Enrico Toffalini

Associate Professor of General Psychology
Department of General Psychology, University of Padua
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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

June 2007

Technical diploma in Computer Science, ITIS G. Marconi
Grade: 100/100 con lode

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).

Collaborations: University of Cambridge; University of Missouri; Universitetet i Oslo; City University London; Liverpool John Moores University; Università La Sapienza; Università di Genova.

Scientific memberships: Member: AIRIPA - Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca e l’Intervento nella Psicopatologia dell’Apprendimento (2017 – present); Affiliate member: AIP - Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, Sezione Sperimentale (2014 – present).

Research groups: Member: Memory & Learning Lab – Research group on memory, learning, and individual differences. Member: PsicoStat – Interdepartmental and interdisciplinary research group on psychology and applied statistics.

Professional registration: Albo degli Psicologi del Veneto, n. 11327 (April 2019).

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

2023

PIO - Perspective on Intelligence Ontogeny
Project of Interest for the Department - PRID (2023) · Co-principal investigatorDepartment contribution: €10,000

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.

07/06/2019 – 08/06/2019

Organizing committee and executive board member – 1° convegno internazionale The SRLD
The Society for Research on Learning Disorders · Padova, Italia

February 2019

Organizing committee member – International Winter School 2019: Beyond p < .05: modern statistical approaches in psychological science
DPSS, Università degli Studi di Padova · Padova, Italia

June 2018

Organizing committee member – 16° European Workshop on Imagery and Cognition (EWIC)
Padova, Italia

Publications

International peer-reviewed journal articles

F. Cortesi, I. Polenghi, A. Gambarini, G.M. Marzocchi, G. Mioni, A. Ogliari, E. Toffalini, & V. Tobia (2026). Time processing skills in individuals with math impairment and developmental dyscalculia. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 168, 105182. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2025.105182.

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.

A. Perugini, F. Gambarota, E. Toffalini, D. Lakens, M. Pastore, L. Finos, Psicostat Core Team, & G. Altoè (2025). The benefits of reporting critical effect size values. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 8(2), 1-10. doi:10.1177/2515245925133529.

S. Pelegrina, E. Toffalini, & M. E. Martín-Puga (2025). Stability of math anxiety and its relation with math performance over time: A meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. Journal of Educational Psychology. doi:10.1037/edu0001008.

L. Esposito, D. Giofrè, E. Toffalini, & D. C. Geary (2025). Sex differences in variability: Evidence from math and reading assessment in Italy. Personality and Individual Differences, 247, 113410. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2025.113410.

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.

S. Caviola, D. Giofrè, T. Feraco, E. Toffalini, K. Allen, & D. Geary (2025). Exploring the mediating role of academic anxiety in mathematics and reading performance among boys and girls: A comprehensive study of Italian fifth graders. Learning and Individual Differences, 122, 102726. doi:10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102726.

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.

M. Szczygieł, D. Szűcs, & E. Toffalini (2024). Math anxiety and math achievement in primary school children: Longitudinal relationship and predictors. Learning and Instruction, 92, 101906. doi:10.1016/j.learninstruc.2024.101906.

E. Sella, M. Vincenzi, E. Carbone, E. G. Schellenberg, C. Lima, E. Toffalini, & E. Borella (2024). Effects of music listening on cognition and affective state in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. European Psychologist, 29(3), 199-215. doi:10.1027/1016-9040/a000533.

D. Giofrè, R. Lievore, K. Allen, I. Tonizzi, I. C. Mammarella, & E. Toffalini (2024). Understanding sex/gender differences in intelligence profiles of children with Autism: A comprehensive WISC meta-analysis. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 154(July), 104854. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2024.104854.

D. Giofrè, E. Toffalini, L. Esposito, & C. Cornoldi (2024). Sex/gender differences in general cognitive abilities: an investigation using the Leiter‑3. Cognitive Processing, 25(4), 663-672. doi:10.1007/s10339-024-01199-9.

D. Giofrè, E. Toffalini, A. Perugini, L. Esposito, G. Amoretti, & D. C. Geary (2024). Sex differences in cognition: A meta-analysis of variance ratios in the Wechsler Intelligence Scales for Children. Personality and Individual Differences, 229, 112776. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2024.112776.

T. Feraco & E. Toffalini (2024). SEMbeddings: how to evaluate model misfit before data collection using large-language models. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1433339. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1433339.

E. Donolato, E. Toffalini, C. Cornoldi, & I. C. M. Mammarella (2024). In emotion and reading motivation, children with a diagnosis of dyslexia are not just the end of a continuum. Dyslexia, 30(3), e1778. doi:10.1002/dys.1778.

S. Caviola, S. Greiff, & E. Toffalini (2024). Learning disorders and difficulties: From a categorical to a dimensional perspective. Learning and Individual Differences, 113, 102490. doi:10.1016/j.lindif.2024.102490.

M. Taddei, S. Bulgheroni, E. Toffalini, C. Pantaleoni, & S. Lanfranchi (2023). Developmental profiles of young children with autism spectrum disorder and global developmental delay: A study with the Griffiths III scales. Autism Research. doi:10.1002/aur.2953.

D. Szucs & E. Toffalini (2023). Maths anxiety and subjective perception of control, value and success expectancy in mathematics. Royal Society Open Science, 10, 231000. doi:10.1098/rsos.231000.

E. Sella, E. Carbone, M. Vincenzi, E. Toffalini, & E. Borella (2023). Efficacy of memory training interventions targeting metacognition for older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Aging & Mental Health, 27(4), 674-694. doi:10.1080/13607863.2022.2122931.

E. Pizzigallo, C. Cornoldi, S. Buono, S. Città, F. Viola, & E. Toffalini (2023). The intellectual profile of adults with specific learning disabilities. Journal of Intelligence, 11, 223. doi:10.3390/jintelligence11120223.

J. Pietschnig, S. Oberleiter, E. Toffalini, & D. Giofrè (2023). Reliability of the g factor over time in Italian INVALSI data (2010-2022): what can achievement-g tell us about the Flynn effect?. Personality and Individual Differences, 214, 112345. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2023.112345.

