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FRANCESCA PAZZAGLIA

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Position

Professoressa Ordinaria

Structure

Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale - DPG

Address

VIA VENEZIA, 8 - PADOVA

Telephone

0498276693

E-mail

francesca.pazzaglia@unipd.it

Francesca Pazzaglia, Ph.D

Director of:
Master in Psicologia Architettonica e del paesaggio
http://masterpsicologiaarchitettonica.psy.unipd.it/

Courses:
Psicologia della Personalità e delle Differenze individuali; Psicologia dell'Apprendimento e della Memoria; Psicologia Ambientale


Education
1995 Ph.D. Psychology, University of Padova
1984 M.A. (Magna Cum Laude) Psychology, University of Padova

Professional Positions
2011- present Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Padova
2001-2011 Associate Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Padova
1998-2001 Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Padova

Professional Service
2015- present Member of the Executive Board of Padova University Press
2011-2015 Dean of the School of Psychology, University of Padova
2005-2012 Scientific Advisor for the Library of Psychology, University of Padova

Grant Reviewer
Israel Science Foundation
Italian Ministry of Research – Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca (MIUR)
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education (FCT)

Journal Reviewer
Applied Cognitive Psychology, Behavioral Sciences, Brain and Cognition, Brain Research, British Journal of Psychology, Cognitive Processing, Journal of Cognitive Psychology, Experimental Psychology, Frontiers in Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition, Journal of Spatial Science, Learning & Individual Differences, Memory, Psychological Research, PlosOne, Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Journal of Environmental Psychology

Research
web-site: http://www.dpg.unipd.it/en/wmlabs

Her research focuses on individual differences in spatial skills, spatial learning and behaviour; working memory in spatial orientation and spatial text processes

Scientific Production Indexes (April 2018)
ORCID 0000-0002-3446-3826
SCOPUS: Citations 1758; H-index 22

Notices

RESEARCH LINES PROPOSED FOR PhD STUDENTS:

Spatial learning derived from different sources: navigation, spatial language, map inspection. How tasks, goals, individual differences interact in influencing spatial learning.

Affective and cognitive variables implied in way-finding behavior: route learning, short-cut finding, spatial representations.

Effects of natural and built environments on cognitive resources and perceived well-being

Office hours

  • Tuesday from 16:00 to 18:00
    at https://unipd.zoom.us/j/122918451
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Teachings

Research Area

Spatial cognition, spatial representation, orienting behavior, individual differences in spatial and orienting abilities.
Environmental psychology: indoor navigability and wayfinding; Natural environments and health.