Birth: Genova (Italy), 16th January 1963
Citizenship: Italian
Home: Via Mestrina, 68 - 35035, Mestrino (PD), Italy; tel. +39 49 9001798
University: Department of Humanities, University of Ferrara, via Paradiso 12, 44121 Ferrara, Italy; tel. +39 532 293523
Email address: alessandra.tasso@unife.it
Current
2009- present: research scientist in General Psychology (M-PSI/01), University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Previous
2003- 2009: research scientist in General Psychology (M-PSI/01), University of Valle D’Aosta, Aosta, Italy.
Teaching 2010 - present General Psychology, University of Ferrara;
2012 - present: Psychology of Communication, University of Ferrara;
2005 - 2009: Cognitive Psychology, Università della Valle d’Aosta
2003 - 2009: General Psychology, Università della Valle d’Aosta
1997: Lecturer in Psychology, Master in Theory of Decision, LIUC University, Castellanza, Varese, Italy.
1999: Lecturer in Psychometrics, University of Padova, Italy
2002, 2005: Lecturer of General Psychology in a two-years course on Musicotherapy, Fondazione Istituto Musicale della Valle d’Aosta, Aosta, Italy
1993: qualification to practise the profession of psychologist
Education
1995: Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Padova, Italy. Title of thesis: The representation of counterfactual conditionals.
1989: Degree with Honor in Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. Title of thesis: Generalized phrase structure grammars: A model of the language as a model of the mind
Post-degree courses:
1991 - "Unification Categorial Grammars". San Marino, Italy, 26 - 28 March.
- "Nijmegen Lectures. The mechanisms of language and cognition: a parallel distributed processing approach. Max Plank Institut, Nijmegen, the Nehterlands, 9-11 December.
1992 "Brain and Cognitive Processes". University of Repubblica di San Marino, Italy, 14-15 December.
1993 Ph.D. visiting student, Department of Psychology, Trinity College, Dublin, EIRE, June – December
1995 "European Summer School on Reasoning and Decision Making". Certosa di Pontignano, Siena, Italy, 26 June-1 July.
2001 EAESP- Small meeting on counterfactual thinking. Aix-en-Provence, France, 16 - 18 May.
Professional Experience
2003- present: Research scientist (M-PSI/01), University of Valle D’Aosta, Aosta, Italy.
2003- present: Assistant professor in General Psychology, University of Valle D’Aosta, Aosta, Italy; Degree in Psychology, Courses: General Psychology and (2005 –present): Cognitive Psychology
Reasearch Scholarship and Fellowship
1990-1994 four-years Doctoral Research Scholarship in Psychology. Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Italy
1996-1998: two-years Post-doc Research Fellowship in Psychology, Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization Processes, University of Padova, Italy
1997 Research Fellow at the Department of Psychology, Princeton University (Septemebr-December)
1999 Work contract at the Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization Processes, University of Padova, Italy. Research Project on visual behavior in newborns, CEE BIOMED BHH4-CT 97 2032 (prof.ssa F. Simion).
2000 Work contract at the Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Italy. Research Project on decision processes in risky situations, founded by CNR 1999 (prof. R. Rumiati)
2000-2002: Research Assistant, Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Italy
2002-2003: Research Assistant, Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization Processes, University of Padova, Italy
Research Activities
affiliation of founding reasearch project:
Research project “Early diagnosis of autistic disorder: A comparison between different psychological tests” (Local Scientific Coordinator: G. Balboni), Two-years Research PRIN 2005 (2005-2007), founded by the Italian Minister of University and Research. National scientific coordinator: prof. P. Venuti; Name of the national research project: “Predictive early markers and funcional diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorders”.
Research Interests
Judgment processes and decision making in personal health (BRCA and vaccinations), risk perception and framing effect, reasoning with factual and counterfactual conditionals, counterfactual thinking and moral judgments, counterfactual thinking and emotions, counterfactual thinking and guilt, early diagnosis of autistic disorder, conceptual knowledge, models in semantic memory, implicit causality in interpersonal verbs; Mental Models and deductive reasoning, Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar.
ad hoc reviewer
Giornale Italiano di Psicologia
The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
The European Journal of Cognitive Psychology
Memory and Cognition
Cognition
Journal of Experimental Psychology
Journal of Learning and Instruction
Science Communication
BMJ Open
Atlantic Journal of Communication
Citizenship: Italian
Home: Via Mestrina, 68 - 35035, Mestrino (PD), Italy; tel. +39 49 9001798
University: Department of Humanities, University of Ferrara, via Paradiso 12, 44121 Ferrara, Italy; tel. +39 532 293523
Email address: alessandra.tasso@unife.it
Current
2009- present: research scientist in General Psychology (M-PSI/01), University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Previous
2003- 2009: research scientist in General Psychology (M-PSI/01), University of Valle D’Aosta, Aosta, Italy.
