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Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy, Experimental Psychology, Linguistics, and Cognitive Neuroscience
University of Milano-Bicocca - 2013
M.S.c. Master of Science, Psychology of Organizations, and Consumer Behavior
Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca- 2007
(Advisor: Paolo Legrenzi)
With distinction and highest possible honors, (110 of 110 possible, plus laude)
B.S. Bachelor of Science, Psychology
Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca - 2004
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Curriculum Vitae
Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy,
Experimental Psychology, Linguistics, and Cognitive Neuroscience. University of Milano-Bicocca - 2013
M.S.c. Master of Science,
Psychology of Organizations, and Consumer Behavior. University of Milano-Bicocca- 2007
With distinction and highest possible honors, (110 / 110, Magna cum laude)
B.S. Bachelor of Science,
Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca - 2004
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Salvi, C., Keller, N., Cooper, S. E., Leiker, E., & Dunsmoor, J. (2024). Aha! and D’oh! experiences enhance learning for incidental information—new evidence supports the insight memory advantage. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 1-12.
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Keller, N. E., Salvi, C., Leiker, E. K., Gruber, M. J., & Dunsmoor, J. E. (2024). States of epistemic curiosity interfere with memory for incidental scholastic facts. npj Science of Learning, 9(1), 22.
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Chesebrough, C., Salvi, C., Beeman, M., Oh, Y., and Kounios, J., (2024). Waves of Insight: The History of Research on Insight and its Neural Components. In Salvi, C., Smith, S., and Wiley, J., (eds.), The Emergence of Insight. Cambridge University Press.
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Salvi C., and Bowden, E. (2024). Insight problem-solving: What happens backstage? In Salvi, C., Smith, S., and Wiley, J., (eds.), The Emergence of Insight. Cambridge University Press.
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Smith, S., Wiley, J., and Salvi, C. (2024) The emergence of Insight Research. In Salvi, C., Smith, S., and Wiley, J., (eds.), The Emergence of Insight. Cambridge University Press.
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Wiley, J., Salvi, C., and Smith, S., (2024) Insights from The emergence of Insight Research. In Salvi, C., Smith, S., and Wiley, J., (eds.), The Emergence of Insight. Cambridge University Press.
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Hope, T. M., Price, C. J., Halai, A., Salvi, C., Crinion, J., Keijsers, M., ... & Bowman, H. (2024). Estimating the construct validity of Principal Components Analysis. arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.12905.
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Vitello, M., & Salvi, C. (2023). Gestalt’s Perspective on Insight: A Recap Based on Recent Behavioral and Neuroscientific Evidence. Journal of Intelligence, 11(12), 224.
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Vitello, M., & Salvi, C., (2023) Aha! In perceptual Experience and Problem-Solving Cognition. Encyclopaedia.
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George, T., & Salvi, C. (2023). Putting the framework to work: Comment on" a systematic framework of creative metacognition" by Lebuda & Benedek. Physics of Life Reviews, 47, 203-206.
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Yu, Y., Salvi, C., Beker and Beeman, M. (2023) Solving problems with an Aha! increases risk preference, Thinking & Reasoning.
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Salvi, C., Markers of insight. (2023). Routledge International Handbook of Creative Cognition.
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Laukkonen, R. E., Webb, M., Salvi, C., Tangen, J. M., Slagter, H. A., & Schooler, J. W. (2023). Insight and the Selection of Ideas. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 105363.
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Pizzolante, M., Borghesi, F., Sarcinella, E., Bartolotta, S., Salvi, C., Cipresso, M., Gaggioli, A. & Chirico A. Awe in the Metaverse: Designing and validating a novel online virtual-reality awe-inspiring training, (2023). Computers in Human Behavior, 148. 107876.
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Salvi, C., Iannello, P., Cooper, S. E., McClay, M., Dunsmoor, J. E., & Antonietti, A. (2023). Does social rigidity predict cognitive rigidity? Profiles of socio-cognitive polarization. Psychological Research, 1-15.
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Cancer, A., Iannello, P., Salvi, C., & Antonietti, A. (2023). Executive functioning and divergent thinking predict creative problem-solving in young adults and elderlies. Psychological Research, 87(2), 388-396.
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Cancer, A., Salvi, C., Antonietti, A., & Iannello, P. (2023). Not Getting Vaccinated? It Is a Matter of Problem-Solving Abilities and Socio-Cognitive Polarization. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(3), 1721.
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Salvi, C., Barr, N., Dunsmoor, J. E., & Grafman, J. (2022). Insight problem solving ability predicts reduced susceptibility to fake news, bullshit, and overclaiming. Thinking & Reasoning, 1-25.
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Salvi, C., Iannello, P., Cancer, A., McClay, M., Rago, S., Dunsmoor, E. J. and Antonietti, A., (2021). Going Viral: Social and Cognitive Factors Influence Fake News Detection and Proliferation During COVID-19 Pandemic. Frontiers in Communication. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2020.562588
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Salvi, C., Leiker, E., Baricca, B., Molinari, M. A., Nichelli, P., Grafman, J., & Dunsmoor, J., (2021) The effect of dopaminergic replacement therapy on creative thinking and insight problem-solving in Parkinson’s Patients. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.646448.
