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Ph.D in Cognitive Psychology - is Associate Professor and head of the Cognitive and Educational Sciences laboratory at the Faculty of Education of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. His research activity is mainly devoted to the study of visuo-spatial planning, executive functions, prospective memory and working memory, as well as their relationship with education and new technologies (such as virtual reality and computational thinking). His scientific interests include also the study of human factors, life-skills and wellbeing, and every other argument, proposed by his students, that can puzzle him. He has authored more than 40 scientific papers in peer reviewed journals trying to provide a significant contribution to the scientific community. He is also a reviewer in several international journals and passionate member of the organizing committee of the Cognitive Science Arena and other international conferences.

last update: January 2020

Articles published on IXD&A:

• ‘Immersive and participatory serious games for heritage education, applied to the cultural heritage of South Tyrol’, N. 43, 2019, pp. 42 – 67, abstract, download, (https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-043-003), Google Scholar
"Heritage education is an activity that is increasingly present in the educational curricula of schools and museums. Cognitive mechanisms and Representation devices must be thoroughly analysed and desi..."

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