Ritratto di moreno.coco@uniroma1.it

(Secondo Semestre, 2023/2024)

Psicologia Generale (PSI-01, 6 cfu; SEF):

 

Il programma coprirà tutti gli aspetti più importanti delle scienze psicologiche con lo scopo di fornire le basi concettuali e metodologiche per la comprensione dei processi psicologici, ed i loro risvolti nel contesto educativo. 

Le lezioni per questo corso inizieranno il 27/02/2024, avranno luogo nella Villa Mirafiori con il seguente calendario:

  • Martedi': 11:00-14:00 (Aula 5)
  • Giovedi':  08:00-10:00 (Aula 1)

Perceptual and Cognitive Processing (PSI-01, 6 cfu; SEF):

 

These lectures will start on the 5th of February, and take place in Scalo San Lorenzo (Aula 3) with the following calendar:

  • Monday: 12:00-14:00 (frontal lectures)
  • Wednesday: 10:00-13:00 (lab activities)

Social and Psychological Processes of the Human Being (PSI-01, 6 cfu; Nursing):

 

The psychology module will be delivered over 4 classes, 3 hours each (12 hours in total). 

They will take place in Aula 3 of Scalo San Lorenzo (Via dello Scalo San Lorenzo, 61 - 00185 Roma) on the:

  • 1st of March (9:00 - 12:00)
  • 8th of March (9:00 - 12:00)
  • 15th of March (9:00 - 12:00)
  • 22nd of March (9:00 - 12:00)

 

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(Primo Semestre, 2023/2024)

Psychology and Fashion (LM-65, 6 cfu):

 

This module will start on the 2nd of October and run every week until completion, Tuesday (12pm-2pm, Aula III, Carlotta Nobile), and Wednesday (2pm-4pm, Aula Morghen) at Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia.

 

The program will cover selected aspects of psychological processes, such as attention, perception, emotion or personality aiming to relate them to the context of fashion.

Come to class to learn more about it. 

 

To allow students still in the enrolment phase to take part in the class I have set a virtual meeting at:

https://meet.google.com/dvp-gtrc-ssh

Note that there will be online lectures ONLY until the end of October (i.e., 31st of October). 

The virtual class will be at the same time as above.
 

 

 

Insegnamento Codice Anno Corso - Frequentare Bacheca
PSYCOLOGY AND FASHION 10606629 2022/2023
Fashion studies - Scienze della moda

Formative goals

 

Fashion is a complex socio/economic phenomenon with important interpersonal implications. Some of these implications are shared with other forms of arts and critically relate to choices consumers make when evaluating products to purchase. Beauty is perhaps the most known value individuals may consider when experiencing fashion crafts and we know that basic perceptual and emotional processes are at work when this and other factors (e.g., imitation) are at play, and consumer choices are made because of them. This module will cover basic psychological processes involved in perceiving and attending to objects (eye movements), explore the emotive response that may arise when such objects are experienced, and lastly, it will consider what drives individuals to make their consumer choices as the result of these cognitive processes.
 

Theoretical underpinnings

 

Students will acquire knowledge about the cognitive processes underpinning perception, with a particular focus on object recognition, covert and overt attention (i.e., eye movements), and emotional responses. We aim to weave this knowledge together to also interpret consumer choices.

 

Applying knowledge

 

Students will acquire critical and analytical thinking skills that ought to enable them with the conceptual tools to understand the scientific literature of reference and to become autonomous when approaching topics related to fashion and consumer psychology. Students will also be equipped with methodological basics of experimental designing to explore behavioural correlates of crafts in fashion.

 

Independent thinking

 

Students will be actively engaged with a “theory for practice” experience conducted throughout the module to develop independent thinking about how cognitive processes, such as perception or emotion, can guide individual behaviours.

 

Communication skills

 

Students will be taught how to write short reports and how to present them to an audience (i.e., the class).

 

Learning skills

 

Besides the use of manuals, students will learn to read, understand and report scientific papers. They will also develop a hands-on understanding of how basic psychological processes can be empirically approached, and how human behaviour is quantified to explain the psychological experience of fashion.

 

Teaching approach

 

The course is organized into lectures, seminar activities, and class discussions.

Lectures will introduce students to theoretical background about perception, attention, emotion, and decision-making. During the seminars, we will delve into critical analyses of relevant papers as well as discuss experimental designs to investigate the psychological underpinnings of fashion. Across all discussions and activities, we expect students to contribute critically and practically to what is being developed.

