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It is now online the article: Dual Assessment of Developmental Topographical Disorientation: Comparing Self-Reported Measures with Actual Navigational Performance by Alessia Bonavita, Sofia Pepe, Raffaella Nori, Massimiliano Palmiero, Cecilia Guariglia and Laura Piccardi, published in Brain Sciences. This article seeks to (i) evaluate the effectiveness of the Familiarity and Spatial Cognitive Style Scale (FSCS) and… Continue reading Dual Assessment of Developmental Topographical Disorientation: Comparing Self-Reported Measures with Actual Navigational Performance

It is now online the article: “The Dual Process model: the effect of cognitive load on the ascription of intentionality” by Micaela Maria Zucchelli, Nicola Matteucci Armandi Avogli Trotti, Andrea Pavan, Laura Piccardi, and Raffaella Nori, published in Frontiers in Psychology. This article seeks to examine the intentionality behind decision-making by utilizing a cognitive load… Continue reading The Dual Process model: the effect of cognitive load on the ascription of intentionality

It is now online the article: May reducing driving-related phobia recover developmental topographical disorientation? A case report. by Cecilia Guariglia, Samuele Russo, Alessia Bonavita, Raffaella Nori and Laura Piccardi, published in Applied Neuropsychology: Adult. In this article, we report the case of a girl with developmental topographical disorientation (DTD) and driving related fear (DRF) who struggled to learn driving routes due to her phobia. Her… Continue reading May reducing driving-related phobia recover developmental topographical disorientation? A case report

It is now online the article: “On the Road Safety: Gender Differences in Risk-Taking Driving Behaviors Among Seniors Aged 65 and Older” by Pierluigi Cordellieri, Laura Piccardi, Marco Giancola, Anna Maria Giannini, and Raffaella Nori, published in Geriatrics. This article aims to fill the gap in evidence regarding the role of gender in risk-taking among… Continue reading On the Road Safety: Gender Differences in Risk-Taking Driving Behaviors Among Seniors Aged 65 and Older

The study explored the impact of reasoning capabilities and five personality dimensions, measured  by the 16PF-5 (extraversion, anxiety, self-control, tough-mindedness, independence), on counterfactuals and responsibility attribution in judicial cases. The authors hypothesised that individual differences in these personality traits predicted the direction, magnitude, and content of counterfactuals and responsibility judgments. The main results showed that… Continue reading Individual differences and counterfactual thinking

The editorial “The Contribution of Internal and External Factors to Human Spatial Navigation” by Laura Piccardi, Raffaella Nori, Jose Manuel Cimadevilla, and Maria Kozhevnikov in Brain Sciences is now available online. Spatial navigation involves various cognitive processes such as memory, attention, spatial updating, mental planning, and problem-solving skills. Additionally, internal and external factors like age,… Continue reading The Contribution of Internal and External Factors to Human Spatial Navigation

It is now online the article: Betting on Your Feelings: The Interplay between Emotion and Cognition in Gambling Affective Task by Emanuela Mari, Clarissa Cricenti, Maddalena Boccia, Micaela Maria Zucchelli, Raffaella Nori, Laura Piccardi, Anna Maria Giannini and Alessandro Quaglieri in Journal of Clinical Medicine. The aim of this study is to explore differences in… Continue reading Betting on Your Feelings: The Interplay between Emotion and Cognition in Gambling Affective Task

It is now online the article: “The prevention of road accidents in non-expert drivers: Exploring the influence of Theory of Mind and driving style.” by Raffaella Nori, Micaela Maria Zucchelli, Pierluigi Cordellieri, Alessandro Quaglieri, Massimiliano Palmiero, Paola Guariglia, Marco Giancola, Anna Maria Giannini, and Laura Piccardi, published in Safety Science. This article aims to examine… Continue reading The prevention of road accidents in non-expert drivers: Exploring the influence of Theory of Mind and driving style

It is now online The editorial: The Role of Sounds and Music in Emotion and Cognition by Laura Piccardi, Massimiliano Palmiero, and Raffaella Nori published in Brain Sciences. The editorial introduces a research topic that explores how natural and man-made sounds, including music, affect our emotions and cognitive abilities, such as attention, memory, problem-solving, decision-making,… Continue reading The Role of Sounds and Music in Emotion and Cognition

It is now online the editorial: Application of Virtual Reality in Spatial Memory by Cimadevilla Jose M., Raffaella Nori and Laura Piccardi, published in Brain Sciences, an open access accessible to readers anywhere in the world. The Editorial sums up the articles included in the Special Issue “Application of Virtual Reality in Spatial Memory ”… Continue reading Application of Virtual Reality in Spatial Memory

It is now online the final published version of the Article “Use of default option nudge and individual differences in everyday life decisions” by Micaela Maria Zucchelli · Elisa Gambetti· Fiorella Giusberti and Raffaella Nori published in Cognitive Processing. In the present study, we analyzed how people often make inefficient decisions for themselves and the… Continue reading Use of default option nudge and individual differences in everyday life decisions.

It is now online the final published version of the Article “Environmental cognitive load and spatial anxiety: What matters in navigation?” by Raffaella Nori, Micaela Maria Zucchelli, Massimiliano Palmiero and Laura Piccardi published in Journal of Environmental Psychology. In the present study we explored the mediating role of anxiety (spatial, trait and state) in the… Continue reading Environmental cognitive load and spatial anxiety: What matters in navigation?

It is now online the final published version of the Article “Where Am I? Searching for the Tangle in the Developmental Topographical Disorientation” by Laura Piccardi, Vincenza Cofini, Massimiliano Palmiero, Paola Verde, Maddalena Boccia, Liana Palermo, CeciliaGuariglia and Raffaella Nori, published in Neurology International. In the present study has been characterized the profile of 54… Continue reading Where Am I? Searching for the Tangle in the Developmental Topographical Disorientation

It is now online the final published version of the Article “The effect of Sadness on Visual Artistic Creativity in Non-Artists” by Massimiliano Palmero, Laura Piccardi, Marco Giancola, Raffaella Nori and Paola Guariglia published in Brain Sciences. In the present study we investigated the effects of mood states on artistic creativity. Mood states were induced… Continue reading The Effect of Sadness on Visual Artistic Creativity in Non-Artists

It is now online the final published version of the Article The Contribution of Cognitive Factors to Compulsive Buying Behaviour: Insights from Shopping Habit Changes during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Raffaella Nori, Micaela M. Zucchelli, Laura Piccardi, Massimiliano Palmiero, Alessia Bocchi and Paola Guariglia, published in Behavioral Sciences.An increase in compulsive behaviours among young adults… Continue reading The Contribution of Cognitive Factors to Compulsive Buying Behaviour: Insights from Shopping Habit Changes during the COVID-19 Pandemic

It is now online the final published version of the Article Divergent thinking in Italian elementary school children: the key role of probabilistic reasoning style by Marco Giancola, Massimiliano Palmiero, Alessia Bocchi, Laura Piccardi, Raffaella Nori and Simonetta D’Amico, published in Cognitive Processing. Divergent thinking is widely recognised as an individual creative potential and an… Continue reading Divergent thinking in Italian elementary school children: the key role of probabilistic reasoning style