Mer11:3013:30Dipartimento di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e Socializzazione, Via Venezia 8, primo piano studio 008Si consiglia agli studenti di contattare la docente al numero 8276522 per fissare un appuntamento in modo da non dover aspettare per essere ricevuti.

Current position: Full professor Teaching Courses : Developmental Cognitive Psychology and Developmental Cognitive NeuroscienceUniversity of Padova, Dept. Psicologia dello Sviluppo e Socializzazione (DPSS)Academic positions:Research Assistant, Institute of Developmental Psychology, University of Padova, 1972/78.Assistant Professor, Institute of Developmental Psychology, University of Padova, 1978/85.Assistant Professor, Institute of General Psychology, University of Padova, 1978/81.Associate Professor, Institute of Developmental Psychology, University of Padova, 1985/86.Full Professor in Cognitive Developmental Psychology, Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Padova, from 1986-at present.Principal organizer, starting in 1994, of the first series of conferences named " Brain development and cognition in human infants" funded by the European Science Foundation. Partner in a Biomed project funded by CEE in 1997. Director of the laboratory for newborns' observation, in the Paediatric Clinic of the University of Padova .Visiting fellow:Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A., (NATO grant).Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkely, U.S.A., (NATO grant).Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A., (NATO grant).Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkely, U.S.A., (NATO grant). Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, U.S.A., (NATO grant).Department of Psychology, University of Yale, U.S.A., (NATO grant).Department of Psychology, University of Hamilton, Canada, (NATO grant).Department of Psychology, University of Detroit, U.S.A., (NATO grant).Institute for Advanced Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.Max-Plank Institute, Lipsia 2011 College de France, Paris 2012Visiting researcher, Istituto do Cerebro, Universita Federal Rio Grande do Northe, Brasil, from 2013 to 2015Academic Positions President of the Scientific Committee in Psychology from 1986 untill 2012. Vice President of the Scientific Committee of the University of Padova from 1998 untill 2003; Member of the evaluation committee of the University of Padova in the years 2001/2002/2003 From 2003 to 2011 Acting Rector for graduate and post graduate training research programs in the University of Padova From 2012 to 2016 Member of the Academic Senate of the University of PadovaMember of the Scientific Committee for research programs of the University of Padova

Download Curriculum_Simion.pdf

Craighero,L., Lunghi,M., Leo,I,, Ghirardi,V., Simion,F., ( 2017) Newborns’ Attention is driven by the Translational Movement ( 2017) Visual Cognition , Vol.24, issue9-10 DOI:10.1Di Giorgio, E., Lunghi, M., Simion, F., Vallortigara, G., (2016) Visual cues of motion that trigger animacy perception at birth: The case of self-propulsion, Developmental Science, pp 1–12 DOI: 10.1111/desc.12394Simion,F., Di Giorgio,E.,( 2015 ) Face perception and processing in early infancy: Inborn predispositions and developmental changes. Frontiers in Psychology: Perception science DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00969 Bardi,L,Di Giorgio,E.,Lunghi,M,Troje,N,Simion,F., (2015) Walking direction trigger visuo-spatial orienting in 6-month-old infants and adults : An eye tracker study, COGNITION, 141,112-120 Cognition. 2015 Aug;141:112-20. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2015.04.014. EBardi L., Regolin L., Simion F., The first time ever saw your feet: Inversion effect in newborns' sensitivity to biological motion. (2014) DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 50(4):986-93. doi: 10.1037/a0034678 MASCALZONI E, REGOLIN L, VALLORTIGARA G., SIMION F (2013). The cradle of causal reasoning: newborns'preference for physical causality. DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE, vol. 16, p. 327-335, ISSN: 1363-755X, doi: 10.1111/desc.12018Di Giorgio, C. Turati, G. Altoè, F. Simion (2012). Face detection in complex visual displays: An eye-tracking study with 3- and 6-month-old infants and adults. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY, vol. 113, p. 66-77, ISSN: 0022-0965, doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2012.04.012DI GIORGIO E., LEO I., SIMION F. (2012). Is the face-perception system human-specific at birth?. DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, vol. 48, p. 1083-1090, ISSN: 0012-1649, doi: 10.1037/a0026521BARDI L., REGOLIN L., SIMION F. (2011). Biological motion preference in humans at birth: Role of dynamic and configural properties. DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE, vol. VOL.14, Issue 2, p. 353-359, ISSN: 1363-755X, doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.00985.xSIMION F., DI GIORGIO E., LEO I., BARDI L. (2011). Early Development of Social Stimuli Processing: from Faces to Biological Motion Perception. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH, vol. 189, ISSN: 0079-6123CRAIGHERO L, LEO I, C. UMILTA', SIMION F (2011). Newborns' preference for goal directed actions . COGNITION, vol. 120, p. 26-32, ISSN: 0010-0277, doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2011.02.011TURATI C., DI GIORGIO E., BARDI L., SIMION F. (2010). Holistic Face Processing in newborns, three-month-old infants, and adults: Evidence from the Composite Face Effect. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, vol. 81, p. 1894-1905, ISSN: 0009-3920, doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01520.xLEWKOWICZ D.J., LEO I., SIMION F. (2010). Intersensory perception at birth: Newborns match non-human primate faces and voices. INFANCY, vol. 15, p. 46-60, ISSN: 1525-0008SIMION F., REGOLIN L., BULF H. (2008). A predisposition for biological motion displays in the newborn babies. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, vol. 105 n.2, p. 809-813, ISSN: 0027-8424, doi: 10.1073/PNAS.0707021105MACCHI CASSIA V., VALENZA E., SIMION F., LEO I. (2008). Congruency as a non-specific perceptual property contributing to newborns' face preference. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, vol. 79, p. 807-820, ISSN: 0009-39DE HEERING A., TURATI C., ROSSION B., BULF H., GOFFAUX V., SIMION F. (2008). Newborns face recognition is based on spatial frequencies below 0.5 cycles per degree.. COGNITION, vol. 106, p. 444-454, ISSN: 0010-0277,

PREDISPOSIZIONI INNATE ALL'ELABORAZIONE DI STIMOLI SOCIALI E NON SOCIALISviluppo della specializzazione funzionale per stimoli socialiMeccanismi implicati nel riconoscimento dei voltiRuolo dell'esperienza nell'elaborazione si stimoli socialiLo sviluppo dei meccanismi attentivi nella prima infanziaLe aree di Ricerca riguardano tre temi principali:PREDISPOSIZIONI INNATE ALL'ELABORAZIONE DI STIMOLI SOCIALI. Più specificamente stiamo studiando i meccanismi che stanno alla base del riconoscimento del volto alla nascita e nei primi mesi di vita. In particolare siamo interessati a capire il ruolo che il movimento facciale svolge nei processi di riconoscimento dell'identità. Un elemento che caratterizza le nostre ricerche rigurda lo studio del ruolo dell'esperienza e della familiarità con gli stimoli nei processi di riconoscimento e categorizzazione.Il secondo tema di ricerca riguarda l'orientamento dell'attenzione nei primi mesi di vita e in particolare la capacità di lettura dei segnali sociali per dirigere l'attenzione nello spazio.Il terzo tema di ricerca riguarda lo studio della sensibilità al movimento degli esseri animati nella prima infanzia.

Face processing in early infancy: newborns' sensitivity to motion cues in Point Light DisplaysThe origin of the social brain: innate predispositions toward cues that trigger animacy perceptionOrienting of attention during action observations: biological vs linear motionVisuospatial orienting of attention in infancy: the role of social cues