 

The material of the module, in the form of slides, papers, and book chapters, will be weekly updated on the e-learning platform (Moodle)

 

Topics to be discussed
 

The program spans four main arguments: perception, attention, emotion, and decision-making. We examine the cognitive processes and empirical measures that underpin them while examining different (and alternative) theoretical models proposed to explain them.

 

Representative topics include:

- texture, shape, and colour perception

- visual illusions and mechanisms of perceptual grouping

- visual attention (covert and overt)

- eye-tracking

- object and face recognition

- context effects

- emotional valence and its impact on memorability

- decision making
PSICOLOGIA GENERALE 1023709 2022/2023
Scienze dell'educazione e della formazione

Obiettivi formativi:

 

Il corso di psicologia generale intende illustrare le diverse tematiche teoriche e metodi d’investigazione atte a comprendere il funzionamento dei processi cognitivi ed i modelli interpretativi usati per inquadrarli. Gli studenti acquisiranno conoscenze fondamentali sulla psicologia come disciplina scientifica che studia la mente e il comportamento e svilupperanno competenze indispensabili per la comprensione della ricerca psicologica, dei suoi risultati, delle sue applicazioni e del lessico specifico della disciplina. 

Il programma tratterà delle diverse abilità cognitive umane tra quali la percezione, l'attenzione, la memoria o il linguaggio abbracciando diversi contributi della psicologia cognitiva, delle scienze cognitive, della neuropsicologia e delle neuroscienze cognitive.

Al termine del corso di Psicologia generale, lo studente sarà in possesso degli strumenti concettuali e delle ferramenta metodologiche per investigare processi cognitivi in qualunque fase dello sviluppo umano (infanzia, adolescenza ed età adulta) ed in contesti trasversali (popolazioni tipiche, atipiche e patologiche). In questo senso, il corso è fondamentale in quanto fornisce le basi conoscitive per continuare ad approfondire lo studio dei processi cognitivi in contesti più specifici.

 

Obiettivi specifici:

 

Al termine dell'attività formativa, lo studente sarà in grado di:
 

  1. Dimostrare conoscenza delle principali teorie e dei concetti di base della psicologia abbracciando i suoi diversi rami come la psicologia cognitiva o dello sviluppo ed includendo nozioni di psicobiologia e metodi di ricerca.

  2. Comprendere approcci teorici nello studio della mente e del comportamento; e valutare in maniera critica risultati empirici e metodi di indagine impiegati.

  3. Applicare il linguaggio tecnico delle scienze psicologiche ai diversi contesti divulgativi.

  4. Fare un uso analitico e rigoroso delle fonti bibliografiche sui processi cognitivi per confrontare i diversi approcci teorici.

  5. Capire le implicazioni dei risultati empirici e dei modelli teorici alla pratica educativa in contesti normotopici o patologici.

  6. Apprendere nozioni di base del metodo scientifico, come per esempio, acquisire la letteratura scientifica relativa ad argomenti di interesse psicologico attraverso l’uso di specifiche biblioteche online (e.g., PubMed), ed essere in grado di analizzarne criticamente i contenuti in modo da poterli comunicare in forma sintetica e chiara.
SOCIAL AND PSICOLOGICAL PROCESS OF HUMAN BEING 1049382 2022/2023
Nursing - Infermieristica (abilitante alla professione sanitaria di Infermiere) - Roma Azienda Ospedaliera Sant’Andrea

Objectives:

 

This introductory course to quantitative psychology will illustrate different core topics about the human mind and offer basic knowledge about its neural underpinnings. At the end of it, students should be able to critically read research on the topic and form a basic idea about processes and mechanisms that govern our core cognitive abilities. 

 

Programme:

 

- Theories and methods in psychology
- Perception
- Object recognition
- Attention and action
- Learning 
- Memory
- Language

 

Assessment:

 

Written examination combining multiple-choice and open-ended questions. 

 

Manuals:

 

Hills, P. J., & Pake, M. (2016). Cognitive psychology for dummies. John Wiley & Sons.

 

Teaching approach:

 

The module will constitute 12 hours of frontal lectures. We will make use of slides, audio-visual material, and formative activities during the lectures. We will also make use of scientific articles to deepen some topics, and also practical demonstrations of the experimental paradigms used in psychology to investigate the cognitive processes of interest.   

 

Prerequisites: 

 

This exam requires a qualification obtained from high school studies or other international qualifications considered suitable for the program (a minimum of B2).


Prerequisites are general knowledge and logical reasoning, as well as a scientific-mathematical background, and rudiments in biology and social sciences.

