Stefania Pighin

Associate professor

Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science

Via delle Regole, 101 - 38060 Mattarello
tel. 0464 808724
stefania.pighin[at]unitn [dot] it
Expertise:
Cognition
Cognitive psychology
Cognitive science
Decision-making
Probabilistic reasoning
Psychology
Reasoning
Reasoning fallacies
Risk perception
Education

PhD in Cognitive Sciences and Education (2003 – 2006)

Department of Cognitive Sciences and Education – University of Trento (Italy)

Master Degree in Psychology (1997 –  2002)

Department of Psychology –  University of Trieste (Italy)
Academic career and teaching activities

Research positions

Temporary Assistant Professor (Sep 2018 – Sep 2021)

Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC) – University of Trento (Italy)

Role: Researcher type A - Recruitment field 11/E1 (General Psychology, Psychobiology and

Psychometrics), academic discipline M-PSI/01 (General Psychology)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Apr 2018 – Aug 2018)

Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC) – University of Trento (Italy)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Apr 2016 – Mar 2018)

Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC) – University of Trento (Italy)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Apr 2015 – Mar 2017)

University IUAV of Venice (Italy)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Mar 2014 – Feb 2015)

University IUAV of Venice (Italy)

Temporary Research Position (Nov 2012 – Dec 2013)

Center for Research Mountain, Sport and Health (CeRISM) - University of Verona (Italy)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Oct 2011 - Sep 2012)

Center for Research Mountain, Sport and Health (CeRISM) - University of Verona (Italy)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Sep 2010 - Aug 2011)

Center for Research Mountain, Sport and Health (CeRISM) - University of Verona (Italy)

Postdoctoral Research Associate (May 2009 - Aug 2010)

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique – University of Toulouse (France)

Temporary Research Fellow (March 2004 –  Apr 2009)

Department of Cognitive Sciences and Education – University of Trento (Italy)

 

Teaching experience

Adjunct professor (Sep 2015 – Jun 2016, 30 h)

University IUAV of Venice (Italy)

Course: “Fundamentals of general psychology”
Research interests

Judgment & Decision Making

Counterfactual Thinking & Mental Simulation

Probabilistic Reasoning

Medical Decision Making and Risk Communication.
Research work

At the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, I am a member of the Reasoning and Decision Group (RAD). The research group also includes PhD students, Master and Bachelor students, and internship fellows. The aim of the group is to deepen the theoretical and empirical knowledge of higher-level cognitive processes and to investigate their implications in applied settings (such as medical decision making and environmental sustainability). For a full description of RAD see: https://www.cimec.unitn.it/en/529/reasoning-and-decision-group-rad
Memberships in societies and scientific committees

Member of the governing board of the AISC - Italian Association for Cognitive Sciences (2020-2023)

Member of the European Association for Decision Making (EADM)

Member of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP)
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