The Research Unit

The Research Unit on Creativity aims at promoting cooperation among both researchers and teachers that study creativity from different perspectives. It is a scientific meeting point for different areas of expertise, whose members come from the Faculties of Psychology, Economics and Education.

Research topics

• Assessment of creative thinking
• Empowerment of creative thinking
• The role of creativity in promoting personal development of adults and children
• Group creativity
• The experience of flow
• Mental imagery and creativity
• Music and creativity
• Creativity and management
• The relationship between personality types and creativity
• On-line and face-to-face creativity training for children, teenagers, adults

Members

Andrea Gaggioli (Research Unit Coordinator)

Full Professor of General Psychology at the Psychology Faculty of Catholic University of Sacred Heart. His main research interest concerns human-computer interaction and the application of interactive systems in mental health. In the creativity field, he has developed a model of creativity in social networks ("Networked Flow"), which has been experimentally investigated in several applicative domains. 

Alessandro Antonietti
Alessandro Antonietti is full professor of Cognitive Psychology and head of the Department of Psychology at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milano (Italy). He carried out experimental studies about creativity, problem-solving, decision-making and investigated cognitive issues in the field of instruction and rehabilitation, by devising tests to assess thinking skills and programs to train cognitive abilities.

Marina Giampietro
Marina Giampietro is a school psychologist, and teaches Psychology of Personality. Her main research interests are linked to individual differences and to communication and relationship management in education.

Luca Milani
Luca Milani is Assistant Professor of Developmental Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology of Catholic University. He is member of the C.Ri.d.e.e. (research center on developmental and educational dynamics) and of the Research Unit on Trauma.

Laura Tappatà
Laura Tappatà teaches General Psychology at Education Faculty of Catholic University. Her main research interests are linked to Personality traits and emotions, humor, psycho-somatic diseases, psychological well-being. More recently she has been focusing on socio-emotive intelligence and its educational and psychological applications.

Other members:

• Rita Bissola
• Manuela Cantoia
• Lucia Colombo
• Paola Friggé
• Andrea Gaggioli
• Annalisa Galardi
• Monica Gatti
• Gabriella Gilli
• Marisa Giorgetti
• Barbara Imperatori
• Paola Pizzingrilli
• Francesca Romana Puggelli
• Giuseppe Riva
• Simona Ruggi
• Roberta Sala
• Giuseppe Scaratti
• Daniela Villani

Events organized by the Research Unit

10 November 2017, Workshop "Creativity meets design thinking"

Relevant Publications of the Research Unit

2021

NEW! Research Topic sulla Creatività - Frontiers in Psychology

Salvi, C., Iannello, P., Cancer, A., McClay, M., Rago, S., Dunsmoor, J. E., & Antonietti, A. (2021). Going viral: How fear, socio-cognitive polarization and problem-solving influence fake news detection and proliferation during COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Communication 5, article 562588, 1-16 (doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2020.562588).

Antonietti, A., Colombo, B., Cancer, A., & Iannello, P. (2021). Metacognitive awareness across the creative process. In D. Moraitou & P. Metallidou (Eds.), Trends and prospects in metacognition research across the life span: A tribute to Anastasia Efklides (pp. 59-79). New York: Springer (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-51673-4_4).

2020

Chirico, A., & Gaggioli, A. (2020). The Effects of an Ecological Diversifying Experience on Creativity: An Experimental Study. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, N/A-N/A. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01396

Glăveanu, V.P., Ness, I.J., & de Saint Laurent, C. (Eds.). (2020). Creative Learning in Digital and Virtual Environments: Opportunities and Challenges of Technology-enabled Learning and Creativity (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003094630

Andrea Gaggioli, Elvis Mazzoni, Martina Benvenuti, Carlo Galimberti, Antonio Bova, Eleonora Brivio, Pietro Cipresso, Giuseppe Riva & Alice Chirico (2020) Networked Flow in Creative Collaboration: A Mixed Method Study, Creativity Research Journal, DOI: 10.1080/10400419.2020.1712160

Antonietti, A., Pizzingrilli, P., & Valenti, C. (Eds.) (2020). Enhancing creativity through story-telling. Innovative training programmes for school settings. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-63013-3).