D. Giofrè, E. Toffalini, L. Esposito, & C. Cornoldi (2023). Gender Differences in the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children in a Large Group of Italian Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Journal of Intelligence, 11(9), 178. doi:10.3390/jintelligence11090178.

E. Donolato, E. Toffalini, K. Rodge, A. Nordhal-Hansen, A. Lervåg, C. Norbury, & M. Melby-Lervåg (2023). Oral language interventions can improve language outcomes in children with neurodevelopmental disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 19, e1368. doi:10.1002/cl2.1368.

C. Cornoldi, D. Giofrè, & E. Toffalini (2023). Cognitive characteristics of intellectually gifted children with a diagnosis of ADHD. Intelligence, 97, 101736. doi:10.1016/j.intell.2023.101736.

M. Bolognesi, E. Toffalini, & F. Pazzaglia (2023). Perceived psychological restorativeness in relation to individual and environmental variables: a study conducted at Poetto beach in Sardinia, Italy. Sustainability, 15(3), 2794. doi:10.3390/su15032794.

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.

E. Sella, E. Toffalini, L. Canini, & E. Borella (2022). Non-pharmacological interventions targeting sleep quality in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Aging & Mental Health. doi:10.1080/13607863.2022.2056879.

S. Lanfranchi, C. Meneghetti, E. Toffalini, & B. Carretti (2022). Individuals with Down syndrome: Editorial. Brain Sciences, 12(3), 398. doi:10.3390/brainsci12030398.

D. Giofrè, K. Allen, E. Toffalini, & S. Caviola (2022). The impasse on gender differences in intelligence: a meta-analysis on WISC batteries. Educational Psychology Review, 34(4), 2543-2568. doi:10.1007/s10648-022-09705-1.

D. Giofrè, K. Allen, E. Toffalini, I. C. Mammarella, & S. Caviola (2022). Decoding gender differences: intellectual profiles of children with specific learning disabilities. Intelligence, 90, 101615. doi:10.1016/j.intell.2021.101615.

C. Cornoldi, D. Giofrè, I. C. Mammarella, & E. Toffalini (2022). Emotional response to testing in gifted and highly-gifted children. Gifted Child Quarterly, 66(3), 208-219. doi:10.1177/00169862211042901.

S. Caviola, E. Toffalini, D. Giofrè, J. Mercader Ruiz, D. Szűcs, & I. C. Mammarella (2022). Math performance and academic anxiety forms, from sociodemographic to cognitive aspects: a meta-analysis on 906,311 participants. Educational Psychology Review, 34(1), 363-399. doi:10.1007/s10648-021-09618-5.

B. Carretti, D. Giofrè, E. Toffalini, C. Cornoldi, M. Pastore, & S. Lanfranchi (2022). Structure of working memory in children from 3 to 8 years old. Developmental Psychology, 58(9), 1687-1701. doi:10.1037/dev0001385.

B. Carretti, C. Cornoldi, A. Antonello, L. Di Criscienzo, & E. Toffalini (2022). Inferring the performance of children with dyslexia from that of the general population: The case of associative phonological working memory. Scientific Studies of Reading, 26(1), 47-60. doi:10.1080/10888438.2021.1897596.

B. Carretti, C. Meneghetti, E. Doerr, E. Toffalini, & S. Lanfranchi (2022). Developmental trajectories of spatial-sequential and spatial-simultaneous working memory in Down syndrome. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 66(1-2), 81-93. doi:10.1111/jir.12904.

E. Toffalini, D. Giofrè, M. Pastore, B. Carretti, F. Fraccadori, & D. Szűcs (2021). Dyslexia treatment studies: A systematic review and suggestions on testing treatment efficacy with small effects and small samples. Behavior Research Methods, 53(5), 1954-1971. doi:10.3758/s13428-021-01549-x.

E. Sella, E. Carbone, E. Toffalini, & E. Borella (2021). Self-reported sleep quality and dysfunctional sleep-related beliefs in young and older adults: changes in times of COVID-19 lockdown. Sleep Medicine, 81, 127-135. doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2021.02.017.

E. Sella, L. Miola, E. Toffalini, & E. Borella (2021). The relationship between sleep quality and quality of life in aging: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Health Psychology Review. doi:10.1080/17437199.2021.1974309.

L. Miola, C. Meneghetti, E. Toffalini, & F. Pazzaglia (2021). Environmental learning in a virtual environment: Do gender, spatial self-efficacy, and visuospatial abilities matter?. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 78, 101704. doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101704.

C. Meneghetti, E. Labate, E. Toffalini, & F. Pazzaglia (2021). Successful navigation: the influence of task goals and working memory. Psychological Research, 85(2), 634-648. doi:10.1007/s00426-019-01270-7.

C. Meneghetti, E. Toffalini, S. Lanfranchi, M. Roch, & B. Carretti (2021). Path learning in individuals with Down syndrome: The challenge of learning condition and cognitive abilities. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 643702. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.643702.

C. Meneghetti, L. Miola, E. Toffalini, M. Pastore, & F. Pazzaglia (2021). Learning from navigation, and tasks assessing its accuracy: the role of visuospatial abilities and wayfinding inclinations. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 75, 101614. doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101614.

I. C. Mammarella, E. Toffalini, S. Caviola, L. Colling, & D. Szűcs (2021). No evidence for a core deficit in developmental dyscalculia or mathematical learning disabilities. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 62(2), 704-714. doi:10.1111/jcpp.13397.

Chiara Locatelli, Sara Onnivello, Francesca Antonaros, Agnese Feliciello, Sonia Filoni, Sara Rossi, Francesca Pulina, Chiara Marcolin, Renzo Vianello, Enrico Toffalini, Giuseppe Ramacieri, Anna Martelli, Giulia Procaccini, Giacomo Sperti, Maria Caracausi, Maria Chiara Pelleri, Lorenza Vitale, Gian Luca Pirazzoli, Pierluigi Strippoli, Guido Cocchi, Allison Piovesan, & Silvia Lanfranchi (2021). Is the age of developmental milestones a predictor for future development in Down syndrome?. Brain Sciences, 11(5), 655. doi:10.3390/brainsci11050655.

