title: Agostino Gemelli and the scientific study of courage in the First World War.
abstract: Agostino Gemelli (1878-1959) is known as the founder of the Catholic University in Italy. Franciscan monk and doctor he had a central role in promoting studies on human behavior, thanks to his solid scientific training as a student of Camillo Golgi at the University of Pavia. His research activities during the years of the First World War involved studying the motivation, courage and psychological adaptation of the soldiers, engaged in trench warfare, laying the foundations of modern studies of behavior and trauma.
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology, St Anna Hospital, Como, Italy.
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Patriarca
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Carlo Alfredo
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Clerici
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D066279:Courage; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D009042:Motivation; D014857:Warfare / Q000266:history*; D047828:World War I
keywords: First World War; Gemelli; catholic; psychology