Publications

Gilhooly, K. J., Ball, L. J., Macchi, L. (2018). Creativity and Insight Problem Solving. London: Routledge. 

Macchi, L., Bagassi, M., and Viale, R. (2016). Cognitive Unconscious and Human Rationality. Cambridge: The Mit Press.

Viale, R. (2018). Oltre il Nudge. Libertà di scelta, benessere e felicità. Bologna: Il Mulino. 

Viale, R. (2021). Nudging. Cambridge: The Mit Press.

Viale, R. (2021). Routledge Handbook on Bounded Rationality. London: Routledge. 

Viale, R. & Macchi L. (2021). Analisi Comportamentale delle Politiche Pubbliche. Bologna: Il Mulino.

Viale, R., Mousavi, S., Alemanni B. & U. Filotto (2021). Financial Education and Risk Literacy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Viale, R., Mousavi, S., Alemanni, B., & Filotto, U. (2018). The Behavioural Finance Revolution. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar.

Bagassi, M., & Macchi, L. (2016). The Fundamental Interpretative Function and the Emergence of Unconscious Analytic Thought. In L. Macchi, M. Bagassi, & R. Viale (Eds), Cognitive Unconscious and Human Rationality (pp. 43-76). MIT Press: Cambridge.

Caravona, L., & Cucchiarini, V. (2021). Inclusione e assistenza sociale. In R. Viale and L. Macchi (Eds.), Analisi Comportamentale delle Politiche Pubbliche, Nudge e interventi basati sulle scienze cognitive (pp.93-104). Bologna: Il Mulino.

Cucchiarini, V., & Caravona, L. (2021). Strategie comportamentali per promuovere la donazione. In R. Viale and L. Macchi (Eds.), Analisi Comportamentale delle Politiche Pubbliche, Nudge e interventi basati sulle scienze cognitive (pp.79-92). Bologna: Il Mulino.

Gallese, V., Mastrogiorgio, A., Petracca, E., & Viale, R. (2021). Embodied Bounded Rationality. In R. Viale (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Bounded Rationality (pp. 377-390). London: Routledge. 

Macchi, L. (2021). La comunicazione pubblica. In R. Viale, & L. Macchi (Eds.), Analisi Comportamentale delle Politiche Pubbliche. Bologna: Il Mulino. 

Macchi, L. (2022). Il problem-solving. In A. Gangemi, A. Antonietti & R. A. Fabio (Eds.), Manuale di psicologia del pensiero, cap. VI. Bologna: Il Mulino.

Macchi, L. & Bagassi, M. (2018). When analytic thought is challenged by a misunderstanding. In K. J., Gilhooly, L. J., Ball, & L. Macchi (Eds.), Creativity and Insight Problem Solving. London: Routledge.

Macchi, L., & Bagassi, M. (2021). Bounded rationality and problem solving. The interpretative function of thought. In R. Viale (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Bounded Rationality (pp. 131-154). London: Routledge. 

Macchi, L., Caravona, L., Aimo, N., Cucchiarini, V. (2022). Probabilistic Thinking. In V. P. Glăveanu (Ed.), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Possible. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98390-5_208-1.

Macchi, L., Cucchiarini, V., Caravona, L., & Bagassi, M. (2019). Insight Problem Solving and Unconscious Analytic Thought. New Lines of Research. In A. Nepomuceno, L. Magnani, F. Salguero-Lamillar, C. Barés-Gómez, M. Fontaine (Eds.), Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology. (pp. 120-137). Springer, Cham, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32722-4_8. 

Viale, R. (2016). Brain based bounded creativity. In L. Macchi, M. Bagassi and R. Viale (Eds.), Cognitive Unconscious and Human Rationality. Cambridge: The Mit Press.

Viale, R. (2017). Corpo e Razionalità. In A. Coricelli, & D. Martelli (Eds.), Neurofinanza. Le basi neuronali delle scelte finanziarie. Milano: Egea. 

Viale, R. (2018). Behavioral Insights, Nudging e Politiche Pubbliche Europee. In Europa: un utopia in costruzione. Roma: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana. 

