Carola Salvi

@unicatt.it

Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Milan, Italy

Carola Salvi

EDUCATION

2013 Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, Linguistics, and Cognitive Neuroscience,
Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy.
2007 Master of Science in Psychology of Organizations and Consumer Behaviour,
Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, "An experimental study on fixation and mechanization processes of problem solving: groupthink effects". Graduated summa cum laude (110/110)
2004 Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy. Thesis: "Pragmatic analysis and processes of a solution in probabilistic reasoning and problem solving".

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience, Psychology
46

Scopus Publications

2261

Scholar Citations

24

Scholar h-index

33

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

  • The white matter of Aha! moments
    Carola Salvi, Simone A. Luchini, Franco Pestilli, Sandra Hanekamp, Todd Parrish, Mark Beeman, Jordan Grafman
    BMC Psychology, 2026
    Insights, or "Aha!" moments, are a crucial aspect of idea generation in creative cognition. While functional neuroimaging studies have identified brain regions involved in these insights, their white matter substrate remains unexplored. This study employed diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to investigate how white matter microstructure—measured by fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD)—relates to individuals’ tendency to solve Compound Remote Associates problems through insight versus step-by-step analytical reasoning. After controlling for age and gender, left-hemisphere omnibus tests (Stouffer’s Z and FDR) showed significant FA associations for left dorsal tracts composites (i.e., Arcuate Fasciculus, Posterior Arcuate Fasciculus, and Superior Longitudinal Fasciculus III), while MD tracts composites trended but were not FDR-significant (p= 0.032 q= 0.081). Findings point to a left-lateralized dorsal substrate of insight. These findings suggest that insight may benefit from more diffuse connectivity patterns, allowing for broader semantic activation and cognitive flexibility. Our study provides novel evidence for distinct structural connectivity patterns associated with different idea-generation approaches, contributing to a more comprehensive understanding of the neural architecture supporting creative cognition.
  • Creative Cognition: A Collaborative Research Agenda
    Wendy Ross, Sergio Agnoli, Matthijs Baas, Amory H. Danek, Izabela Lebuda, Rakefet Ackerman, Artur Ammalainen, Mathias Benedek, Honghong Bai, Linden J. Ball, Baptiste Barbot, Lorenzo Campidelli, Laura Caravona, Simon Ceh, Giovanni Emanuele Corazza, Marta Czerwonka, Caroline Di Bernardi Luft, Yuval Hart, Jakub Jędrusiak, Yoed N. Kenett, Radwa Khalil, Laura Macchi, Margaret Mangion, Kirill G. Miroshnik, Paulina Nawrocka, Bernard A. Nijstad, Michael Öllinger, Thomas C. Ormerod, Janet Rafner, Moritz Reis, Christian Rominger, Jan Rummel, Carola Salvi, Cecilia Segatta, Claire E. Stevenson, Kadi Tulver, Kamila Urban, Marek Urban, Frédéric Vallée‐Tourangeau, Selina Weiss
    Journal of Creative Behavior, 2026
    Creative cognition research has flourished in recent decades, revealing how extraordinary creative outcomes emerge from ordinary cognitive processes. However, the field faces fragmentation that hinders consensus and integration. This research agenda, developed through a collaborative workshop of 50 European researchers at the Lorentz Centre in Leiden, the Netherlands, identifies four critical challenges for advancing creative cognition research. Challenge 1 addresses theoretical concerns around defining core research terms like divergent thinking, emotions, and metacognition. Challenge 2 focuses on identifying different types and domains of knowledge that influence creative performance. Challenge 3 emphasizes measuring dynamic interactions between cognitive, affective, and metacognitive processes over time. Challenge 4 calls for incorporating environmental and interpersonal contexts, including collaboration, technology, and embodied cognition. These challenges highlight the need for collaborative approaches to develop standardized measures, synthesize existing findings, and foster methodological innovations. By working together as a research community, we can build more comprehensive theories and effective methods for understanding creativity's cognitive foundations while embracing rather than reducing its inherent complexity.
  • Brand purpose recall and insight-triggering advertising: the influence of individual reward responsiveness
    Alessandro Feri, Alessandro Signorini, Matteo Forgiarini, Nathalia Tjandra, Carola Salvi
    International Journal of Advertising, 2026
  • Creative Minds in a Polarized World
    Paola Iannello, Alice Cancer, Leor Zmigrod, Alessandro Antonietti, Carola Salvi
    Journal of Creative Behavior, 2025
