Carlo Arrigo Umiltà, nato a Forlì il 31 Gennaio 1938 Titoli

Carlo Arrigo Umiltà, nato a Forlì il 31 Gennaio 1938
Titoli accademici:
Laurea in Medicina e Chirurgia, Università di Bologna, 1963
Specializzazione in Psicologia, Università di Padova, 1967
Libera Docenza in Psicologia, Roma, 1970
Vincitore del premio “Mente e Cervello”, Università di Torino e Politecnico di Torino,
2004
Posizioni accademiche:
Assistente, Istituto di Psicologia, Università di Bologna, 1965/75.
Professore Straordinario di Psicologia Fisiologica, Facoltà di Magistero, Università di
Padova, 1975/8
Professore Ordinario di Psicologia, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università di
Parma, 1978/89
Direttore, Istituto di Fisiologia Umana, Università di Parma, 1983/9
Pofessore Ordinario di Neuropsicologia, Facoltà di Psicologia, Università di Padova,
1989/2010
Presidente del Gruppo Nazionale di Coordinamento "Scienze del Comportamento" del
CNR, 1983/8
Membro del Consiglio della Scuola di Dottorato di Ricerca in Neuroscienze, Università
di Parma, 1982/1996
Membro del Consiglio della Scuola di Dottorato di Ricerca in Scienze Cognitive,
Università di Padova, 1996/2006
Direttore del Centro Interdipartimentale di ricerca sulle Scienze Cognitive, Università di
Padova, 1995/2005
Membro del Consiglio Scientifico del Centro Interdipartimentale di ricerca sulla
Modellistica delle Alterazioni Neuropsichiche in Medicina Clinica, Università di
Padova, 2001/10
Membro del Comitato dei Garanti, Università di Padova, 2001
Nominator, Premio Nobel per la Fisiologia o la Medicina, 1996, 1998 e 2000
Presidente del Consiglio Scientifico dell'Istituto di Psicologia del CNR, Roma,
1997/2001
Membro del Committee for Fellowships and Workshops, Brain Functions, Human
Frontier Science Program, 1997/2001
Membro del Scientific Advisory Board, Max Planck Institute for Psychological
Research, Monaco, Germania, 2000/03
Membro del review committee del Max Wertheimer Minerva Center for Cognitive
Processes and Human Performance, 2003
Membro del Scientific Advisory Board, Max Planck Institute for Cognitive and Brain
Science, Monaco e Lipsia, Germania, 2004/06
Direttore del Master in Neuropsicologia clinica, Università di Padova, 2002/10
Direttore della Scuola di Specializzazione in Neuropsicologia, Università di Padova,
2010
Delegato del Rettore dell’Università di Padova per la valutazione della didattica e della
ricerca, 2002/05
Direttore, Scuola Galileiana di Studi Superiori, Università di Padova, 2004/10
Membro del Psychology Panel ERIH (European Reference Index for Humanities) della
European Science Foundation, 2007
Membro onorario della European Society for Cognitive Psychology, 2009
Socio onorario della Società Italiana di Neuropsicologia, 2009
Professore Emerito di Neuropsicologia, Università di Padova, 2010
Fellow della Association for Psychological Science, 2011
Socio onorario dell’Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, 2011
Membro del gruppo di lavoro Ambasciatori Internazionali dell’Università di Padova,
2011/presente
Membro del Nucleo di Valutazione, Università di Bologna, 2013/presente
Professore in visita:
Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A., intero anno
accademico 1970/1; Gennaio-Marzo 1975; Gennaio-Aprile 1978
Department of Psychology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, FebbraioOttobre 1983
Institute for Advanced Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Gerusalemme, Israele,
Gennaio-Settembre 1986
Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research, Monaco, Germania, Maggio-Giugno,
1995; Aprile-Maggio, 1998; Marzo-Aprile, 2003
Max Planck Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Monaco e Lipsia, Germania,
Aprile-Maggio, 2005
Società scientifiche:
European Brain and Behaviour Society
International Neuropsychological Symposium
Advisory Board della federazione delle Società Europee di Neuropsicologia,
2009/presente
Executive Committee del International Neuropsychological Symposium, 1990/4
Advisory Council della International Society for the Study of Attention and
Performance, 1976/80; 1982/90
Executive Committee della International Society for the Study of Attention and
Performance, 1992/2000
Presidente del Executive Committee della International Society for the Study of
Attention and Performance, 1994/8
European Society for Cognitive Psychology
Advisory Council della European Society for Cognitive Psychology, 1985/7;
2005/presente
Executive Committee della European Society for Cognitive Psychology, 1988/96
Presidente della European Society for Cognitive Psychology, 1993/4
Vice-presidente della European Society for Cognitive Psychology, 1995/6
Academia Europaea, 1988/presente
Società Italiana di Neuropsicologia
Presidente della Società Italiana di Neuropsicologia, 1985/8
Associazione Italiana di Psicologia
Presidente della Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, 2000/05
Comitati editoriali di riviste scientifiche:
Brain and Cognition, 1982/presente
Cognitive Neuropsychology, 1993/8
Cortex, 1980/presente
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 1993/2012
Psychological Research, 1991/2010
Perception & Psychophysics, 2006/08
Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 2009/12
Aging: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2005/presente
Acta Psychologica, 2009/12
Giornale Italiano di Psicologia, 1974/presente
Direttore, Giornale Italiano di Psicologia, 1993/2005
Sistemi Intelligenti, 1989/presente
Movimento, 2003/presente
Progetti di ricerca internazionali:
NATO Study Visit Grant, 1975, Department of Psychology, University of Oregon,
U.S.A.
