CLELIA MATILDE ROSSI ARNAUD

Clelia Matilde Rossi Arnaud Department of Psychology
Faculty of Medicine and Psychology Sapienza University of Rome
Email: Clelia.rossi-arnaud@uniroma1.it

CURRENT POSITION
Full professor for the Scientific-disciplinary Sector M- PSI/01 (General Psychology) at the Department of Psychology,
Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome.
Coordinates the Learning and Memory Laboratory of the Department of Psychology.
Currently, I teach 22 university education credits (188 hours) in Medical and Psychological degrees.
Member of the PhD Board in Behavioural Neuroscience.
Promoter of bilateral exchanges within the European Erasmus project (currently promoter of 22 grants in 13
universities in 7 countries).
Member of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), Psychonomic Society, European Society for Cognitive
Psychology (Escop),
Member of the International Committee for the European Working Memory Symposium (Ewoms).
Member of the Italian Society for Psychology, Associazione Italiana di Psicologia (AIP).
2001-2010
Member of the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio).
Reviewer for (among others): Acta Psychologica; Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology; Experimental Aging
Research; Frontiers in Psychology; Gesture; Journal of Cognitive Psychology; Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning,
Memory and Cognition; Journal of Research in Childhood Education; Memory; Neurobiology of Learning and Memory; PeerJ;
Physiology & Behavior; Psychiatry Research; Psychology and Aging; The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology;
Schizophrenia Research.

ROLES and ASSIGNMENTS
2022-2024: Member of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine and Psychology.
Member of the Board of the Department of Psychology representing Full Professors (elected
27/10/2022)
UptoOct2024 TeachesinthegraduateschoolinLifeCyclePsychologyandinthegraduateschoolinNeuropsychology,
Sapienza University of Rome.
2016/2019: Member of the Board of the Faculty of Medicine and Psychology (05/12/2016-01/2019)
2014/2019: Member of the Board of the Department of Psychology representing Associate Professors.: elected on 10
February 2014 (re-elected in 2016);
2012/2017: Member of the Joint Commission Sapienza University-Lazio Board of Psychologists (2012-03/2017)
Until 2011: Member of the faculty of Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology, Psychophysiology, and Personality, Sapienza
University of Rome;
Socrates Erasmus Scientific Coordinator for the First School of Psychology of Sapienza University and
Promoter of bilateral exchanges
Member of the Interuniversity Centre for Research on Cognitive Processing in Natural and Artificial
Systems (ECONA);
Member of the Advanced Course in Cognitive Psychology and Neural Networks teaching board.
2000/2019: Associate professor for the scientific-disciplinary sector M-PSI/01 General Psychology at the
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome.
1995: Researcher in the scientific-disciplinary field M10 (General Psychology and Research Methodology), School of Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Rome "La Sapienza".

EDUCATION
1995: Docteur en Sciences (mention Neurosciences) at the Université de Paris XI, U.F.R. Scientifique d'Orsay, France.
1993-95: Post-doctorate, Faculty of Psychology, University of Rome "La Sapienza;
1992: Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Rome "La Sapienza";
1987-88: Diplome d'Etudes Approfondies (D.E.A.) in Behavioural Sciences and Neurosciences (Sciences du Comportement
et Neurosciences), Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France;
1985-87: Master of Science in Experimental Psychology, University of Sussex, United Kingdom.
1982-85: Bachelor of Science in Biology University of Sussex, U.K.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
The effects of collaboration on memory performance; Eyewitness Memory Working memory Memory and Aging; Memory in psychiatric patients; Working memory; Implicit Memory, Memory consolidation and reconsolidation.

PHD INTERNATIONAL EXAMINER
• Northumbria University, UK: Examiner for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, a thesis entitled: Identifying
the Functional Architecture Underlying Multiple Representations in Visual Working Memory by Elisabeth Orme.
• Université de Bourgogne, France, Examiner for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (« Jury de thèse») and Reviewer “Rapporteur” for a thesis entitled: Les mécanismes de maintien de l’information verbale en mémoire de travail;
by Gérome Mora
• Université Paris Descartes, France Examiner for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (« Jury de thèse») for a thesis entitled:: Association entre visages, expressifs ou non, et informations biographiques - Aspects différentiels : genre et age des sujets.by Johanna Stern.

