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Erika Borella

Erika Borella

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Psychology

D-Index
43
Citations
7246
World Ranking
7285
National Ranking
144

Erika Borella publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Erika Borella sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 176 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Erika Borella D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Erika Borella sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Erika Borella is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and neuroscience, with substantial focus on cognitive neuroscience and experimental and cognitive psychology. Their work also touches on psychiatry and mental health, developmental and educational psychology, as well as social psychology.

The main topics addressed in Borella's body of work include dementia and cognitive impairment research, sleep and related disorders, cognitive abilities and testing, cognitive functions and memory, aging and gerontology research, sleep and wakefulness research, and memory processes and influences.

Frequent publication venues for Borella's research include Aging & Mental Health and Frontiers in Psychology, each featuring six of their papers. Other venues include Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience with four publications, BMC Geriatrics with three, and the European Journal of Ageing also with three publications.

Borella's recent papers illustrate a range of interests and study designs, including:

  • "The relationship between sleep quality and quality of life in aging: a systematic review and meta-analysis" (2021) published in Health Psychology Review
  • "Out of the noise: Effects of sound environment on maths performance in middle-school students" (2021) published in Journal of Environmental Psychology
  • "Effectiveness of Therapeutic Gardens for People with Dementia: A Systematic Review" (2021) published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for Older Adults With Mild-to-Moderate Dementia in Italy: Effects on Cognitive Functioning, and on Emotional and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms" (2021) published in The Journals of Gerontology Series B
  • "Does a brief mindfulness intervention counteract the detrimental effects of ego depletion in basketball free throw under pressure?" (2020) published in Sport Exercise and Performance Psychology

Borella collaborates regularly with a group of co-authors including Elena Carbone with 31 joint publications, Enrico Sella with 18, Chiara Meneghetti with 8, Federica Piras with 7, and Enrico Toffalini with 6.

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

  • 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

  • Age Differences in Text Processing: The Role of Working Memory, Inhibition, and Processing Speed

    Erika Borella;Paolo Ghisletta;Anik de Ribaupierre

  • The role of working memory, inhibition, and processing speed in text comprehension in children☆

    Erika Borella;Anik de Ribaupierre

  • Working memory and inhibitory control across the life span: Intrusion errors in the Reading Span Test

    Christelle Robert;Erika Borella;Delphine Fagot;Thierry Lecerf

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

    Erika Borella;Barbara Carretti;Alessandra Cantarella;Francesco Riboldi

  • 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

  • Adult age differences in the Color Stroop Test: a comparison between an Item-by-item and a Blocked version.

    C Ludwig;Erika Borella;M Tettamanti;A. de Ribaupierre

  • 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

  • When the mind wanders: age-related differences between young and older adults.

    Michela Zavagnin;Erika Borella;Rossana De Beni

  • Spatial abilities across the adult life span.

    Erika Borella;Chiara Meneghetti;Lucia Ronconi;Rossana De Beni

  • The efficacy of cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) for people with mild-to-moderate dementia: A review.

    Alessandra Lobbia;Elena Carbone;Silvia Faggian;Simona Gardini

  • Interplay between memory and executive functions in normal and pathological aging.

    Patrizia S. Bisiacchi;Erika Borella;Susanna Bergamaschi;Barbara Carretti

Frequent Co-Authors

Rossana De Beni
Rossana De Beni University of Padua
Barbara Carretti
Barbara Carretti University of Padua
Irene C. Mammarella
Irene C. Mammarella University of Padua
Cesare Cornoldi
Cesare Cornoldi University of Padua
Matthias Kliegel
Matthias Kliegel University of Geneva
Francesca Pazzaglia
Francesca Pazzaglia University of Padua
Mônica Sanches Yassuda
Mônica Sanches Yassuda Universidade de São Paulo
Paolo Ghisletta
Paolo Ghisletta University of Geneva
Giovanni Augusto Carlesimo
Giovanni Augusto Carlesimo University of Rome Tor Vergata
Nicola Cellini
Nicola Cellini University of Padua

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