    In today's digital milieu, characterized by pervasive media exposure, the intricate interplay between individual differences and cognitive processes has garnered significant scholarly interest. A notable facet of this interrelation pertains to the nexus between cognitive flexibility and individuals' engagement with online information. Recognized as essential for creative cognition, cognitive flexibility encompasses various facets of human reasoning vital for adapting to new information and challenging entrenched perspectives. This review expands the traditional “out‐of‐the‐box” thinking paradigm beyond creative cognition to encompass a comprehensive reasoning framework that questions entrenched viewpoints and fixed cognitive schemas. By analyzing recent scholarly discussions on fake news and polarization, we underscore the pivotal role of cognitive flexibility in guiding individuals' critical navigation of the digital information landscape, promoting nuanced and less polarized perspectives. Introducing the concept of Socio‐Cognitive Polarization, we elucidate how individuals with differing ideological backgrounds can exhibit escalating cognitive divisions and absolutist tendencies. Leveraging insights from existing literature, we present methodological strategies for combating misinformation and nurturing critical thinking to counteract the detrimental impact of deceptive narratives on societal discourse. This scholarly exposition advances the understanding of the challenges associated with misinformation dissemination and offers empirically grounded approaches for enhancing critical cognition in the digital era.
  • Exploring Meta-Reasoning Propositional Confidence in Conspiratorial Beliefs and Socio-Cognitive Polarization
    Carola Salvi, Marta K. Mielicki, Alice Cancer, Paola Iannello, Tim George
    Open Mind, 2025
    Conspiracy theories have pervaded human thought across time and cultures, often emerging during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, where they influenced public behaviors and attitudes, notably in vaccine hesitancy. This research explores the metacognitive foundations of conspiracy beliefs, particularly focusing on how individuals monitor and assess their problem-solving processes. We propose that conspiracy beliefs are linked to high propositional confidence—often unsupported by accurate reasoning. Two studies were conducted to investigate the potential relationship between meta-reasoning inaccuracies (i.e., prospective confidence judgments and commission errors) during problem solving and conspiracy beliefs. Across two studies, we examine metacognitive markers of this overconfidence. Study 1 analyzes archival data from George and Mielicki’s (2023) to investigate how COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs are associated with initial judgments of solvability in solvable and unsolvable Compound Remote Associate (CRA) tasks. Study 2 examines the relationship between commission errors on Rebus puzzles and conspiracy beliefs, while also assessing Socio-Cognitive Polarization (SCP)—a construct encompassing ideological rigidity, intolerance of ambiguity, and xenophobia. Results show that SCP amplified the effects of commission errors on conspiracy beliefs, situating these cognitive patterns within socio-political contexts. These findings offer novel evidence that conspiracy beliefs are not merely a product of what people think, but how they think—underscoring the intertwined roles of flawed meta-reasoning and socio-political attitudes in sustaining conspiratorial worldviews.
  • States of epistemic curiosity interfere with memory for incidental scholastic facts
    Nicole E. Keller, Carola Salvi, Emily K. Leiker, Matthias J. Gruber, Joseph E. Dunsmoor
    Npj Science of Learning, 2024
    Curiosity can be a powerful motivator to learn and retain new information. Evidence shows that high states of curiosity elicited by a specific source (i.e., a trivia question) can promote memory for incidental stimuli (non-target) presented close in time. The spreading effect of curiosity states on memory for other information has potential for educational applications. Specifically, it could provide techniques to improve learning for information that did not spark a sense of curiosity on its own. Here, we investigated how high states of curiosity induced through trivia questions affect memory performance for unrelated scholastic facts (e.g., scientific, English, or historical facts) presented in close temporal proximity to the trivia question. Across three task versions, participants viewed trivia questions closely followed in time by a scholastic fact unrelated to the trivia question, either just prior to or immediately following the answer to the trivia question. Participants then completed a surprise multiple-choice memory test (akin to a pop quiz) for the scholastic material. In all three task versions, memory performance was poorer for scholastic facts presented after trivia questions that had elicited high versus low levels of curiosity. These results contradict previous findings showing curiosity-enhanced memory for incidentally presented visual stimuli and suggest that target information that generates a high-curiosity state interferes with encoding complex and unrelated scholastic facts presented close in time.
