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43
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National Ranking
395

Psychology

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National Ranking
145

Overview

Laura Piccardi is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy and specializes in psychology, with a focus on cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, developmental and educational psychology, and psychiatry and mental health. Their research contributions span 71 publications in psychology, emphasizing the intersections of cognition and behavior.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics within psychology, including:

  • Spatial Cognition and Navigation
  • Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Categorization, Perception, and Language
  • Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Augmented Reality Applications
  • Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes

Several frequent co-authors have collaborated extensively with Laura Piccardi, including:

  • Massimiliano Palmiero
  • Raffaella Nori
  • Maddalena Boccia
  • Anna Maria Giannini
  • Cecilia Guariglia

The publication venues where their work frequently appears are noteworthy for the focus on neuroscience and psychology, such as:

  • Brain Sciences
  • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Applied Neuropsychology Adult

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Laura Piccardi include:

  • "The relationships between musical expertise and divergent thinking," 2020, Acta Psychologica
  • "Divergent Thinking: The Role of Decision-Making Styles," 2020, Creativity Research Journal
  • "Brain Network Underlying Executive Functions in Gambling and Alcohol Use Disorders: An Activation Likelihood Estimation Meta-Analysis of fMRI Studies," 2020, Brain Sciences
  • "The specific role of spatial orientation skills in predicting driving behaviour," 2020, Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
  • "The contribution of field independence in virtual spatial updating," 2021, Current Psychology

Best Publications

  • Neural bases of personal and extrapersonal neglect in humans

    Giorgia Committeri;Sabrina Pitzalis;Gaspare Galati;Fabiana Patria

  • Where do bright ideas occur in our brain? Meta-analytic evidence from neuroimaging studies of domain-specific creativity.

    Maddalena Boccia;Laura Piccardi;Liana Palermo;Raffaella Nori

  • Development of neuropsychiatric symptoms in poststroke patients: a cross‐sectional study

    P. Angelelli;S. Paolucci;U. Bivona;L. Piccardi

  • The Meditative Mind: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis of MRI Studies

    Maddalena Boccia;Laura Piccardi;Paola Guariglia

  • Gender Effects in Young Road Users on Road Safety Attitudes, Behaviors and Risk Perception

    Pierluigi Cordellieri;Francesca Baralla;Fabio Ferlazzo;Roberto Sgalla

  • Walking in the Corsi test: which type of memory do you need?

    Laura Piccardi;Giuseppe Iaria;Maura Ricci;Filippo Bianchini

  • Different neural modifications underpin PTSD after different traumatic events: an fMRI meta-analytic study

    Maddalena Boccia;Simonetta D’Amico;Filippo Bianchini;Assunta Marano

  • Frontal EEG Asymmetry of Mood: A Mini-Review.

    Massimiliano Palmiero;Laura Piccardi

  • Effects of new light sources on task switching and mental rotation performance

    F. Ferlazzo;L. Piccardi;C. Burattini;M. Barbalace

  • Developmental topographical disorientation in a healthy subject.

    F. Bianchini;C. Incoccia;L. Palermo;L. Piccardi

  • Where does brain neural activation in aesthetic responses to visual art occur? Meta-analytic evidence from neuroimaging studies.

    Maddalena Boccia;Sonia Barbetti;Laura Piccardi;Cecilia Guariglia

  • The Walking Corsi Test (WalCT): standardization of the topographical memory test in an Italian population

    L. Piccardi;F. Bianchini;O. Argento;A. De Nigris

  • Cognitive Reserve in Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease: A Meta-Analysis of fMRI Studies

    Stefano Colangeli;Maddalena Boccia;Paola Verde;Paola Guariglia

  • Is autotopoagnosia real? EC says yes. A case study.

    C. Guariglia;L. Piccardi;M.C. Puglisi Allegra;M. Traballesi

  • Segregation of neural circuits involved in spatial learning in reaching and navigational space.

    Federico Nemmi;Maddalena Boccia;Laura Piccardi;Gaspare Galati

  • Attention Deficits in Stroke Patients: The Role of Lesion Characteristics, Time from Stroke, and Concomitant Neuropsychological Deficits.

    Simona Spaccavento;Chiara Valeria Marinelli;Roberto Nardulli;Luigi Macchitella

  • Representational neglect and navigation in real space.

    Cecilia Guariglia;Laura Piccardi;Giuseppe Iaria;Daniele Nico

  • I can see where you would be: Patterns of fMRI activity reveal imagined landmarks

    Maddalena Boccia;Valentina Sulpizio;Liana Palermo;Laura Piccardi

  • Gender effects on mental rotation in pilots vs. nonpilots.

    Paola Verde;Laura Piccardi;Filippo Bianchini;Pierandrea Trivelloni

  • Gender differences in navigational memory: pilots vs. nonpilots

    Paola Verde;Laura Piccardi;Filippo Bianchini;Cecilia Guariglia

  • Different spatial memory systems are involved in small- and large-scale environments: evidence from patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

    L. Piccardi;A. Berthoz;M. Baulac;M. Denos

Frequent Co-Authors

Cecilia Guariglia
Cecilia Guariglia Sapienza University of Rome
Giuseppe Iaria
Giuseppe Iaria University of Calgary
Gaspare Galati
Gaspare Galati Sapienza University of Rome
Umberto Sabatini
Umberto Sabatini Magna Graecia University
Luigi Pizzamiglio
Luigi Pizzamiglio Sapienza University of Rome
Gabriella Antonucci
Gabriella Antonucci Sapienza University of Rome
Giorgia Committeri
Giorgia Committeri University of Chieti-Pescara
Giuseppe Curcio
Giuseppe Curcio University of L'Aquila
Alain Berthoz
Alain Berthoz Collège de France
Sabrina Pitzalis
Sabrina Pitzalis Sapienza University of Rome

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