Filippo Gambarota, PhD




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Last Update: December 4, 2024

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I am a postdoctoral researcher in Psychometrics (SSD: PSIC-01/C, ex M-PSI/03) at the University of Padova, Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization (DPSS) and licensed clinical psychologist.

Research interests:

Current position

2024 - ongoing Post-doctoral researcher (2 year research grant - type B)
Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padova, Italy
Project: Multiverse meta-analysis (PSIC-01/C ex M-PSI/03)
Supervisor: Prof. Gianmarco Altoè

Academic roles

2023 - ongoing Expert (Cultore della Materia) of Psychometrics (PSIC-01/C ex M-PSI/03)
Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padova, Italy

Research

2023 - 2024 Post-doctoral researcher (1 year research grant - type B)
Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padova, Italy
Project: Multiverse meta-analysis (PSIC-01/C ex M-PSI/03) Supervisor: Prof. Gianmarco Altoè

Abroad

2024 Visiting Scholar (1 month, November-ongoing)
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard University, Boston
Research project about replicability in Psychology and Biomedical sciences.
Supervisor: Professor Giovanni Parmigiani

2021 Visiting PhD student (6 months, June-December)
University of Tel-Aviv, Israel
Research project about the relationship between Working Memory and Consciousness
Supervisor: Professor Roy Luria

Education

2019 - 2023 PhD in Psychological Sciences
University of Padova, Italy
Project: The relationship between visual working memory and consciousness.
Supervisor: Professor Paola Sessa,
Co-supervisor: Professor Massimiliano Pastore

2020 Licensed Psychologist (Esame di Stato)
University of Padova, Italy
Title obtained on the second session

2018 - 2019 Internship
Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization - University of Padova
Research project about visual consciousness and sensorimotor simulation
Research project about social cognition during pregnancy Supervision of internship students in EEG laboratory

2018 M.S. in Clinical Developmental Psychology - 110 cum laude
University of Padova, Italy
Thesis: Visual Working Memory representations of infant faces during pregnancy as an adaptive mechanism. An EEG study.
Supervisor: Professor Paola Sessa

2018 Internship
Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization - University of Padova
Research project about social cognition during pregnancy with EEG data collection

2016 B.S. in Psychology - 110 cum laude
University of Padova, Italy
Thesis: Psychosocial well-being of adolescents with oncoemathological disease.
Supervisor: Professor Ughetta Moscardino

2016 Internship
Hospital of Padova - Pediatrics Oncology
Educational activities with in-patients children and their families Research about the psychosocial well-being of in-patients adolescents Discussing about clinical cases in regular supervisions

Training

2021 Meta-Analysis with Metafor (3 days)
Maastricht University
Intensive course about meta-analysis with the metafor package held by Professor Wolfgang Viechtbauer

2020 Bayesian Regression Modeling with BRMS (5 days)
Potsdam University
Summer School in Bayesian Statistics for Cognitive Psychology

2019 Bayesian Statistical Analyses for the Human, Social and Cognitive Sciences (5 days)
University of Verona

Awards

2024 Award for the best scientific article of 2024 - Italian Psychological Association (AIP), Developmental and Educational Psychology
The paper Montuori, C., Gambarota, F., Altoé, G., & Arfé, B. (2023). The cognitive effects of computational thinking: A systematic review and meta-analytic study. Computers & Education, 210(104961), 104961. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2023.104961 won the award for the best scientific article of 2024, by the Italian Psychological Association (AIP), Developmental and Educational Psychology

2024 Reproducibility Award - Italian Reproducibility Network (ITRN)
I won the Reproducibility Award from the Italian Reproducibility Network (ITRN) for the paper: Gambarota, F., & Altoè, G. (2024). Understanding meta-analysis through data simulation with applications to power analysis. Adv. Methods Pract. Psychol. Sci., 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459231209330

2023 Mission Award to Psicostat by the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS)
As an active member of the Psicostat research group (https://improvingpsych.org/mission/awards/)

Teaching

[planned] means that the course has been officially scheduled but not delivered yet

PhD

2025 Generalized Linear Models [planned] (15 hrs., 3 CFU)
University of Padova
Professor for the course within the PhD program in Psychological Sciences, University of Padova

