Final thesis
The final exam is worth 14 CFU and consists in the preparation and discussion by the student of an original thesis written under the guidance of a supervisor, who is usually selected before the beginning of the last year of study, as it is calculated nearly a year to complete your project.
Check the "Tutoring" page for meetings and contacts about Master Thesis Guidance from a tutor.
The mark for the thesis can range from 0 to 6 points.
The overall mark (out of 110) is the sum of the weighted average of the marks of student’s career added to the mark for the thesis dissertation, based on the type and quality of the work, the judgment of the supervisor and co-supervisor, the presentation by the graduating student, and the subsequent discussion. The awarding of cum laude requires unanimous agreement on the part of the examining committee. The thesis must be written in English.
Degrees are awarded after successfully passing a final exam, which assesses whether a student has achieved the educational objectives of the second-cycle degree in Psychology, Neuroscience and Human Sciences.
Bambini Valentina: experimental pragmatics, pragmatic language disorder in clinical populations, pragmatics in children and older adults, behavioral and electrophysiological correlates of pragmatic abilities, relationship between pragmatics and Theory of Mind, metaphor and humor in communication; contact: valentina.bambini@iusspavia.it
Barello Serena: health psychology and communication (patient–doctor communication, stigma and health-related language, patient advocacy); patient/public engagement and decision making (shared decision making, PROMs/PREMs, citizen science); healthcare systems and professionals (healthcare professionals’ identity); digital health and innovation (AI in healthcare communication); public health psychology and behavioural change (climate change and health, vaccine hesitancy, antimicrobial stewardship); contact: serena.barello@unipv.it
Bottini Gabriella: neurophysiological and pathological aspects of body representation, Unilateral Spatial Neglect, body awareness and interoception, metaphor interpretation, dementia, neurolaw, exploration of cognitive functioning through functional neuroimaging, electrodermal activity, tDCS, Caloric Vestibular Stimulation; contact: g.bottini@unipv.it
Canessa Nicola: behavioral, neuroimaging and neuromodulation studies in healthy individuals; areas of interest: neuroeconomics, social neuroscience; contact: nicola.canessa@iusspavia.it
Casellato Claudia: computational neuroscience, cerebellum, neural networks, spiking, sensorimotor tasks, plasticity and learning; contact: claudia.casellato@unipv.it
Castelli Fulvia: theory of mind, empathy, social cognition, suicide prevention, couple relationship and infidelity, ASD in women; contact: fulvia.castelli@unipv.it
Catricalà Eleonora: language and semantic memory in healthy participants and neurodegenerative patients; behavioural, neuromodulation and imaging studies; contacts: eleonora.catricala@iusspavia.it; francesca.conca@iusspavia.it
Cerami Chiara: digital and remote neuropsychology, digital cognitive rehabilitation, impact of digital technologies on dementia care systems, behavioral interaction data (e.g. gaze, voice) as cognitive markers in neurocognitive disorders, cognitive phenotyping in dementia; contact: chiara.cerami@iusspavia.it
Chesi Cristiano: computational modeling of linguistic processing, computational complexity and difficulty perceived in language understanding and production, linguistic acquisition and degeneration; contact: cristiano.chesi@iusspavia.it
Chierchia Gabriele Sam: decision making, development, adolescence, cooperation, behavioural economics, computational modelling, social behaviour and social development; contact: gabrielesam.chierchia@unipv.it
Ferrari Chiara: social cognition, empathy, mentalizing, emotional perception and regulation, TMS, tDCS, tACS; contact: chiara.ferrari@unipv.it
Ferreri Laura: music cognition studies on reward, emotion, learning, and memory processes; contact: laura.ferreri@iusspavia.it
Gandola Martina: behavioural, neuromodulation (tDCS and TMS), and fMRI studies in body representation and spatial cognition, anatomical studies in patients with spatial neglect, deficits of motor awareness and body ownership; contact: gandola@unipv.it
Greco Matteo Paolo: theoretical linguistics, experimental syntax, eye-tracking methodology, self-paced reading paradigm; contact: matteo.greco@iusspavia.it
Lavazza Andrea: neuroethics, bioethics, memory modulation, human enhancement, cerebral organoids, neurolaw, ethics of neurotechnology; contact: andrea.lavazza@unipv.it
Lecce Serena: theory of mind in children, adolescents, adults and older adults, socio-cognitive training, social relationships, social media, executive functions, social communication, conversations; contacts: serena.lecce@unipv.it; serenamaria.stagnitto01@universitadipavia.it
Lega Carlotta: music cognition, sensorimotor processes, brain stimulation, time perception; contact: carlotta.lega@unipv.it
Lionetti Francesca: environmental sensitivity/differential susceptibility, socio-emotional development, parenting, attachment, individual-environment interaction; contact: francesca.lionetti@unipv.it
Mascheretti Sara: specific learning disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, neurobiological correlates; contacts: sara.mascheretti@unipv.it; sara.mascheretti@gmail.com
Mattavelli Giulia: neuromodulation, electroencephalography and behavioral studies in healthy individuals; areas of interest: eating behaviour, decision-making and reward, inhibitory control; contact: giulia.mattavelli@iusspavia.it
Pischedda Doris: multiscale brain modeling, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, fMRI, Brain Digital Twins; contact: doris.pischedda@unipv.it
Provenzi Livio: behavioral epigenetics, biobehavioral synchrony, blindness and low-vision, developmental disability, family-centered intervention, parent-infant interaction, preterm birth, stress regulation, video-feedback intervention; contact: livio.provenzi@unipv.it
Rinaldi Luca: semantic memory, distributional semantic models, language statistics, associative learning, embodied cognition, spatial representations, numerical cognition, time representation, sensorimotor experience; contact: luca.rinaldi@unipv.it
Russo Riccardo: issues regarding the impact of brain neuromodulation on cognitive functioning in young and elderly people as well as on cognitive aging, particularly with respect to decision-making; contact: riccardo.russo@unipv.it
Salvato Gerardo: body representation in healthy and pathological brain, thermoregulation and thermoception, interoception, memory-guided attention, decision-making, neuropsychology, dementia, stroke, epilepsy, functional and structural MRI, physiological measures; contact: gerardo.salvato@unipv.it
Santosuosso Amedeo: neuroethics, artificial intelligence and neuroscience, ethical aspects of brain-computer interfaces, speech acts, neurotechnologies; contact: a.santosuosso@unipv.it
Sereni Andrea: epistemology, theory of knowledge, philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of logic; contact: andrea.sereni@iusspavia.it
Tomasetta Alfredo: philosophy of science, (in)formal logic, philosophy of mind, philosophical theories of consciousness, personal identity, mind and self in classical Indian philosophy; contact: alfredo.tomasetta@iusspavia.it