FRANCESCA AGOSTINI

PhD Graduate

PhD program:: XXXV


supervisor: Maria Casagrande

Thesis title: From difficulty to competency: cognitive abilities beyond mathematics and their impact on mathematical performance

Mathematics represents a discipline in which there is increasing interest in recent years. Indeed, achieving good mathematical competence seems to positively affect employment success, socioeconomic status, financial choices and even health status (Ritchie & Bates, 2013). Precisely because of the importance of this discipline, the present work aims to investigate mathematical skills in children and young adults. The study on school-age children will be introduced with a systematic review aimed at identifying the domain-general abilities more involved in mathematical difficulties. In light of some critical issues that emerged from the review, such as the lack of consensus in defining the groups with mathematical difficulties, it was considered appropriate to alter the course of this work focusing on mathematical competence, and not on the mathematical disorder. However, to investigate mathematical competence, it is necessary to consider some characteristics of this construct. First, mathematics is a composite discipline, and therefore its measurement is heterogeneous. That implies that to define overall mathematical competence it is necessary to identify "sub-competencies" which may be influenced by different cognitive abilities. All that considerations, combined with the purpose of identifying the cognitive functions that most influence these skills, will be the cross-cutting aim of the present work.

Research products

11573/1714567 - 2024 - The protective role of cognitive reserve: an empirical study in mild cognitive impairment
Marselli, G.; Favieri, F.; Forte, G.; Corbo, I.; Agostini, F.; Guarino, A.; Casagrande, M. - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: BMC PSYCHOLOGY (London : BioMed Central) pp. - - issn: 2050-7283 - wos: WOS:001246182200001 (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85195533423 (0)

11573/1695978 - 2023 - New perspectives to understand individual differences: application of the drift diffusion model to a numerical stroop task in children
Agostini, Francesca; Ponce, Renato; Marotta, Andrea; Lupiáñez, Juan; González-García, Carlos - 04f Poster
conference: XXIX Congresso AIP - Sezione Sperimentale (Lucca; Italia)
book: AIP - ()

11573/1698320 - 2023 - Making Decision in Healthy and Cognitively Impaired Aging: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Corbo, Ilaria; Agostini, Francesca - 04f Poster
conference: XXIX Congresso AIP – Sezione Sperimentale (Lucca)
book: ATTI DEL XXIX CONGRESSO AIP - ()

11573/1729081 - 2023 - I falsi ricordi negli anziani sani e con Mild Cognitive Impairment.
Marselli, Giulia; Troisi, Giovanna; Agostini, Francesca - 04d Abstract in atti di convegno
conference: XXIX Congresso AIP-Sezione Sperimentale. (Lucca (LU))
book: tti del XXIX Congresso AIP-Sezione Sperimentale. - ()

11573/1613043 - 2022 - Domain-general cognitive skills in children with mathematical difficulties and dyscalculia. A systematic review of the literature
Agostini, Francesca; Zoccolotti, Pierluigi; Casagrande, Maria - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: BRAIN SCIENCES (Basel: Molecular Diversity Preservation International) pp. 1-34 - issn: 2076-3425 - wos: WOS:000765520800001 (16) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85125588722 (18)

11573/1657990 - 2022 - The complex burden of determining prevalence rates of mild cognitive impairment: A systematic review
Casagrande, Maria; Marselli, Giulia; Agostini, Francesca; Forte, Giuseppe; Favieri, Francesca; Guarino, Angela - 01g Articolo di rassegna (Review)
paper: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY (Lausanne, Switzerland: Frontiers Media S.A. All Rights Reserved) pp. - - issn: 1664-0640 - wos: WOS:000869442600001 (29) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85140070263 (34)

11573/1607980 - 2022 - The cognitive consequences of the covid-19 pandemic on members of the general population in italy: a preliminary study on executive inhibition
Favieri, F.; Forte, G.; Agostini, F.; Giovannoli, J.; Di Pace, E.; Langher, V.; Tambelli, R.; Pazzaglia, M.; Giannini, A. M.; Casagrande, M. - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE (MDPI Publishing, Basel, Switzerland) pp. - - issn: 2077-0383 - wos: WOS:000751050700001 (14) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85121817661 (13)

11573/1549197 - 2021 - Contributi di ricerca dei dottorandi, degli specializzandi e dei tirocinanti in Psicologia
Agostini, Francesca; Favieri, Francesca; Forte, Giuseppe; Giovannoli, Jasmine - 02a Capitolo o Articolo
book: Nascita e sviluppo dei Corsi di Laurea in Psicologia alla Sapienza - ()

11573/1558825 - 2021 - Funzioni esecutive e competenza socio-emozionale nei bambini dai 5 ai 7 anni
Agostini, Francesca; Ferri, Rosa; Rea, Monica; Casagrande, Maria - 02a Capitolo o Articolo
book: Nascita e sviluppo dei corsi di laurea in psicologia alla Sapienza - ()