2025 Crafting effective scientific presentations [planned] (5 hrs., 1 CFU)
University of Padova
Professor for the course within the PhD program in Psychological Sciences, University of Padova

2024 Replicability crisis in science? (5 hrs.)
University of Padova
Specialist Course for the XXXIX Cycle of the PhD course in Statistics, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Padova

2023 Generalized Linear Models - PhD Course in Psychological Sciences (15 hrs.)
University of Padova
I held the Generalized Linear Models course (Part A and B) within the PhD program in Psychological Sciences, University of Padova

Lectures on contract (docenze a contratto)

2025 Psicometria per le Neuroscienze Cognitive [planned] (44 hrs., 6 CFU)
University of Padova
Professor (titolare del corso) for the Master’s degree in Statistical Sciences, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Padova

2023 Statistical Methods and Data Analysis
in Developmental Psychology
[PSIC-01/C ex M-PSI/03] (21 hrs., 3 CFU)
University of Padova
Lecturer (titolare di modulo) for the Master’s degree in Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Padova

Seminars

2021 - ongoing Introduction to R
University of Padova
Intensive course about programming in R as part of the ARCA (Applied Research Course Academy) courses, Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padova

  • Marzo 2024 (20 hrs.)
  • Marzo 2023 (20 hrs.)
  • Novembre 2022 (20 hrs.)
  • Ottobre 2021 (20 hrs.)

Integrative teaching (didattica integrativa)

2022 - 2023 Data Analysis in Developmental Psychology [PSIC-01/C ex M-PSI/03]
University of Padova
Lectures about R programming and data analysis of the course “Data Analysis in Developmental Psychology” (Prof. Massimilano Pastore), Master’s degree in Psychology of Community, Wellness Promotion, and Social Change, University of Padova

  • Marzo 2023 (15 hrs.)
  • Marzo 2022 (20 hrs.)

2022 Psychological Testing [PSIC-01/C ex M-PSI/03] (14 hrs.)
University of Padova
Lectures about R programming and data analysis of the course “Psychological Testing” (Prof. Gianmarco Altoè), Bachelor’s degree in Developmental, Personality and Interpersonal Relationships Psychology, University of Padova

Methodological Schools

2023 Replicability Crisis in Science? (5 hrs.)
University of Padova
I held a series of workshops about statistical methods to assess replicability during the summer school Replicability Crisis in Science? organized at the Department of Statistical Sciences (University of Padova)

Lectures

2021 Introduction to Visual Consciousness [M-PSI/01] (2 hrs.)
University of Padova
Lecture during the course “General Psychology” (Prof. Roberto Dell’Acqua), Bachelor’s degree in Developmental, Personality and Interpersonal Relationships Psychology, University of Padova

2021 Visual Working Memory in Social Cognition [M-PSI/01] (2 hrs.)
University of Padova
Lecture during the course “General Psychology” (Prof. Paola Sessa), Bachelor’s degree in Techniques and Methods in Psychological Science, University of Padova

2020 - 2023 Neural Correlates of Consciousness [M-PSI/01] (2 hrs.)
University of Padova
I regularly held a two hours lecture during the course “Mechanism of Consciousness” (Prof. Roberto Dell’Acqua), Master’s degree in Applied Cognitive Psychology, University of Padova

Supervision

  • I have co-supervised 7 Master’s degree dissertations and 2 Bachelor’s degree dissertations (Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padova, Italy).
  • From 2017 to 2019 I supervised and coordinated the students during EEG training in the laboratory (Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padova, Italy)
Student Title Year Degree
Anita Ghislandi The Role of Sensorimotor Simulation in Emotion Recognition: Insights from a Meta-Analysis on individuals with Moebius Syndrome 2023-2024 Master's
Nicola Zanetti Long-term unemployment of disabled people: an intervention proposal 2022-2023 Master's
Sajedeh Rasti Multiverse Meta-Analysis: Proposing an Exploratory Framework 2022-2023 Master's
Tania Di Tillio Empathic processes and conscious perception: intersubjectivity at the basis of consciousness 2022-2023 Master's
Giada Zoncapè Memoria di Lavoro Visiva per Stimoli Subliminali. Uno Studio Psicofisico. 2021-2022 Bachelor's
De Rienzo Chiara Maria The influence of motor simulation on visual working memory representations of facial expressions 2020-2021 Master's
Di Polito Nicola Unconscious Visual Working Memory: A Bayesian hierarchical random-effects meta-analysis and exploratory meta-regression 2020-2021 Bachelor's
Francesca Rancati Electrophysiological correlates of non-conscious face processing. A systematic review. 2020-2021 Master's
Mattia Ziosi Unconscious processing of some face dimensions: a systematic review 2020-2021 Master's