 
PSICOLOGIA GENERALE 1023709 2021/2022
Scienze dell'educazione e della formazione
PSICOLOGIA GENERALE 1023709 2017/2018
Scienze dell'educazione e della formazione

Ogni Giovedì durante il semestre, dalle 14 alle 17. Durata di mezz’ora da prenotare attraverso il seguente link:
https://calendly.com/moreno-coco/ricevimento

Education
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2019, awarded with distinction), University of East London, London, UK
Ph.D., Informatics (2007-2011), School of Informatics (Brain & Cognitive Sciences), University of Edinburgh, UK
M.Sc., Linguistics (2004-2007, magna cum laude), Università degli studi di Siena (Magna cum Laude), Italy
B.S., Communication Sciences (2001-2004, magna cum laude), Universita' degli studi di Siena, Italy

Academic positions
January 2022 ongoing: RTDb in Psychology General (PSI-01), Department of Psychology, Sapienza, University of Rome,
September 2018 December 2021: Senior Lecturer (equivalent to Associate Professor) in Psychological Sciences, School of Psychology, University of East London
July 2018 onwards: Associate Investigator, Center for Research in Psychological Science, Universidade de Lisboa
November 2019 December 2021: Director of the PhD Doctorate in Psychological Sciences, University of East London
May 2015 - May 2018: Independent Research Fellow, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh
April 2013 - April 2015: Independent Research Fellow, Faculdade de Psicologia, Universidade de Lisboa
January 2011 - February 2013: Research Associate, School of Informatics, The University of Edinburgh

Visiting and honorary positions:
June 2022: Visiting Researcher (Baycrest Institute), Toronto University ()
March 2013 - May 2018: Honorary Researcher (School of Informatics) Institute for Language, Cognition and Computation, University of Edinburgh
December 2013 December 2020: Honorary Researcher (Centro de Linguistica), Universidade de Lisboa
January 2017 - April 2017: Visiting Researcher (Institut fur Psychologie), Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin
May 2017 - June 2017: Visiting Researcher (Department of Psychology), UC San Diego
July 2016 December 2016: Visiting Researcher (Institute for Systems and Robotics), Instituto Superior Tecnico
February 2012 - April 2012: Visiting Researcher (Department of Cognitive and Information Sciences), University of California at Merced
Research grants:
2018-2022: Principal Investigator; POR Lisboa, FEDER: Grant, Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia and European Union: PTDC/PSI-ESP/30958/2017 (~230,000 )
2015-2018: Independent Fellow, Leverhulme Trust UK (2014), ECF-014-205 (~ 150,000 £)
2012-2015: Independent Fellow, Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia: SFRH/BPD/88374/2012 (~108,000 )
2013: Research assistant scholarship, Fundação Amedeu Diaz (~4,000 )
2007-2011: PhD scholarship, College of Science and Engineering, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh (~55,000 £)

Research Keywords:
human cognitive neuroscience, memory, healthy and pathological
cognitive ageing, statistics and data analysis for complex data, visual cognition, psycholinguistics, software developing, computational modelling, eye-tracking, electro-physiology.

Research Interests:
My current research focuses on the role that attention plays on the formation and maintenance
of memory traces in healthy and neuro-pathological populations. Previously, I examined the cross-modal integration of linguistic and visual processing. My empirical approach combines behavioral (e.g., eye-tracking, computer-mouse tracking) and imaging methods (e.g., electro-physiology) as isolated signals, or in co-registration (e.g., fixation-related potentials), to explore the cognitive mechanisms at work and utilize computational modelling to obtain finer-grained quantitative explanations of human cognition.

Publications
Bibliometrics (Scholar, 17/03/2022)
40 publications; H-index = 15; i-10 index = 19; total citations = 800

Journals:

26. M.I. Coco, D. Monster, G. Leonardi, R. Dale and S.Wallot. Unidimensional and multidimensional
methods for recurrence quantification analysis with crqa (2021). The R-Journal, 13(1), 145-163. DOI = 10.32614/RJ-2021-062

25. M. I. Coco, G. Merendino, G. Zappala and S. Della Sala (2021). Semantic interference mechanisms on long-term visual memory and their eye-movement signatures in Mild Cognitive Impairment. Neuropsychology, 35(5), 498-513, DOI: 10.1037/neu0000734

24. F. Cimminella, G. D'Innocenzo, S. Della Sala, A. Iavarone, C. Musella, and M.I. Coco. Preserved extra-foveal processing of object semantics in Alzheimer's disease (2021). Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, DOI: 10.1177/08919887211016056

