MACCHI CASSIA VIOLA MARINA
- U06, Floor: 3, Room: 3026B
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I am always available for a meeting or online consultation. To schedule an appointment, please email me at: [email protected]. My office is located in U6 building, 3rd floor, Room 3026b (via Pirelli side).
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Biography
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I have a few spots open for experimental theses. Interested? Contact me to learn more at: [email protected]!
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Research
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- The impact of rhythm on infants' attention, perception and information processing skills
- The impact of perinatal experience on infants' cognition
- Development and plasticity of face processing biases (race bias, age bias) across the lifespan
- Social attributions based on facial information across development
- Interactions between biological and cultural factors in driving spatial biases across development
- Serial order processing in infancy
- Implicit learning in infancy (rule learning)
RESEARCH METHODS
- Looking time measures (visual habituation/familiarization, prefential looking)
- Eye-tracking
- Event-Related Potentials (ERPs)
- Mental chronometry (Accuracy and Reaction Times measures)
Publications
Bettoni, R., Conte, S., Macchi Cassia, V. (In corso di stampa). A multi-lab approach to infant studies: examples from the Bicocca Child&BabyLab.. Intervento presentato a: Congresso Annuale Italian Reproducibility Network 2023 (ITRN)., ROMA. Detail
Valenza, E., Simion, F., Umiltà, C., Macchi Cassia, V. (2025). The enduring legacy of newborns’ face preference. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-HUMAN PERCEPTION AND PERFORMANCE, 51(5), 535-542 [10.1037/xhp0001263]. Detail
Arioli, M., Silvestri, V., Gianni, M., Colombo, L., Macchi Cassia, V. (2025). The impact of rhythm on visual attention disengagement in newborns and 2-month-old infants. COGNITION, 257(April 2025) [10.1016/j.cognition.2025.106077]. Detail
Mastroianni, I., Arioli, M., Geniole, S., Proietti, V., Silvestri, V., Macchi Cassia, V. (2024). Perinatal influences on threat-cues processing in decision-making.. In AIP Sperimentale 2024, 30° Congresso annuale Sunday, September 22, 2024 - Wednesday, September 25, 2024 Noto (SR) Book of Abstracts (pp.38-39). Detail
Putnam, S., Sehic, E., French, B., Gartstein, M., Lira Luttges, B., Macchi Cassia, V., et al. (2024). The Global Temperament Project: Parent-reported temperament in infants, toddlers, and children from 59 nations. DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 60(5), 916-941 [10.1037/dev0001732]. Detail
Research projects
Awards
Scientific fellowships
- Fellow - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2015
Editorial boards
- Membro del Comitato Editoriale - INFANCY, 2018 - 2100
- Associate Editor di rivista o collana editoriale - BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, 2012 - 2100
Research and teaching assignments
- Visiting Researcher - Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Invitation Fellowship - Chuo University, 2015