  • Aha! and D’oh! experiences enhance learning for incidental information—new evidence supports the insight memory advantage
    Carola Salvi, Nicole Keller, Samuel E. Cooper, Emily Leiker, Joseph Dunsmoor
    Cognitive Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, 2024
  • Physiological markers of insight
    Sistemi Intelligenti, 2024
  • Insight: What Happens Backstage?
    Carola Salvi, Edward Bowden
    Emergence of Insight, 2024
    In this chapter, we argue that differences in problem-solving experiences can be traced to differences in the activation of brain structures involved in the unconscious processing of information (what we refer to as “the backstage”). Scientists commonly distinguish between two major types of problem-solving experiences: via insight and via analysis. Three properties are often mentioned when describing how insight solutions differ from analytic solutions: (1) Solvers are unable to report much of the processing that leads to the solution which comes to mind in an off–on manner; (2) Solvers experience their solutions together with a feeling of pleasure and reward; (3) Solutions via insight feel correct and they actually are. This is captured by a distinctive response: the Aha! This chapter focuses on these three properties and argues that unconscious processes are important for problem-solving in general, but especially important for insight experiences because most of the processing that leads to the solution happens below awareness. It also argues that the positive affect associated with insight serves an adaptive function.
  • The Emergence of Insight Research
    Steven M. Smith, Jennifer Wiley, Carola Salvi
    Emergence of Insight, 2024
    Where do insights come from? What causes those moments when, unexpectedly, a marvelous new idea flashes into consciousness, possibly accompanied by feelings of surprise and delight? Sudden insights are rare, yet everyone appears to be familiar with the experience that may be alternatively described as an “Aha!” or “Eureka” moment: a sudden realization, an epiphany, illumination, revelation, or satori. The ideas resulting from insight experiences range from mundane to historic. Insight is defined not so much by the importance or significance of the content produced, but rather by the cognition and the phenomenology of the event. At its core, the insightful solution process begins with the solver holding an incorrect representation, and ends (if successful) with a nonobvious solution. But there is much more to know: What is insight, and how does a solution emerge unexpectedly into awareness? Is there a set of steps, a pathway that leads to insight?
  • THE EMERGENCE OF INSIGHT
    Carola Salvi, Steven M. Smith, Steven M. Smith, Benjamin C. Storm, Rebecca Koppel, et al.
    Emergence of Insight, 2024
  • Insights from the Emergence of Insight
    Jennifer Wiley, Carola Salvi, Steven M. Smith
    Emergence of Insight, 2024
  • Solving problems with an Aha! increases risk preference
    Yuhua Yu, Carola Salvi, Maxi Becker, Mark Beeman
    Thinking and Reasoning, 2024
  • Navigating the pandemic emergency: The role of socio-cognitive polarization in complex situations
    Sistemi Intelligenti, 2024
  • Waves of Insight: A Historical Overview of the Neuroscience of Insight
    Christine Chesebrough, Carola Salvi, Mark Beeman, Yongtaek Oh, John Kounios
    Emergence of Insight, 2024
  • Putting the framework to work: Comment on “a systematic framework of creative metacognition” by Lebuda & Benedek
    Tim George, Carola Salvi
    Physics of Life Reviews, 2023
  • Gestalt’s Perspective on Insight: A Recap Based on Recent Behavioral and Neuroscientific Evidence
    Mary Vitello, Carola Salvi
    Journal of Intelligence, 2023
  • Does social rigidity predict cognitive rigidity? Profiles of socio-cognitive polarization
    Carola Salvi, Paola Iannello, Alice Cancer, Samuel E. Cooper, Mason McClay, Joseph E. Dunsmoor, Alessandro Antonietti
    Psychological Research, 2023
  • Awe in the metaverse: Designing and validating a novel online virtual-reality awe-inspiring training
    Marta Pizzolante, Francesca Borghesi, Eleonora Sarcinella, Sabrina Bartolotta, Carola Salvi, Pietro Cipresso, Andrea Gaggioli, Alice Chirico
    Computers in Human Behavior, 2023
  • Insight and the selection of ideas
    Ruben E. Laukkonen, Margaret Webb, Carola Salvi, Jason M. Tangen, Heleen A. Slagter, Jonathan W. Schooler
    Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 2023
  • Executive functioning and divergent thinking predict creative problem-solving in young adults and elderlies
    Alice Cancer, Paola Iannello, Carola Salvi, Alessandro Antonietti
