Laboratorios

Áreas de investigación
Procesos de aprendizaje básico. Condicionamiento clásico. Condicionamiento operante. Habituación.

Algunos artículos asociados

• Pérez, O.D., Vogel, E.H., Narasiwodeyar, S. & Soto, F. (2022). Subsampling of cues in associative learning. Learning & Memory. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.053602.122
• Uribe-Bahamonde, Y.E., Jorquera, O., Becerra, S. & Vogel, E.H. (2021). SOP- habituation laboratory: An interactive tool for simulating the basic behavioral features of habituation. Behavior Research Methods. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-021-01548-y
• Jorquera, O.E. & Vogel, E. (2020). A simple and low-cost, but naturalistic method for introducing students to action potentials. Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4324-2021200245
• Vogel, E.H., Ponce, F.P., & Brandon, S.E. (2020). Can the stimulus processing assumptions of the sometimes-opponent-process (SOP) model explain instances of contextual learning? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition. http://doi.org/10.1037/xan0000251

Áreas de investigación
Neurociencia cognitiva. Interacción instrumental. Cognición social. Neurofisiología.

Algunos artículos asociados

• Rubio, F., Neira, C., Villacura-Herrera, C., Castillo, R.D. (2022). First and second-Order Theory of Mind as predictors of cooperative behaviors in preschool and school children. Psykhe. https://doi.org/10.7764/psykhe.2021.36317
• Valenzuela, A. & Castillo, R.D. (2022). The effect of communicative purpose and reading medium on pauses during different phases of the textualization process. Reading and Writing. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-022-10309-y
• González, C., Castillo, R.D., Franzani, J. & Martinich, C. (2021). Screening of developmental difficulties during the transition to primary school. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18083958
• Morales-Bader, D., Castillo, R.D., Olivares, C. & Miño, F. (2020). How do object shape, semantic cues, and apparent velocity affect the attribution of intentionality to figures with different types of movements? Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00935

Áreas de investigación

Habituación y procesos atencionales; psicopatología y estrés.

Algunos artículos asociados

• Cancino, N., Ramos, N., Mendoza, C., García, M. & Schott, S. (2022). COVID – 19 y desafíos para la salud mental: experiencia de atención a distancia desde un centro de psicología universitario. Revista Sul Americana de Psicología, 10(1).
• Celedón, K., & Kreither, J. (2021). Relación entre las dificultades en la regulación emocional y características asociadas al trastorno por déficit de atención e hiperactividad en estudiantes universitarios chilenos. Cuadernos de Neuropsicología/Panamerican Journal of Neuropsychology, 15(1).
• Hernández, F., Plaza, J., & Kreither, J. (2021). Trastorno por Déficit Atencional e Hiperactividad en adultos: Una revisión sistemática de abordajes terapéuticos. Psicoperspectivas, 20(1), 44-55.
• Sehatpour, P., Dondé, C., Adair, D., Kreither, J., Lopez-Calderon, J., Avissar, M., … & Javitt, D. C. (2021). Comparison of cortical network effects of high-definition and conventional tDCS during visuomotor processing. Brain Stimulation: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation, 14(1), 33-35.
• Sehatpour, P., Dondé, C., Hoptman, M. J., Kreither, J., Adair, D., Dias, E., … & Javitt, D. C. (2020). Network-level mechanisms underlying effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on visuomotor learning. Neuroimage, 223, 117311.
• Uribe-Bahamonde, Y. E., Jorquera, O. E., Becerra, S. A., & Vogel, E. H. (2021). SOP-habituation laboratory: An interactive tool for simulating the basic behavioral features of habituation. Behavior Research Methods, 53(5), 2120-2126.