NATO Study Visit Grant, 1978, Department of Psychology, University of Oregon,
U.S.A.
British Council Academic Link, 1979, Psychological Laboratory, University of St.
Andrews, Gran Bretagna
European Science Foundation Twinning Grant, 1982, Psychological Laboratory,
University of St. Andrews, Gran Bretagna
European Science Foundation Twinning Grant, 1982, Laboratoire de Psychologie
Expérimentale, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgio
McDonnell-Pew Cognitive Neuroscience Program, 1998/2001
European Union Research and Training Network, 2000/2, University College London,
University of Innsbruck, University of Louvain, University of Trieste, and CNRS Paris.
Royal Society Grant, 1999/2002, University College London.
Pubblicazioni in sede internazionale a partire dall’anno 2000
Sartori, G., & Umiltà, C. (2000). The additive factor method in brain imaging. Brain
and Cognition, 42, 68-71.
Umiltà, C. (2000). Conscious experience depends on multiple brain systems. European
Psychologist, 5, 3-18.
Tagliabue, M., Zorzi, M., Umiltà, C., & Bassignani, F. (2000). The role of LTM links
and STM links in the Simon effect. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human
Perception and Performance, 26, 648-670.
Farroni, T. Valenza, E., Simion, F., & Umiltà, C. (2000). Configural processing at birth:
Evidence for perceptual organization. Perception, 29, 355-372.
Rubichi, S., Nicoletti, R., Umiltà, C., & Zorzi, M. (2000). Response strategies and the
Simon effect. Psychological Research/Psychologische Forschung, 63, 129-136.
Umiltà, C. (2000). Consciousness and conscious experience. In K. Pawlik & M.R.
Rosenzweig (Eds.), International Handbook of Psychology (pp. 223-232). San
Francisco: Sage.
Stablum, F., Umiltà, C., Mogentale, C., Carlan, M., & Guerini, C. (2000).
Rehabilitation of executive deficits in closed head injury and anterior communicating
artery aneurysm patients. Psychological Research/Psychologische Forschung, 63, 265278.
Sartori, G., & Umiltà, C. (2000). How to avoid the fallacies of cognitive subtraction in
brain imaging. Brain and Language, 74, 191-212.
Turatto, M., Benso, F., Facoetti, A., Galfano, G., Mascetti, G.G., & Umiltà, C. (2000).
Automatic and voluntary focusing of attention. Perception and Psychophysics, 62, 935952.
Riggio, L., Scaramuzza, E., & Umiltà, C. (2000). Modulation of inhibition of return by
type and number of dynamic changes of the cue. Psychological
Research/Psychologische Forschung, 64, 56-65.
Umiltà, C. (2000). Visuospatial attention. In F. Boller & J. Grafman (Eds.), Handbook
of Neuropsychology, Vol. 1 (pp. 393-425). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Umiltà, C. (2001). Mechanisms of attention. In B. Rapp (Ed.), Handbook of Cognitive
Neuropsychology (pp. 135-158). Hove, UK: Psychology Press.
Macchi Cassia, V., Simion, F., & Umiltà, C. (2001). Face preference at birth: The role
of an orienting mechanism. Developmental Science, 4, 101-108.
Maringelli, F., McCarthy, J., Steed, A., Slater, M., & Umiltà, C. (2001). Shifting
attention in a virtual three-dimensional space. Cognitive Brain Research, 10, 317-322.
Angrilli, A., Zorzi, M., Tagliabue, M., Stegagno, L., & Umiltà, C. (2001). Cortical
plasticity of spatial stimulus-response associations: Electrophysiological and behavioral
evidence. NeuroReport, 12, 973-977.