    Psychological Research, 2023
  • Not Getting Vaccinated? It Is a Matter of Problem-Solving Abilities and Socio-Cognitive Polarization
    Alice Cancer, Carola Salvi, Alessandro Antonietti, Paola Iannello
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023
  • MARKERS OF INSIGHT
    Carola Salvi
    Routledge International Handbook of Creative Cognition, 2023
  • Insight problem solving ability predicts reduced susceptibility to fake news, bullshit, and overclaiming
    Carola Salvi, Nathaniel Barr, Joseph E. Dunsmoor, Jordan Grafman
    Thinking and Reasoning, 2023
  • Enhancement of semantic integration reasoning by tRNS
    G. Sprugnoli, S. Rossi, S. L. Liew, E. Bricolo, G. Costantini, C. Salvi, A. J. Golby, C. S. Musaeus, A. Pascual-Leone, A. Rossi, E. Santarnecchi
    Cognitive Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, 2021
  • The Effect of Dopaminergic Replacement Therapy on Creative Thinking and Insight Problem-Solving in Parkinson's Disease Patients
    Carola Salvi, Emily K. Leiker, Beatrix Baricca, Maria A. Molinari, Roberto Eleopra, Paolo F. Nichelli, Jordan Grafman, Joseph E. Dunsmoor
    Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
  • Patient-Based Approaches to Understanding Intelligence and Problem-Solving
    Shira Cohen-Zimerman, Carola Salvi, Jordan H. Grafman
    Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence and Cognitive Neuroscience, 2021
  • TDCS to the right anterior temporal lobe facilitates insight problem-solving
    Carola Salvi, Mark Beeman, Marom Bikson, Richard McKinley, Jordan Grafman
    Scientific Reports, 2020
  • Oculometric signature of switch into awareness? Pupil size predicts sudden insight whereas microsaccades predict problem-solving via analysis
    Carola Salvi, Claudio Simoncini, Jordan Grafman, Mark Beeman
    Neuroimage, 2020
  • The relation between state and trait risk taking and problem-solving
    Carola Salvi, Edward Bowden
    Psychological Research, 2020
  • Moment of Truth: Why Aha! Experiences are Correct
    Amory H. Danek, Carola Salvi
    Journal of Creative Behavior, 2020
  • Validation of the Italian Remote Associate Test
    Carola Salvi, Giulio Costantini, Adriana Pace, Massimiliano Palmiero
    Journal of Creative Behavior, 2020
  • Going Viral: How Fear, Socio-Cognitive Polarization and Problem-Solving Influence Fake News Detection and Proliferation during COVID-19 Pandemic
    Carola Salvi, Paola Iannello, Alice Cancer, Mason McClay, Sabrina Rago, Joseph E. Dunsmoor, Alessandro Antonietti
    Frontiers in Communication, 2020
  • Gamma tACS over the temporal lobe increases the occurrence of Eureka! moments
    Emiliano Santarnecchi, Giulia Sprugnoli, Emanuela Bricolo, Giulio Costantini, Sook-Lei Liew, Christian S. Musaeus, Carola Salvi, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Alessandro Rossi, Simone Rossi
    Scientific Reports, 2019
  • Editorial: Creativity: Education and rehabilitation
    Massimiliano Palmiero, Laura Piccardi, Raffaella Nori, Liana Palermo, Carola Salvi, Cecilia Guariglia
    Frontiers in Psychology, 2019
  • Intelligence across the seventh decade in patients with brain injuries acquired in young adulthood
    Shira Cohen-Zimerman, Carola Salvi, Frank Krueger, Barry Gordon, Jordan Grafman
    Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 2018
  • The effects of expected reward on creative problem solving
    Irene Cristofori, Carola Salvi, Mark Beeman, Jordan Grafman
    Cognitive Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, 2018
  • ‘Emotional Intelligence’: Lessons from Lesions
    J. Hogeveen, C. Salvi, J. Grafman
    Trends in Neurosciences, 2016
  • Insight solutions are correct more often than analytic solutions
    Carola Salvi, Emanuela Bricolo, John Kounios, Edward Bowden, Mark Beeman
    Thinking and Reasoning, 2016
  • Editorial: Creativity and mental imagery
    Massimiliano Palmiero, Laura Piccardi, Raffaella Nori, Liana Palermo, Carola Salvi, Cecilia Guariglia
    Frontiers in Psychology, 2016
  • The politics of insight
    Carola Salvi, Irene Cristofori, Jordan Grafman, Mark Beeman
    Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 2016
  • Validation of Italian rebus puzzles and compound remote associate problems
    Carola Salvi, Giulio Costantini, Emanuela Bricolo, Marco Perugini, Mark Beeman
    Behavior Research Methods, 2016
  • Looking for Creativity: Where Do We Look When We Look for New Ideas?
    Carola Salvi, Edward M. Bowden
    Frontiers in Psychology, 2016
  • Sudden insight is associated with shutting out visual inputs
    Carola Salvi, Emanuela Bricolo, Steven L. Franconeri, John Kounios, Mark Beeman
    Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 2015
  • The effects of crowding on eye movement patterns in reading
    Emanuela Bricolo, Carola Salvi, Marialuisa Martelli, Lisa S. Arduino, Roberta Daini
    Acta Psychologica, 2015
  • The two systems of human intelligence
    Paolo Legrenzi, Carola Salvi
    Sistemi Intelligenti, 2008