M. Grassi, C. Crotti, D. Giofrè, I. Boedker, & E. Toffalini (2021). Two replications of Raymond, Shapiro, and Arnell (1992): The Attentional Blink. Behavior Research Methods, 53, 656-668. doi:10.3758/s13428-020-01457-6.

M. Fontana, M. C. Usai, E. Toffalini, & M. C. Passolunghi (2021). Meta-analysis on inhibition from childhood to young adulthood in people with Down syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 109, 103838. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2020.103838.

E. M. Doerr, B. Carretti, E. Toffalini, S. Lanfranchi, & C. Meneghetti (2021). Developmental trajectories in spatial visualization and mental rotation in individuals with Down syndrome. Brain Sciences, 11(5), 610. doi:10.3390/brainsci11050610.

C. Cornoldi, A. Bresola, G. Crosara, A. Gherlenda, C. Pannocchi, & E. Toffalini (2021). Memory sensitivity and its relationship with the behavioural inhibitory and activation systems and the presence of internalising symptoms in a group of 9th to 13th graders. Personality and Individual Differences, 173, 110638. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2021.110638.

C. Cornoldi, C. Rivella, L. Montesano, & E. Toffalini (2021). Difficulties of young adults with dyslexia in reading and writing numbers. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 55(4), 338-348. doi:10.1177/00222194211037061.

R. Bayramova, E. Toffalini, M. Bonato, & M. Grassi (2021). Auditory selective attention under working memory load. Psychological Research, 85(7), 2667-2681. doi:10.1007/s00426-020-01437-7.

E. Toffalini, C. Mirandola, C. De Simone Irace, & G. Altoè (2020). False memory for pictorial scripted material: the role of distinctiveness and negative emotion. Cognition & Emotion, 34(7), 1489-1498. doi:10.1080/02699931.2020.1749034.

E. Sella, E. Carbone, E. Toffalini, & E. Borella (2020). Personality traits and sleep quality: the role of sleep-related beliefs. Personality and Individual Differences, 156, 109770. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2019.109770.

C. Mirandola, E. Toffalini, E. Ferruzza, & F. Pazzaglia (2020). The power of extraversion? Reduced false memories for positive events. Personality and Individual Differences, 159, 109861. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2020.109861.

C. Meneghetti, B. Carretti, S. Lanfranchi, & E. Toffalini (2020). Spatial description learning in preschoolers: the role of perspective and individual factors. Cognitive Development, 53, 100841. doi:10.1016/j.cogdev.2019.100841.

C. Meneghetti, E. Toffalini, S. Lanfranchi, & B. Carretti (2020). Path learning in individuals with Down syndrome: the floor matrix task and the role of individual visuo-spatial measures. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 14, 107. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2020.00107.

D. Giofrè, C. Cornoldi, A. Martino, & E. Toffalini (2020). A population level analysis of the gender gap in mathematics: Results on over 13 million children using the INVALSI dataset. Intelligence, 81, 101467. doi:10.1016/j.intell.2020.101467.

E. Donolato, E. Toffalini, D. Giofrè, S. Caviola, & I. C. Mammarella (2020). Going beyond mathematics anxiety in primary and middle school students: The role of ego-resiliency in mathematics. Mind Brain and Education, 14(3), 255-266. doi:10.1111/mbe.12251.

F. Delogu, M. Barnewold, C. Meloni, E. Toffalini, A. Zizi, & R. Fanari (2020). The Morra game as a naturalistic test bed for investigating automatic and voluntary processes in random sequence generation. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 551126. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.551126.

B. Carretti, E. Toffalini, C. Saponaro, F. Viola, & C. Cornoldi (2020). Text reading speed in a language with a shallow orthography benefits less from comprehension as reading ability matures. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 90(S1), 91-104. doi:10.1111/bjep.12307.

G. Altoè, G. Bertoldo, C. Zandonella Callegher, E. Toffalini, A. Calcagnì, L. Finos, & M. Pastore (2020). Enhancing statistical inference in psychological research via prospective and retrospective design analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 2893. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02893.

E. Toffalini, S. Buono, T. Zagaria, A. Calcagnì, & C. Cornoldi (2019). Using Z and age-equivalent scores to address WISC-IV floor effects for children with intellectual disability. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 63(6), 528-538. doi:10.1111/jir.12589.

E. Toffalini, N. Losito, C. Zamperlin, & C. Cornoldi (2019). Reading in a transparent second language with limited orality: the case of high-school students with dyslexia in Latin. Dyslexia, 25(1), 57-68. doi:10.1002/dys.1603.

E. Toffalini, C. Mirandola, G. Altoè, & E. Borella (2019). Inferential false memories for emotional events in older adults. British Journal of Psychology, 110(4), 686-706. doi:10.1111/bjop.12371.

E. Toffalini, M. Marsura, R. B. Garcia, & C. Cornoldi (2019). A cross-modal working memory binding span deficit in reading disability. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 52(2), 99-108. doi:10.1177/0022219418786691.

D. Giofrè, M. Pastore, C. Cornoldi, & E. Toffalini (2019). Lumpers vs splitters: intelligence in children with specific learning disorders. Intelligence, 76, 101380. doi:10.1016/j.intell.2019.101380.

D. Giofrè, E. Toffalini, S. Provazza, A. Calcagnì, G. Altoè, & D. J. Roberts (2019). Are children with developmental dyslexia all the same? A cluster analysis with more than 300 cases. Dyslexia, 25(3), 284-295. doi:10.1002/dys.1629.

C. Cornoldi, R. Di Caprio, G. De Francesco, & E. Toffalini (2019). The discrepancy between verbal and visuoperceptual IQ in children with a specific learning disorder: an analysis of 1,624 cases. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 87, 64-72. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2019.02.002.

