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EDITORIAL article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Neuropsychology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1596292
This article is part of the Research Topic Affective, Cognitive and Social Neuroscience: Lifelong knowledge and challenges in the post-pandemic world and virtual dimension - Volume II View all 6 articles
Editorial: Editorial: Navigating the Post-Pandemic World: Affective, Cognitive, and Social Neuroscience Perspectives -Volume II
Provisionally accepted- 1 Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
- 2 University of Italian Switzerland, Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland
The research topic explores the profound and complex ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic, along 9 with the spread of virtual environments, has affected human behaviour and mental processes. This 10 collection contains an in-depth exploration of the latest findings in cognitive science, affective 11 neuroscience and social neuroscience, focusing on neuropsychological processes and brain circuits that 12 regulate fundamental aspects of human behaviour. The pandemic has exposed our vulnerability and 13 disrupted global socio-economic systems and personal lives. This emphasises the need to rethink 14 outdated knowledge frameworks and find innovative solutions to new and emerging societal needs. 15In particular, prolonged COVID has been associated with significant neurological sequelae, cognitive 16 dysfunction and behavioural changes that affect daily life and autonomy Taken together, these five articles shed light on the intricate relationships between cognitive, emotional 77 and social processes in the post-pandemic world and in virtual environments. They make an important 78 contribution to understanding how neuroscience can inform our approach to human behaviour in 79
Keywords: Post-pandemic behavior, virtual environments, consumer behavior, social cognition, emotional regulation
Received: 19 Mar 2025; Accepted: 28 Mar 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Sara Palermo, Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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