SUPERVISION OF INTERNATIONAL PHD SUDENTS
Supervisor within this international agreement framework (special agreement between France and Italy for a joint supervision of PhD theses : CO-TUTELA/CO-TUTELLE) of a thesis conducted jointly in Sapienza University (Rome, Italy) and in the Université de Nantes, entitled Une langue dés l’école maternelle: Compréhension et production orales d’enfants de 4 à 8 ans en allemand et en anglais. By Madeleine Jaconelli.
Supervisor of Dr. V. Rezende Silva Marques funded by Fundaçao CAPES, Ministry of Education of Brasil, Sector Bancario Norte, Brasilia, Brasil. PhD in Sapienza University awarded in 2015
Supervisor of Dr. Divya Bhatia, Indian PhD student awarded an international PhD in Sapienza University in February 2020. Dr. Divya Bhatia is now an Associate Professor at the Jindal School of Psychology and Counselling, an ‘Institution of Eminence’ and India’s No. 1 private University.

SUPERIVISION OF NATIONAL PHD STUDENTS
• Dr A. Mancini (Dottorato, PhD awarded in 2004)
• Dr A. Cortese (Dottorato, PhD awarded in 2006)
• Dr L. Pieroni (Dottorato, PhD awarded in 2006)
• Dr T. Huenefeldt (Dottorato, PhD awarded in 2008) • Dr J. Mari (Dottorato, PhD awarded in 2008)
• Dr. M. Di Nardo (Dottorato, PhD awarded in 2010)
• Dr P. Spataro (Dottorato, 1st PhD awarded in 2010 and 2nd PhD awarded in 2015)
• Dr G. Bechi Gabrielli (Dottorato, PhD awarded in February 2018)
• Currently supervises Maria Chiara Pesola (grant start date Nov. 2021) and Aicia Naser (Start date Nov. 2022).