E. Toffalini, C. Meneghetti, B. Carretti, & S. Lanfranchi (2018). Environment learning from virtual exploration in individuals with Down syndrome: The role of perspective and sketch maps. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 62(1), 30-40. doi:10.1111/jir.12445.

E. Toffalini, E. Tomasi, D. Albano, & C. Cornoldi (2018). The effects of the constancy of location and order in working memory visual-phonological binding of children with dyslexia. Child Neuropsychology, 24(5), 671-685. doi:10.1080/09297049.2017.1329411.

F Talamini, M. Grassi, E. Toffalini, R. Santoni, & B. Carretti (2018). Learning a second language: Can music aptitude or music training have a role?. Learning and Individual Differences, 64, 1-7. doi:10.1016/j.lindif.2018.04.003.

C. Meneghetti, E. Toffalini, B. Carretti, & S. Lanfranchi (2018). Mental rotation ability and everyday-life spatial activities in individuals with Down syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 72, 33-41. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2017.10.019.

C. Meneghetti, E. Carbone, A. Di Maggio, E. Toffalini, & E. Borella (2018). Mental rotation training in older adults: The role of practice and strategy. Psychology and Aging, 33(5), 814-831. doi:10.1037/pag0000275.

L. Knott, M. Howe, E. Toffalini, D. Shah, & L. Humphreys (2018). The role of attention in immediate emotional false memory enhancement. Emotion, 18(8), 1063-1077. doi:10.1037/emo0000407.

M. Di Mauro, E. Toffalini, M. Grassi, & K. Petrini (2018). Effect of long-term music training on emotion perception from drumming improvisation. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 2168. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02168.

E. Toffalini, D. Giofrè, & C. Cornoldi (2017). Strengths and weaknesses in the intellectual profile of different subtypes of specific learning disorder: A study on 1049 diagnosed children. Clinical Psychological Science, 5(2), 402-409. doi:10.1177/2167702616672038.

E. Toffalini, D. Giofrè, & C. Cornoldi (2017). Pros and cons of using intelligence batteries for the study of clinical populations: A response to Beaujean (2017). Clinical Psychological Science, 5(5), 878-879. doi:10.1177/2167702617720716.

E. Toffalini, L. Pezzuti, & C. Cornoldi (2017). Einstein and dyslexia: Is giftedness more frequent in children with a specific learning disorder than in typically developing children?. Intelligence, 62, 175-179. doi:10.1016/j.intell.2017.04.006.

V. Muffato, E. Toffalini, C. Meneghetti, E. Carbone, & R. De Beni (2017). Individual visuo-spatial factors and familiar environment knowledge: A structural equation modeling analysis. Personality and Individual Differences, 113(15), 96-102. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2017.03.023.

C. Mirandola, E. Toffalini, A. Ciriello, & C. Cornoldi (2017). Working memory affects false memory production for emotional events. Cognition and Emotion, 31(1), 33-46. doi:10.1080/02699931.2015.1075379.

C. Mirandola & E. Toffalini (2017). What happened first? Working memory and negative emotion tell you better: Evidence from a temporal binding task. Cognition and Emotion, 32(3), 666-673. doi:10.1080/02699931.2017.1319340.

C. Meneghetti, S. Lanfranchi, B. Carretti, & E. Toffalini (2017). Visuo-spatial knowledge acquisition in individuals with Down syndrome: The role of descriptions and sketch maps. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 63, 46-58. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2017.02.013.

C. Meneghetti, V. Muffato, E. Toffalini, & G. Altoè (2017). The contribution of visuo-spatial factors in representing a familiar environment: The case of undergraduate students at a university campus. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 54, 160-168. doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2017.09.004.

A. Melinder, E. Toffalini, E. Geccherle, & C. Cornoldi (2017). Positive events protect children from causal false memories for scripted events. Memory, 25(10), 1366-1374. doi:10.1080/09658211.2017.1306080.

M. Grassi, C. Meneghetti, E. Toffalini, & E. Borella (2017). Auditory and cognitive performance in elderly musicians and nonmusicians. PLOS ONE, 12(11), e0187881. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0187881.

D. Giofrè, E. Toffalini, G. Altoè, & C. Cornoldi (2017). Intelligence measures as diagnostic tools for children with specific learning disabilities. Intelligence, 61, 140-145. doi:10.1016/j.intell.2017.01.014.

E. Toffalini, E. Borella, C. Cornoldi, & R. De Beni (2016). The relevance of memory sensitivity for psychological well-being in aging. Quality of Life Research, 25, 1943-1948. doi:10.1007/s11136-016-1231-8.

C. Mirandola & E. Toffalini (2016). Arousal – but not valence – reduces false memories at retrieval. PLOS ONE, 11, e0148716. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0148716.

E. Toffalini, A. Veltri, & C. Cornoldi (2015). Metacognitive aspects influence subjective well-being in parents of children with cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 24(2), 175-180. doi:10.1002/pon.3622.

E. Toffalini, Mirandola C., T. Coli, & C. Cornoldi (2015). High trait anxiety increases inferential false memories for negative (but not positive) emotional events. Personality and Individual Differences, 75, 201-204. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2014.11.029.

E. Toffalini, B. Bellavitis, & C. Cornoldi (2015). Enhanced memory for negative scripted material in low compared to high sensation seekers. Journal of Research in Personality, 57, 48-52. doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2015.03.004.

E. Toffalini, C. Mirandola, M.J. Drabik, A. Melinder, & C. Cornoldi (2014). Emotional negative events do not protect against false memories in young adults with depressive-anxious personality traits. Personality and Individual Differences, 66, 14-18. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2014.02.042.

C. Mirandola, E. Toffalini, M. Grassano, C. Cornoldi, & A. Melinder (2014). Inferential false memories of events: Negative consequences protect from distortions when the events are free from further elaboration. Memory, 22(5), 451-461. doi:10.1080/09658211.2013.795976.

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.