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Creative cognition: a collaborative research agenda
    W Ross, S Agnoli, M Baas, A Danek, I Lebuda, R Ackerman, ...
    Journal of Creative Behaviour 2 (60) , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 1
  • Brand purpose recall and insight-triggering advertising: the influence of individual reward responsiveness
    A Feri, A Signorini, M Forgiarini, N Tjandra, C Salvi
    International Journal of Advertising, 1-34 , 2026
    2026
  • The Anatomy of Insight: A Brief Review
    C Salvi
    The Cognitive Psychology Bulletin, https://doi.org/10.53841/bpscog.2026.1.1 , 2026
    2026
  • The White Matter of Aha! Moments
    C Salvi, SA Luchini, F Pestilli, S Hanekamp, T Parrish, M Beeman, ...
    BMC Psychology, rs. 3. rs-6658726 , 2026
    2026
  • Exploring Meta-Reasoning Propositional Confidence in Conspiratorial Beliefs and Socio-Cognitive Polarization
    C Salvi, M Mielicki, A Cancer, P Iannello, T George
    Open Mind | MIT Press, 1339–1362 , 2025
    2025
  • Improved Recall of SDG-Focused Brand Messages Following Insight Moments: Exploring the Impact of Reward Responsiveness
    A Feri, A Signorini, M Forgiarini, N Tjandrac, C Salvi
    XXI SIM Conference Proceedings https://www.simktg.it/attivita/education … , 2024
    2024
  • Creative Minds in a Polarized World
    P Iannello, A Cancer, leor Zmigrod, A Antonietti, C Salvi
    Journal of Creative Behavior, https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.1509 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 3
  • Solving problems with an Aha! increases risk preference
    Y Yu, C Salvi, M Becker, M Beeman
    Thinking & reasoning 30 (3), 509-530 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 14
  • Waves of insight
    C Chesebrough, C Salvi, M Beeman, Y Oh, J Kounios
    The emergence of insight 223 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 10
  • The emergence of insight research
    SM Smith, J Wiley, C Salvi
    The Emergence of Insight, 1 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • Insights from the Emergence of Insight
    J Wiley, C Salvi, SM Smith
    The Emergence of Insight, 311 , 2024
    2024
  • Navigating the pandemic emergency: The role of socio-cognitive polarization in complex situations
    P Iannello, A Cancer, A Antonietti, C Salvi
    Sistemi Intelligenti , 2024
    2024
  • Marker fisiologici dell’insight
    C Salvi
    Sistemi Intelligenti, 1-23 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • Insight. What Happens Backstage?
    C Salvi, E Bowden
    The Emergence of Insight 1, 280-308 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 4
  • Aha! and D’oh! experiences enhance learning for incidental information—new evidence supports the insight memory advantage
    C Salvi, N Keller, SE Cooper, L Emily, J Dunsmoor
    Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 15
  • States of epistemic curiosity interfere with memory for incidental scholastic facts
    N Keller, C Salvi, E Leiker, M Gruber, J Dunsmoor
    npj Science of Learning 9 (22), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-024-00234 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 11
  • Estimating the construct validity of principal components analysis
    TMH Hope, CJ Price, A Halai, C Salvi, J Crinion, M Keijsers, C Sperber, ...
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.12905 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 3
  • Orientarsi durante l’emergenza pandemica: Il ruolo della polarizzazione socio-cognitiva nelle situazioni complesse
    P Iannello, A Antonietti, C Salvi
    Sistemi intelligenti 36 (2), 433-452 , 2024
    2024
  • The Emergence of Insight
    C Salvi, J Wiley, S Smith
    Cambridge University Press , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 10
  • Gestalt’s Perspective on Insight: A Recap Based on Recent Behavioral and Neuroscientific Evidence
    M Vitello, C Salvi
    Journal of Intelligence 11 (224) , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 28

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Insight solutions are correct more often than analytic solutions
    C Salvi, E Bricolo, J Kounios, E Bowden, M Beeman
    Thinking and Reasoning 6783 (10.1080/13546783.2016.1141798), 1-18 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 304
  • Sudden insight is associated with shutting out visual inputs
    C Salvi, E Bricolo, SL Franconeri, J Kounios, M Beeman
    Psychonomic bulletin & review 22 (6), 1814-1819 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 186
  • Validity of Italian adaptation of the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI) and evaluation of the quality of life in patients with acute dizziness
    G Nola, C Mostardini, C Salvi, AP Ercolani, G Ralli
    Acta Otorhinolaryngologica Italica 30 (4), 190 , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 137
  • ‘Emotional Intelligence’: lessons from lesions
    J Hogeveen, C Salvi, J Grafman
    Trends in neurosciences 39 (10), 694-705 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 135
  • Moment of Truth: Why Aha! Experiences are Correct
    A Danek, C Salvi
    The Journal of Creative Behavior , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 115
  • Looking for creativity: Where do we look when we look for new ideas?
    C Salvi, EM Bowden
    Frontiers in psychology 7, 161 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 110
  • Insight and the selection of ideas
    RE Laukkonen, M Webb, C Salvi, JM Tangen, HA Slagter, JW Schooler
    Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 153, 105363 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 104
  • Going viral: how fear, socio-cognitive polarization and problem-solving influence fake news detection and proliferation during COVID-19 pandemic
    C Salvi, P Iannello, M Mcclay, S Rago, JE Dunsmoor, A Antonietti
    Frontiers in Communication 5 (https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.), 127 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 94
  • Does social rigidity predict cognitive rigidity? Profiles of socio‐cognitive polarization
    S Carola, I Paola, C Alice, C Samuel E., MC Mason, D Joseph E., ...
    Psychological Research , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 92
  • The richness of creative processes
    C Salvi
    Frontiers in psychology 6, 2063 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 91
  • Gamma tACs over the temporal lobe increases the occurrence of Eureka! moments
    S Emiliano, S Giulia, E Bricolo, C Giulio, L Sook-Lei, M Christian, S Carola, ...
    Nature, Scientific Reports 9 (5778) , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 89
  • Oculometric signature of switch into awareness? Pupil size predicts sudden insight whereas microsaccades predict problem-solving via analysis
    C Salvi, C Simoncini, J Grafman, M Beeman
    NeuroImage 217, 116933 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 86
  • Validation of Italian rebus puzzles and compound remote associate problems
    C Salvi, G Costantini, E Bricolo, M Perugini, M Beeman
    Behavior research methods 48 (2), 664-685 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 77
  • TDCS to the right anterior temporal lobe facilitates insight problem-solving.
    S Carola, B Mark, B Marom, MK Richard, G Jordan
    Scientific Reports 10 (946) , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 71
  • Awe in the metaverse: Designing and validating a novel online virtual-reality awe-inspiring training
    P Marta, B Francesca, S Eleonora, B Sabrina, S Carola, C Pietro, ...
    Computers in Human Behavior , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 66
  • The effects of expected reward on creative problem solving
    I Cristofori, C Salvi, M Beeman, J Grafman
    Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience 18 (5), 925-931 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 64
  • Validation of the Italian Remote Associate Test
    C Salvi, G Costantini, A Pace, P Massimiliano
    Journal of Creative Behavior, 1-13 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 46
  • The relation between state and trait risk taking and problem-solving
    C Salvi, E Bowden
    Psychological Research 84 (5), 1235-1248 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 45
  • Rapid communication: The politics of insight
    C Salvi, I Cristofori, J Grafman, M Beeman
    Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 69 (6), 1064-1072 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 41
  • Creativity and mental imagery
    M Palmiero, L Piccardi, R Nori, L Palermo, C Salvi, C Guariglia
    Frontiers in psychology 7, 1280 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 40

Publications

Salvi, C., Wiley, J., and Smith, S. M., (2024). The Emergence of Insight. Cambridge University Press.
Palmiero, M., Piccardi, L., Nori, R., Palermo, L., Salvi, C., Guariglia, C., eds. (2019). Creativity: Education and Rehabilitation. Lausanne: Frontiers Media. Doi: 10.3389/978-2-88963-035-6.
Palmiero, M., Piccardi, L., Nori, R., Palermo, L., Salvi, C., Guariglia, C., eds. (2016). Creativity and Mental Imagery. Lausanne: Frontiers Media. doi: 10.3389/978-2-88919-994-5
Chesebrough, C., Salvi, C., Beeman, M., Oh, Y., and Kounios, J. (2024). Waves of Insight: The History of Research on Insight and Its Neural Components. In Salvi, C., Wiley, J., and Smith, S. M., (eds.), The Emergence of Insight. Cambridge University Press.
Salvi, C., and Bowden, E. (2024). Insight. What happens backstage? In Salvi, C., Wiley, J., and Smith, S. M., (eds.), The Emergence of Insight. Cambridge University Press.
Smith, S. M., Wiley, J., and Salvi, C. (2024). The Emergence of Insight Research. In Salvi, C., Wiley, J., and Smith, S. M., (eds.), The Emergence of Insight. Cambridge University Press.