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MARCO DADDA
Position
Professore Associato
Address
VIA VENEZIA, 8 - PADOVA
Telephone
0498276639
February 2002. Degree in Experimental Psychology (110 cum laude / 110), University of Padova.\nJune - December 2005. Yerkes Primate Research Center - Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia, USA).\nDecember 2005. Philosophiae Doctor in Psychobiology. Department of General Psychology, University of Padua.\nApril 2006 - March 2010. Post-Doc, Department of General Psychology, University of Padua.\nJune 2009. Friday Harbor Laboratoires (University of Washington, USA).\nDecember 2010. Researcher, Department of General Psychology, University of Padua.\nDecember 2016. Associate Professor, Department of General Psychology, University of Padua.\n\nMy research interests are related to animal behavior. In particular:\nA) Plant Cognition\n•Functional asymmetries in plants\n•Intentional movement in plants\n•Communicative abilities of plants\n\nB) Animal Cognition\n•The functions of brain lateralization in vertebrates\n•Mathematical abilities in animals\n•Illusions and visual perception in animals
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Orari di ricevimento
Mer10:3012:30Studio 2026 (Quinto Piano - CLA - Psico 4), Via Venezia 16, tel:049-8276639Prenotare il proprio appuntamento tramite mail al docente (marco.dadda@unipd.it)
Publications
Recent publications:
1. Bianchi, M., Avesani, S., Bonato, B., Dadda, M., Guerra, S., Ravazzolo, L.,
Simonetti, V. & Castiello, U. (2025). Plant behavior: Theoretical and technological
advances. Current opinion in psychology, 102026.
2. Guerra, S., Bonato, B., Ravazzolo, L., Dadda, M., & Castiello, U. (2025). When two
become one: perceptual completion in pea plants. Plant Signaling & Behavior,
20(1), 2473528.
3. Agrillo, C., Rovegno, E., Dadda, M., Bertolucci, C., & Bisazza, A. (2024).
Assessment of Replicability and Efforts to Refine an Operant Conditioning
Procedure for Larval Zebrafish. Animals, 14(24), 3684.
4. Guerra S, Castiello U, Bonato B, Dadda M. (2024). Handedness in Animals and
Plants. Biology 13(7), 502.
5. Lucon-Xiccato, T., De Russi, G., Frigato, E., Dadda, M., & Bertolucci, C. (2024).
One-trial odour recognition learning and its underlying brain areas in the zebrafish.
Behavioural Brain Research, 465, 114949.
6. Santacà, M., Gatto, E., Dadda, M., Bruzzone, M., Dal Maschio, M., & Bisazza, A.
(2024). Exploring the Importance of Environmental Complexity for Newly Hatched
Zebrafish. Animals, 14(7), 1031.
7. Mair, A., Bisazza, A., Dadda, M., & Santacà, M. (2024). Shortest path choice in
zebrafish (Danio rerio). Behavioural Processes, 214, 104983.
Research Area
My research interests focus on animal behavior. Specifically, my interests are concentrated in two main areas:\n\nA) Plant Cognition\n•Study of intentionality and communication in the plant kingdom\n•Handedness in plants and its functional aspects\n\nB) Evolution of Behavioral Asymmetries and Hemispheric Specialization in Vertebrates\n\nMost of my publications fall within this field and include behavioral, neuroanatomical, and genetic studies:\n•Genetic and neural bases of brain lateralization in model organisms\n•Neural bases of brain lateralization in non-human primates\n•Functions of brain lateralization in vertebrates
Thesis proposals
The listed topics are valid for both master’s theses and bachelor’s theses.
• Plant cognition
• Handedness in the plant kingdom
• Brain lateralization in animals and humans
• New addictions: biological and evolutionary perspectives