Stablum, F., Ricci, R., Pavese, A., & Umiltà, C. (2001). Global/Local processing and
negative priming: The influence of selection difficulty and stimulus exposure.
Psychological Research/Psychologische Forschung, 65, 81-97.
Ricciardelli, P., Bonfiglioli, C., Nicoletti, R., & Umiltà, C. (2001). Focusing attention
on overlapping and non-overlapping figures with subjective contours. Psychological
Research/Psychologische Forschung, 65, 98-106.
Iani, C., Nicoletti, R., Rubichi, S., & Umiltà, C. (2001). Shifting attention between
objects. Cognitive Brain Research, 11, 157-164.
Gorno-Tempini, M.L., Pradelli, S., Serafini, M., Pagnoni, G., Baraldi, P., Porro, C.,
Nicoletti, R., Umiltà, C., & Nichelli, P. (2001). Explicit and incidental facial expression
processing: An fMRI study. NeuroImage, 14, 465-473.
Rumiati, R.I., Tomasino, B., Vorano, L., Umiltà, C., & De Luca, G. (2001). Selective
deficit of imagining finger configuration. Cortex, 37, 730-733.
Mapelli, D., Cherubini, P., & Umiltà, C. (2002). Attending to objects: Costs or benefits?
Acta Psychologica , 109, 57-74.
Tagliabue, M., Zorzi, M., & Umiltà, C. (2002). Cross-modal re-mapping influences the
Simon effect. Memory and Cognition, 30, 18-23.
Zorzi, M., Priftis, K., & Umiltà, C. (2002). Neglect disrupts the mental number line.
Nature, 417, 138-139.
Gastaldo, S., Umiltà, C., Bianchin, G., & Prior, M. (2002). The Simon effect in
schizophrenic patients with negative symptoms. Cortex, 38, 149-159.
Turatto, M., Benso, F., Galfano, G., & Umiltà, C. (2002). Non-spatial attentional shifts
between audition and vision. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception
and Performance, 28, 628-639.
Amodio, P., Wenin, H., Del Piccolo, F., Mapelli, D., Montagnese, S., Pellegrini, A.,
Musto, C., Gatta, A., & Umiltà, C. (2002). Variability of trail making test, symbol digit
test and line trait test in normal people. A normative study taking into account agedependent decline and sociobiological variables. Aging: Clinical and Experimental
Research, 14, 117-131.
Turatto, M., Angrilli, A., Mazza, V., Umiltà, C., & Driver, J. (2002). Looking without
seeing the background change: Electrophysiological correlates of change detection
versus change blindness. Cognition, 84, B1-B10.
Macchi Cassia, V., Simion, F., Milani, I., & Umiltà, C. (2002). Dominance of global
visual properties at birth. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 131, 398-411.
Simion, F., Valenza, E., Macchi Cassia, V., Turati, C., & Umiltà, C. (2002). Newborns’
preference for up-down asymmetrical configurations. Developmental Science, 5, 427434.
Turati, C., Simion, F., Milani, I., & Umiltà, C. (2002). Newborns’ preference for faces:
What is crucial? Developmental Psychology, 38, 875-882.
Stoianov, I., Zorzi, M., Becker, S., & Umiltà, C. (2002). Associative arithmetic with
Boltzmann machines: The role of number representations. In J. Dorronsoro (Ed.),
INCANN 2002, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 2415 (pp. 227-233). Berlin:
Springer-Verlag.
Galfano, G., Rusconi, E., & Umiltà, C. (2003). Automatic activation of multiplication
facts: Evidence from nodes adjacent to the product. Quarterly Journal of Experimental
Psychology, 56A, 31-61.
Turatto, M., Bettella, S., Umiltà, C., & Bridgeman, B. (2003). Perceptual conditions
necessary to induce change blindness. Visual Cognition, 10, 233-255.
Umiltà, C. (2003). Modularity in neural systems and localization of function. In L.
Nadel (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science, Vol. 3 (pp. 71-74; A0308.pdf).
London: Nature/Macmillan.
Priftis, K., Rusconi, E., Umiltà, C., & Zorzi, M. (2003). Pure agnosia for mirror stimuli
after right inferior parietal lesion. Brain, 126, 908-919.
Facoetti, A., Lorusso, M., Paganoni, P., Umiltà, C., & Mascetti, G.G. (2003). The role
of visuospatial attention in developmental dyslexia: Evidence from a rehabilitation
study. Cognitive Brain Research, 15, 154-164.
