Enrico Toffalini
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Academic positions
October 2025 – present
Associate Professor, Università degli Studi di Padova
Department of General Psychology · Padova, Italia
Current academic position.
October 2022 – October 2025
Fixed-term Researcher (type B), Università degli Studi di Padova
Department of General Psychology · full-time · Padova, Italia
July 2021 – October 2022
Fixed-term Researcher (type A), Università degli Studi di Padova
Department of General Psychology · full-time · Padova, Italia
March 2018 – June 2021
Two type-B research fellowships, Università degli Studi di Padova
Department of General Psychology · Padova, Italia
Projects: 1. Emotional false memories: the role of distinctiveness and working memory; 2. Assessment of intra-individual variability in learning disorders: effects of time of testing and chronotype.
January 2016 – February 2018
Two type-A research fellowships, Università degli Studi di Padova
Department of General Psychology · Padova, Italia
Supervisor: Chiara Meneghetti, Cesare Cornoldi
Education
April 18, 2016
PhD in Psychological Sciences, Università degli Studi di Padova
Thesis: Inferential false memories for emotional events · Supervisor: Cesare Cornoldi
June 20, 2012
Master’s degree in Experimental Psychology, Università degli Studi di Padova
Grade: 110/110 con lode · Supervisor: Cesare Cornoldi · Co-supervisor: Annika Melinder
Research interests, collaborations, and affiliations
Research interests: human intelligence; intelligence in typical and atypical development; dimensional approaches to neurodevelopmental disorders; meta-research; quantitative methods and research design in psychology; power/design analysis and Monte Carlo simulations.
Reported metrics: Peer-reviewed articles: over 100 (Scopus; as of February 2026); Co-authors: over 250 (Scopus; as of February 2026).
Funded projects
November 2023 – present
Time processing skills in primary school children with ADHD: A multi-informant approach to diagnosis and intervention
Progetti di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale - PRIN-PNRR (2022) · Co-principal investigatorcode P2022ZKAH8 · CUP C53D23009190001 · Total project funding: €224,951
October 2023 – present
Tails or types? Testing the dimensional hypothesis in neurodevelopmental disorders
Progetti di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale - PRIN (2022) · Principal investigatorcode 2022KBW99S · CUP C53D23004210006 · Total project funding: €195,296
2026
STRATYS - Linking personality and daily stress: an intensive ecological assessment of psychological and physiological responses
Project of Interest for the Department - PRID (2026) · Principal investigatorDepartment contribution: €9,095
Scientific event organization
17/02/2025 – 21/02/2025
Lead and coordinator – International Winter School 2025: The 4Ms: Meta-research, Measurement, Multi-lab, and Multiverse data analysis in Behavioral Sciences
Università degli Studi di Padova · Padova, Italia · Initiative co-funded by the University of Padua International Relations Division, DPG, DPSS, DSS, DNS, and the Italian Association of Psychology.
February 2023 – present
Organizer – HandZone workshop
PsicoStat · Padova, Italia · In-person meetings on methodological, meta-scientific, and statistical topics in psychology for doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career researchers.
Publications
Selected publications.
International peer-reviewed journal articles
E. Toffalini, E. Borella, L. Pezzuti, J. Dawe, & C. Cornoldi (2025). Intellectual giftedness in adult lifespan: just a dimensional account or are there areas especially sensitive to high potential?. Personality and Individual Differences, 245, 113274. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2025.113274.
C. Costa, R. Pezzetta, E. Toffalini, M. Grassi, G. Cona, C. Miniussi, P. J. Bauer, S. Borgomaneri, M. Brysbaert, C. D. Chambers, N. Edelstyn, A. Eerland, S. J. Gilbert, M. A. Nitsche, R. A. Poldrack, A. Puce, K. R. Ridderinkhof, T. Y. Swaab, C. Umiltà, M. Wiener, & C. Scarpazza (2025). Enhancing the quality and reproducibility of research: Preferred Evaluation of Cognitive and Neuropsychological Studies - The PECANS statement for human studies. Behavior Research Methods, 57, 182. doi:10.3758/s13428-025-02705-3.
E. Toffalini, F. Gambarota, A. Perugini, P. Girardi, V. Tobia, G. Altoè, D. Giofrè, & T. Feraco (2024). Clusters that are not there: An R tutorial and a Shiny app to quantify a priori inferential risks when using clustering methods. International Journal of Psychology, 59(6), 1183-1198. doi:10.1002/ijop.13246.