Áreas de investigación

Apego, parentalidad y psicopatología; Maltrato, estrés traumático, TEPT y TEPT complejo; Detección e intervención temprana en psicopatología y conducta suicida; Procesos neurocognitivos en poblaciones clínicas tales como TDAH

Algunos artículos asociados

• Campos, S., Núñez, D., Bravo, P., Fresno, A., & Olff, M. (2022). Preliminary evidence for internal structure, sensitivity, and specificity of a brief PTSD and complex PTSD measure in adolescents. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/cbs0000322 
• Hernández-González, O., Spencer-Contreras, R., de la Torre González, B. & Mejías, B. (2022) Teachers’ responses to anxiety in students with autism spectrum disorder: Proposal of a predictive model. Spec eduk i rehabilitacija; 21:255-268. [DOI: 10.5937/specedreh21-37792]
• Núñez, D., Guajardo, V., Gaete, J., Libuy, N., Mundt, A., Ibañez, C. (2022). The influence of adverse childhood experiences on suicide-related behaviors among adolescents in Chile. Archives of Suicide Research. doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2022.2134067
• Cancino Letelier, N., Ramos Alvarado, N., Mendoza Núñez, C., García Zerene, M. del P., & Schott Gaete, M. S. (2022). Covid-19 y desafíos para la salud mental: experiencia de atención a distancia desde un centro de psicología universitario. Revista Sul-Americana De Psicología, 10(1), 149–168. https://doi.org/10.29344/2318650X.1.3207
• Forslund, T., Granqvist, P., van IJzendoorn, M H…. Fresno, A…. (2021) Attachment goes to court: child protection and custody issues, Attachment & Human Development, DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2020.1840762  
• Fresno, A., Arias, V., Núñez, D., Spencer, R., Ramos, N., Espinoza, C., Bravo, P., Arriagada, J., & Brunet, A. (2020). Using Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (ESEM) to Examine the Internal Structure of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms. The Spanish journal of psychology, 23, e48. https://doi.org/10.1017/SJP.2020.46 
• Heather, W., Núñez, D. (2022). Psychotic experiences, emotion regulation, and suicidal ideation among Chilean adolescents in the general population. Frontiers in Psychiatry, Adolescent and Young Adult Psychiatry. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.983250
• Langer, A. Núñez, D., Waardenar, K., Wigman, J. Ulloa, J.L. (2022). A Latent Profile Analysis of psychotic experiences, non-psychotic symptoms, suicidal ideation and underlying mechanisms in a sample of adolescents from the general population. Frontiers in Psichiatry. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.926556
• Versión en español. (2022). El apego va a juicio: problemas de custodia y protección infantil. Anuario de Psicología Jurídica, 32, 115 -139.  https://doi.org/10.5093/apj2021a26 

Áreas de investigación.