Fusi, G., Ferrari, E., Zanetti, M., Crepaldi, M., Bersanini, C., Paladino, A., Colautti, L., Rozzini, L., Antonietti, A., & Rusconi, M. L. (2020). Divergent thinking abilities in Mild Cognitive Impairment: Loss or resource? The relationship with cognition, psychological factors and cognitive reserve. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, article 738, 1-8 (doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00738).

Iannello, P., Colombo, B., Germagnoli, S., & Antonietti, A. (2020). Enhancing intuition in problem solving through problem finding. In M. Sinclair (Ed.), Handbook of intuition as practice (pp. 255-269). Cheltenham, UK/Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishers.

Antonietti, A., Bonacina, S. Colombo, B., & Iannello, P. (2020). Identifying the creative act in advertising. A study on naïve people’s awareness of restructuring. Journal of Creative Behavior, 54, 535-554 (doi: 10.1002/jocb.389).

Antonietti, A., & Colombo, B. (2020). Creatività e genialità come aspetto della plusdotazione. Giornale Italiano di Psicologia, 47, 735-743. Rago, S., Andolfi, V. R., Antonietti, A., Iannoccari, G., Porcu, N., & Valenti, C. (2020). Potenziare la flessibilità cognitiva in età anziana: gli effetti di un training. Ricerche di Psicologia, 42, 691-712 (doi: 10.3280/RIP2020-002011).

2018

Andolfi, V. R., Di Nuzzo, C., & Antonietti, A. (2018) Opening the mind through the body: The effects of posture on creative processes [Thinking and Reasoning]

2017

Andolfi, V. R., Di Nuzzo, C., & Antonietti, A. (in press). Opening the mind through the body: The effects of posture on creative processes [Thinking and Reasoning]

Antonietti A. & Colombo B. (in press). Creativity in and through music. In E. Shiu (Ed.), Creativity research: An interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research handbook. New York: Routledge.

Antonietti, A., & Colombo, B. (in press). Creative cognition: How culture matters. In V. Glaveanu (Ed.), Handbook of creativity and culture. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan. Antonietti, A., & Colombo, B. (in press). Creativity in communication: How advertisements strike people. A critical discussion of the role of insightful ideas and background music. In E. Shiu (Ed.), Research handbook in innovation and creativity in management and marketing. Northampton, MA: Edward Edgar Publishers.

Antonietti, A., Bonacina, S. Colombo, B., & Iannello, P. (under revision). Identifying the creative act in advertising. A study on naïve people’s awareness of restructuring [Journal of Creative Behavior]

Chirico, A., Maccarinelli, I., Gaggioli, A. (submitted). Enhancing creativity through awe: an experimental study. Abstract submitted to the Empowering creativity in Education Conference (Utrecht).

Molteni, S., Motta, C., Mariani, M., Villa, L., Colombo, B., Pizzingrilli, P., Molteni, M., & Antonietti, A. (submitted). Being creative without knowing why: Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder implement well, but identify poorly the mental processes underlying creativity.

2016

Antonietti, A., & Valenti, C. (2016). Creatività ed alto potenziale. In E. Faleri, I. Morabito, M. Pedron, D. Polezzi & A. M. Re (Eds.), Interventi e strategie per l’alto potenziale cognitivo (pp. 35-38). Vicenza: Fondazione Centro Produttività Veneto.

Bissola, R., Imperatori, B., & Biffi, A. (2016). A rhizomatic learning process to create collective knowledge in entrepreneurship education: Open innovation and collaboration beyond boundaries. Management Learning, 1350507616672735

Cancer, A., Manzoli, S., & Antonietti, A. (2016). The alleged link between creativity and dyslexia: Identifying the specific process in which dyslexic students excel. Cogent Psychology, 3, article 1190309, 1-13 (doi: 10.1080/23311908.2016.1190309).