A. M. Re, C. Cornoldi, & E. Toffalini (2022). Il progressivo ridimensionamento dell’uso di categorie diagnostiche nei disturbi del neurosviluppo: alcune riflessioni a partire dall’intervento di Antonietti, Borgatti e Giorgetti. Ricerche di Psicologia, 45, 169-177. doi:10.3280/rip2022oa15606.

P. Monaci, F. Sferra, C. Saponaro, & E. Toffalini (2022). Disturbi specifici di apprendimento e multimedialità: l’efficacia di un training di potenziamento cognitivo tramite l’uso di web app. Psicologia Clinica dello Sviluppo, 26(2), 315-326. doi:10.1449/102016.

E. Toffalini (2020). Eccezionalità: Categorie o code di distribuzioni?. Giornale Italiano di Psicologia, 3-4/2020, 871-875. doi:10.1421/100076.

M. Marsura, E. Toffalini, & B. Carretti (2020). La prova CO-TT di updating di memoria di lavoro. Dati normativi e confronto fra la prestazione di bambini con sviluppo tipico e con problemi di comprensione del testo. Psicologia Clinica dello Sviluppo, 24(2), 321-335. doi:10.1449/97008.

E. Toffalini (2019). WISC-IV e disabilità intellettiva: L’uso dell’età equivalente. Psicologia Clinica dello Sviluppo, 23(3), 423-434. doi:10.1449/95152.

L. Tizi, E. Toffalini, E. Pavan, & F. Pazzaglia (2019). Atmosfera percepita di due allestimenti museali in relazione a fattori ambientali e variabili cognitive, affettive e rigenerative: Analisi delle caratteristiche psicometriche dell’adattamento italiano del Perceived Atmosphere Instrument. Giornale Italiano di Psicologia, 4/2019. doi:10.1421/95572.

C. Cornoldi, A. M. Antonucci, L. Bertolo, F. Brembati, M. Frinco, D. Giofrè, …, & E. Toffalini (2019). Sintesi dei risultati principali ottenuti con la banca dati AIRIPA di più di 1.800 casi di DSA valutati con la WISC-IV. Dislessia, 16(3), 249-263. doi:10.14605/dis1631901.

G. Calgaro, E. Toffalini, & C. Cornoldi (2018). La prova di lettura sublessicale PLS per la valutazione delle abilità di lettura di bambini di prima primaria. Dislessia, 15(2), 209-224. doi:10.14605/dis1521805.

N. Losito, C. Zamperlin, M. Massini, & E. Toffalini (2017). Abilità di lettura e competenza grammaticale in latino in studenti di scuola superiore con diagnosi di dislessia. Dislessia, 14(3), 323-338. doi:10.14605/dis1431703.

D. Giofrè, E. Toffalini, & S. Provazza (2017). La WISC-IV sovrastima le competenze dei ragazzi italiani? Discrepanze tra la standardizzazione UK e quella Italiana della scala. Psicologia Clinica dello Sviluppo, 1/2017, 143-154. doi:10.1449/86189.

Book chapters

B. Carretti & E. Toffalini (2021). La memoria. In P. Cherubini, E. Bricolo, & C. Reverberi (Eds.), Psicologia Generale, Raffello Cortina Editore.

E. Toffalini, S. Provazza, P. Tressoldi, & C. Cornoldi (2019). La dislessia evolutiva. In C. Cornoldi (Ed.), I Disturbi dell’Apprendimento, pp. 107-131, Il Mulino.

C. Meneghetti, E. Toffalini, B. Carretti, & S. Lanfranchi (2019). Environment learning in individuals with Down syndrome. In R. M. Hodapp & D. Fidler (Eds.), International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities, vol. 56, pp. 123-167, Academic Press. doi:10.1016/bs.irrdd.2019.06.003.

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 reviewer for: Psychonomic Bulletin and Review; Psychological Science; Scientific Reports; Behavior Research Methods; Research in Developmental Disabilities; Statistical Methods and Applications; PLOS ONE; Trends in Neuroscience and Education; Child Neuropsychology; Current Psychology; Frontiers in Human Neuroscience; Journal of Intellectual Disability Research; Consciousness and Cognition; Journal of General Psychology; International Journal of Developmental Disabilities; Medical Journals; Giornale Italiano di Psicologia; Psicologia Clinica dello Sviluppo.

Teaching

Doctoral teaching

2024–2025

Instructor: Basics of Python for Data Science
PhD programme in Psychological Sciences · Università degli Studi di Padova · 10 hours per year (2 academic years)

2024–2025

Instructor: Basics of R for Data Science
PhD programme in Psychological Sciences · Università degli Studi di Padova · 10 hours per year (2 academic years)

2017/2018

Instructor: Programming Experiments (E-Prime and other software)
PhD programme in Psychological Sciences · Università degli Studi di Padova · 10 hours

Degree programmes

2025/2026

Instructor and course lead: Psicologia dell’Intelligenza Umana
Degree programme in Cognitive and Psychobiological Psychological Sciences · Università degli Studi di Padova · 63 hours

2021–2025

Module instructor: General Psychology
Degree programme in Techniques and Methods in Psychological Science · Università degli Studi di Padova · 42 hours per year (5 academic years)

2021–2024

Module instructor and course lead: Olfatto e Gusto: Sensazione e Cognizione
Degree programme in Gastronomic Science and Culture · Università degli Studi di Padova · 40 hours per year (4 academic years) · Academic year 2024/2005 is preserved from the source PDF intentionally.

2019–2020

Module instructor: Audiologia e Psicologia
Degree programme in Hearing Aid Techniques · Università degli Studi di Padova · 20 hours per year (2 academic years) · The source PDF contains ‘èer’ in the descriptive sentence.

2019–2020

Module instructor: Scienze Psicologiche
Degree programme in Psychiatric Rehabilitation Techniques · Università degli Studi di Padova · 20 hours per year (2 academic years)

2018/2019

Module instructor: Psicologia dell’Invecchiamento
Degree programme in Neuroscience and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation · Università degli Studi di Padova · 21 hours

Supplementary teaching

2018/2019

Supplementary teaching: Basic Concepts of Psychology (module B)
Università degli Studi di Padova · 5 hours · Course lead: Professor Borella.