Facoetti, A., Lorusso M.L., Paganoni, P., Cattaneo, C., Galli, R., Umiltà, C., & Mascetti
G.G. (2003). Auditory and visual automatic attention deficits in developmental
dyslexia. Cognitive Brain Research, 16, 185-191.
Adam, J.J., Hommel, B., & Umiltà, C. (2003). Preparing for perception and action (I):
The role of grouping in the response-cuing paradigm. Cognitive Psychology, 46, 302358.
Mapelli, D., Rusconi, E., & Umiltà, C. (2003). The SNARC effect: An instance of the
Simon effect? Cognition, 88, B1-B10.
Zorzi, M., Mapelli, D., Rusconi, E., & Umiltà, C. (2003). Automatic spatial coding of
perceived gaze direction is revealed by the Simon effect. Psychonomic Bulletin &
Review, 10, 423-429.
Tomasino B., Rumiati, R.I., & Umiltà, C. (2003). Selective deficit of motor imagery as
tapped by a left-right decision of visually presented hands. Brain and Cognition, 53,
376-380.
Stoianov, I., Zorzi, M., & Umiltà, C. (2003). A connectionist model of simple mental
arithmetic. In F. Schmalhofer, R.M. Young & G. Katz (Eds.) Proceedings of
EuroCogSci03 (pp. 313-318). Mahwah, N.J.: Erlbaum.
Stoianov, I., Zorzi, M., & Umiltà, C. (2004). The role of semantic and symbolic
representations in arithmetic processing: Insights from simulated dyscalculia in a
connectionist model. Cortex, 40, 192-194.
Turatto, M., Galfano, G., Bridgeman, B., & Umiltà, C. (2004). Space-independent
modality-driven attentional capture in auditory, tactile and visual systems. Experimental
Brain Research, 155, 301-310
Riggio, L., Patteri, I., & Umiltà, C. (2004). Location and shape in inhibition of return.
Psychological Research/Psychologische Forschung, 68, 41-54.
Rubichi, S., Pelosi, A., Nicoletti, R., & Umiltà, C. (2004). Right-left prevalence effect
with horizontal and vertical effectors. Perception and Psychophysics, 66, 255-263.
Galfano, G., Mazza, V., Angrilli, A., & Umiltà, C. (2004). Electrophysiological
correlates of stimulus-driven multiplication facts retrieval. Neuropsychologia , 42, 13701382.
Rusconi, E., Galfano, G., Speriani, V., & Umiltà, C. (2004). Capacity and contextual
constraints on product activation: Evidence from task irrelevant fact retrieval. Quarterly
Journal of Experimental Psychology, 57A, 1485-1511.
Rubichi, S., Nicoletti, R., & Umiltà, C. (2005). Right-left prevalence with taskirrelevant spatial codes. Psychological Research/Psychologische Forschung, 69, 167178.
Mazza, V., Turatto, M., & Umiltà, C. (2005). Foreground-background segmentation and
attention: A change blindness study. Psychological Research/Psychologische
Forschung, 69, 201-210.
Vallesi, A., Mapelli, D., Schiff, S., Amodio, P., & Umiltà, C. (2005). Horizontal and
vertical Simon effect: Different underlying mechanisms? Cognition, 96, B33-B43
Zorzi, M., Stoianov, I., & Umiltà, C. (2005). Computational modeling of numerical
cognition. In J.I.D. Campbell (Ed.), Handbook of Mathematical Cognition (pp. 67-83).
New York and Hove: Psychology Press.
Turatto, M., Mazza, V., & Umiltà, C. (2005). Crossmodal object-based attentinon:
Auditory objects affect visual processing. Cognition, 96, B55-B64.
Amodio, P., Schiff, S., Del Piccolo, F., Mapelli, D., Gatta, A., & Umiltà C. (2005).
Attention dysfunction in cirrhotic patients: an inquire on the role of executive control,
attention orienting and focusing. Metabolic Brain Disease, 20, 115-127.
Rubichi, S., Gherri, E., Nicoletti, R., & Umiltà, C. (2005). Modulation of the vertical
Simon effect in two-dimensional tasks: The effect of learning. European Journal of
Cognitive Psychology, 17, 688-694.
Ottoboni, G., Tessari, A., Cubelli, R., & Umiltà, C. (2005). Is handedness recognition
automatic? A study using a Simon-like paradigm. Journal of Experimental Psychology:
Human Perception and Performance, 31, 778-789.
Adam, J.J., Hommel, B., & Umiltà, C. (2005). Preparing for perception and action (II) :
Automatic and effortful processes in response-cuing. Visual Cognition, 12, 1444-1473.