Publications

Journal impact factors and quartiles are taken from Journal Citation Reports considering the last available data

I published 14 papers on journals with an average impact factor of 5.2. In terms of quartiles, I published 11 papers in Q1 journals (78.57%), 3 papers in Q2 journals (21.43%).

Google Scholar

Last Update: 2024-12-04
contains preprints, conference proceedings and redundant articles

  • H-index: 7
  • Citations: 127
  • Number of articles: 28

Scopus

Last Update: 2024-12-04

  • H-index: 5
  • Citations: 55
  • Number of articles: 14

Web of Science

Last Update: 2024-12-04

  • H-index: 5
  • Citations: 54
  • Number of articles: 14

Published (14)

c means that I am the corresponding author

Among the 14 publications, I have 4 first-author papers and 3 papers with the role of corresponding author.

  1. Del Popolo Cristaldi, F., Buodo, G., Gambarota F., Oosterwijk, S., & Mento, G. (2024). How previous experience shapes future affective subjective ratings: A follow-up study investigating implicit learning and cue ambiguity. PloS One, 19, e0297954. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297954
    [IF: 2.9, Quartile: Q1]

  2. Di Rosa, E., Masina, F., Pastorino, A., Galletti, E., Gambarota F., Altoè, G., Edelstyn, N., & Mapelli, D. (2024). Mood moderates the effects of prefrontal tDCS on executive functions: A meta-analysis testing the affective state-dependency hypothesis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 351, 920–930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.02.009
    [IF: 4.9, Quartile: Q1]

  3. c Gambarota F., & Altoè, G. (2024). Ordinal regression models made easy: A tutorial on parameter interpretation, data simulation and power analysis. International Journal of Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.13243
    [IF: 3.3, Quartile: Q1]

  4. c Gambarota F., & Altoè, G. (2024). Understanding meta-analysis through data simulation with applications to power analysis. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 7. https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459231209330
    [IF: 15.6, Quartile: Q1]

  5. Maffei, A., Gambarota F., Liotti, M., Dell’Acqua, R., Tsuchiya, N., & Sessa, P. (2024). Conscious perception of fear in faces: Insights from high-density EEG and perceptual awareness scale with threshold stimuli. Cortex, 174, 93–109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2024.02.010
    [IF: 3.3, Quartile: Q1]

  6. Pezzetta, R., Gambarota F., Tarantino, V., Devita, M., Cattaneo, Z., Arcara, G., Mapelli, D., & Masina, F. (2024). A meta-analysis of non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) effects on cerebellar-associated cognitive processes. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 157, 105509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105509
    [IF: 7.6, Quartile: Q1]

  7. Toffalini, E., Gambarota F., Perugini, A., Girardi, P., Tobia, V., Altoè, G., Giofrè, D., Psicostat Core Team, & Feraco, T. (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. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.13246
    [IF: 3.3, Quartile: Q1]

  8. Del Popolo Cristaldi, F., Gambarota F., & Oosterwijk, S. (2023). Does your past define you? The role of previous visual experience in subjective reactions to new affective pictures and sounds. Emotion, 23, 1317–1333. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001168
    [IF: 3.4, Quartile: Q1]

  9. Montuori, C., Gambarota F., Altoé, G., & Arfé, B. (2023). The cognitive effects of computational thinking: A systematic review and meta-analytic study. Computers & Education, 210, 104961. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2023.104961
    [IF: 8.9, Quartile: Q1]

