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Serena Lecce

Serena Lecce

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Psychology

D-Index
35
Citations
3858
World Ranking
9982
National Ranking
224

Overview

Serena Lecce is affiliated with the University of Pavia in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on various aspects within the field of psychology, with a particular emphasis on developmental and educational psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including child and animal learning development, language, metaphor, and cognition, aging and gerontology research, migraine and headache studies, reading and literacy development, cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills, and action observation and synchronization.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Reading minds and reading texts: Evidence for independent and specific associations, 2021, Cognitive Development
  • Risk Perception in a Real-World Situation (COVID-19): How It Changes From 18 to 87 Years Old, 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
  • Screen Time in the Coronavirus 2019 Era: International Trends of Increasing Use Among 3- to 7-Year-Old Children, 2021, The Journal of Pediatrics
  • How to improve social communication in aging: Pragmatic and cognitive interventions, 2020, Brain and Language
  • Longitudinal associations between theory of mind and metaphor understanding during middle childhood, 2020, Cognitive Development

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Elena Cavallini
  • Alessia Rosi
  • Tomaso Vecchi
  • Valentina Bambini
  • Paola Del Sette

Serena Lecce has published often in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, Infant and Child Development, Frontiers in Psychology, and Cognitive Development.

Best Publications

  • Longitudinal effects of theory of mind on later peer relations: the role of prosocial behavior.

    Marcella Caputi;Serena Lecce;Adriano Pagnin;Robin Banerjee

  • Promoting theory of mind during middle childhood: a training program.

    Serena Lecce;Federica Bianco;Rory T. Devine;Claire Hughes

  • Theory of Mind in aging: Comparing cognitive and affective components in the faux pas test.

    Sara Bottiroli;Elena Cavallini;Irene Ceccato;Tomaso Elia Vecchi

  • Does sensitivity to criticism mediate the relationship between theory of mind and academic achievement

    Serena Lecce;Marcella Caputi;Claire Hughes

  • Relations between theory of mind and executive function in middle childhood:: A short-term longitudinal study

    Serena Lecce;Federica Bianco;Rory Thomas Devine;Claire Helene Hughes

  • “Do you know what I want?” Preschoolers’ talk about desires, thoughts and feelings in their conversations with sibs and friends

    Claire Hughes;Serena Lecce;Charlotte Wilson

  • Reading Minds: The Relation Between Children’s Mental State Knowledge and Their Metaknowledge About Reading

    Serena Lecce;Silvia Zocchi;Adriano Pagnin;Paola Palladino

  • Long-term effect of theory of mind on school achievement: The role of sensitivity to criticism

    Serena Lecce;Marcella Caputi;Adriano Pagnin

  • Beyond False Belief: Theory of Mind in Young, Young-Old, and Old-Old Adults:

    Elena Cavallini;Serena Lecce;Sara Bottiroli;Paola Palladino

  • Cooperation and conversations about the mind: A study of individual differences in 2-year-olds and their siblings

    Claire Hughes;Keiko K. Fujisawa;Rosie Ensor;Serena Lecce

  • Risk Perception in a Real-World Situation (COVID-19): How It Changes From 18 to 87 Years Old

    Alessia Rosi;Floris Tijmen van Vugt;Floris Tijmen van Vugt;Serena Lecce;Irene Ceccato

  • 'The Italian job?': comparing theory of mind performance in British and Italian children.

    Serena. Lecce;Claire. Hughes

  • Conversations about mental states and theory of mind development during middle childhood: A training study.

    Frederica Bianco;Selena Lecce;Robin Banerjee

  • Interpreting physical and mental metaphors: Is Theory of Mind associated with pragmatics in middle childhood?

    Serena Lecce;Luca Ronchi;Paola Del Sette;Luca Bischetti

  • Lost in Translation? Comparing British, Japanese, and Italian Children’s Theory-of-Mind Performance

    Claire Hughes;Rory T. Devine;Rosie Ensor;Masuo Koyasu

  • Training preschoolers on first-order false belief understanding: transfer on advanced ToM skills and metamemory.

    Serena Lecce;Federica Bianco;Patrizia Demicheli;Elena Cavallini

  • Theory of Mind and social relationships in older adults: the role of social motivation.

    Serena Lecce;Irene Ceccato;Federica Bianco;Alessia Rosi

  • Theory of mind and peer relationships: The role of social anxiety

    Luca Ronchi;Robin Banerjee;Serena Lecce

  • Theory of mind and school achievement: the mediating role of social competence

    Serena Lecce;Marcella Caputi;Adriano Pagnin;Robin Banerjee

  • Training older adults on Theory of Mind (ToM): Transfer on metamemory.

    Serena Lecce;Sara Bottiroli;Federica Bianco;Alessia Rosi

  • Promoting theory of mind in older adults: does age play a role?

    Alessia Rosi;Elena Cavallini;Sara Bottiroli;Federica Bianco

Frequent Co-Authors

Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes University of Cambridge
Tomaso Vecchi
Tomaso Vecchi University of Pavia
Robin Banerjee
Robin Banerjee University of Sussex
Ted Ruffman
Ted Ruffman University of Otago

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