Gaggioli, A., Chirico, A., Mazzoni, E., Milani, L., & Riva, G. Networked Flow in musical bands (2016). Psychology of Music, 0(0), 0305735616665003. doi: doi:10.1177/0305735616665003

Gilli G., Ruggi S., Gatti M., Freeman N.H., How Children’s Mentalistic Theory Widens their Conception of Pictorial Possibilities (2016). Frontiers in Psychology, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00177

Manzoli, S., & Antonietti, A. (2016). Gli studenti con dislessia sono creativi? Uno studio nella scuola secondaria di primo grado. Psicologia Clinica dello Sviluppo, 20, 121-134.

Oldrati, V., Patricelli, J., Colombo, B., & Antonietti, A. (2016). Inhibition in insight problems is influenced by dorsalateral prefrontal cortex: A study on Cognitive Reflection Test and similar tasks through neurostimulation. Neuropsychologia.

2015

Colombo, B., Bartesaghi, N., Simonelli, L., & Antonietti, A. (2015). The combined effects of neurostimulation and priming on creative thinking: A preliminary tDCS study on dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9, article 403, 1-12 (doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00403).

Colombo, B., Laddaga, S., & Antonietti, A. (2015). Psychology and design. The influence of the environment’s representation over emotion and cognition. An ET study on Ikea design. Procedia Manufacturing, 3, 2259-2266 (doi: 10.1016/j.promfg.2015.07.370).

Di Dio, C., Ardizzi, M., Massaro, D., Di Cesare, G., Gilli, G., Marchetti, A., & Gallese, V. (2015). Human, nature, dynamism: the effects of content and movement perception on brain activations during the aesthetic judgment of representational paintings. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 9(79) DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00705/abstract

Gaggioli A., Mazzoni E., Milani L. & Riva G. (2015). The Creative Link: Investigating the Relationship Between Social Network Indices, Creative Performance and Flow in Blended Teams. Computers in Human Behaviors.

Pizzingrilli, P., Valenti, C., Cerioli, L., & Antonietti, A. (2015). Creative thinking skills from 6 to 17 years as assessed through the WCR test. Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, 191, 584-590.

Pizzingrilli, P., Valenti, C., Cerioli, L., & Antonietti, A. (2015). Sviluppare il pensiero flessibile. Percorsi interdisciplinari nella scuola primaria. Trento: Edizioni Centro Studi Erickson.

2014

Antonietti, A., & Colombo, B. (2014). Musical thinking as a kind of creative thinking (pp. 233-246). In E. Shiu (Ed.), Creativity research: An interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research handbook. New York: Routledge. RE

Antonietti, A., & Molteni, S. (Eds.) (2014). Educare al pensiero creativo: Modelli e strumenti per la scuola, la formazione e il lavoro. Trento: Edizioni Centro Studi Erickson.

Antonietti, A., Confalonieri, E., & Marchetti, A. (2014). Concluding remarks. In A. Antonietti, E. Confalonieri & A. Marchetti (Eds.), Reflective thinking in educational settings: A cultural framework (pp. 324-327). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Bissola, R., Imperatori, B., & Colonel, R. T. (2014). Enhancing the Creative Performance of New Product Teams: An Organizational Configurational Approach. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 31(2), 375-391

Biffi A., Bissola R., Imperatori B. (2014). Collaborare per la creatività. Università, aziende e open innovation. In: A Antonietti (a cura di), Educare alla creatività: modelli, metodi, strumenti e contesti. Collana Strumenti di psicologia dell'educazione e della formazione. Erickson Edizioni, Trento.