23. A. Mikhailova, A. Raposo, S. Della Sala and M. I. Coco (2021). Eye-movements reveal semantic interference effects during the encoding of naturalistic scenes in long-term memory. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. DOI: 10.3758/s13423-021-01920-1

22. M. Pagnotta, K. Laland and M.I. Coco (2020) Attentional coordination in demonstrator-observer dyads facilitates learning and predicts performance in a novel manual task. Cognition 201(104314). DOI:10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104314

21. M.I. Coco, A. Nuthmann and O. Dimigen (2020) Fixation-related brain potential during semantic integration of object-scene information. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 32(4), 571-589. DOI:10.1162/jocn a 01504

20. F. Cimminella, S. Della Sala and M.I. Coco (2020) Extra-foveal processing of object semantics guides early overt attention during visual search. Attention, Perception and & Psychophysics, 82, 655-670. DOI: 10.3758/s13414-019-01906-1

19. M.T., Borges, E.G Fernandes and M.I Coco (2020). Age-related differences during visual search: the role of contextual expectations and top-down control mechanisms. Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition, DOI: 110.1080/13825585.2019.1632256

18. E.G., Fernandes, M.I. Coco and H.P. Branigan (2019). When Eye Fixation might not reflect Online Ambiguity Resolution: A study on Structural Priming using the Visual-World Paradigm in Portuguese. Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science, DOI: 10.1007/s41809-019-00021-9

17. M.I. Coco, T. Brady, G. Merendino, G., Zappala', A. Baddeley and S. Della Sala, (2018), Forgetting in normal and pathological ageing as a function of semantic interference, Alzheimer's and Dementia, 14(7), 915-916, DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2018.06.1179

16. N.F., Duarte, J., Tasevski, M.,Rakovic, M.I. Coco, J. Santos-Victor, (2018). Action Reading: Anticipating the Intentions of Humans and Robots. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 3(4), = 2377-3766, DOI:10.1109/LRA.2018.2861569

15. M., Garraffa, M.I. Coco and H.P. Branigan (2018). Impaired implicit learning of syntactic structure in children with developmental language disorder: Evidence from syntactic priming. Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, DOI: 10.1177/2396941518779939

14. M.I. Coco, R. Dale and F. Keller (2018). Performance in a Collaborative Search Task: the Role of Feedback and Cognitive Alignment. Topics in Cognitive Science, DOI: 10.1111/tops.12300

13. M.I. Coco, S. Araujo, and K.M. Petersson (2017). Disentangling Stimulus Plausibility and Contextual Congruency: Electro-Physiological Evidence for Differential Cognitive Dynamics. Neuropsychologia, 96, = 150-163, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.12.008

12. C. Souza, M.I. Coco, S. Pinho, C.N. Filipe and J.C. Carmo (2016) Contextual effects on visual short-term memory in High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorder., 32, = 64-69, DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2016.09.003

11. M. I. Coco, L. Badino, P. Cipresso, A. Chirico, E, Ferrari, G. Riva, A. Gaggioli, A. D Ausilio (2016). Multiscale behavioral synchronization in a joint tower-building task, IEEE: Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, 99, DOI: 10.1109/TCDS.2016.2545739

10. M.I. Coco, N. Duran (2016). When Expectancies Collide: Action Dynamics reveal the Interaction of Plausibility and Congruency, Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 23(6), =1920-1931. DOI: 10.3758/s13423-016-1022-9

9. M.I. Coco, F. Keller, G.L. Malcolm (2016). Anticipation in Real-world Scenes: The Role of Visual Context and Visual Memory, Cognitive Science, 40, = 1995-2024, DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12313

8. M.I. Coco and F. Keller (2015). Integrating Mechanisms of Visual Guidance in Naturalistic Language Production, Cognitive Processing, 16(2), = 131-150; DOI: 10.1007/s10339-014-0642-0.