Teaching 2010 - present General Psychology, University of Ferrara;
2012 - present: Psychology of Communication, University of Ferrara;
2005 - 2009: Cognitive Psychology, Università della Valle d’Aosta
2003 - 2009: General Psychology, Università della Valle d’Aosta
1997: Lecturer in Psychology, Master in Theory of Decision, LIUC University, Castellanza, Varese, Italy.
1999: Lecturer in Psychometrics, University of Padova, Italy
2002, 2005: Lecturer of General Psychology in a two-years course on Musicotherapy, Fondazione Istituto Musicale della Valle d’Aosta, Aosta, Italy
1993: qualification to practise the profession of psychologist
Education
1995: Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Padova, Italy. Title of thesis: The representation of counterfactual conditionals.
1989: Degree with Honor in Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. Title of thesis: Generalized phrase structure grammars: A model of the language as a model of the mind
Post-degree courses:
1991 - "Unification Categorial Grammars". San Marino, Italy, 26 - 28 March.
- "Nijmegen Lectures. The mechanisms of language and cognition: a parallel distributed processing approach. Max Plank Institut, Nijmegen, the Nehterlands, 9-11 December.
1992 "Brain and Cognitive Processes". University of Repubblica di San Marino, Italy, 14-15 December.
1993 Ph.D. visiting student, Department of Psychology, Trinity College, Dublin, EIRE, June – December
1995 "European Summer School on Reasoning and Decision Making". Certosa di Pontignano, Siena, Italy, 26 June-1 July.
2001 EAESP- Small meeting on counterfactual thinking. Aix-en-Provence, France, 16 - 18 May.
Professional Experience
2003- present: Research scientist (M-PSI/01), University of Valle D’Aosta, Aosta, Italy.
2003- present: Assistant professor in General Psychology, University of Valle D’Aosta, Aosta, Italy; Degree in Psychology, Courses: General Psychology and (2005 –present): Cognitive Psychology
Reasearch Scholarship and Fellowship
1990-1994 four-years Doctoral Research Scholarship in Psychology. Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Italy
1996-1998: two-years Post-doc Research Fellowship in Psychology, Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization Processes, University of Padova, Italy
1997 Research Fellow at the Department of Psychology, Princeton University (Septemebr-December)
1999 Work contract at the Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization Processes, University of Padova, Italy. Research Project on visual behavior in newborns, CEE BIOMED BHH4-CT 97 2032 (prof.ssa F. Simion).
2000 Work contract at the Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Italy. Research Project on decision processes in risky situations, founded by CNR 1999 (prof. R. Rumiati)
2000-2002: Research Assistant, Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Italy
2002-2003: Research Assistant, Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization Processes, University of Padova, Italy
Research Activities
affiliation of founding reasearch project:
Research project “Early diagnosis of autistic disorder: A comparison between different psychological tests” (Local Scientific Coordinator: G. Balboni), Two-years Research PRIN 2005 (2005-2007), founded by the Italian Minister of University and Research. National scientific coordinator: prof. P. Venuti; Name of the national research project: “Predictive early markers and funcional diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorders”.
Research Interests
Judgment processes and decision making in personal health (BRCA and vaccinations), risk perception and framing effect, reasoning with factual and counterfactual conditionals, counterfactual thinking and moral judgments, counterfactual thinking and emotions, counterfactual thinking and guilt, early diagnosis of autistic disorder, conceptual knowledge, models in semantic memory, implicit causality in interpersonal verbs; Mental Models and deductive reasoning, Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar.
ad hoc reviewer
Giornale Italiano di Psicologia
The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
The European Journal of Cognitive Psychology
Memory and Cognition
Cognition
Journal of Experimental Psychology
Journal of Learning and Instruction
Science Communication
BMJ Open
Atlantic Journal of Communication