  10. Quettier, T., Maffei, A., Gambarota F., Ferrari, P. F., & Sessa, P. (2023). Testing EEG functional connectivity between sensorimotor and face processing visual regions in individuals with congenital facial palsy. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 17, 1123221. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2023.1123221
    [IF: 3.1, Quartile: Q2]

  11. c Gambarota F., Tsuchiya, N., Pastore, M., Di Polito, N., & Sessa, P. (2022). Unconscious visual working memory: A critical review and bayesian meta-analysis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 136, 104618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104618
    [IF: 7.6, Quartile: Q1]

  12. Verroca, A., Rienzo, C. M. de, Gambarota F., & Sessa, P. (2022). Mapping the perception-space of facial expressions in the era of face masks. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 956832. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.956832
    [IF: 2.6, Quartile: Q2]

  13. Quettier, T., Gambarota F., Tsuchiya, N., & Sessa, P. (2021). Blocking facial mimicry during binocular rivalry modulates visual awareness of faces with a neutral expression. Scientific Reports, 11, 9972. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89355-5
    [IF: 3.8, Quartile: Q1]

  14. Gambarota F., & Sessa, P. (2019). Visual working memory for faces and facial expressions as a useful "tool" for understanding social and affective cognition. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 2392. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02392
    [IF: 2.6, Quartile: Q2]

Accepted/in press (2)

  • Grassi, Altoè, Brattico, […] Gambarota, […] Zentner - Do musicians have better short-term memory than nonmusicians? A multi-lab study - Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science [Registered Replication Report - Provisional Acceptance]

  • Dimitru, E., […] Gambarota, F., […] - The Pain of Death. A Meta-Analysis of the Association of Death Anxiety with Psychological Distress And Psychopathology - Nature Human Behaviour [In press]

Conferences

Invited Talks (3)

2025 Gambarota [P], F.
Open Science Starter Pack [planned]
International Winter School 4M - Padova, Italy

2025 Gambarota [P], F., Calignano, G.
Multiverse analysis in R: Exploratory and Inferential Approaches [planned]
Cognitive Science Arena (CSA) - Bressanone, Italy

2024 Gambarota [P], F. and Altoè, G.
Understanding meta-analysis through data simulation with applications to power analysis

Cognitive Science Arena (CSA) - Bressanone, Italy

Talks (14)

[P] means that I was the presenting author [accepted] means that the talk has been accepted but not delivered yet

2024 Gambarota [P], F., Vesely, A., Finos, L., Altoè, G.
Inference on multiverse meta-analysis
META-REP - Munich, Germany

2024 Gambarota [P], F., Toffalini, E.
Are most interactions false? The importance of the appropriate distribution and link function with non-normal data

Italian Psychological Association (AIP), Developmental Psychology - Cagliari, Italy

2024 Perugini, A., Gambarota, F., Toffalini, E., Sità, L., Lakens, D., Pastore, M., Finos, L. Psicostat, Altoè, G.
Critical effect size values and why to report them
Italian Psychological Association (AIP), Developmental Psychology - Noto, Italy

2024 Perugini, A., Toffalini, A., Feraco, T., Gambarota, F., Pastore, M., Altoè, G.
Is that a cluster? A practical guide on how to avoid Type I and Type II error
Italian Psychological Association (AIP), Experimental Psychology - Noto, Italy

2024 Calignano, G., Ceccon, C., Gambarota, F., F., Pacheco, S., Russo, S, Altoé, G., Pastore, M., Valenza, E., Moscardino, U.
Communicative development on the move between Minority and Majority worlds
Italian Psychological Association (AIP), Developmental Psychology - Cagliari, Italy

2024 Girardi, P., Vesely, A., Gambarota, F., Altoè, G., Pastore, M., Finos, L.
Exploring the Dark Side of the Multiverse: Pitfalls and Possibilities in Applications
Association for Applied Statistics (ASA) - Rome, Italy

2024 Gambarota [P], F.
Inferenza nella meta-analisi multiverse. Un approccio multivariato basato sulle permutazioni
La Psicometria tra Oggi e Domani: Sfide E Nuovi Orizzonti - Firenze, Italy