Schiff, S., Vallesi, A., Mapelli, D., Orsato, R., Pellegrini, A., Umiltà, C., Gatta, A., &
Amodio P. (2005). Impairment of response inhibition precedes motor alteration in the
early stage of liver cirrhosis. A behavioral and electrophysiological study. Metabolic
Brain Disease, 20, 381-392.
Rusconi, E., Kwan, B., Giordano, B., Umiltà, C., & Butterworth, B. (2005). The mental
space of pitch height. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1060, 195-197.
Rusconi, E., Galfano, G., Rebonato, E., & Umiltà, C. (2006). Bidirectional links in the
network of multiplication facts. Psychological Research/Psychologische Forschung, 70,
32-42.
Semplicini, A., Amodio, P., Leonetti, G., Cuspidi, C., Umiltà, C., Shiff, S., Scheltens,
P., Barkhof, F., Emanueli, C., Cagnin, A., Pizzolatto, G., Macchini, L., Realdi, A.,
Royter, V., & Bornstein, N.M., & Madeddu, P. (2006). Diagnostic tools for the study of
vascular cognitive dysfunction in hypertension and antihypertensive drug research.
Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 109, 274-283.
Rusconi, E., Priftis, K., Rusconi, M.L., & Umiltà, C. (2006). Arithmetic priming from
neglected numbers. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 23, 227-239.
Priftis, K., Zorzi, M., Meneghello, F., Marenzi, R., Umiltà, C. (2006). Explicit vs
implicit processing of representational space in neglect: dissociations in accessing the
mental number line. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 18, 680-688.
Zorzi, M., Priftis, K., Meneghello, F., Marenzi, R., & Umiltà, C. (2006). The spatial
representation of numerical and non-numerical sequences: Evidence from neglect.
Neuropsychologia , 44, 1061-1067.
Treccani, B., Umiltà, C., & Tagliabue, M.(2006). Simon effect with and without
awareness of the accessory stimulus. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human
Perception and Performance, 32, 368-386.
Umiltà, C. (2006). Localization of cognitive functions in the brain does allow one to
distinguish between psychological theories. Cortex, 42, 399-401.
Rusconi, E., Kwan, B., Giordano, B.L., Umiltà, C., & Butterworth, B. (2006). Spatial
representation of pitch height: the SMARC effect. Cognition, 99, 113-129.
Facoetti, A., Zorzi, M., Cestnick, L., Lorusso, M.L., Molteni, M., Paginoni, P., Umiltà,
C., & Mascetti, G.G. (2006). The relationship between visuospatial attention and
nonword reading in developmental dyslexia. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 23, 841-855.
Schiff, S., Mapelli, D., Vallesi, A., Orsato, R., Gatta, A., Umiltà, C., & Amodio, P.
(2006). Top-down and bottom-up processes in the extrastriate cortex of cirrhotic
patients: An ERP study. Clinical Neurophysiology, 117, 1728-1736.
Muesseler, P., Wuehr, P., & Umiltà, C. (2006). Processing of irrelevant location
information under dual task conditions. Psychological Research / Psychologische
Forschung, 70, 459-467.
Galfano, G., Rusconi, E., & Umiltà, C. (2006). Number magnitude orients attention, but
not against one’s will. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13, 869-874.
Rusconi, E., Umiltà, C., & Galfano, G. (2006). Breaking ranks: Space and number may
march to the beat of a different drum. Cortex, 42, 1124-1127.
Riggio, L., Patteri, I., Oppo, A., Buccino, G., & Umiltà, C. (2006). The role of
affordances in inhibition of return. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13, 1085-1090.
Stablum, F., Umiltà, C., Mazzoldi, M., Pastore, N., & Magon, S. (2007). Rehabilitation
of endogenous task shift processes in closed head injury patients. Neuropsychological
Rehabilitation, 17, 1-33.
Casarotti, M., Michielin, M., Zorzi, M., & Umiltà, C. (2007). Temporal order judgment
reveals how number magnitude affects visuospatial attention. Cognition, 102, 101-107.
Umiltà, C. (2007) Consciousness and control of action. In P.D. Zelazo, M. Moscovitch,
& E. Thompson (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Consciousness (pp. 327-352).
Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press.
Tagliabue, M., Vidotto, G., Umiltà, C., Altoè, G., Treccani, B., & Spera, P. (2007). The
measurement of left/right asymmetries in the Simon effect: A fine-grained analysis.
Behavior Research Methods, 39, 50-61.
Rusconi, E., Turatto, M., & Umiltà, C. (2007). Two orienting mechanisms in the
posterior parietal lobule: An rTMS study of the Simon and SNARC effects. Cognitive
Neuropsychology, 24, 373-392.