11573/1607982 - 2021 - The broken heart: the role of life events in takotsubo syndrome
Casagrande, M.; Forte, G.; Favieri, F.; Agostini, F.; Giovannoli, J.; Arcari, L.; Passaseo, I.; Semeraro, R.; Camastra, G.; Langher, V.; Pazzaglia, M.; Cacciotti, L. - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE (MDPI Publishing, Basel, Switzerland) pp. - - issn: 2077-0383 - wos: WOS:000757861700001 (7) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85118356373 (8)

11573/1565897 - 2021 - Age-related changes in hemispherical specialization for attentional networks
Casagrande, Maria; Agostini, Francesca; Favieri, Francesca; Forte, Giuseppe; Giovannoli, Jasmine; Guarino, Angela; Marotta, Andrea; Doricchi, Fabrizio; Martella, Diana - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: BRAIN SCIENCES (Basel: Molecular Diversity Preservation International) pp. - - issn: 2076-3425 - wos: WOS:000699779600001 (13) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85114043699 (15)

11573/1630416 - 2021 - Assessing the three attentional networks in children from three to six years. A child-friendly version of the Attentional Network Test for Interaction
Casagrande, Maria; Marotta, Andrea; Martella, Diana; Volpari, Elisa; Agostini, Francesca; Favieri, Francesca; Forte, Giuseppe; Rea, Monica; Ferri, Rosa; Giordano, Vito; Doricchi, Fabrizio; Giovannoli, Jasmine - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS (Austin, TX : Psychonomic Society, Inc., c2005-) pp. 1403-1415 - issn: 1554-3528 - wos: WOS:000702180100002 (11) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85114030847 (10)

11573/1569139 - 2021 - Assessing the attentional networks in children: a child version of the ANTI
Casagrande, Maria; Marotta, Andrea; Martella, Diana; Volpari, Elisa; Agostini, Francesca; Favieri, Francesca; Forte, Giuseppe; Rea, Monica; Ferri, Rosa; Giordano, Vito; Giovannoli, Jasmine - 01h Abstract in rivista
paper: COGNITIVE PROCESSING (Heidelberg; Berlin: Springer) pp. 21-21 - issn: 1612-4790 - wos: WOS:000693578400070 (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85115818879 (0)

11573/1344504 - 2019 - AGING AND ATTENTIONAL NETWORKS ORIENTING , ALERTING AND EXECUTIVE CONTROL IN ELDERLY PEOPLE
Forte, Giuseppe; Agostini, Francesca; Guarino, Angela; Claudia Marcela Reynoso, ; Casagrande, Maria - 04d Abstract in atti di convegno
conference: 21st Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (Tenerife, Spain)
book: ESCOP 2019- Book of abstracts - ()

11573/1217986 - 2019 - Executive functions in Alzheimer disease. A systematic review
Guarino, Angela; Favieri, Francesca; Boncompagni, Ilaria; Agostini, Francesca; Cantone, Micaela; Casagrande, Maria - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE (Lausanne : Frontiers Research Foundation, 2009-) pp. 1-24 - issn: 1663-4365 - wos: WOS:000455710900001 (149) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85062972491 (164)

11573/1282136 - 2019 - Mild Cognitive Impairment: Validazione di un protocollo di valutazione neuropsicologica
Reynoso, C. M.; Guarino, A.; Forte, G.; Agostini, F.; Giovannoli, J.; Casagrande, M. - 01h Abstract in rivista
paper: PSICOGERIATRIA (Bergamo: Cobalto, 2019 Roma : CMP, [2001]- .) pp. 59-59 - issn: 2611-9420 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/1171245 - 2018 - Anxiety and attentional control: the role of emotional stimuli
Boncompagni, Ilaria; Favieri, Francesca; Forte, Giuseppe; Agostini, Francesca; Giovannoli, Jasmine; Casagrande, Maria - 01h Abstract in rivista
paper: MEDITERRANEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY (MEssina: Università degli Studi di Messina. Dipartimento di Scienze Umane e Sociali) pp. 29-29 - issn: 2282-1619 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/1171345 - 2018 - Visual spatial attention in elderly: Analysis of the orienting effect
Forte, Giuseppe; Guarino, Angela; Agostini, Francesca; Casagrande, Maria - 01h Abstract in rivista
paper: COGNITIVE PROCESSING (Lengerich : Pabst Science, 2000-2003 Springer Berlin / Heidelberg 2004-) pp. 59-60 - issn: 1612-4782 - wos: WOS:000442849900189 (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/1285329 - 2018 - Deficit di elaborazione emotiva e salute cardiovascolare
Mingarelli, A.; Boncompagni, I.; Favieri, F.; Forte, G.; Guarino, A.; Giovannoli, J.; Agostini, F.; Germanò, R.; Germanò, G.; Casagrande, M - 04d Abstract in atti di convegno
conference: XXXV Congresso Nazionale SIIA 2018 (Roma)
book: Atti del XXXV Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana dell'Ipertensione Arteriosa - ()

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