2024 Gambarota [P], F.
Cosa accade al di fuori della consapevolezza visiva? [Italian]

Brain Awareness Week - Padova, Italy

2022 Gambarota [P], F., Luria, R., Sessa, P.
Conscious and unconscious information processing in visual working memory

Italian Psychological Association (AIP) - Padova, Italy

2022 del Popolo Cristaldi, F., Gambarota, F., Oosterwijk, S.
The role of past experience in subjective ratings to affective predictions: cross-modality effects
Cognitive Science Arena (CSA) - Bressanone, Italy

2022 del Popolo Cristaldi, F., Gambarota, F., Oosterwijk, S.
The role of past visual experience in subjective reactions to new affective pictures and sounds
Annual Conference of the Society for Affective Science (SAS) - Virtual

2021 Gambarota [P], F., Tsuchiya, N., Pastore, M. Di Polito, N., Sessa, P.
Meta-analysis in Consciousness Research
Conscious Brain Concepts Workshop - University of Oslo - Virtual

2021 del Popolo Cristaldi, F., Gambarota, F., Oosterwijk, S.
The role of previous probabilistic learning on the subjective affective experience
Italian Psychological Association (AIP) - Lecce, Italy

2021 Gambarota [P], F., Zandonella Callegher, C., Linkersdörfer, J., Ling, M., Kothe, E.
trackdown - Collaborative writing through literate programming in R

Towards Advanced Scientific Knowledge (TASK4) - Virtual

Posters (9)

[P] means that I was the presenting authors [accepted] means that poster has been accepted but has not taken place yet

2024 Brosche, K., Gambarota, F., Altoè, G., Rugani, R.
Effects of Domestication and Selection for Productivity on Numerical Cognition in Chicks
European Conference on Behavioural Biology (ECBB) - Zurich, Switzerland

2023 Gambarota [P], F., Vesely, A., Finos, L., Altoè, G.
Joinmeta - An Inferential approach to multiverse meta-analysis

Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) - Padova, Italy

2023 Rasti, S., Gambarota, F., Altoè, G.
Multiverse Meta-Analysis: Proposing an Exploratory Framework
Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science - Padova, Italy

2022 del Popolo Cristaldi, F., Gambarota, F., Oosterwijk, S.
Cross-modality effects in affective prediction construction: the role of past visual experience in subjective reactions to new affective pictures and sounds
Annual Conference of the European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (ESCAN) - Virtual

2022 Pezzetta, R., Gambarota, F., Tarantino, V., Devita, M., Cattaneo, Z., Arcara, G., Mapelli, D., Masina, F.
Probing cerebellar involvement in cognition through neuromodulation: A meta-analysis on the effectiveness of non-invasive cerebellar stimulation
Transcranical Brain Stimulation in Cognitive Neuroscience Workshop - Rovereto, Italy

2021 Gambarota [P], F., Zandonella Callegher, C., Linkersdörfer, J., Ling, M., Kothe, E.
trackdown - An R package for collaborative writing and editing

Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) - Virtual

2021 Gambarota [P], F., Zandonella Callegher, C., Linkersdörfer, J., Ling, M., Kothe, E.
trackdown - A simple framework for collaboration in a literate programming workflow

useR - Virtual

2020 Gambarota [P], F., Pastore, Luria, Ferrari, Sessa, P.
Visual Working Memory Precision for Emotional Faces in Moebius Patients
Cognitive Science Arena - Bressanone, Italy

2019 Quettier, T., Gambarota, F., Sessa, P.
Look at others’ smile: Sensorimotor modulation of visual awareness
Italian Society of Psychophysiology and Cognitive Neuroscience (SIPF) - Ferrara, Italy

Symposia (1)

[P] means that I was the proponent [accepted] means that symposium has been accepted but has not taken place yet.