Mazza, V., Turatto, M., Umiltà, C., & Eimer, M. (2007). Attentional selection and
identification of visual objects are reflected by distinct electrophysiological responses.
Experimental Brain Research, 181, 531-536.
Mazza, V., Turatto, M., Rossi, M., & Umiltà, C. (2007). How automatic are audiovisual
links in exogenous spatial attention? Neuropsychologia , 45, 514-552.
Stoianov, I., Kramer, P., Umiltà, C., & Zorzi, M. (2007). Visuospatial priming of the
mental number line. Cognition, 106, 770-779.
Bonato, M., Fabbri, S., Umiltà, C., & Zorzi, M. (2007). The mental representation of
numerical fractions: Real or integer? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human
Perception and Performance, 33, 1410-1419.
Buhlmann, I., Umiltà, C., & Wascher, E. (2007). Response coding and visuo-motor
transformation in the Simon task: The role of action goals. Journal of Experimental
Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 33, 1269-1282.
Rusconi, E., & Umiltà, C. (2008). Mathematics and TMS. In E. Wasserman, C. Epstein,
& U. Zieman (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Transcranial Stimulation (pp. 517-535).
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Galfano, G., Mazza, V., Tamè, L., Umiltà, C., & Turatto, M. (2008). Change detection
evokes a Simon-like effect. Acta Psychologica , 127, 186-196.
Treccani, B., Cubelli, R., Della Sala, S., & Umiltà, C. (2008). Spatial coding of word
initial letters. Evidence from a Simon-like task. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 15,
168-173.
Priftis, K., Piccione, F., Giorgi, F., Meneghello, F., Umiltà, C., & Zorzi, M. (2008). Lost
in number space after right brain damage: A neural signature of representational
neglect. Cortex, 44, 449-453.
Pellicano, A., Vu, K.-P.L., Proctor, R.W., Nicoletti, R., & Umiltà, C. (2008). Stimulusstimulus short-term associations in a Simon-like task. European Journal of Cognitive
Psychology, 20, 893-912.
Rusconi, E., Umiltà, C., & Galfano, G. (2008). Seeing the brain with the architect’s
eyes: A rejoinder to Gevers and Notebaert. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 25, 122-124.
Umiltà, C., Priftis, K., & Zorzi, M. (2009). The spatial representation of numbers:
Evidence from neglect and pseudoneglect. Experimental Brain Research, 192, 561-569.
Wuehr, P., Biebl, R., Umiltà, C., & Muesseler, J. (2009). Perceptual and attentional
factors in encoding irrelevant spatial information. Psychological Research, 73, 350-363.
Spironelli, C., Tagliabue, M., & Umiltà, C. (2009). Response selection and attention
orienting: A computational model of Simon effect asymmetries. Experimental
Psychology, 56, 274-282.
Treccani, B., Cubelli, R., Della Sala, S., & Umiltà, C. (2009). Flanker and Simon effects
interact at the response selection stage. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology,
62, 1784-1804.
Galfano, G., Penolazzi, B., Vervaeck, I., Angrilli, A., & Umiltà, C. (2009). Eventrelated brain potentials uncover activation dynamics in the lexicon of multiplication
facts. Cortex, 45, 1167-1177.
Vallesi, A., & Umiltà, C. (2009). Decay of stimulus spatial code in horizontal and
vertical Simon tasks. Journal of General Psychology, 136, 1-24.
Lameira, A.P., Gawryszewski, L.G., Guimaraes-Silva, S., Ferreira, F.M., Vargas, C.D.,
Umiltà, C., & Pereira, A. (2009). Hand posture effects on handedness recognition as
revealed by the Simon effect. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 3: 59, doi 10.3389 /
neuro. 09.059.2009.
Rubichi, S., Nicoletti, R., Iani, C., & Umiltà, C. (2009). The Simon effect occurs
relative to the direction of an attention shift. In R.W. Proctor & L.E. Read (Eds.),
Attention (pp. 258-282). London , U.K.: Sage Publications Ltd.
Tagliabue, M., Umiltà, C., & Spera, P. (2009). Interference between non-spatial
stimulus features in the Simon effect. American Journal of Psychology, 122, 431-453.
Umiltà, C., Priftis, K., & Zorzi, M. (2010). Visuo-spatial representation of number
magnitude. In V. Coltheart (Ed.), Tutorials in visual cognition (pp. 337-348). London:
Psychology Press.
Guagnano, D., Rusconi, E., & Umiltà, C. (2010). Sharing task or sharing space. On the
effect of a confederate in action coding during a detection task. Cognition, 114, 348355.