Algunos artículos asociados

• Besoaín, F., & Gallardo, I. (2023). Think About It: Promoting Physical Activity with a Mobile App with a Theory-based Approach. IEEE Access. https:// doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3265891
• Rubio, C., Gallardo, I., & Besoaín, F. (2023). Promoting Healthy Behaviors Through an RPG Videogame: An Elaboration Likelihood Model Based Approach. IEEE Transaction on Games.
• Cárdenas, M., Arancibia, H., Bahamondes, J. y Figueiredo, A. (2022). Symbolic Exclusion and Historical Negation Regarding the Indigenous Mapuche People: A Study of Their Moral and Ideological Causes in Chile. Race and Social Problems, 14, 342–356. http://doi.org/10.1007/s12552-022-09358-3  
• Cárdenas, M. y Salinero, S. (2022). Violencia Obstétrica en Chile: percepción de las mujeres y diferencias por tipo de centro de asistencia. Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 46:e24. https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2022.24
• Gómez-Urrutia, V., Figueroa, A. J., Díaz, N., & Valladares, F. (2022). Work and Family Balance in Chilean Young People’s Life Plans. Journal of Family Issues, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X221127022
• Jimenez-Figueroa, A.; Busto-Ramirez, A.  &, Orellana-Cornejo, M. (2023). Work-family conflict, perception of gender equality and subjective well-being of health officials in the Maule Region. Cienc. Psicol. [online]. 17, n.1 [citado  2023-04-12], e2904. Disponible en: <http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1688-42212023000101207&lng=es&nrm=iso>.  Epub 01-Jun-2023. ISSN 1688-4094.  https://doi.org/10.22235/cp.v17i1.2904.
• Gil-Flórez, A., Llorens, S., Acosta-Antognoni, H., & Salanova, M. (2022). Basic Psychological Needs at Work: Their Relationship with Psychological Well-being and Healthy Organisational Out-comes with a Gender Perspective. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 1-18. 10.3390/ijerph19053103 
• Salanova, M., Acosta-Antognoni, H., Llorens, S., & LeBlanc, P.M. (2021). We trust you! A multilevel-multireferent model based on Organizational trust to explain performance. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 1-21. 10.3390/ijerph18084241 
• Rojas-Barahona, C. A., Gaete, J., Véliz, M., Castillo D., R., Rámirez, S., & Araya, R. (2022). The effectiveness of a tablet-based video game that stimulates cognitive, emotional, and social skills in developing academic skills among preschoolers: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 23, 936 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063‐022‐06875‐9 (Q1).
• Valenzuela, D., Turunen, T., Gana, S., Rojas-Barahona, C.A., Araya, R., Salmivalli, C., & Gaete, J. (2022). Efffectiveness of the KiVa Antibullying Program with and without the Online Game in Chile: a Three‐Arm Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Prevention Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-022-01379-z (Q1)
• González B., Pablo y Morales Y., Alejandro (2021). La geolocalización del patrimonio arqueológico del Maule. El descubrimiento del primer sitio de pintura rupestre. Nadir: Revista electrónica de geografía austral, 13. ISSN: 0718-7130.
• Vargas-Garrido, H., Moyano-Díaz, E. & Andrades, K. (2022). Sleep problems are related to commuting accidents rather than to workplace accidents. BMC Public Health 21, 652. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10737-5
• Alvear-Vega, S., Vargas-Garrido, H. (2022). Social determinants of malnutrition in Chilean children aged up to five. BMC Public Health 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12455-4
• Moyano-Díaz, E., & Mendoza-Llanos, R. (2021). Yes! Maximizers Maximize Almost Everything: The Decision-Making Style Is Consistent in Different Decision Domains. Frontiers in Psychology, 12.
• Moyano-Díaz, E., & Mendoza-Llanos, R. (2021). Membership, Neighborhood Social Identification, Well-Being, and Health for the Elderly in Chile. Frontiers in Psychology, 11.

Cuenta con dos espacios principales:
• Una sala de trabajo para análisis cuantitativo y cualitativo, equipada computadores con software especializado para modelamiento estadístico, minería de datos, análisis multivariado y simulación experimental.
• Un espacio experimental de neurociencia que incluye un cubículo electromagnéticamente aislado (jaula de Faraday), conectado a una sala de registro mediante un espejo unidireccional. Este espacio cuenta con un electroencefalógrafo de 64 canales, ideal para estudios neuroconductuales y experimentales de alta resolución temporal.

El LMBN ha generado múltiples publicaciones científicas, destacando colaboraciones inter, multi y transdisciplinarias con diversas unidades, integrando enfoques metodológicos, tecnológicos y teóricos provenientes de diversas disciplinas. Sus líneas de trabajo abordan temáticas relacionadas con salud mental, cognición, afectividad, psicopatología, y metodologías innovadoras para el estudio del comportamiento humano.

Áreas de investigación

• Diseño metodológico y análisis estadístico avanzado.
• Modelamiento psicométrico y análisis de datos complejos.
• Psicología experimental, neurociencia cognitiva y afectiva.
• Interfaz entre IA, neurociencia, comportamiento y salud mental.