2024 Gambarota [P], F., Crepaldi, D., Calignano, G., Finos, L., Scandola, M.
The Multiverse of Multi-labs. Methodological and Statistical Aspects of Multi-Lab and Multiverse Studies

Italian Psychological Association (AIP), Experimental Psychology - Noto, Italy

Peer Reviews

See my Publons Profile

Ad-hoc reviewer for:

  • International Journal of Psychology
  • PLoS ONE
  • Neuroscience of Consciousness

Academic memberships

Italian Reproducibility Network (ITRN) from: 2024 - ongoing

The Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) from: 2023 - 2024

Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, Sezione Sperimentale (AIP) from: 2022 - ongoing

Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, Sezione Sviluppo (AIP) from: 2024 - ongoing

Organization

2022 Italian Association of Psychology (AIP)
University of Padova
I was part of the organizing committee of the XXX edition of the Italian Association of Psychology (AIP) conference and editor of the Book of Abstract https://www.padovauniversitypress.it/it/publications/9788869383168

2021 MRInference Winter School
University of Padova
I was part of the organizing committee of the “MRInference: from data to knowledge” winter school organized by the University of Padova

Third Mission (Terza Missione)

Section written in Italian

2024 Science4all
University of Padova
“Centra il bersaglio: tra misurazione, probabilità e incertezza”. Activity organized by the Psicostat Research Group and proposed during the Science4All activity at the University of Padova (27-29th September 2024)

2023 - ongoing Sito web https://psicostat.dpss.psy.unipd.it/ del gruppo di ricerca multidisciplinare “Psicostat”.
Online
Il sito https://psicostat.dpss.psy.unipd.it/ raccoglie e condivide in modo open le attività del gruppo a favore degli utenti interessati [Iris ID: PEN-3397]

2023 Sostenibilità umana: superare la società della performance e immaginare nuovi modelli - by TLON
Padova
Sensibilizzazione di tutto i personale del DPSS relativamente alle tematiche sulla società performante. Si è trattato di un workshop interattivo all’interno del retreat del dipartimento (24th February 2023). La parte teorica è stata aperta alla cittadinanza attraverso la diretta fb, mentre la parte pratica è stata rivolta solo al personale dpss [Iris ID: PEN-2435]

Research groups membership

2019 - ongoing Psicostat - psicostat.dpss.psy.unipd.it

I am part of the core team of Psicostat founded by professors Massimiliano Pastore, Gianmarco Altoè and Livio Finos. We are an interdisciplinary research group working in areas related to quantitative psychology, psychometrics, psychological testing and statistics.

2019 - ongoing Colab colab.psy.unipd.it

The CoLab, established at the Department of Developmental Psychology of the University of Padova in the 2000, hosts a variety of research projects, which focus primarily on exploring the functional and neural mechanisms subserving attention and language abilities in human adults.

Collaborations

A selection of collaborations with scholars outside the School of Psychology (University of Padova)

2024 - ongoing Daniël Lakens
Eindhoven University of Technology
Improving the reporting of results from psychological studies

2024 - ongoing Giovanni Parmigiani
Harvard University
Research and teaching projects about replicability in Psychology and Biomedical sciences

2024 - ongoing Branden Fitelson
Northeastern University
Research and teaching projects about replicability in Psychology and Biomedical sciences

2023 - ongoing Livio Finos
Department of Statistics, University of Padova
Research projects about inference in multiverse meta-analysis and R packages development

2021 - ongoing Roy Luria
Tel Aviv University
Research projects about consciousness and working memory

2020 - ongoing Naotsugu Tsuchiya
Monash University
Research projects about visual consciousness

Involvement in research groups

2023 - ongoingResearch group on Multiverse analysis in generalized linear models and meta-analysis

Member of a national research group about inference in multiverse for GLM and meta-analysis with Gianmarco Altoè (University of Padova), Anna Vesely (University of Bologna) and Livio Finos (University of Padova), Massimiliano Pastore (University of Padova), Paolo Girardi (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice). The research group produced the following conference presentations and posters:

  • Gambarota, F., Vesely, A., Finos, L., Altoè, G. (2024). Inference on multiverse meta-analysis. META-REP. Munich, Germany.
  • Girardi, P., Vesely, A., Gambarota, F., Altoè, G., Pastore, M., Finos, L. (2024). Exploring the Dark Side of the Multiverse: Pitfalls and Possibilities in Applications. Association for Applied Statistics (ASA). Rome, Italy.
  • Gambarota, F. (2024). Inferenza nella meta-analisi multiverse. Un approccio multivariato basato sulle permutazioni. La Psicometria tra Oggi e Domani: Sfide E Nuovi Orizzonti. Firenze, Italy.
  • Gambarota, F., Vesely, A., Finos, L., Altoè, G. (2023). Joinmeta - An Inferential approach to multiverse meta-analysis. Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS). Padova, Italy.