Cantoia M. (2014), Intelligenza e creatività, in A. Antonietti e S. Molteni (a cura di), Educare al pensiero creativo. Modelli, metodi, strumenti e contesti. Trento: Erickson.

Iannello, P., Colombo, B., & Antonietti, A. (2014). Non-invasive brain stimulation techniques in the study of intuition. In M. Sinclair (Ed.), Handbook of research methods on intuition (pp. 130-143). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishers. Antonietti, A. (2015). Creatività e cognizione. In R. De Beni e E. Borella, Psicologia dell’invecchiamento e della longevità (pp. 140-141). Bologna: Il Mulino.

Villani, D. & Dagnello S. (2014). L’assessment della creatività in ambito educativo: una panoramica degli strumenti e delle procedure. In (Antonietti e Molteni, a cura di) Educare alla creatività: modelli, metodi, strumenti e contesti. Edizioni Erickson, Trento.

2013

Antonietti A. & Colombo B. (2013). Three creative operations. In A-G Tan (Ed). Creativity, Talent and Excellence. New York: Springer

Antonietti A., Colombo B. & Memmert D. (Eds.) (2013). Psychology of creativity. Advances in theory, research and application. Happauge (NJ): Nova Science Publishers.

Antonietti, A., & Colombo, B. (2013). Three creative operations. In A.-G. Tan (Ed.), Creativity, talent development, and excellence (pp. 13-26). New York: Springer.

Antonietti, A., Colombo, B., & Memmert, D. (Eds.) (2013). Psychology of creativity. Advances in theory, research and application. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

Cantoia M., Pennati A., Lanzi L. (2013), Sviluppare la creatività: il videogame C.A.S.T.L.E. (pp. 202-203). In Boerchi D., Camisasca E., Caravita S., Castelli I., Ionio C., Massaro D., Milani L., Traficante D., Valle A., Valtolina G. G. (a cura di). Preatti del Congresso AIP - Sezione di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e dell'Educazione. Milano: Vita e Pensiero.

Colombo B. (2013). Storie per pensare. Volume 3 - Il pensiero creativo e strategico per adolescenti ed adulti. Trento: Erickson.

Colombo B., Grati L., Di Nuzzo C. & Antonietti A. (2013). The role of individual creativity levels in the cognitive and emotive evaluation of complex multimedia stimuli. A study on behavioral data and psycho-physiological indexes. In: A. Antonietti, B. Colombo & Memmert D. (Eds.) Psychology of Creativity. Advances in Theory, Research and Application. Happauge (NJ): Nova Science Publishers.

Colombo, B., Grati, L., Di Nuzzo, C., & Antonietti, A. (2013). The role of individual creativity levels in the cognitive and emotive evaluation of complex multimedia stimuli. A study on behavioural data and psycho-physiological indices. In A. Antonietti, B. Colombo & D. Memmert (Eds.), Psychology of creativity. Advances in theory, research and application (pp. 195-216). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

Gaggioli A., Riva G., Milani L. & Mazzoni E. (2013). Networked Flow: Towards an understanding of creative networks. New York: Springer.

2012

Gilli G., Gatti M., Savazzi F., Ruggi S. Psicologia e arte: alcune prospettive teoriche e formative (2012).  In Farneti A., Riccioni I (a cura di), Arte, psiche e società, Carocci, Roma, 140-156.

Gilli G., Rozzi F., Smart Museum (2012). Psicologia della Fruizione Artistica, Franco Angeli, Milano.

Savazzi F., Massaro D., Gilli G., Marchetti A., La fruizione di opere d’arte visiva: influenza dei processi bottom-up e top-dpwn sull’esperienza estetica (2012).  In Farneti A., Riccioni I. (a cura di), Arte, psiche e società, Carocci, Roma, 120-139.

Massaro D., Savazzi F., Di Dio F., Freedberg D., Gallese V., Gilli G., Marchetti A., “When Art Moves the Eyes: A Behavioral and Eye-Tracking Study” (2012). PLoS ONE, vol. 7, No. 5, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037285.