Algunos artículos asociados

• Leiva-Bianchi, M., Castillo, N., Astudillo, C. A., & Ahumada-Méndez, F. (2025). Effectiveness of machine learning methods in detecting grooming…. Scientific Reports, 15, 9008. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-83003-4
• Vásquez-Carrasco, E., Rojas, M., Larenas, L., Ferrada, A., Hernández-Martínez, J., Ahumada-Méndez, F., Leiva-Bianchi, M., Carmine, F., Sandoval, C., Branco, B. H. M., & Valdés-Badilla, P. (2025). Effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions for sleep disorders in enhancing quality of life, cognitive function, and sleep quality in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Medicina, 61(4), 583. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina61040583
• Nvo-Fernandez, M., Miño-Reyes, V., Serrano, C., Acosta-Antognoni, H., Salas, F., Wiedeman, C. V., Ahumada-Méndez, F., & Leiva-Bianchi, M. (2025). What is the impact of unemployment as an adverse experience? Post-traumatic stress disorder and complex post-traumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22(5), 696. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22050696
• Nvo-Fernandez, M., Salas, F., Miño-Reyes, V., Ahumada-Méndez, F., Medina, P., Avello, D., Landim, S. F., Via, M., Napolitano, N., & Leiva-Bianchi, M. (2025). Effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) in treating borderline personality disorder: A randomized controlled trial. Alpha Psychiatry, 26(2), Article 40031. https://doi.org/10.31083/AP40031
• Vásquez-Pailaqueo, M. P., Acosta-Antognoni, H., & Leiva-Bianchi, M. (2025). Character strengths-based interventions and their efficacy related to work engagement and job performance: A meta-analysis. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 10, 21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41042-025-00215-3
• Leiva, M. (2024). ROBUST-RCT ANOVA: The ultimate solution for repeated measures ANOVA [Sitio web]. Universidad de Talca, Facultad de Psicología. https://www.robustrctanova.com
• Sepúlveda-Páez, G., Leiva-Bianchi, M., Ferrer-Urbina, R., Escudero-Pastén, J., & Salas, F. (2024). Relationship between bullshit, cognitive skills, and belief systems: A meta-analytic review. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 39(2), e70029. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.70029
• Salas, F., Nvo-Fernández, M., Leiva-Bianchi, M., Miño-Reyes, V., Medina, P., Cáceres, C., & Ahumada-Méndez, F. (2024). Event-related potentials in borderline personality disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 15(1), 2297641. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2023.2297641
• González-González, C. F., Navarro, M., Helbig Soto, F. M. del C., Branco, B. H. M., Avello, D., Carmine, F., Márquez Álvarez, N., Sandoval, C., Landim, S. F., & Leiva-Bianchi, M. (2024). Psychosocial impact of quarantines: A systematic review with meta-analysis. Healthcare, 12(23), 2409. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12232409
• Leiva-Bianchi, M., Nvo-Fernandez, M., Villacura-Herrera, C., Miño-Reyes, V., & Parra-Varela, N. (2023). What are the predictive variables that increase the risk of developing a complex trauma? A meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 343, 153–165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.10.002
• Arias-Mera, C., Paillama-Raimán, D., Lucero-González, N., Leiva-Bianchi, M., & Avello-Sáez, D. (2023). Relation between sleep disorders and attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity in children and adolescents: A systematic review. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 137, 104500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2023.104500
• Cáceres, C., Leiva-Bianchi, M., Serrano, C., Medina, P., & Ahumada-Méndez, F. (2022). How many dimensions does posttraumatic stress disorder have? A study in 127 representative samples of a population exposed by an earthquake. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 14(6), 780–790. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001155
• Cáceres, C., Leiva-Bianchi, M., Ormazábal, Y., Mena, C., & Cantillana, J. C. (2022). Post-traumatic stress in people from the interior drylands of the Maule region, Chile in the context of climate change. Geospatial Health, 17, 1045. https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2022.1045
• Cáceres, C., Leiva-Bianchi, M., Serrano, C., Ormazábal, Y., Mena, C., & Cantillana, J. C. (2022). What is solastalgia and how is it measured? SOS, a validated scale in populations exposed to drought and forest fires. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(20), 13682. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013682
• Vitriol, V., Cancino, A., Serrano, C., & Leiva-Bianchi, M. (2021). Latent class analysis of clinical and psychosocial variables in patients with depression in Chilean primary care centers. Depression Research and Treatment, 2021, Article ID 6629403. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/6629403
• Serrano, C., Leiva-Bianchi, M., Ahumada, F., & Araque-Pinilla, F. (2021). What is the association between post-traumatic stress disorder and unemployment after a disaster? International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 34(6), 755–766. https://doi.org/10.13075/ijomeh.1896.01557
• Villacura-Herrera, C., & Kenner, N. (2020, September 12). rESCMA: A brief summary on effect size conversion for meta-analysis. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/8np9d
• Leiva-Bianchi, M., Mena, C., Ormazábal, Y., Serrano, C., & Rojas, P. (2020). Changes in geographic clustering of post-traumatic stress disorder and post-traumatic growth seven years after an earthquake in Cauquenes, Chile. Geospatial Health, 15, 886. https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2020.886