitive functions in a population of outpatients with stable …

[HTML][HTML] An educational and physical program to reduce headache, neck/shoulder pain in a working community: a cluster-randomized controlled trial

…, G Ciccone, A Ugolini, A Piedimonte, M Sigaudo… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Noninvasive physical management is often prescribed for headache and neck
pain. Systematic reviews, however, indicate that the evidence of its efficacy is limited. Our …

A cluster-analytical approach toward real-world outcome in outpatients with stable schizophrenia

…, C Mingrone, B Crivelli, M Sigaudo… - European …, 2016 - cambridge.org
BackgroundThis study aims to empirically identify profiles of functioning, and the correlates
of those profiles in a sample of patients with stable schizophrenia in a real-world setting. The …

Nonlinear analysis of electroencephalogram at rest and during cognitive tasks in patients with schizophrenia

E Carlino, M Sigaudo, A Pollo, F Benedetti… - Journal of Psychiatry and …, 2012 - jpn.ca
Background: In spite of the large number of studies on schizophrenia, a full understanding
of its core pathology still eludes us. The application of the nonlinear theory of …

Quality of life in stable schizophrenia: the relative contributions of disorganization and cognitive dysfunction

M Sigaudo, B Crivelli, F Castagna, M Giugiario… - Schizophrenia …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective The purpose of this study was to examine the relative contributions of disorganization
and cognitive dysfunction to quality of life (QOL) in patients with stable schizophrenia. …