E. Toffalini, S. Buono, & C. Cornoldi (2022). The structure, profile, and diagnostic significance of intelligence in children with ADHD are impressively similar to those of children with a specific learning disorder. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 129, 104306. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2022.104306.
E. Toffalini, P. Girardi, D. Giofrè, & G. Altoè (2022). Entia non sunt multiplicanda… Shall I look for clusters in my cognitive data?. PLOS ONE, 17(6), e0269584. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0269584.
Italian peer-reviewed journal articles
E. Toffalini & C. Cornoldi (2024). Attenzione all’uso delle discrepanze nel profilo di intelligenza per l’identificazione di DSA e ADHD. Psicologia Clinica dello Sviluppo, 2/2024, 225-236. doi:10.1449/113498.
Editorial and peer-review activity
2020 – 2024
Editorial Board member – PLOS ONE
2019 – 2024
Editorial Board member – Personality and Individual Differences
Special Issue Co-Editor – Individuals with Down Syndrome
Brain Sciences
Ad hoc reviewing for 18 journals.
Teaching
14 structured courses or modules, accounting for 699 calculable teaching hours.
Supervision and tutoring
Supervision and tutoring: 9 structured categories; reported counts sum to 99 and may overlap.
Institutional service
2024 – present
Advisory Board member – Corso di dottorato in Psychological Sciences
Università degli Studi di Padova · Padova, Italia
2024 – present
Chair – Comitato Etico di Psicologia/Area 17
Università degli Studi di Padova · Padova, Italia
2025 – present
Working-group member – Procedure di accoglienza docenti/ricercatori neo-assunti e semplificazione
Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale, Università degli Studi di Padova · Padova, Italia
2025 – present
Open Science subcommittee member – Commissione Terza Missione
Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale, Università degli Studi di Padova · Padova, Italia
2022 – present
DOR Working Group member – Commissione per la procedura di ripartizione dei fondi DOR
Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale, Università degli Studi di Padova · Padova, Italia
2025 – present
Creator and webmaster – Sito del Corso di dottorato in Psychological Sciences
Università degli Studi di Padova · Padova, Italia
International experience
January 2015 – March 2015
Visiting PhD student, City University London
Department of Psychology · Londra, Regno Unito
Second of the two visiting periods reported in the source CV.
Supervisor: Mark L. Howe, Lauren Knott
March 2014 – June 2014
Visiting PhD student, City University London
Department of Psychology · Londra, Regno Unito
First of the two visiting periods reported in the source CV.
Supervisor: Mark L. Howe, Lauren Knott
November 2011 – April 2012
Erasmus student / Research assistant, Università di Oslo
EKUP - Cognitive Development Research Unit · Oslo, Norvegia
Supervisor: Annika Melinder
Clinical and professional experience
March 2014 – present
Participant in clinical supervision meetings, Laboratorio per la Valutazione e il Trattamento dei Disturbi dell’Apprendimento (LabDA)
Padova, Italia
Weekly participation in team supervision meetings; formerly the DSA laboratory at LIRIPAC.
Public engagement and knowledge transfer
February 13, 2026
Speaker – Siamo davvero intelligenti? Certezze e incertezze sull’intelligenza umana
Progetto Formazione Continua - Incontri Formativi Intelligenza: singolare o plurale? · Talk delivered within the February 2026 training meetings.
November 11, 2025
Expert contributor – L’Intelligenza Umana
Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale, Università degli Studi di Padova; Teatro Stabile del Veneto · Padova, Italia · Participation in the Essere Intelligente public series.
September 28, 2024 – September 29, 2024
Contributor to stand preparation and delivery – Centra il bersaglio: tra misurazione, probabilità e incertezza
Science4All · Padova, Italia
2022 – present
Course co-lead – General Psychology
Federica.EU - Università di Napoli Federico II · Course co-led with Professor Giovanna Mioni.
present
Dissemination of open materials, data, and code – Pratiche di Open Science per la Terza Missione
OSF; GitHub; ResearchGate · Regular use of OSF (15 public projects), GitHub (over 12 public repositories), and ResearchGate; Open Slides and Open Teaching with 5 accessible courses. Metrics are reported in the source CV as of February 2026.
Research computing skills
- R / RStudio – advanced.
- Python – applied proficiency.
- Quarto – working proficiency.
- GitHub – basic.
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