Gil – Gomez de Liano, B., Umiltà, C., Stablum, F., Tebaldi, F., Cantagallo. A. (2010).
Attentional distractor interference may be diminished by concurrent working memory
load in normal participants and traumatic brain injury patients. Brain and Cognition, 74,
298-305.
Treccani, B., Milanese, N., & Umiltà, C. (2010). Influence on Simon and SNARC
effects of a non-spatial S-R mapping: Between-task logical recoding. Journal of
Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 36, 1239-1254.
Bonato, M., Priftis, K., Marenzi, R., Umiltà, C., Zorzi, M. (2010). Increased attentional
demands impair contralesional space awareness following stroke. Neuropsychologia ,
48, 3934-3940.
Treccani, B., & Umiltà, C. (2011). How to cook a SNARC? Space may be the critical
ingredient, after all. A comment on Fisher, Mills, and Shaki (2010). Brain and
Cognition, 75, 310-315.
Legrenzi, P., & Umiltà, C. (2011). Neuromania. On the limits of neuroscience. London:
Oxford University Press.
Sandrini, M,, Umiltà, C., & Rusconi, E. (2011). The use of Transcranial Magnetic
Stimulation in cognitive neuroscience: A new synthesis of methodological issues.
Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 35, 516-536.
Ladavas, E., Paolucci, S., & Umiltà, C. (2011). Reasons for holding a Consensus
Conference on neuropsychological rehabilitation in adult patients. European Journal of
Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 47, 91-99.
Galfano, G., Sarlo, M., Sassi, F., Munafò, M., Fuentes, L.J., Umiltà, C. (2011).
Reorienting of spatial attention in gaze cuing is reflected in N2pc. Social Neuroscience,
6, 257-269.
Craighero, L., Leo, I., Umiltà, C., & Simion, F. (2011). Newborns’ preference for goaldirected action. Cognition, 120, 26-32.
Umiltà, C. (2011). Can cognitive neuroscience give rise to satellite disciplines, such as
neuro-economics? International Review of Economics, 58, 257-265.
Kramer, P., Stoianov, I., Umiltà, C., & Zorzi. M. (2011). Interactions between
perceptual and numerical space. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 18, 722-728.
Galfano, G., Penolazzi, B., Fardo, F., Dhooge, E., Angrilli, A., & Umiltà, C. (2011).
Neurophysiological markers of Retrieval-Induced Forgetting in multiplication fact
retrieval. Psychophysiology, 48, 1681-1691.
Tillmann, B., Rusconi, E., Traube, C., Butterworth, B., Umiltà, C., & Peretz, I. (2011).
Fine-grained pitch processing of music and speech in congenital amusia. Journal of the
Acoustical Society of America , 130, 4089-4096.
Rigon, J, Massaccesi, S., Umiltà, C. (2011). A Simon effect for depth with 3-D
displays. American Journal of Psychology, 124, 395-403.
Priftis, K., Schiff, S., Tikhonoff, V., Giordano, N., Amodio, P., Umiltà, C., & Casiglia,
E. (2011). Hypnosis meets neuropsychology: Simulating neglect in healthy participants.
Neuropsychologia , 49, 3346-3350.
Spironelli, C., Galfano, G., Umiltà, C., & Angrilli, A. (2011). Word position affects
stimulus recognition: Evidence for early ERP short-term plastic modulation.
International Journal of Psychophysiology, 82, 217-224.
Bonato, M., Sella, F., Berteletti, I., & Umiltà, C. (2012). Neuropsychology is nothing
without control: A potential fallacy hidden in clinical studies. Cortex, 48, 353-355.
Priftis, K., Pitteri, M., Meneghello, F., Umiltà, C., & Zorzi, M. (2012). Optokinetic
stimulation modulates neglect for the number space: Evidence from mental number
interval bisection. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 6:22, doi 10.3389 /
fnhum.2012.00023.
Tressoldi, P.E., Sella F., Coltheart, M., & Umiltà, C. (2012). Using functional
neuroimaging to test theories of cognition: A selective survey of studies from 2007 to
2011 as a contribution to the Decade of Mind Initiative. Cortex, 48, 1247-1250.
Casarotti, M., Lisi, M., Umiltà, C., & Zorzi, M. (2012). Paying attention through eye
movements: A computational investigation of the premotor theory of spatial attention.
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 24, 1519-1531.
Treccani, B., Sellaro, R., Cubelli, R., Umiltà, C. , & Della Sala S. (2012). Dissociation
between awareness and spatial coding: Evidence from unilateral neglect. Journal of
Cognitive Neuroscience, 24, 854-867.
Di Bono, M.G., Casarotti, M., Priftis, K., Gava, L., Umiltà, C., & Zorzi, M. (2012).
