Psychology, Developmental

People with expertise in this area
Research interests

Chiara Barachetti: Research Scholarship Holders
Manuela Lavelli: Research Assistants

Marinella Majorano: Associate Professor
Daniela Raccanello: Associate Professor

Research interests
Topic	People	Description
Language acquisition and development	Chiara Barachetti Manuela Lavelli Marinella Majorano	The research investigates the interaction between individual and contextual factors -particularly linguistic input and support provided by parents and teachers- in child language acquisition and development in typical, atypical (DLD, CIs) and at-risk (low-income, immigrant) populations.
Infant research	Manuela Lavelli	The research investigates the first processes of infant mental development by focusing on the dynamic of mother(father)-infant communication in the very first months of life. The analysis is aimed mainly to shed light on factors underlying individual differences in developmental trajectories. Cross-cultural studies and studies with at-risk populations (very preterm infants) are included.
Methods to study change processes	Manuela Lavelli	Specific research methods (referred to as microgenetic designs) that use multiple case study and combination of quantitative and qualitative analyses to allow the researcher to closely observe processes of change, instead of products, in individual and relational development.
Psychology of traumatic events	Daniela Raccanello	Memory and representation of traumatic events in adults and children. Interventions on emotional prevention referred to traumatic events.