PUBLICATIONS: Author of 99 publications in international peer-reviewed journals or chapters in international
books.
• Orcid author number 0000-0001-5006-6583 (http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5006-6583)
• Scopus Author ID: 57201651297; H index reported by Scopus: 24; Citations: 2746.
• Loop profile: 500195
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS (2022-2024)
3) Rossi-Arnaud, C., Spataro, P., Santirocchi, A., Pesola, M. C, Costantini, L., Cestari, V. (2024) Positive and negative effects of collaboration on suggestibility and false memory in online groups. Current Psychology, 43(6), pp. 5703– 5715DOI: 10.1007/s12144-023-04775-y
4) Santirocchi, A., Spataro, P., Alessi, F., Rossi-Arnaud, C., Cestari, V. (2023) Trust in science and belief in misinformation mediate the effects of political orientation on vaccine hesitancy and intention to be vaccinated. Acta Psychologica, 237, 103945. DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2023.103945
5) Rossi-Arnaud, C., Saraulli, D., Spataro, P., Prull, M. (2023) Editorial: The attentional boost effect and related phenomena: new insights into the relation between attention and memory. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1226596
6) Rossi-Arnaud, C., Mastroberardino, S., Spataro, P., Santirocchi, A., Alessi, Federica, Naser, A., Pesola, M.C., Cestari, V. (2023) Autobiographical memory in contact tracing: evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology, 2023, 14, 1244568
1) Spataro, P., Prull, M.W., Santirocchi, A., Rossi-Arnaud, C. (2024) The Attentional Boost Effect in Older Adults: Examining the Vulnerable Boost Hypothesis Experimental Aging Research, in press
2) Santirocchi, A.,, Spataro, P.,, Rossi-Arnaud, C.,, Esposito, A.,, Costanzi, M.,, Alessi, F.,, Cestari, V. (2024) The role of personality traits and emotional intelligence in the evaluation of the benefits and costs of social distancing during a pandemic outbreak. Scientific Reports, Open Access,Volume 14, Issue 1, December 2024, Article number 24018.
3) Rossi-Arnaud, C., Spataro, P., Santirocchi, A., Pesola, M. C, Costantini, L., Cestari, V. (2024) Positive and negative effects of collaboration on suggestibility and false memory in online groups. Current Psychology, 43(6), pp. 5703–5715DOI: 10.1007/s12144-023-04775-y
4) Santirocchi, A., Spataro, P., Alessi, F., Rossi-Arnaud, C., Cestari, V. (2023) Trust in science and belief in misinformation mediate the effects of political orientation on vaccine hesitancy and intention to be vaccinated. Acta Psychologica, 237, 103945. DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2023.103945
5) Rossi-Arnaud, C., Saraulli, D., Spataro, P., Prull, M. (2023) Editorial: The attentional boost effect and related phenomena: new insights into the relation between attention and memory. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1226596
6) Rossi-Arnaud, C., Mastroberardino, S., Spataro, P., Santirocchi, A., Alessi, Federica, Naser, A., Pesola, M.C., Cestari, V. (2023) Autobiographical memory in contact tracing: evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology, 2023, 14, 1244568
7) Rossi-Arnaud, C., Spataro, P. Mastroberardino, S. Lucaroni, E., Giannini, A. M., Cestari, V. (2023) Why collaboration reduces suggestibility: The role of source-monitoring processes and retrieval strategies. Current Psychology, 42(8), 6386 – 6394. DOI: 10.1007/s12144-021-01970-7
8) Cianfanelli, B., Esposito, A., Spataro, P., Santirocchi A., Cestari, V., Rossi-Arnaud, C., Costanzi, M. (2023) The binding of negative emotional stimuli with spatial information in working memory: A possible role for the episodic buffer. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 17, 1112805. DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1112805
9) Spataro, P., Mulligan, N.W., Saraulli, D., Rossi-Arnaud, C. (2022) The attentional boost effect facilitates the encoding of contextual details: New evidence with verbal materials and a modified recognition task. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 84(5), pp. 1489–1500. DOI: 10.3758/s13414-022-02509-z
10) Bhatia, D., Mohite, V., Spataro, P., Rossi-Arnaud, C., Mishra, R.K (2022) Effects of pointing movements on visuospatial working memory in a joint-action condition: Evidence from eye movements. Memory and Cognition, 50(2), pp. 261–277
11) Spataro,P.,Mulligan,N.W.,Cestari,V.,Santirocchi,A.,Saraulli,D.,Rossi-Arnaud,C.(2022)TheAttentionalBoost Effect Enhances the Item-Specific, But Not the Relational, Encoding of Verbal Material: Evidence From Multiple Recall Tests With Related and Unrelated Lists. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition, 48(8), pp. 1083–1097
12) Martelletti, C. P., Santirocchi, A., Spataro, P., Rossi-Arnaud, C., Löfstedt, Ragnar E., Cestari (2022) Predictors of COVID-19 risk perception, worry and anxiety in Italy at the end of the 2020 national lockdown. Journal of Risk Research, DOI 10.1080/13669877.2022.2038245
13) Santirocchi, A., Spataro, P., Costanzi, M., Doricchi, F., Rossi-Arnaud, C., Cestari, V. (2022) Predictors of the Intention to Be Vaccinated against COVID-19 in a Sample of Italian Respondents at the Start of the Immunization Campaign. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 2022, 12(1), 111

FUNDING:
Most recent funding
2024: from Sapienza University Euros 34800 for a project titled “New approaches to countering misinformation: the role of cognitive functions in inoculation processes and the relationship between conspiracy and dark personality traits.”
Sept 2023- Sept 2025: PRIN funding from the Italian Ministry of Research: Euros 79 399 for a project titled “Emotional Intelligence and Policies towards the Sustainable Transition” that proposes that Emotional Intelligence (EI) may help lower resource absorption by promoting Sustainable Consumption (SC) with a shift from material to immaterial goods, so designing new pro-SD policies, while enhancing individual Wellbeing (WB).
March 2023 -Feb 2026: Erasmus + CBHE - Euros 94 000 for a project titled “WE4LEAD” aimed at transforming the governance of Mediterranean Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) by promoting and adopting a culture of gender equality.
2022: from Sapienza University Euros 10 000 for a project titled “A multidimensional approach to investigating the long-term cognitive, social, and clinical effects of the COVID-19 pandemic” aimed at understanding the psychological and cognitive processes involved in adhering to preventive behaviors (e.g., social distancing, vaccination programs) and studying mental health issues associated with the pandemic (PTSD).