Researcher
Keywords:
virtual reality, individual differences, spatial abilities, personality traits
Micaela Maria Zucchelli is research fellow and adjunct
professor at the Department of Psychology at the University of Bologna (Bologna,
Italy). She is member of the Space and Virtual Reality lab and of the Forensic
Lab at the University of Bologna.
Her research interests are focused on the
influence of some personality traits/spatial cognitive styles on the ability to
perform navigational tasks, on driving behaviours and during online navigation
in the web, with the use of different instruments such as virtual reality,
psychophysiological indices (skin conductance, respiratory rate) and
registration of eye movements. Another research topic concerns the relevance of
environment in helping the retrieval of memories in witness interview.