Viale, R. (2018). Understanding financial behaviour for policy making: an introduction. In R. Viale, S. Mousavi, B. Alemanni, & U. Filotto (Eds.), The Behavioural Finance Revolution (pp. 2-19). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Viale, R. (2021). Cos’è l’analisi comportamentale delle politiche pubbliche?. In R. Viale e L. Macchi (Eds.), Analisi Comportamentale delle Politiche Pubbliche. Bologna: Il Mulino.

Viale, R. (2021). Nudging gli Spiriti Animali per l’innovazione e lo sviluppo. In R. Viale e L. Macchi (Eds.), Analisi Comportamentale delle Politiche Pubbliche. Bologna: Il Mulino.

Viale, R. (2021). Psychopathological irrationality and bounded rationality: Why is autism economically rational?. In R. Viale (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Bounded Rationality. London: Routledge.

Viale, R. (2021). Why Bounded Rationality?. In R. Viale (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Bounded Rationality. London: Routledge. 

Bagassi, M., Salerni, N., Castoldi, V., Sala, V., Caravona, L., Poli, F., & Macchi, L. (2020). Improving children's logical and mathematical performances via a pragmatic approach, Frontiers in Psychology. Research Topic on Psychology and Mathematics Education, https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2020.00054

Barjaková, M., Garnero, A., d'Hombres, B. (2023). Risk factors for loneliness: A literature review. Social Science & Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116163

Barjaková, M., Lunn, P. D. (2022). Behavioural science and the COVID-19 pandemic: How understanding human behaviour helps policy-makers in times of crisis. Sistemi Intelligenti. https://www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.1422/105042 

Boggio, P. S., Nezlek, J. B., Alfano, M., Azevedo, F., Capraro, V., Cichocka, A., Parnamets, P., Rego, G. G., Sampaio, W. W., Sjastad, H., Van Bavel, J. J. (forthcoming). A time for moral actions: Moral identity, morality-as-cooperation, and moral circles predict support of collective action to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in an international sample. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations.

Capraro, V. (forthcoming). How to promote cooperation for the well-being of individuals and societies. Proceedings of the 12th Congress of the Italian Ergonomics Society. 

Capraro, V., & Celadin, T. (2022). “I think this news is accurate”: Endorsing accuracy decreases the sharing of fake news and increases the sharing of real news. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 01461672221117691.

Capraro, V., Halpern, J.Y., & Perc, M. (forthcoming). From outcome-based to language-based preferences. Journal of Economic Literature.

Capraro, V., Vanzo, A., & Cabrales, A. (2022). Playing with words: Do people exploit loaded language to affect others’ decisions for their own benefit? Judgment and Decision Making, 17, 50-69, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2106.03553

Caravona, L., & Macchi, L. (2022). Different incubation tasks in insight problem solving: Evidence for Unconscious Analytic Thought. Thinking & Reasoning, 1-35, https://doi.org/10.1080/13546783.2022.2096694

Celadin, T., Capraro, V., Pennycook, G., & Rand, D. G. (forthcoming). Displaying News Source Trustworthiness Ratings Reduces Sharing  Intentions for False News Posts. Journal of Online Trust and Safety.

Cucchiarini, V., Caravona, L., Macchi, L., Perlino, F., & Viale, R. (2021). Behavioral Changes after the COVID-19 Lockdown in Italy. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.617315

Julienne, H., Lavin, C., Belton, C. A., Barjaková, M., Timmons, S., & Lunn, P. D. (2022). Behavioral pre-testing of COVID Tracker, Ireland’s contact-tracing app. Journal of Behavioral Public Administration, https://doi.org/10.30636/jbpa.51.291 

Lim, I.S., & Capraro, V., (2022). A synergy of institutional incentives and networked structures in evolutionary game dynamics of multi-agent systems. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and, Systems II: Express Briefs, 69, 2777-2781, https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSII.2021.3133711

Macchi, L. (2020). Words, numbers, warnings, tips, but still low risk perception. Mind & Society, 20, 123–127,  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11299-020-00255-z

Macchi, L., & Bagassi, M. (2018). A new test for Rationality: Contributions and Outstanding Issues. American Journal of Psychology, 237-240, https://doi.org/10.5406/amerjpsyc.131.2.0237 

