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Barbara Carretti

Barbara Carretti

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Psychology

D-Index
37
Citations
6687
World Ranking
9139
National Ranking
196

Overview

Barbara Carretti is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy and focuses primarily on psychological research, with a special emphasis on developmental and educational psychology. Their scholarly work encompasses topics related to reading and literacy development, cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills, and educational achievement and motivation.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the field of psychology, particularly in developmental and educational psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and social psychology. Their research topics frequently address areas such as reading and literacy development, cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills, grit, self-efficacy and motivation, spatial cognition and navigation, and educational and psychological assessments.

Barbara Carretti has published in several academic venues known for studies in language, psychology, and learning. These venues include:

  • Language Typology and Universals
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Brain Sciences
  • Annals of Dyslexia
  • Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

They have frequently co-authored with colleagues including Gerardo Pellegrino, Enrico Toffalini, Chiara Meneghetti, Thomas Stolz, and Walter Bisang.

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • "Developmental Language Disorder: Early Predictors, Age for the Diagnosis, and Diagnostic Tools. A Scoping Review" (2021), published in Brain Sciences
  • "The Use of New Technologies for Improving Reading Comprehension" (2020), published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • "EEG correlates of developmental dyslexia: a systematic review" (2022), published in Annals of Dyslexia
  • "Dyslexia treatment studies: A systematic review and suggestions on testing treatment efficacy with small effects and small samples" (2021), published in Behavior Research Methods
  • "Academic Achievement and Satisfaction Among University Students With Specific Learning Disabilities: The Roles of Soft Skills and Study-Related Factors" (2023), published in Journal of Learning Disabilities

Best Publications

  • Role of working memory in explaining the performance of individuals with specific reading comprehension difficulties: A meta-analysis

    Barbara Carretti;Erika Borella;Cesare Cornoldi;Rossana De Beni

  • The Specific Role of Inhibition in Reading Comprehension in Good and Poor Comprehenders

    Erika Borella;Barbara Carretti;Santiago Pelegrina

  • Working memory training in older adults: evidence of transfer and maintenance effects.

    Erika Borella;Barbara Carretti;Francesco Riboldi;Rossana De Beni

  • Working memory and inhibition across the adult life-span.

    Erika Borella;Barbara Carretti;Rossana De Beni

  • Updating in working memory: a comparison of good and poor comprehenders.

    Barbara Carretti;Cesare Cornoldi;Rossana De Beni;Marta Romanò

  • Components of reading comprehension and scholastic achievement

    Chiara Meneghetti;Barbara Carretti;Rossana De Beni

  • Musicians have better memory than nonmusicians: A meta-analysis.

    Francesca Talamini;Gianmarco Altoè;Barbara Carretti;Massimo Grassi

  • Improving Reading Comprehension in Reading and Listening Settings: The Effect of Two Training Programmes Focusing on Metacognition and Working Memory.

    Barbara Carretti;Nadia Caldarola;Chiara Tencati;Cesare Cornoldi

  • Developmental Language Disorder: Early Predictors, Age for the Diagnosis, and Diagnostic Tools. A Scoping Review.

    Alessandra Sansavini;Maria Elena Favilla;Maria Teresa Guasti;Andrea Marini

  • Does strategic memory training improve the working memory performance of younger and older adults

    Barbara Carretti;Erika Borella;Rossana De Beni

  • Gains in language comprehension relating to working memory training in healthy older adults.

    Barbara Carretti;Erika Borella;Michela Zavagnin;Rossana de Beni

  • Working memory training in old age: an examination of transfer and maintenance effects.

    Erika Borella;Barbara Carretti;Giulia Zanoni;Michela Zavagnin

  • Reading comprehension in aging: the role of working memory and metacomprehension.

    Rossana De Beni;Erika Borella;Barbara Carretti

  • Benefits of training visuospatial working memory in young-old and old-old.

    Erika Borella;Barbara Carretti;Alessandra Cantarella;Francesco Riboldi

  • Improving problem solving in primary school students: The effect of a training programme focusing on metacognition and working memory.

    Cesare Cornoldi;Barbara Carretti;Silvia Drusi;Chiara Tencati

  • Difficulties in working memory updating in individuals with intellectual disability

    Barbara Carretti;C. Belacchi;Cesare Cornoldi

  • A specific deficit in visuospatial simultaneous working memory in Down syndrome

    S. Lanfranchi;B. Carretti;G. Spanò;C. Cornoldi

  • Working Memory Training for Healthy Older Adults: The Role of Individual Characteristics in Explaining Short- and Long-Term Gains

    Erika Borella;Elena Carbone;Massimiliano Pastore;Rossana De Beni

  • Inhibitory mechanisms in Down syndrome: is there a specific or general deficit?

    Erika Borella;Barbara Carretti;Silvia Lanfranchi

  • Benefits of training working memory in amnestic mild cognitive impairment: specific and transfer effects.

    Barbara Carretti;Erika Borella;Silvia Fostinelli;Michela Zavagnin

Frequent Co-Authors

Erika Borella
Erika Borella University of Padua
Rossana De Beni
Rossana De Beni University of Padua
Cesare Cornoldi
Cesare Cornoldi University of Padua
Mônica Sanches Yassuda
Mônica Sanches Yassuda Universidade de São Paulo
Matthias Kliegel
Matthias Kliegel University of Geneva
Lucia Mason
Lucia Mason University of Padua
Andrea Marini
Andrea Marini University of Udine
Patrizia Bisiacchi
Patrizia Bisiacchi University of Padua
Panayiota Kendeou
Panayiota Kendeou University of Minnesota

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