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Andrea Facoetti

Andrea Facoetti

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Psychology

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46
Citations
10205
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6367
National Ranking
119

Overview

Andrea Facoetti is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Neuroscience, with a strong focus on Cognitive Neuroscience and Developmental and Educational Psychology. They have also contributed to areas related to Statistics and Probability, Education, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as Reading and Literacy Development, Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills, Child Development and Digital Technology, Tactile and Sensory Interactions, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and Cognitive Abilities and Testing.

Among the frequent publication venues where Andrea Facoetti has disseminated research findings are Brain Sciences, Cerebral Cortex, Psychological Research, Journal of Vision, and the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction.

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, notable co-authors include Sara Bertoni, Sandro Franceschini, Simone Gori, Giovanna Puccio, and Martina Mancarella.

Recent papers by Andrea Facoetti include:

  • Action Video Games Enhance Attentional Control and Phonological Decoding in Children with Developmental Dyslexia, 2021, Brain Sciences
  • Short-Term Effects of Video-Games on Cognitive Enhancement: the Role of Positive Emotions, 2021, Journal of Cognitive Enhancement
  • Beyond Reading Modulation: Temporo-Parietal tDCS Alters Visuo-Spatial Attention and Motion Perception in Dyslexia, 2021, Brain Sciences
  • Visuo-spatial attention deficit in children with reading difficulties, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Enhanced disengagement of auditory attention and phonological skills in action video gamers, 2022, Computers in Human Behavior

Best Publications

  • Developmental trajectory of number acuity reveals a severe impairment in developmental dyscalculia

    Manuela Piazza;Andrea Facoetti;Anna Noemi Trussardi;Ilaria Berteletti

  • A Causal Link between Visual Spatial Attention and Reading Acquisition

    Sandro Franceschini;Simone Gori;Milena Ruffino;Katia Pedrolli

  • Action Video Games Make Dyslexic Children Read Better

    Sandro Franceschini;Simone Gori;Milena Ruffino;Simona Viola

  • Extra-large letter spacing improves reading in dyslexia

    Marco Zorzi;Chiara Barbiero;Andrea Facoetti;Isabella Lonciari

  • Visual-spatial attention in developmental dyslexia

    Andrea Facoetti;Pierluigi Paganoni;Massimo Turatto;Valentina Marzola

  • Multisensory spatial attention deficits are predictive of phonological decoding skills in developmental dyslexia

    Andrea Facoetti;Anna Noemi Trussardi;Milena Ruffino;Maria Luisa Lorusso

  • Different underlying neurocognitive deficits in developmental dyslexia: a comparative study.

    D. Menghini;A. Finzi;Mariagrazia Benassi;Roberto Bolzani

  • The relationship between visuo-spatial attention and nonword reading in developmental dyslexia

    Andrea Facoetti;Marco Zorzi;Laurie Cestnick;Maria Luisa Lorusso

  • A different vision of dyslexia: Local precedence on global perception

    Sandro Franceschini;Sara Bertoni;Tiziana Gianesini;Simone Gori

  • The gradient of visual attention in developmental dyslexia.

    Andrea Facoetti;Massimo Molteni

  • How the visual aspects can be crucial in reading acquisition? The intriguing case of crowding and developmental dyslexia.

    Simone Gori;Andrea Facoetti

  • Auditory and visual automatic attention deficits in developmental dyslexia

    Andrea Facoetti;Maria Luisa Lorusso;Pierluigi Paganoni;Carmen Cattaneo

  • Improving Methodological Standards in Behavioral Interventions for Cognitive Enhancement

    C. Shawn Green;Daphne Bavelier;Arthur F. Kramer;Arthur F. Kramer;Sophia Vinogradov

  • The spatial distribution of visual attention in developmental dyslexia.

    Andrea Facoetti;Pierluigi Paganoni;Maria Luisa Lorusso

  • Multiple Causal Links Between Magnocellular–Dorsal Pathway Deficit and Developmental Dyslexia

    Simone Gori;Aaron R. Seitz;Luca Ronconi;Sandro Franceschini

  • The role of visuospatial attention in developmental dyslexia: Evidence from a rehabilitation study

    Andrea Facoetti;Maria Luisa Lorusso;Pierluigi Paganoni;Carlo Umiltà

  • Orienting of visual attention in dyslexia: evidence for asymmetric hemispheric control of attention.

    Andrea Facoetti;Massimo Turatto;Maria Luisa Lorusso;Gian Gastone Mascetti

  • Action Video Games Improve Reading Abilities and Visual-To-Auditory Attentional Shifting in English-speaking Children With Dyslexia

    Sandro Franceschini;Piergiorgio Trevisan;Luca Ronconi;Luca Ronconi;Sara Bertoni

  • Sluggish engagement and disengagement of non-spatial attention in dyslexic children.

    Andrea Facoetti;Andrea Facoetti;Milena Ruffino;Andrea Peru;Andrea Peru;Pierluigi Paganoni

  • Visual spatial attention and speech segmentation are both impaired in preschoolers at familial risk for developmental dyslexia

    Andrea Facoetti;Nicola Corradi;Milena Ruffino;Simone Gori

  • Visual and auditory attentional capture are both sluggish in children with developmental dyslexia.

    Andrea Facoetti;Maria Luisa Lorusso;Carmen Cattaneo;Raffaella Galli

Frequent Co-Authors

Massimo Molteni
Massimo Molteni University of Padua
Marco Zorzi
Marco Zorzi University of Padua
Carlo Umiltà
Carlo Umiltà University of Padua
Stefano Vicari
Stefano Vicari Boston Children's Hospital
Roberto Giorda
Roberto Giorda MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Aaron R. Seitz
Aaron R. Seitz University of California, Riverside
Julie Loebach Wetherell
Julie Loebach Wetherell University of California, San Diego
Johannes C. Ziegler
Johannes C. Ziegler Aix-Marseille University
Paolo Ghisletta
Paolo Ghisletta University of Geneva

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