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The overall assumption of my research activity is that cognition is goal-directed, resource-bounded, and adaptively shaped. From this unifying perspective, I focus my research mainly on two areas of interest: decision-making for action (in particular, temporal preferences, long-term goals and risky choices) and belief dynamics, both individual (belief revision and critical thinking) and social (argumentation).

My work is interdisciplinary, combining theoretical analysis, conceptual modelling, behavioral experiments, and field observations. Although my main background is in psychology, I collaborate regularly with primatologists, economists, philosophers, computer scientists and educators to foster our shared research interests.

I am the current President of the Italian Association of Cognitive Sciences (AISC, 2017-2019) and the Chair of the Steering Committe of the European Conference on Argumentation (ECA, 2013-2021). Since 2012, I am Editor-in-Chief of Topoi: An International Review of Philosophy (Springer), and Director of Sistemi Intelligenti (Il Mulino), the leading Italian journal in cognitive science and Artificial Intelligence. I am also in the Editorial Board of the journal Argument & Computation (Taylor & Francis) and of the book series Studies in Logic and Argumentation (College Publications), and I am a member of the Workgroup on Psychology of the publishing house Il Mulino.

Tags:

impulsivity

intertemporal choice

self-control

temporal preferences

time discounting

willpower

Publications

Articolo

2020

Contextual factors modulate risk preferences in adult humans

De Petrillo, Francesca, Paoletti, Melania, Bellagamba, Francesca, Manzi, Giorgio, Paglieri, Fabio, Addessi, Elsa

Source: Behavioural processes (Print) 176 (2020). doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2020.104137, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:De Petrillo, Francesca; Paoletti, Melania; Bellagamba, Francesca; Manzi, Giorgio; Paglieri, Fabio; Addessi, Elsa/titolo:Contextual factors modulate risk preferences in adult humans/doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2020.104137/rivista:Behavi

2019

Civility and trust in social media

Antoci A., Bonelli L., Paglieri F., Reggiani T., Sabatini F.

Source: Journal of economic behavior & organization 160 (2019): 83–99. doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2019.02.026, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Antoci A.; Bonelli L.; Paglieri F.; Reggiani T.; Sabatini F./titolo:Civility and trust in social media/doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2019.02.026/rivista:Journal of economic behavior & organization/anno:2019/pagina_da:83/pagina_a:99/interva

Decoy effects in intertemporal and probabilistic choices the role of time pressure, immediacy, and certainty

Marini M., Paglieri F.

Source: Behavioural processes (Print) 162 (2019): 130–141. doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2019.03.002, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Marini M.; Paglieri F./titolo:Decoy effects in intertemporal and probabilistic choices the role of time pressure, immediacy, and certainty/doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2019.03.002/rivista:Behavioural processes (Print)/anno:2019/pagina_d

Mental time travel in mild cognitive impairment

Coelho S., Guerreiro M., Chester C., Silva D., Maroco J., Paglieri F., de Mendonca A.

Source: Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section A, Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology 41 (2019): 845–855. doi:10.1080/13803395.2019.1632269, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Coelho S.; Guerreiro M.; Chester C.; Silva D.; Maroco J.; Paglieri F.; de Mendonca A./titolo:Mental time travel in mild cognitive impairment/doi:10.1080/13803395.2019.1632269/rivista:Neuropsychology, development, and cognition.

Trust your peers! How trust among citizens can foster collective risk prevention

Felletti S., Paglieri F.

Source: International journal of disaster risk reduction 36 (2019): 1–8. doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2019.101082, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Felletti S.; Paglieri F./titolo:Trust your peers! How trust among citizens can foster collective risk prevention/doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2019.101082/rivista:International journal of disaster risk reduction/anno:2019/pagina_da:1/pagi

2018

Social modulation of risky decision-making in rats (Rattus norvegicus) and tufted capuchin monkeys (Sapajus spp.)

Zoratto F., Oddi G., Gori E., Micucci A., De Petrillo F., Paglieri F., Adriani W., Laviola G., Addessi E.

Source: Behavioural brain research 347 (2018): 37–48. doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2018.02.033, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Zoratto F.; Oddi G.; Gori E.; Micucci A.; De Petrillo F.; Paglieri F.; Adriani W.; Laviola G.; Addessi E./titolo:Social modulation of risky decision-making in rats (Rattus norvegicus) and tufted capuchin monkeys (Sapajus spp.)/d

2017

A Plea for Ecological Argument Technologies

Paglieri, Fabio

Source: Philosophy & technology (Print) 30 (2017): 209–238. doi:10.1007/s13347-016-0222-6, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Paglieri, Fabio/titolo:A Plea for Ecological Argument Technologies/doi:10.1007/s13347-016-0222-6/rivista:Philosophy & technology (Print)/anno:2017/pagina_da:209/pagina_a:238/intervallo_pagine:209–238/volume:30

Delay discounting in mild cognitive impairment

Coelho, Sara, Guerreiro, Manuela, Chester, Catarina, Silva, Dina, Maroco, João, Paglieri, Fabio, de Mendonça, Alexandre

Source: Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section A, Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology 39 (2017): 336–346. doi:10.1080/13803395.2016.1226269, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Coelho, Sara; Guerreiro, Manuela; Chester, Catarina; Silva, Dina; Silva, Dina; Maroco, João; Paglieri, Fabio; de Mendonça, Alexandre/titolo:Delay discounting in mild cognitive impairment/doi:10.1080/13803395.2016.1226269/rivista

Empedocle, i Ciclopi e gli elefanti: riflessioni su una fake news ante litteram

Paglieri F.