2011

Antonietti A. & Colombo B. (2011). Mental imagery as a strategy to enhance creativity in children. Imagination, Cognition and Personality, 31 (1-2), 63-77.

Antonietti A., Colombo B. & Pizzingrilli P. (2011). Introduction to the special Issue on Creativity (edited by Antonietti, Colombo & Pizzingrilli). The Open Education Journal, 4, 34-35.

Antonietti A., Colombo B. & Pizzingrilli P. (2011). The WCR model of creativity. From concept to zpplication. The Open Education Journal, 4, 80-89.

Antonietti A., Giorgetti M. & Pizzingrilli P. (2011). Io penso creativo. Valutare e potenziare gli aspetti creativi del pensiero. Firenze: Giunti Scuola.

Antonietti A., Giorgetti M. & Pizzingrilli P. (2011). Sviluppare il pensiero creativo a scuola. Psicologia e Scuola.

Bissola R. & Imperatori B. (2011). Organizing individual and collective creativity. Flying in the face of creativity clichés: some empirical evidences. Creativity and Innovation Management, 20 (2), 77-89.

Colombo B. (2011). Storie per pensare. Volume 2 - Il pensiero creativo e strategico per i bambini della Scuola Primaria. Erickson, Trento.

Colombo B., Pizzingrilli P. & Antonietti A. (2011). La creatività musicale dal punto di vista di studenti e genitori. Psicologia Dell'educazione, 5(3), 323-338.

Ruggi S., Colombo L., Gilli G., Metafora iconica e creatività: due modalità di pensiero congiunte (2011). Psicologia dell'Educazione, 359-376.

Scaratti G. & Cortini M. (2011). Creativity at work and weblogs: opportunities and obstacles. Information Technology and Innovation Trends in Organizations, 8, 443-450

Valenti C, Colombo B. & Pizzingrilli P., (2011) Conoscere e usare la creatività. Milano: ISU.

2010

Bissola R. & Imperatori B. (2010). Organizzare la creatività nella Project Based Enterprise: agire a più livelli. In Project Based Enterprise, Milano: Egea.

2009

Antonietti A. Giorgetti M. & Pizzingrilli P. (2009). Creatività: come promuoverla a scuola? Psicologia e Scuola.

Bissola R. & Imperatori B. (2009). Organizing collective creativity. From people to groups: a multilevel analysis. In Di Gurado M.C., Pinna R. & Zaru D. (Eds.), Per lo sviluppo, la competitività e l'innovazione del sistema economico. Milano: Franco Angeli.

Imperatori B. & Bissola R. (2009). Generation Y and Team Creativity: The Strategic Role of e-HRM Architecture. In T. Bondarouk & H. Ruel (Eds.) Human Resource Information Systems. Milano: INSTICC Press.

Imperatori B. & Bissola R. (2009). ICT, Creativity and Innovation: How to Design Effective Project Teams. Collana AIS-Sprouts.

2008

Colombo B. & Colombo A. (2008). Beliefs about creativity. In Antonietti A. & Iannello P. (Eds.), Representing the mind. A Collection of Instruments to Assess Naive Psychological Conceptions. Polimetrica, Monza,

2007

Giampietro M. & Cavallera G., (2007). Morning and evening types and creative thinking. Personality and Individual Differences, 42, 453-463.

2003

Puggelli, F.R. (2003). Gioco e creatività nel bambino in Quadrio A. e Puggelli, F.R. (Eds.) La creatività, dote individuale o prodotto sociale. Milano: ISU.

Puggelli, F.R. (2003). La creatività nel linguaggio pubblicitario, in Quadrio A. e Puggelli, F.R. (Eds.) La creatività, dote individuale o prodotto sociale. Milano: ISU.

Contatti

Prof. Andrea Gaggioli
andrea.gaggioli@unicatt.it

Telefono: 02-7234-2960