NAVA ELENA

Role
Associate professor  
Academic disciplines
Developmental and Educational Psychology (PSIC-02/A)
Scientific-Disciplinary Group:
DEVELOPMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (11/PSIC-02)
Email
[email protected]
Office phone
0264486546
Room:
  • U06, Floor: 4, Room: 4077
Reception hours

appointment via email

Research

Research interests:

- body representation and its distortions

- subliminal processing of emotions

- moral cognition

Publications

  • Margoni, F., Nava, E., Surian, L. (2026). Preschoolers, but not yet toddlers, prefer to allocate epistemic trust to leaders than to bullies. EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR, 47(3 (May 2026)) [10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2026.106859]. Detail

  • Federici, A., Fantoni, M., Pavani, F., Handjaras, G., Bednaya, E., Martinelli, A., et al. (2025). Resilience and vulnerability of neural speech tracking after hearing restoration. COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY, 8(1) [10.1038/s42003-025-07788-4]. Detail

  • Lionetti, F., Nava, E. (2025). The contribution of environmental sensitivity and attachment on physiological emotional reactivity and regulation in children. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES, 246(November 2025) [10.1016/j.paid.2025.113345]. Detail

  • Testa, A., Roberti, E., Nava, E., Turati, C., Quadrelli, E. (2025). The Influence of Racial Group Membership on Emotional Mimicry in 5-Year-Olds. Intervento presentato a: Reading Emotions Symposium, Reading, UK. Detail

  • Roberti, E., Testa, A., Nava, E., Turati, C., Quadrelli, E. (2025). Early Social Bias Formation: Neural and Parental Influences on Infant Face Processing and Categorization. Intervento presentato a: Society for Research in Child Development - Biennial Meeting, Minneapolis, United States. Detail

Full list

Research projects

PRIN 2022 PNRR- Missione 4, Componente 2, Investimento 1.1 -Avviso 1409/22 - Numerical skills in action: contribution of the hand motor system to number processing across the lifespan (NumAct)
Year: 2022
Call: Bando PRIN 2022
Grantors: M.I.U.R. - MINISTERO DELL'ISTRUZIONE, DELL'UNIVERSITA' E DELLA RICERCA
Il ruolo della visione nello sviluppo di distorsioni corporee
Year: 2021
Grantors: Universita' di Milano Bicocca
Mapping emotions in the human body: fMRI and behavioural studies in typical and atypical populations
Year: 2020
Grantors: Universita' di Milano Bicocca
Meccanismi di cooperazione intuitiva nel ciclo di vita: evidenze in bambini, adulti e anziani
Year: 2019
Grantors: Universita' di Milano Bicocca
Meccanismi di attenuazione sensoriale nello sviluppo tipico e atipico
Year: 2018
Grantors: Universita' di Milano Bicocca

Awards

Awards

  • Teaching prize, 2012
  • Migliore dottore di ricerca, Università degli Studi di Trento, 2010
  • Best Student Award, Multisensory Research Forum, 2007

Scientific fellowships

  • - Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, 2018

Editorial boards

  • Associate Editor di rivista o collana editoriale - FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 2019

Research and teaching assignments

  • Attivita' didattica - Seminario di 16 ore tenuto in lingua inglese, intitolato: "Introduction to Neuro-Cognitive Aspects of Learning and Development" - Ludwig Maximilian University Munich - LMU, 2017
  • Titolare di contratto di ricerca - Ricerca e didattica - Universität Hamburg, 2010 - 2013
  • Attivita' didattica - Seminario intitolato: "Introduction to Neuro-Cognitive Aspects of Learning and Development" - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, 2016
  • Ricercatore/Ricercatrice universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2020 - 2023
  • Ricercatore/Ricercatrice universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2017 - 2020

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