Source: Sistemi intelligenti (Testo stamp.) 29 (2017): 655–680. doi:10.1422/88514, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Paglieri F./titolo:Empedocle, i Ciclopi e gli elefanti: riflessioni su una fake news ante litteram/doi:10.1422/88514/rivista:Sistemi intelligenti (Testo stamp.)/anno:2017/pagina_da:655/pagina_a:680/intervallo_pagine:655–680/volu

Fiducia e Rischi Naturali: Inquadramento Teorico e Studi Sperimentali

Silvia Felletti, Laura Bonelli, Alessandro Sapienza, Rino Falcone, Fabio Paglieri

Source: Sistemi intelligenti (Testo stamp.) 29 (2017): 313–350., info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Silvia Felletti, Laura Bonelli, Alessandro Sapienza, Rino Falcone, Fabio Paglieri/titolo:Fiducia e Rischi Naturali: Inquadramento Teorico e Studi Sperimentali/doi:/rivista:Sistemi intelligenti (Testo stamp.)/anno:2017/pagina_da:

Natural-Born Arguers: Teaching How to Make the Best of Our Reasoning Abilities

Mercier, Hugo, Boudry, Maarten, Paglieri, Fabio, Trouche, Emmanuel

Source: Educational psychologist 52 (2017): 1–16. doi:10.1080/00461520.2016.1207537, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Mercier, Hugo; Boudry, Maarten; Paglieri, Fabio; Trouche, Emmanuel/titolo:Natural-Born Arguers: Teaching How to Make the Best of Our Reasoning Abilities/doi:10.1080/00461520.2016.1207537/rivista:Educational psychologist/anno:201

Contributo in volume

2019

Executive function

Pecora, G., Zoratto, F., Paoletti, M., Bellagamba, Paglieri, Addessi, E.

Source: edited by J. Vonk, T.K. Shackelford. Berlin: Springer International Publishing AG, 2019, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Pecora, G., Zoratto, F., Paoletti, M., Bellagamba, F., Paglieri, F., & Addessi, E./titolo:Executive function/titolo_volume:/curatori_volume:J. Vonk, T.K. Shackelford/editore: /anno:2019

The scaremongering fallacy of fallacy theory: how to improve reasoning without fear of error

Paglieri F.

Source: Natural Arguments: A Tribute to John Woods, edited by Gabbay D., Magnani L., Park W., Pietarinen A. V., pp. 79–101. London: College Publications Ltd, 2019, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Paglieri F./titolo:The scaremongering fallacy of fallacy theory: how to improve reasoning without fear of error/titolo_volume:Natural Arguments: A Tribute to John Woods/curatori_volume:Gabbay D., Magnani L., Park W., Pietarinen

Libro o curatela

2017

Argument technologies: Theory, analysis and applications

Bex F., Grasso F., Green N., Paglieri F., Reed C.

Source: London: College Publications Ltd, 2017, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Bex F., Grasso F., Green N., Paglieri F., Reed C./titolo:Argument technologies: Theory, analysis and applications/editore: /anno:2017

Online arguments: theoretical and technological perspectives

Paglieri F., Reed C.

Source: Berlin: Springer, 2017, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Paglieri F., Reed C./titolo:Online arguments: theoretical and technological perspectives/editore: /anno:2017

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Research

I work mostly, albeit not exclusively, on the following topics:

intertemporal choice, temporal preferences, time discounting, self-control, willpower, impulsivity: here I do both experimental work, on humans (adults and children) and non-human primates (mostly capuchin monkeys), and theoretical work, mostly at the interface between philosophy, psychology and economics
argumentation theory, with an emphasis on resource-bounded rationality (e.g. the role of parsimony in enthymeme interpretation), decision-making (e.g. looking at arguments as sequences of decisions), and the integration with other socio-cognitive phenomena (e.g. belief change and trust dynamics): here I combine philosophical analysis with experiments and computational models
goal-oriented behavior, goal processing, intentional action, motivational influences on reasoning: here my contribution is mostly theoretical, occasionally with formal or computational models attached to it

All these topics are pursued in close collaboration with several colleagues, starting with GOAL members, but including also others, such as Elsa Addessi (intertemporal choice in humans and other animals), Mike Beran, Ted Evans, Jeff Stevens (temporal preferences in non-human animals), Anna Borghi, Claudia Scorolli, Bernhard Hommel, Lorenza Colzato (cultural effects on temporal preferences), Francesco Mancini (impulsivity and psychopathology), Francesca Bellagamba (intertemporal choice in children), John Woods (resource-boundedness and enthymeme interpretation), Dale Hample (decision-making in argumentation), Ioana Cionea (cultural differences in argumentative strategies), Serena Villata, Celia Da Costa Pereira and Andrea Tettamanzi (trust dynamics and argumentation).

Finally, recently I had a brief but intense and high-profile experience in scientific journalism, when in 2010 I acted as a postdoc journal keeper for Nature. Details on my entries can be found here.

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