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SARA MONDINI

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Position

Professoressa Ordinaria

Structure

Dipartimento di Filosofia, Sociologia, Pedagogia e Psicologia Applicata - FISPPA

Address

VIA VENEZIA, 14 - PADOVA

Telephone

0498276641

E-mail

sara.mondini@unipd.it

Sara Mondini graduated in Psychology at the University of Padua (Italy) where she also obtained a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology. While studying for her PhD she spent many months abroad at different research places: the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London; the Centre de recherche de l’Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal (University of Montreal, Canada); and McGill University in Montreal. The PhD dissertation was prepared in collaboration with the Mental Lexicon group of Montreal. She was the recipient of a Bourse d’excellence from the Ministère de l’Éducation, Gouvernement du Québec (Canada). From 2000 to 2003 she taught Introduction to Neuropsychology at the University of Trieste. Since 2004 she has had a permanent position at the University of Padua where she is full professor. She teaches Brain disorders and behaviour across cultures, Assessment and diagnosis in clinical neuropsychology and Clinical Psychology at different degree courses and post-graduate master degrees at the University of Padua. Currently, she is the Director of the International Master's degree course in Clinical, Social and Intercultural psychology and she is the Director of the post-graduate Master's degree course in Psychological skills in intercultural settings

Her research topics focus on neuropsychological assessment and on clinical approaches to brain damage disorders, in particular in patients with neurodegenerative diseases and on cross-cultural neuropsychology. She is the author of a number of studies on neuropsychology, which have been published on peer-reviewed international journals.

Notices

Office hours

  • at via Venezia 14, IV floor, Dept of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, Psico 3 or with ZOOM platform: https://unipd.zoom.us/my/mondini?
    Office hours are flexible. Please send me an email with name, degree course attended and reason for the meeting. I will schedule the appointment in person or with ZOOM platform https://unipd.zoom.us/my/mondini? Meeting ID: 326 017 2864.

Teachings

Publications

Selection of recent pubblications:
2025- Montemurro, S., Rumiati, R. I., Pucci, V., Nucci, M., & Mondini, S. (2025). Cognitive reserve can impact trajectories in ageing: a longitudinal study. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 37(1), 93. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40095141/
2025- Danesin, L., Pucci, V., Vidoret, A., Mondini, S., Arcara, G., Montemurro, S., & Burgio, F. (2025). Promoting healthy aging using new digital solutions in Italy: A scoping review. Assistive Technology, 1-26.
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2025- Riccardi, A., Barbadoro, F., Margoni, M., Margoni, M., Mignemi, G., Pucci, V., Mondini, S., ∙ De Toffoli, D., Rinaldi, F., Perini, P., Puthenparampil, M., Gallo, P. Neuropsychological awareness in pediatrics (NAP): Proposal of a new cognitive self-report questionnaire for pediatric multiple sclerosis patients. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 94, 106251. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211034824008277
2025- Bischetti L., Frau F., Pucci V., Agostoni G., Pompei C., Mangiaterra V., Barattieri di San Pietro C., Scalingi B., Dall’Igna F., Mangiaracina N., Lago S., Montemurro S., Mondini S., Bosia M., Arcara G., Bambini V. Development and validation of a rapid tool to measure pragmatic abilities: the Brief Assessment of Pragmatic Abilities and Cognitive Substrates (APACS Brief). Behavioural Sciences, 15, 107. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15/2/107
2024- Pucci, V., Contemori, G., Saccani, M. S., Arcara, G., Mondini, S., & Bonato, M. (2024). Auto-Global Examination of Mental State (Auto-GEMS): a web-based self-administered cognitive screening. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 36(1), 216. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40520-024-02862-z
2024- Rios Andreghetti, G., Montemurro, S., Rizzi, L., Casetta, L., Passarelli, M., Mondini, S., & Rocco, D. (2024). Psychological Features of Fibromyalgia in the Psychological Health Services. Behavioral Sciences, 14(11), 1016.
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/14/11/1016
2024-Porricelli, D., Tecilla, M., Pucci, V., Di Rosa, E., Mondini, S., Cappelletti, M. (2024). Cognitive reserve modulates mental health in adulthood. Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research, 36:139.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-024-02776-w
2024- Pucci, V., La Face, A., Gasteiger-Klicpera, B., Mondini, S. Cognitive reserve proxies for individuals with intellectual developmental disability: A scoping review. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual disability, 37 2, e13204. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.13204.
2024- Sneidere, K., Zdanovskis, N., Mondini, S., & Stepens, A. Relationship between Life-style Proxies of Cognitive Reserve and Cortical Regions in Older Adults. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1308434.https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1308434
2023-Aiello, E.N., Pucci, V., Diana, L. et al. The Telephone Language Screener (TLS): standardization of a novel telephone-based screening test for language impairment. Neurol Sci (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-023-07149-1
2023 - Bianchetti, A., Ikeda, M., Mateos, R., Mondini, S., Rabheru, K., Serrati, C., & De Leo, D. (2023). The NIA-AA revised clinical criteria for Alzheimer’s disease: Are they too advanced? Commentary on International Psychogeriatrics, 1-3. doi:10.1017/S1041610223000868
2023 - Carta, E., Riccardi, A., Marinetto, S., Mattivi, S., Selini, E., Pucci, V., and Mondini, S. Over ninety years old: Does h

Research Area

Topics of research are currently related to:
brain and cognitive reserve, emotional reserve and motor riserve
degenerative diseases and brain aging in healthy people
cognitive functions after brain damage
development of neuropsychological tests and normative data collection
cross-cultural neuropsychology

Thesis proposals

Topics for thesis supervision refer to different aspects of clinical neuropsychology such as clinical pathologies and diagnostic instruments and techniques (e.g. non-verbal test-battery; new motor reserve questionnaire) and Ageing. A discussion with the professor will allow the student to find the project to work on. All students are invited to contact the professor, but only when they have taken all the exams of their course and they are ready to work on the thesis project.