Priming the mental time line. Journal of Experimental Psychology:Human Perception
and Performance, 38, 838-842.
Bonato, M., Priftis, K., Marenzi, R., Umiltà, C., & Zorzi, M. (2012). Deficits of
contralesional awareness: A case study on what paper-and-pencil tests neglect.
Neuropsychology, 26, 20-36.
Bonato, M., Zorzi, M., & Umiltà, C. (2012). When time is space: Evidence for a mental
time line. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral reviews, 36, 2257-2273.
Bonato, M., Priftis, K., Umiltà, C., & Zorzi, M. (in press). Computer-based testing
unveils severe neglect in apparently intact patients. Behavioral Neurology.
Sella, F., Bonato, M., Cutini, S., & Umiltà, C. (in press). Living on the edge: Strategic
and instructed slowing in the stop signal task. Psychological Research.
Guagnano, D., Rusconi, E., & Umiltà, C. (in press). Joint (mis)representation: A reply
to Welsh et al. (2012). Journal of Motor Behavior.
Pubblicazioni in sede nazionale a partire dall’anno 2000
Nicoletti, R. e Umiltà, C. (2001). Compatibilità spaziale ed effetto Simon: una
simmetria cognitiva? In M. Bagassi, L. Macchi e M.G. Serafini (a cura di), Discorsi e
pensieri (pp. 255-261). Bologna: Il Mulino.
Umiltà, C. e Zorzi, M. (2003). I numeri in testa. Mente & Cervello, 1, 18-24.
Umiltà, C. (2003). Un approccio cognitivista alla psicologia dello sport. Movimento, 19,
49-51.
Tagliabue, M., Falciati, L., Umiltà, C. e Massaccesi S. (2006). Compatibilità spaziale
Stimolo – Meta e compatibilità spaziale Meta – Risposta in situazioni ecologiche.
Giornale Italiano di Psicologia , 33, 143-171.
Umiltà, C. (2006). I processi cognitivi inconsci. In Neurobiologia della coscienza.
Seminario della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 113, 79-89.
Umiltà, C. (2006). Questa psicologia ci ha portato alla neuroscienza cognitiva. Ricerche
di Psicologia , 28, 39-44.
Zorzi, M. e Umiltà, C. (2007). La rappresentazione mentale dei numeri. In M.R. Baroni,
M.V. Costantini, C. Esposito, E. Ferruzza, E. Mangini, e C. Nicolini (a cura di), La
rappresentazione tra mondo interno e mondo esterno (pp. 170-175). Padova: CLEUP.
Matelli, M. e Umiltà, C. (2007). Il cervello. Anatomia e funzione del sistema nervoso
centrale. Bologna: Il Mulino.
Umiltà, C. (2008). La neuropsicologia della coscienza. Sistemi Intelligenti, 20, 395-403.
Umiltà, C. (2008). La psicologia è una disciplina umanistica? 5 no e 2 si. Giornale
Italiano di Psicologia , 35, 735-740.
Legrenzi, P. e Umiltà, C. (2009). Neuro-mania . Bologna: Il Mulino.
Umiltà, C. (2009). La neuropsicologia dell’inconscio. In N. Filograsso e R. Travaglini
(a cura di), La mente. Itinerari di ricerca (pp. 21-39). Milano: Franco Angeli.
Legrenzi, P., & Umiltà, C. (2009). Neuro-mania. Giornale Italiano di Psicologia , 36,
261-272.
Umiltà, C. (2010). Un punto di vista neuropsicologico sull’inconscio. In D. Cavanna e
A. Salvini (a cura di), Per una psicologia dell’agire umano (pp. 219-227). Milano:
Franco Angeli.
Umiltà, C. (2011). Il cervello. La macchina della mente. Bologna: Il Mulino.
Umiltà, C. (2011). Ci si può fidare delle neuro immagini? Psicologia Sociale, 6, 9-19.
Vallar, G., Zoccolotti, P. e Umiltà, C. (2011). La neuropsicologia in Italia: Percorsi di
formazione universitaria e post-universitaria. In G. Vallar, A. Cantagallo, S. Cappa,e P.
Zoccolotti (a cura di), La riabilitazione neuropsicologica (pp. 1-16). Milano: Springer.
Umiltà, C. (2012). Immagini colorate e neuromania. In R. Rumiati (a cura di), Pensiero
Azione Emozione (pp. 125-139). Bologna: il Mulino.
Legrenzi, P., Papagno, C., e Umiltà, C. (2012). Psicologia generale. Dal cervello alla
mente. Bologna: Il Mulino.