2015–2017

Tutor and supplementary instructor: Psicologia Generale (modulo A)
Degree programme in Psychological Sciences and Techniques · Università degli Studi di Padova · 30 hours per year (3 academic years) · Course leads: Professor Cornoldi; Professor Pazzaglia in 2017/2018.

2016/2017

Supplementary teaching: Psicologia dell’Apprendimento e della Memoria
Università degli Studi di Padova · 20 hours · Course lead: Professor Carretti.

Postgraduate Master programmes

2019–2024

Instructor: Valutazione dell’intelligenza nei disturbi del neurosviluppo
Second-level postgraduate Master in Learning Psychopathology · Università degli Studi di Padova · 6 academic years · 2-4 hours per year.

2019–2023

Instructor: Valutazione dell’intelligenza nell’adulto e nell’anziano
Second-level postgraduate Master in Psychology of Ageing and Longevity · Università degli Studi di Padova · 5 academic years · 3-4 hours per year.

Supervision and tutoring

• Primary supervisor – Bachelor level: 16.
• Primary supervisor – Master’s degree level: 8.
• Co-supervisor – PhD level: 3.
• Co-supervisor – Master’s degree level: at least 27.
• Co-supervisor – Bachelor level: 6.
• Co-supervisor – postgraduate Master level: 1.
• Primary supervisor – Bachelor level: 1.
• Primary supervisor – postgraduate Master level: 2.
• Individual tutoring – Bachelor and Master’s degree levels: over 35.

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

2022 – 2024

Member – 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

2022 – 2023

Member – Comitato Etico UNIPhD (MSCA-Cofund)
Università degli Studi di Padova · Padova, Italia

2022 – 2024

Chair and member of selection committees – Commissioni per assegni di ricerca di tipo A
Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale, Università degli Studi di Padova · Padova, Italia · Chair for fellowships 2022KBW99S code A06, DPG26, and DPG27; member for one fellowship on 21 October 2022, chaired by Professor Carretti. · Count: 4

Full member – Commissioni di Laurea Magistrale
Scuola di Psicologia, Università degli Studi di Padova · Padova, Italia · Count: 15

Regular member – Commissioni proclamatrici e preparatorie di Laurea Triennale
Scuola di Psicologia, 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.

October 2013 – March 2014

Intern, Laboratorio per la Valutazione e il Trattamento dei Disturbi dell’Apprendimento (LabDA)
Padova, Italia
Assisted in the assessment and treatment of specific learning disorders; formerly the DSA laboratory at LIRIPAC.
Supervisor: Barbara Carretti

September 2009 – December 2009

Clinical intern, Associazione Alzheimer Verona
Verona, Italia
Planned and assisted with cognitive stimulation activities in day centres for older adults with Alzheimer’s disease.

Conference presentations and symposia

Slides since 2022

2025

• Toffalini, E. & Cornoldi, C. (September 2025). Limiti nell’uso delle discrepanze nel profilo cognitivo per la diagnosi. oral presentation: XXXIII Congresso Nazionale AIRIPA, PISA, Italia.
• Toffalini, E. (May 2025). Approccio dimensionale all’ADHD: considerazioni teoriche e psicometriche. oral presentation: XIII Congresso Nazionale AIDAI, Padova, Italia.

2024

• Mento, G. & Toffalini, E. (September 2024). Approccio dimensionale e transdiagnostico ai disturbi del neurosviluppo. organized symposium: Simposio organizzato presso il XXXII Congresso Nazionale AIRIPA, Reggio Emilia, Italia.
• Masi, A., Toffalini, E., & Caviola, S. (September 2024). Attitudini matematiche e prestazione: uno studio cross-culturale tra Italia e Francia nella scuola primaria. oral presentation: XXXII Congresso Nazionale AIRIPA, Reggio Emilia, Italia.

2023

• Toffalini, E. & Gambarota, F. (September 2023). Perché è meglio non usare (praticamente mai) l’analisi dei cluster sulle casistiche in psicologia dello sviluppo. oral presentation: XXXI Congresso Nazionale AIRIPA, Foggia, Italia.
• Caviola, S., Feraco, T., Toffalini, E., & Giofrè, D. (September 2023). Le differenze di genere in alunni con e senza DSA: dai profili cognitivi all’ansia da prestazione. oral presentation: XXXI Congresso Nazionale AIRIPA, Foggia, Italia.

2022

• Toffalini, E., Girardi, P., Giofrè, D., & Altoè, G. (September 2022). Problems with Clustering Cases from Quantitative Psychological Data on Individual Differences. oral presentation: XXX Congresso Associazione Italiana di Psicologia (AIP), Padova, Italia.
• Costa, C., Pezzetta, R., Grassi, M., Cona, G., Toffalini, E., & Scarpazza, C. (September 2022). Preferred Evaluation of Cognitive and Neuropsychological Studies: The Pecans Statement for Human Studies. symposium contribution: Simposio Interdisciplinare S.I.41 presso XXX Congresso Associazione Italiana di Psicologia (AIP), Padova, Italia.
• Toffalini, E., Buono, S., & Cornoldi, C. (September 2022). Struttura, profilo e significato diagnostico dell’intelligenza nell’ADHD sono sorprendentemente simili a quelli dei DSA. oral presentation: XXX Congresso Nazionale AIRIPA, Padova, Italia.
• Donolato, E., Toffalini, E., Cornoldi, C., & Mammarella, I.C. (August 2022). Emotional Aspects and Reading Motivation in Children with Dyslexia: A Dimensional Framework. oral presentation: The 17th International Conference on Motivation (ICM), Dresda, Germania.
• Giofrè, D., Feraco, T., Albanese, O., Caviola, S., & Toffalini, E. (July 2022). An investigation of the female and male gaps in maths and reading using a large and representative Italian sample: The impact of differential item functioning and anxiety. oral presentation: la 22° annual conference of the International Society for Intelligence Research (ISIR), Vienna, Austria.
• Sella, E., Toffalini, E., Canini, L., & Borella, E. (April 2022). Non-pharmacological interventions for sleep quality in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. poster: The 2022 Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, USA.

