Andrea Dissegna

Andrea Dissegna

Post-doc researcher

Center for Mind/Brain Sciences

Biography

I am a Post Doc researcher investigating the cognitive mechanisms of probabilistic reasoning at the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (Trento, Italy). My research interests include animal cognition, learning and memory and individual differences. I am now part of the Reasoning and Decision Group. Previously found working with chicks and other animals Laboratory of Animal Cognition led by Cinzia Chiandetti.

Interests

  • Habituation
  • Context-dependent memory
  • Individual differences

Education

  • PhD in Neural and Cognitive Sciences, 2021

    University of Trieste

  • MSc in Psychology, 2017

    University of Trieste

  • BSc in Psychology, 2015

    University of Trieste

My academic travel

 
 
 
 
 

Post-doctoral researcher

Reasoning and Decision Group | Center for Mind/Brain Sciences

Apr 2022 – Present Trento, Italy
Fostering the understanding of diagnostic tests using Cognitive/Artificial
 
 
 
 
 

Post-doctoral researcher

Perception and Attention Lab | University of Trieste

Apr 2021 – Mar 2022 Trieste, Italy
Studying how emotional characteristics of objects capture attention
 
 
 
 
 

Visiting student

Chittka Lab | Queen Mary University of London

Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 London, United Kingdom
Studying state-dependent memory in bumblebees
 
 
 
 
 

PhD student

Laboratory of Animal Cognition | University of Trieste

Jan 2016 – Mar 2021 Trieste, Italy
Studying habituation mechanisms in different animals

Recent Publications

Baldassi Giulio, Murgia Mauro, Prpic Valter, Rigutti Sara, Domijan Drazen, Agostini Tiziano, Dissegna Andrea, Fantoni Carlo (2022). Attentional capture in emotion comparison is orientation independent. Psychological Research, pp. 1–18, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00426-022-01683-x.

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Dissegna Andrea, Grassi Michele, Chiandetti Cinzia (2022). Individual differences in habituation: innate covariation between habituation, exploration, and body size in naive chicks (Gallus gallus). Behavioural Processes, pp. 104705, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2022.104705.

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Andrea Dissegna, Massimo Turatto, Cinzia Chiandetti (2021). Context-Specific Habituation: A Review. Animals, (11), 6, pp. 1767, https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11061767.

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Raffaella Devescovi, Vissia Colonna, Andrea Dissegna, Giulia Bresciani, Marco Carrozzi, Costanza Colombi (2021). Feasibility and Outcomes of the Early Start Denver Model Delivered within the Public Health System of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Italian Region. Brain sciences, (11), 9, pp. 1191, 10.3390/brainsci11091191.

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Andrea Dissegna, Andrea Caputi, Cinzia Chiandetti (2020). Long-lasting generalization triggered by a single trial event in the invasive crayfish Procambarus clarkii. Journal of Experimental Biology, (223), 22, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0104.

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Awards

Best Post Doctoral researcher of 2021 in psychological sciences

University of Trieste, Department of Life Sciences Oct 2021

Best Student Oral Presentation award

Alps Adria Psychology Conference 2018 Oct 2018
AAPC award for my oral presentation on “Short-term memory mechanisms of habituation in the domestic chick (Gallus gallus)

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