CV

DoB:  October 8, 1968

Place of residence: Pavia, Italy

 

Affiliations

Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Italy

P.za Botta, 27100 Pavia

E-mail: ecava@unipv.it 


Current positions

Assistant Professor, Cognitive and Experimental Psychology (M/PSI-01) (since 2010)

 

Institutional roles

Director of the Laboratory of Psychology of Aging, University of Pavia
Director of the Master degree in Psychology of Aging, University of Pavia


Education

2009: Laurea in Psychology, University of Pavia (summa cum laude)

2000: PhD in Psychology, University of Pavia

1996: Laurea in Philosophy, University of Pavia (110/110)
1989: Degree in Physical Education, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan (summa cum laude)


Current research

  • Cognitive and socio-cognitive training interventions in aging
  • Age-related differences in cognitive and socio-cognitive abilities 
  • Individual difference in Theory of Mind and Decision making processes 


Scientific publications

More than 40 scientific contributions in refereed international journals



Conferences


More than 100 paper or poster presentations in national and international conferences


 

Academic supervisions

Since 2004, I have supervised Phd students and post-doc fellows. Among them:

  • Sara Bottiroli (now Associate Professor at the University Giustino Fortunato, Benevento)
  • Irene Ceccato (now Assistant Professor at the University of Chieti-Pescara)
  • Alessia Rosi (now Research fellow at the University of Pavia)


Teaching

Undergraduate courses

  • Psicologia della personalità e delle differenze individuali (Psychology of Personality and Individual differences), University of Pavia

Graduate and Master courses

  • Psicologia clinica dell'invecchiamento (Clinical Psychology of Aging), University of Pavia
  • Interventi di training cognitivi e socio-cognitivi (Cognitive and socio-cognitive training interventions, Master degree in Psychology of Aging), University of Pavia