2021

• Miola L., Meneghetti C., Toffalini E., & Pazzaglia F. (September 2021). Spatial learning and gender: cognitive, motivational, and social factors. symposium contribution: Simposio su “Navigation and environment representation: personality and individual difference”, presso The 8th International Conference on Spatial Cognition (ICSC 2021), Roma, Italia.
• Toffalini, E. (September 2021). Il rasoio di Occam applicato alla dislessia (nella ricerca). symposium contribution: Simposio presidenziale su “Sviluppo tipico, difficoltà di apprendimento, disturbo specifico: casistiche diverse o punti diversi di un continuum?”, presso XXIX Congresso Nazionale AIRIPA. Congresso in modalità telematica, Italia.

2020

• Toffalini, E., Altoè, G., & Pastore, M. (February 2020). Entia non sunt multiplicanda… Shall I look for clusters in my data? Maybe not!. oral presentation: Cognitive Science Arena 2020, Bressanone, Italia.

2019

• Zandonella Callegher, C., Toffalini, E., & Altoè, G. (September 2019). Elicitazione e utilizzo del parere degli esperti. symposium contribution: Simposio su “Il ruolo della statistica Bayesiana nella crisi della replicabilità dei risultati in psicologia”, presso XXV Congresso AIP Sezione Sperimentale, Milano, Italia.
• Toffalini, E., Giofrè, D., & Cornoldi, C. (June 2019). Profile and structure of intelligence in children with specific learning disorders. invited presentation: Simposio su “Cognitive underpinnings of learning disabilities”, presso The 1st SRLD international Conference, Padova, Italia.

2018

• Toffalini, E. & Cornoldi, C. (September 2018). Profili intellettivi alla WISC-IV nei disturbi del neurosviluppo e nelle eccezionalità. organized symposium: Simposio organizzato presso il XXVII Congresso Nazionale AIRIPA, Arezzo, Italia.
• Toffalini, E., Giofrè, D., & Cornoldi, C. (August 2018). The significance of working memory within the intellectual profile of children with learning disorder. oral presentation: 9° European Working Memory Symposium (EWOMS), Pavia, Italia.
• Toffalini, E., Giofrè, D., & Cornoldi, C. (July 2018). Bifactor structure of the WISC-IV in children with learning disorder vs typical development: better looking at g or at the specific factors?. poster: la 19° annual conference of the International Society for Intelligence Research (ISIR), Edimburgo, Scozia.
• Toffalini, E. & Cornoldi, C. (June 2018). Avoiding the floor effect in the WISC-IV using Z scores and equivalent age: average profile and factor analysis on individuals with intellectual disability. oral presentation: XII European Conference on psychology theory and research on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (ECIDD), Padova, Italia.
• Meneghetti, C., Toffalini, E., Carretti, B., & Lanfranchi (June 2018). Environment learning from virtual exploration in individuals with Down syndrome: perspective, sketch maps, and individual differences. oral presentation: XII European Conference on psychology theory and research on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (ECIDD), Padova, Italia.
• Mirandola, C., Toffalini, E., Ferruzza, E., Cornoldi, C., & Pazzaglia, F. (June 2018). The dark side of personality: Individual differences in personality and their impact on emotional false memories for pictorial scripted events. oral presentation: 16° European Workshop on Imagery and Cognition (EWIC), Padova, Italia.
• Toffalini, E., Buono, S., & Cornoldi, C. (March 2018). Evitare l’effetto pavimento della WISC-IV nella disabilità intellettiva: età equivalente e punti z. poster: Giornate di Aggiornamento sull’Uso di Strumenti in Psicologia Clinica dello Sviluppo, 9-10 marzo, Bologna, Italia.

2017

• Toffalini, E. & Cornoldi, C. (September 2017). DSA e intelligenza: profilo WISC-IV e plusdotazione intellettiva. oral presentation: XXVI Congresso Nazionale AIRIPA: I Disturbi dell’Apprendimento, Conegliano, Italia.
• Carretti, B., Toffalini, E., Viola, F., & Cornoldi, C. (September 2017). Il ruolo delle variabili socio-economiche nell’apprendimento della lettura. oral presentation: XXVI Congresso Nazionale AIRIPA: I Disturbi dell’Apprendimento, Conegliano, Italia.
• Calgaro, G., Toffalini, E., & Cornoldi, C. (September 2017). Una nuova prova di lettura sub-lessicale per la classe prima primaria. oral presentation: XXVI Congresso Nazionale AIRIPA: I Disturbi dell’Apprendimento, Conegliano, Italia.
• Marsura, M. & Toffalini, E. (September 2017). Trend evolutivi dello span di binding visuo-fonologico. poster: XXVI Congresso Nazionale AIRIPA: I Disturbi dell’Apprendimento, Conegliano, Italia.
• Toffalini, E., Pezzuti, L., & Cornoldi, C. (March 2017). Bambini con DSA e plusdotazione intellettiva: Analisi della frequenza e profilo WISC-IV. poster: Giornate di Aggiornamento sull’Uso di Strumenti in Psicologia Clinica dello Sviluppo, 17-18 marzo, Bologna, Italia.

