Uncertainty as a constitutive condition of human experience: Paradoxes and complexity of sensemaking in the face of the crisis and uncertainty

RDL Picione, U Lozzi - … and Education: Subject, Action & Society, 2021 - sasjournal.org
The work presents an extensive review on the theme of the crisis of meaning generated by
uncertainty. Generally, uncertainty is considered an affective-cognitive condition of human …

[HTML][HTML] A theoretically informed critical review of research applying the concept of liminality to understand experiences with cancer: Implications for a new oncological …

P Stenner, R De Luca Picione - International Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Liminality was described more than 20 years ago as a major category explaining how
cancer is experienced. Since then, it has been widely used in the field of oncology research …

Generalized Semiotic Functions of Borders' model: Contributions from cultural psychology, semiotics and psychoanalysis to-wards the understanding of borders in …

RDL Picione, G Marsico, L Tateo… - International Journal of …, 2022 - sasjournal.org
The article is an exploration of the bordering process, its theoretical foundations, its ontology-
dynamics and phenomenology in human experience. The research question is how …

The Knot and the Psyche: A Study on the Dynamism of the Psyche by Means of the Knotting Praxis

RDL Picione - Re-inventing organic metaphors for the Social …, 2023 - Springer
The knot is an object that deeply characterizes the human experience. Its making requires
both manual and abstract/logical/formal skills. In every culture and tradition, the knot has …

The otherness in the constitution of the psyche: arguments from psychoanalysis and cultural psychology

R De Luca Picione, MF Freda - New perspectives on inner speech, 2022 - Springer
A long-standing tradition of cultural and psychoanalytical studies has showed that human
psyche is not a monolithic object–namely, a static and not divisible entity; rather, it is a …

The aesthetic and affective matrix of pre-reflective sensemaking at the origins of the relationship between subject and world: A dialogue between Kant's Third Critique …

G Tossici, R De Luca Picione - The International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The authors discuss the relevance of aesthetic and affective experience at the heart of the
human being's capability to relate to the world and to found relations of sense. Faced with …

[HTML][HTML] Sensemaking Process of Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Identification of Specific Clusters of “Sense of Grip”

R De Luca Picione, MF Freda, R Bianco, F Capelli… - Human Arenas, 2024 - Springer
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) represents a pervasive neurodevelopmental disorder
characterized by persistent atypicalities in social communication and social interactions …

Searching for meaning through conspiracy theories. Considerations on the state of the art of psychological literature and definition of a research agenda from a …

AM De Fortuna, R De Luca Picione - Culture & Psychology, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Why do conspiracy theories abound in critical times? The purpose of this article is to provide
an extensive critical review of research perspectives that focus, in the age of crisis, on the …

Unpacking the Concept of Otherness: Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives

N Doubková, M Preiss, EM Sanders - Integrative Psychological and …, 2024 - Springer
Otherness is a complex and polysemic notion that is conceptualized in both philosophy and
psychology. The paper examines otherness as a universal phenomenon of the human …

Viktor von Weizsäcker's Gestaltkreis Theory. The Dynamic and Subjective Relationship of Perception and Movement

R De Luca Picione - Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, 2024 - Springer
The paper presents Victor von Weizsäcker's theory of Gestaltkreis (ie 'circle of form'), which
offers an original theoretical contribution. It is rich of fruitful stimuli for understanding the …