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Sprugnoli, G., Rossi, S., Liew, S. L., Bricolo, E., Costantini, G., Salvi, C., ... & Santarnecchi, E. (2021). Enhancement of semantic integration reasoning by tRNS. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-021-00885-x
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Cohen-Zimerman, S., Salvi, C., & Grafman, J. (2020). Patients-based approaches to understanding intelligence and problem-solving. The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence and cognitive Neuroscience.
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Laukkonen,R., Webb, M., Salvi, C., Tange, J., and ShoolerJ. (2020). Eureka Heuristics: How feelings of insight signal the quality of a new idea. PsyArXiv. 10.31234/osf.io/ez3tn
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Salvi, C., Simoncini, C., Franconeri, S., Kounios, J., Beeman, M. & Grafman, J., (2020). Oculometric signature of the switch into awareness? Pupil size predicts sudden insight whereas microsaccades predict problem-solving via analysis.
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Neuroimage. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116933
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Salvi, C., McKinley, R., Bikson, M., Beeman M., and Grafman, J. (2020). Right temporal transcranial direct current stimulation improves insight problem-solving . Nature, Scientific Reports.
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C. Palmiero, M., Piccardi, L., Nori, R., Palermo, L., Salvi, C., & Guariglia. (2019) Creativity: Education and Rehabilitation. Frontiers in Psychology. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01500
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Santarnecchi, E., G. Sprugnoli, E. Bricolo, G. Costantini, S. L. Liew, C. S. Musaeus, C. Salvi, A. Pascual-Leone, A. Rossi, and S. Rossi. (2019) Gamma tACS over the temporal lobe increases the occurrence of Eureka! moments. Nature, Scientific reports 9, no. 1 : 5778-5778. doi 10.1038/s41598-019-42192-z
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Salvi, C., & Bowden, E. (2019). The relation between state and trait risk-taking and problem-solving. Psychological research, 1-14. doi.org/10.1007/s00426-019-01152-y
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Danek, A., Salvi, C., (2018). Moment of truth: Why Aha! experiences are correct. Journal of Creative Behavior. doi 10.1002/jocb.380
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Cohen-Zimerman, S., Salvi, C., Krueger, F., Gordon, B. and Grafman J. (2018). Intelligence Across the Seventh Decade in Patients with Brain Injuries Acquired in Young Adulthood. Trends in Neuroscience and Education. 13, 1-7.
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Cristofori, I., Salvi, C., Beeman, M. & Grafman, J. (2018). The Effects of Expected Reward on Creative Problem Solving. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience.1-7.
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Salvi, C., Costantini, G., Pace, A. & Palmiero (2018). Validation of the Italian Remote Associate Task. Journal of Creative Behavior. 1-13. 10.1002/jocb.345.
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Hogeveen, J., Salvi, C., & Grafman, J. (2016). “Emotional intelligence”: Lessons from Lesions. Trends in Neurosciences, 39(10), 694–705. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2016.08.007
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Palmiero, M., Piccardi, L., Nori, R., Palermo, L., Salvi, C., Guariglia, C. (2016) Editorial: Creativity and Mental Imagery. Frontiers in Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01280. PMID: 27610094
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Salvi, C., Bowden, E. (2016). Looking Nowhere for Creativity: Where do we look when we look for new ideas? Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00161
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Salvi, C., Bricolo, E., Bowden, E., Kounios, J. & Beeman, M. (2016). Insight solutions are correct more often than those achieved by analysis. Thinking and Reasoning. doi:10.1080/13546783.2016.1141798
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Salvi, C., Cristofori, I., Beeman, M. & Grafman, J. (2016). The politic of insight. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. doi: 10.1080/17470218.2015.1136338.
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Salvi, C., Bricolo, E., Franconeri, S., Kounios, J. & Beeman, M. (2015) Sudden Insight is associated with shutting down visual inputs. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. doi: 10.3758/ s13423-015-0845-0
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Salvi, C., Costantini, G., Bricolo, E., Perugini, M., & Beeman, M. (2015) Validation of Italian rebus puzzles and compound remote associate problems. Behavioral Research Methods. 1-22. doi: 10.3758/ s13428-015-0597-9
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Salvi, C., (2015). “Aha! ho indovinato” Cosa avviane nel nostro cervello quando abbiamo un lampo di genio. AIRInforma Journal. (“Aha! I got it” What happens in our brain when we have an insight.
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Bricolo, E., Salvi, C., Martelli, M., Arduino, L. S. & Daini, R. (2015). The effects of crowding on eye movement patterns in reading. Acta, Psychologica, 160, 23-34. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy. 2015.06.003
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Bricolo, E., Salvi, C., Martelli, M., Arduino, L.S., & Daini, R. (2010). Crowding affects eye- movements patterns in word reading. Perception 39, supplement, 29. http://hdl.handle.net/ 10281/21692
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Legrenzi, P., & Salvi, C. (2008). Dual processes in reasoning and judgment. SISTEMI INTELLIGENTI/a. XX, n. 1, April 2008. Il Mulino: Bologna. doi: 10.1422/26719