2016

• Toffalini, E., Carretti, B., Meneghetti, C., & Lanfranchi, S. (October 2016). L’apprendimento di ambienti in persone con Sindrome di Down: Il ruolo della prospettiva e dell’ausilio della mappa. invited presentation: Simposio su “Apprendimento di Ambienti, Memoria Spaziale e Promozione dell’Autonomia nello Sviluppo Tipico e Atipico”, XXV Congresso Nazionale AIRIPA: I Disturbi dell’Apprendimento, Torino, Italia.
• Giofrè, D., Toffalini, E., & Cornoldi, C. (October 2016). Punti di forza e debolezza nel profilo WISC in soggetti con DSA: uno studio con 1049 bambini. oral presentation: XXV Congresso Nazionale AIRIPA: I Disturbi dell’Apprendimento, Torino, Italia.
• Toffalini, E., Giofrè, D., & Cornoldi, C. (September 2016). WISC-IV intellectual profile in different subtypes of Specific Learning Disorder: Similarities and Differences. oral presentation: 5° Congresso internazionale EDA (European Dyslexia Association), Modena, Italia.
• Toffalini, E., Mirandola, C., De Simone Irace, C., & Cornoldi, C. (July 2016). Emotional false memories for pictorial scripted material: The role of distinctiveness and negative valence. poster: convegno internazionale ICOM-6 (6th International Conference on Memory), Budapest, Ungheria.
• Lanfranchi, S., Meneghetti, C., Carretti, B., & Toffalini, E. (July 2016). Environment knowledge acquisition in individuals with Down syndrome: The role of descriptions and maps. oral presentation: XI European Conference on psychology theory and research on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (ECIDD), Lille, Francia.
• Toffalini, E. & Cornoldi, C. (April 2016). The influence of metacognitive beliefs on positive and negative affect in parents of children with cancer. invited presentation: Simposio su “Metacognitive Therapy in Physical Health Conditions”, in the 3th International Conference Metacognitive Therapy, Milano, Italia.
• Toffalini, E., Giofrè, D., & Cornoldi, C. (March 2016). Efficacia della discrepanza tra indici WISC-IV come marcatore clinico di DSA. poster: Giornate di Aggiornamento sull’Uso di Strumenti in Psicologia Clinica dello Sviluppo, 4-5 marzo, Bologna, Italia.

2015

• Toffalini, E. & Cornoldi, C. (June 2015). The relevance of ‘Memory Sensitivity’ and its implications for everyday functioning. poster: convegno internazionale SARMAC XI (Society for Research on Memory and Cognition), Victoria BC, Canada.
• Mirandola, C., Toffalini, E., Pazzaglia, F., & Cornoldi, C. (June 2015). Emotional false memories for events: The role of working memory. poster: convegno internazionale SARMAC XI (Society for Research on Memory and Cognition), Victoria BC, Canada.

2014

• Toffalini, E., Coli, T., Mirandola, C., & Cornoldi, C. (September 2014). Un elevato tratto ansioso incrementa i falsi ricordi inferenziali per eventi negativi. oral presentation: XX Congresso AIP Sezione Sperimentale, Pavia, Italia.
• Mirandola, C., Toffalini, E., Ciriello, A., Pazzaglia, F., & Cornoldi, C. (September 2014). Falsi ricordi per eventi emozionali: Il ruolo delle differenze individuali nella memoria di lavoro e nei tratti ansioso-depressi. conference paper: XX Congresso AIP Sezione Sperimentale, Pavia, Italia.

2013

• Toffalini, E., Gherlenda, A., Giofrè, D., Borella, E., Cornoldi, C., & De Beni, R. (September 2013). Leopardismo: maledizione per gli adolescenti ma risorsa per gli anziani?. oral presentation: Congresso Nazionale sulla Metacognizione e la Pratica Clinica, AIRIPA – Università di Bologna-Rimini, Italia.
• Mirandola, C., Cornoldi, C., Toffalini, E., Drabik, J. M., & Melinder, A. (August 2013). False memories of emotional events: Depression does not protect against memory distortions. conference paper: XVIII Congresso internazionale ESCOP (European Society for Cognitive Psychology), Budapest, Ungheria.

2012

• Mirandola, C., Toffalini, E., Cornoldi, C., & Melinder, A. (September 2012). Falsi ricordi inferenziali: quando le emozioni negative ingannano di meno. conference paper: XVIII Congresso AIP (Associazione Italiana di Psicologia – sezione sperimentale), Chieti, Italia.

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

February 20, 2024

Contributor – Giornate di orientamento (ex Agripolis)
Fiera di Padova · Padova, Italia · Activities held on 20 February 2024 and 13 February 2023 for secondary-school students.

October 7, 2022

Professional-development seminar speaker – Settimana psicopedagogica - Civitanova Marche
ASP Paolo Ricci · Civitanova Marche, Italia · Seminars held on 7 October 2022, 1-4 July 2019, and 2-3 July 2018, for a reported total of 10 hours, on intelligence assessment and interpretation and dimensional approaches to neurodevelopmental disorders.

2022

Interviewee – Struttura dell’intelligenza (unitaria o multipla?)
MOOC Music and Intelligence: Can Music Make You Smarter? - Prof. Massimo Grassi, Università degli Studi di Padova

2022 – present

Course co-lead – General Psychology
Federica.EU - Università di Napoli Federico II · Course co-led with Professor Giovanna Mioni.

2020 – present

Collaborator – Valutazione e intervento sui disturbi dell’apprendimento in età evolutiva
LabDA - spin-off dell’Università degli Studi di Padova · Padova, Italia · Regular participation in weekly team meetings.

2020

Standardization contributor – LSC-SUA - Prove di lettura, comprensione del testo, scrittura e calcolo
Erickson · Contribution to Chapter 4, battery standardization, and two additional research contributions in the manual by Montesano, Valenti, and Cornoldi (2020).

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. Data management and visualization; linear, generalized, and mixed-effects models; SEM; simulation; meta-analysis; Bayesian methods; and design analysis. Reported packages: lavaan, lme4, glmmTMB, blavaan, brms, ggplot2, ordinal, shiny, metafor, semTools, mclust, BayesFactor.
• Python – applied proficiency. Data management and visualization, statistical analysis, and foundational natural language processing with embeddings and pretrained models through HuggingFace. Reported packages: numpy, pandas, seaborn, statsmodels, transformers. Used through Colab, Spyder, and RStudio.
• Quarto – working proficiency. Creation of websites, presentations, and slideshows with the open-source Quarto publishing system.
• GitHub – basic. Repositories for open code and open data, and hosting of websites and web pages.

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