2023 - ongoingResearch group working on tutorials about statistical methods in Psychology

Member of a national research group with the aim of writing tutorial for common and widely used statistical methods in Psychology. Main group members are Gianmarco Altoè (University of Padova), Enrico Toffalini (University of Padova) and other members from the Psicostat research group. We produced the following papers:

  • Gambarota F., & Altoè, G. (2024). Ordinal regression models made easy: A tutorial on parameter interpretation, data simulation and power analysis. International Journal of Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.13243
  • Gambarota F., & Altoè, G. (2024). Understanding meta-analysis through data simulation with applications to power analysis. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 7. https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459231209330
  • Toffalini, E., Gambarota F., Perugini, A., Girardi, P., Tobia, V., Altoè, G., Giofrè, D., Psicostat Core Team, & Feraco, T. (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. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.13246

2019 - ongoingResearch group on visual consciousness and visual working memory

Member of an international research group about visual consciousness for emotions and the relationship between visual working memory and consciousness. The principal investigators are Paola Sessa (University of Padova) and Naotsugu Tsuchiya (Monash University, Australia; tLab research group). Other members of the research group are: Antonio Maffei (University of Padova), Roy Luria (University of Tel Aviv, Israel), Roberto Dell’Acqua (University of Padova), Thomas Quettier (University of Bologna). The collaboration produced the following publications:

  • Maffei, A., Gambarota F., Liotti, M., Dell’Acqua, R., Tsuchiya, N., & Sessa, P. (2024). Conscious perception of fear in faces: Insights from high-density EEG and perceptual awareness scale with threshold stimuli. Cortex, 174, 93–109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2024.02.010
  • Quettier, T., Maffei, A., Gambarota F., Ferrari, P. F., & Sessa, P. (2023). Testing EEG functional connectivity between sensorimotor and face processing visual regions in individuals with congenital facial palsy. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 17, 1123221. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2023.1123221
  • Gambarota F., Tsuchiya, N., Pastore, M., Di Polito, N., & Sessa, P. (2022). Unconscious visual working memory: A critical review and bayesian meta-analysis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 136, 104618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104618

Software

I mainly use R and the majority of research works are bounded with an R package, Shiny application or R code. The code and unpublished packages can be found on Github:

R Packages on CRAN

  • trackdown: I have co-authored an R package to collaborate on R Markdown and QUARTO documents. [CRAN]

Research Skills

Rated as 🔵⚪⚪⚪⚪ (basic knowledge) to 🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵 (advanced knowledge).

OS

  • Linux 🔵🔵🔵🔵⚪
  • Windows 🔵🔵🔵🔵⚪
  • MacOS 🔵🔵🔵⚪⚪

Programming languages

  • R 🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵
  • MATLAB 🔵🔵🔵⚪⚪
  • Python 🔵🔵🔵🔵⚪
  • Javascript 🔵🔵⚪⚪⚪

Writing

  • LaTeX 🔵🔵🔵🔵⚪
  • HTML 🔵🔵🔵⚪⚪
  • CSS 🔵🔵🔵⚪⚪
  • Pandoc 🔵🔵🔵⚪⚪
  • (R)Markdown 🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵
  • Quarto 🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵

Experiments

  • Psychopy 🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵
  • Eprime 🔵🔵🔵⚪⚪
  • Presentation 🔵🔵🔵🔵⚪
  • Psychtoolbox 🔵🔵🔵⚪⚪

EEG/ERP

  • EEGlab 🔵🔵🔵⚪⚪
  • ERPlab 🔵🔵🔵⚪⚪
  • Brainstorm 🔵⚪⚪⚪⚪
  • Brainvision Analyzer 🔵🔵⚪⚪⚪



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Padova, Dicembre 04th 2024


Filippo Gambarota