Universidad Diego Portales

Reliability in Judging Basic Emotions: Lessons from Session Transcripts

Background/Objectives: Psychotherapists have become increasingly interested in identifying how recurrent emotional themes might add value to the clinical process, especially in the context of recent developments in affective neuroscience. However, much of this literature remains...

Listening to children: Gendered beliefs about maths in socioeconomically contrasting Chilean kindergarten contexts

Several studies have acknowledged that listening to and interpreting the voices of young children in a non-controlling, precise, and respectful manner is a major challenge. This study presents qualitative data collection media inspired by the mosaic approach to explore young chil...

Breaking the Blend: A multi-tracer kinematic decomposition method for IFS data applied to disentangling the AGN outflow and circumnuclear ring in NGC 5728 with JWST

Abstract Integral field spectroscopy (IFS) of the central kiloparsecs of active galactic nuclei (AGN) reveals a mixture of spatially coincident emission from star-formation and AGN feedback exciting the interstellar medium. Disentangling these components remains a challenge, as m...

Division and interconnection between spirit and the world: Karoline von Günderrode’s reception of Soliloquies

This paper explores philosopher and writer Karoline von Günderrode’s reception of Soliloquies . Günderrode receives certain aspects of Schleiermacher’s thought. However, she distances herself from the central thesis of the soliloquy that she comments upon (“Die Reflexion”), in wh...

The lived experience of trans persons: a bottom-up review co-written by experts by experience and academics.

We present here the first bottom-up review of the lived experience of trans persons, co-written by experts by experience and academics. We sourced the medical and non-medical literature, focusing on first-person narratives, and critically extracted experiential themes, which were...

Political Endorsements by TikTok Influencers: Parasocial Interaction, Identification, and Support for Political Candidates

This study examines political persuasion on TikTok by testing how influencers’ direct address and media source labels shape audience responses to a political endorsement video. Using a preregistered 2 × 2 online survey experiment with 486 U.S. adults, we found that participants e...

Dust Substructures and Line Perturbations driven by a Forming Planet in J16120

Abstract Hints of planet formation have been independently reported within the gap of the disc around 2MASS J16120668-301027 from millimetre continuum, infrared, and Hα observations. In this work, we present new evidence for ongoing planet formation based on Atacama Large Millime...

Removing the fine print: Disclosure, standardized products, and consumer outcomes

Hidden fees can distort consumer decision-making. In response, regulators historically have (a) improved disclosure to make fees more salient or (b) standardized products to restrict what fees can be charged. We use Chilean administrative data and a multi-stage natural experiment...

Rare Diseases as Epistemic Objects: Exploring the Moral Role of Health Systems

ABSTRACT This article explores how rare diseases reveal the moral and epistemic foundations of healthcare systems. Based on narrative interviews with 11 Chilean patients and 10 professionals, this study shows how the absence of standardised protocols—such as clinical guidelines,...

System modeling of the barriers impeding reuse and recycling as part of the transition to circular construction with a focus on Berlin

The reuse and recycling of construction products are crucial strategies within the transition to circular economy in the construction sector. The aim of this study is to identify and analyze the main barriers influencing construction product reuse and recycling in the Berlin regi...

Misunderstanding and Overprotection: The Impact of Research Ethics Committees on Social Disability Studies in Chile

This study explores the experiences of researchers in Chile when submitting disability-related projects to Research Ethics Committees. Through a qualitative approach involving 18 semi-structured interviews with researchers, the study identifies the barriers that arise from applyi...