Macchi, L., & Bagassi, M. (2019). The Argumentative and the Interpretative functions of thought: Two adaptive characteristics of the human cognitive system. Revista Teorema, 38(1), 87-96, https://www.jstor.org/stable/26746235

Macchi, L., & Bagassi, M. (2020). Creative problem solving as overcoming a misunderstanding. Frontiers in Psychology. Research Topic on Psychology and Mathematics Education,  https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2020.538202

Macchi, L., Caravona, L., Poli, F., Bagassi, M., & Franchella, M., (2020). Speak your mind and I will make it right: the case of “selection task". Journal of Cognitive Psychology,  32(1), 93-107, https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2019.1707207

Macchi, L., & Cucchiarini, V. (2020). Nudge e comunicazione nelle politiche pubbliche. Giornale Italiano di Psicologia, 2, 461-467, https://www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.1421/97873

Macchi, L., Cucchiarini, V., & Bagassi, M. (2017). L'influenza dei processi comunicativi nella percezione del rischio e nella presa di decisione. Sistemi Intelligenti, 29, p. 271-294, https://www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.1422/87755

Macchi, L., Poli, F., Caravona, L., Vezzoli, M., Franchella, M., & Bagassi, M. (2019). How to get rid of the belief bias: Boosting analytical thinking via pragmatics. Europe’s Journal of Psychology, 15(3), 595-613, https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v15i3.1794

Macchi, L., & Zulato, E. (2021). Numbers do not add up! The pragmatic approach to the framing of medical treatments. Judgment & Decision Making, 16(3), https://sjdm.org/journal/20/200728c/jdm200728c.pdf

Pavlovic, T., ..., Capraro, V., ..., Van Bavel, J.J. (2022). Predicting attitudinal and behavioral responses to COVID-19 pandemic using machine learning. PNAS Nexus, https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac093 

Pizziol, V., Demaj, X., Di Paolo, R., & Capraro, V. (2023). Political ideology and generosity around the globe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(15), https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2219676120

Robertson, D. A., Mohr, K. S., Barjaková, M., Lunn, P. D. (2022). Experimental pre-tests of public health communications on the COVID-19 vaccine: A null finding for medical endorsement, risk and altruism. Vaccine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.05.029

Timmons, S., Belton, C. A., Robertson, D. A., Barjaková, M., Lavin, C., Julienne, H., Lunn, P. D. (2022). Is it riskier to meet 100 people outdoors or 4 people indoors? Comparing public and expert perceptions of COVID-19 risk. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. https://doi.org/10.1037/xap0000399

Van Bavel, J.J., Cichocka, A., Capraro, V., et al. (2022). National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic. Nature Communication, 13, 517, 1-14,  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27668-9

Viale, R. (2016). Razionalità limitata e forme di paternalismo libertario. Sistemi intelligenti, 28(1),181-194, https://www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.1422/83843 

Viale, R. (2017). Decision making and uncertainty [La decisione nel regno dell'incertezza]. Sistemi Intelligenti, 29(2), 233-248.

Viale, R. (2017). How To Decide in the Large World of Finance: The Bounded Rational Adaptive Nudges. Challenges in ensuring financial competencies, 84, 99-109.

Viale, R. (2018). The normative and descriptive weaknesses of behavioral economics-informed nudge: depowered paternalism and unjustified libertarianism. Mind & Society, 17(1-2), 53-69, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11299-019-00207-2 

Viale, R. (2019). "Embodied" bounded rationality at the base of the social and economic brain [La razionalità limitata "embodied" alla base del cervello sociale ed economico]. Sistemi Intelligenti, 31(1), 193-203. 

Viale, R. (2019). Architecture of the mind and libertarian paternalism: is the reversibility of system 1 nudges likely to happen?. Mind & Society, 18(2), 143-166, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11299-019-00218-z

Viale, R. (2020). The epistemic uncertainty of COVID-19: failures and successes of heuristics in clinical decision-making. Mind & Society, 20(1), https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11299-020-00262-0

Viale, R., Cucchiarini, V., Caravona, L., Perlino, F. & Macchi, L. (forthcoming). Institutional Discounting Effect in Nudging Blood Donation.

Barjaková, M., Garnero, A. (2022). Risk factors for loneliness. European Commission, JRC127481, https://doi.org/10.2760/617733