Research record.
Selected publications and conference work on insight, creativity, attention, and cognitive neuroscience.
The white matter of Aha! moments
Carola Salvi, Simone A. Luchini, Franco Pestilli, Sandra Hanekamp, Todd Parrish, Mark Beeman, Jordan Grafman. BMC Psychology 14, 151.
Insight solutions are correct more often than analytic solutions
C. Salvi, E. Bricolo, J. Kounios, E. Bowden & M. Beeman. Thinking & Reasoning 22(4), 443–460.
The “Aha!” Moment: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Insight
M. Beeman, J. Kounios, C. Salvi. In Learning & the Brain.
“Aha” is right: insight solutions are more likely to be correct than are analytic solutions
Association for Psychological Science, 24th Annual Convention, Chicago.
Looking outside the box: blinks and eye movements associated with insight versus analytic problem solving
Cognitive Neuroscience Society, 19th Annual Meeting, Chicago.
Crowding affects eye-movements patterns in word reading
Bricolo, Salvi, Martelli, Arduino & Daini. Perception 39 supplement.
I due sistemi dell’intelligenza umana
Legrenzi & Salvi. Sistemi Intelligenti, XX(1).
Education from the archive
2013 — Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, Linguistics and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Milano-Bicocca.
2007 — M.S., Psychology of Organizations and Consumer Behavior, University of Milano-Bicocca.
2004 — B.S., Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca.