Alessandro Antonietti

Full professor of General Psychology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milano

- Head of the Department of Psychology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milano, 2002-
- Associate professor of General Psychology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milano, 1993-2000
- Associate professor of General Psychology, University of Cagliari, 1992-1993
- Assistant professor of Applied Psychology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milano, 1990-1992
- Research assistant of Methodology of Psychological Research, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milano, 1987-1990


Research interests
Experimental studies about creativity, problem-solving, decision-making, mental imagery, and analogy.
Applications of cognitive issues in the field of teaching, learning, and school instruction.
Assessment and training of thinking skills.
Information technologies and cognitive processes.
Metacognition and folk psychology: basic research and applications.
Psychology of music and music therapy
Theoretical, methodological, and historical issues in psychology.

Grants and contracts
- The metarepresentational skills of university students, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milano, 2006-2008
- Project «Convergence» (Eu - Socrates Programme: Transnational Cooperation Projects; Subprogramme: Minerva - “Promotion of ODL-ICT in the Field of Education”), European Commission (Directorate General for Education and Culture), 2002-2004
- Cooperative learning and disabilities, INDIRE, 2001-2002
- New learning, European Union, Bergamo, 2001-2002
- Evaluation of educational software, IRRE Lombardia, 1998-1999
- Television in school learning, IRRE Lombardia, 1996-1999
- Virtual reality in the schools, IRRE Lombardia-CNR/ITIA, 1996-1999
- Continuity along the curriculum, Istituto Pedagogico, Bolzano, 1995-1999
- Metacognition and school learning, IRRE Lombardia, 1995-1997
- Non-verbal languages and education, IRRE Lombardia, 1995-1996
- Analogical thinking in children, IRRE Lombardia, 1994-1997
- Mental models along the curriculum, CISEM, Milano, 1992-1993
- Creativity and learning style, IRRE Lombardia, 1990-1993
- Training cognitive abilities in aged people, Regione Lombardia, 1990-1993
- Evaluation of the national training programme supporting the Italian reform of primary schools, IRRE Lombardia, 1989-1992
- Teaching and learning history, ANISA, 1988-1990
- Enhancing children’s creativity, IRRE Basilicata, 1988-1990
- Imagination as a tool to prevent cognitive disorders in children, Comune di Milano, 1987-1989
- Assessment and rehabilitation of cognitive skills in the elderly, Istituto Geriatrico C. Golgi, Abbiategrasso, 1987-1997