7. M. Garraffa, M.I. Coco and H.P. Branigan (2015). Effects of Immediate and Cumulative Syntactic Experience in Language Impairment: Evidence from Priming of Subject Relatives in Children with SLI, Language Learning and Development, 11(1), 18-40; DOI:10.1080/15475441.2013.876277

6. M.I. Coco and F. Keller (2015). The Interaction of Visual and Linguistic Saliency during Syntactic Ambiguity Resolution, Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 68(1), 46-74; DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2014.936475

5. M.I. Coco and R. Dale (2014). Cross-Recurrence Quantification Analysis of Categorical and Continuous Time-Series: an R-Package. Frontiers in Psychology, Quantitative Psychology and Measurement, 5:510; DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00510

4. M.I. Coco and F. Keller (2014). Classification of Visual and Linguistic Tasks using Eye-Movement Features. Journal of Vision, 14(3):11; DOI: 10.1167/14.3.11

3. M.I. Coco, G.L. Malcolm and F. Keller (2014). The Interplay of Bottom-Up and Top-Down Mechanisms in Visual Guidance during Object Naming, The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 67(6):1096-1120; DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2013.844843

2. A.D.F. Clarke, M.I. Coco and F. Keller (2013). The Impact of Attentional, Linguistic and Visual Features during Object Naming, Frontiers in Psychology, 4:927, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00927

1. M.I. Coco and F. Keller, (2012). Scan Patterns Predict Sentence Production in the Cross-Modal Processing of Visual Scenes. Cognitive Science, 36(7), 1204-1223, DOI:10.1111/j.1551-6709.2012.01246.x

Conference Proceedings

14. A., Mikhailova, J. Santos-Victor and M.I. Coco (2022) Contribution of low, mid and high-level
image features of indoor scenes in predicting human similarity judgements ibPRIA 2022: 10th Iberian Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis, Aveiro, Portugal

13. M., Borges and M.I. Coco (2015). Access and Use of Contextual Expectations in Visual Search during Aging in Proceedings of the EuroAsianPacific Joint Conference in Cognitive Science (EAP CogSci 2015), Torino, Italy.

12. E.G., Fernandes, M.A. Costa and M.I. Coco (2015). Bridging Mechanisms of Reading, Viewing and Working Memory during Attachment Resolution of Ambiguous Relative Clauses in Proceedings of the EuroAsianPacific Joint Conference in Cognitive Science (EAP CogSci 2015), Torino, Italy.

11. M.I. Coco and R. Dale (2015). Quantifying the Dynamics of Interpersonal Interaction: A Primer on Cross-Recurrence Quantification Analysis using R in Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2015), Pasadena, USA.

10. M.I. Coco and N.D. Duran (2015). Incidental Memory for Naturalistic Scenes: Exposure, Semantics, and Encoding in Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2015), Pasadena, USA.

9. R. Dale, C. Yu, Y. Nagai, M.I. Coco and S. Kopp, (2013). Embodied Approaches to Interpersonal Coordination: Infants, Adults, Robots, and Agents. Workshop in Proceedings of the 35rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2013), Berlin, Germany, 24-25.

8. M.I. Coco, M. Garraffa and H.P. Branigan, (2012). Subject Relative Production in SLI Children during Syntactic Priming and Sentence Repetition. In Proceedings of the 34rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2012), 228{233, Sapporo, Japan.

7. B. Allison, F. Keller and M.I. Coco, (2012). A Bayesian Model of the Effect of Object Context on Visual Attention. In Proceedings of the 34rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2012), 1278-1283, Sapporo, Japan.

6. M.I. Coco and F. Keller, (2011). Temporal Dynamics of Scan Patterns in Comprehension and Production. In Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2011), 2302-2307, Boston, USA.

5. M. Dziemianko F. Keller and M.I. Coco, (2011). Incremental Learning of Target Locations in Visual Search. In Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2011), 1729-1734, Boston, USA.

4. M.I. Coco and F. Keller, (2010). Scan Pattern in Visual Scenes predict Sentence Production. In Proceedings of the 32th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2010), 1934-1939, Oregon, USA.

3. M.I.Coco and F.Keller (2010). Sentence Production in Naturalistic Scenes with Referential Ambiguity. In Proceedings of the 32th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2010), 1070-1075, Oregon, USA.

2. M.I.Coco and F.Keller (2009). The Impact of Visual Information on Reference Assignment in Sentence Production. In Proceedings of the 31th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2009), 274-279, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2009.

1. M.I.Coco (2009). The Statistical Challenge of Scan-path Analysis. In 2nd conference of Human System Interactions, (HSI 2009) Catania, Italy, May, 2009

Mentoring and dissemination

I am currently supervising two post-docs researchers and 1 PhD. I have successfully brought to completion 3 PhD students and followed theses of several other students at all levels (see https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M13OSM0RU1LRTtFX4Lf6WQwntlR8X2Gbsb4k...).

My research has been disseminated in international conferences (43), I have been invited to deliver seminars, as well as specialist workshop in eye-tracking, electro-physiology and statistical methods across different prestigious institutions across EU and the US (see https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zPnoMo9ME4y095lAVCKEo4hARFLZ361-aAC-...).