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Psicologia dello sviluppo cognitivo, del linguaggio e degli apprendimenti scolastici.

Studio comparativo fra sviluppo tipico e atipico.

Neuropsicologia dello sviluppo.

Disturbi Specifici di Apprendimento e altre traiettorie di neurosviluppo atipico.

Valutazione e intervento sulle funzioni cognitive di base, attenzione e Funzioni Esecutive in età pre-scolare e scolare.

Game-based intervention, teleriabilitazione e televalutazione dei processi cognitivi di base e degli apprendimenti scolastici.

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CHIARA PECINI Date of birth: 07.05.1972

Current position

- 2018-present. Associate Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Department of Education, Languages, Interculture, Humanities and Psychology (FORLILPSI) - University of Florence. 

- Delegate for the School of Psychology on Disabilities and Specific Learning Disorders

- National Scientific Qualification for Professor of I fascia M-Psi-04 (05.03.2021 - 05.032030) 

Previous positions 

- 2007-2018. Full-time Psychologist - IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris-Department of Developmental Neuroscience-University of Pisa 

- 1997-2007. Research associate in Developmental Neuropsychology - IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation-Department of Developmental Neuroscience-University of Pisa. 

Teaching experience 

- 2019-present. Psychology of Disability and Rehabilitation (Master's Degree in Education / Master's Degree in Adult Education, Continuing Education - University of Florence)

- 2020-present. Developmental Disability Psychology (Bachelor's Degree in Psychology-University of Florence) 

- 2020-present. Atypical Developmental Indices (Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology -University of Florence) 

- 2016-present. External teaching assignments in Master's courses in the field of developmental neuropsychology at the Universities of Pavia, Chieti, Naples, Milan-Cattolica, Modena-Reggio Emilia

- 2000-2018. Lecturer at the Universities of Padua, Bologna, Pisa, and Florence at three-year and master's degrees in Psychometry, Psychology of Handicap and Rehabilitation, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Developmental Neuropsychology and Functional Recovery, Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, Psychological Assessment. 

Research activities

Expert in developmental neuropsychology: comparative approach between typical and atypical development; neurofunctional correlates and cognitive bases of language, learning and cognitive functioning in children with specific learning disorders, cerebral palsy and neuromuscular disorders; telerehabilitation procedures and educational robotics for cognitive empowerment in children with special educational needs. Collaboration with various researchers and clinical research units of national and international institutes. Member of the scientific board of the online platform Ridinet, scientific supervisor of apps for tele-rehabilitation and co-author of studies on the use of new technologies for the empowerment of cognitive processes in children with typical and atypical development. 

PhD Tutor

- Alessia Martucci (2022-present). PNRR project Tuscan Helth Ecosystem- Spoke 3- Subproject 5 Tele-health devices for treatment and assessment of cognitive functioning in subjects with neurodevelopmental disorders or special educational needs.

- Costanza Ruffini (2020-present). Tele-assessment and intervention project on executive functions in typical and atypical development. 

- (co-author) Maria Chiara Di Lieto (2012-2015; thesis: Neuropsychological profiles of children with neurodevelopmental disorders: new clinical and instrumental approaches to natural history and cerebral reorganisation in cerebral palsy).

Research support and scientific projects

1.January 2023- present Empowering schools in self-regula<on of Media and Informa<on Literacy

processes PI: Chris<an Tarchi UNIFI , Chiara Pecini Leader for Il Mondo degli Elli - Dura<on: 18

months (Calouste Gulbenkian Funda<on GOOGLE- European University Ins<tute)

2. December 2022- present Addressing Special Learning Needs through game-based toolkits and

tele-rehabilita<on methods. Dura<on: 12 months. (University Incen<ves for Research - Erasmus

+KA220 Project)

3.October 2022-present - Spoke 3 ProjectTHE - Tuscany Health Ecosystem. Ecosystem of innova<on

on life sciences and technologies in Tuscany - Sub-project 5 Tele-health devices for treatment and

assessment of cogni<ve func<oning in subjects with neurodevelopmental disorders or special

educa<onal needs. PI of the sub-project: Chiara Pecini. Dura<on: 01.10.2022 - 36 months (PNRR

funds)

4. 2021-present. Scien<fic project manager - Cogni<ve challenges of online vs in person learning in

EUniwell students: effects on a^en<on and short term memory reten<on- PI: Dr. Costanza Ruffini,

PhD student in Developmental Psychology- FORLILPSI- UniFI.

5. 2021-2023. Scien<fic Responsible of the Research Unit of the University of Florence in

PRO.TE.NE.U.CO (call COVID-19 TOSCANA) Inves<ga<on on tele-rehabilita<on protocols in children

with neurodevelopmental disorders (PI: Dr. Luccherino, ASL Toscana Sud-Est)

6. 2021. Scien<fic Responsible for the RiDi Project - Reducing Distances. A ba^ery of tests for the

tele-assessment of cogni<ve control processes at school age. Call for proposals Firs-2020 -

Partners: University of Genoa (Prof. Viterbori), University Milano Bicocca (Prof. Marzocchi)

7. 2020-present. Scien<fic Director, for the FORLILPSI-University of Florence Dept., of the Scu-Ter

Consor<um (Scuola Territorio Societ. Coopera<va Sociale) for research projects on school inclusion

of children with special needs.

8. 2019-present. Member of the Laboratory of Educa<onal Psychology of the Dept. FORLILPSIUniversity

of Florence.

9. 2019-present. External consultant of the Laboratory of Neuropsychology and Psycholinguis<cs-

IRRCS Stella Maris Founda<on.

10. 2020-2021. Member of the working group of the European University of Wellbeing - EUniWell

(www.euniwell.eu).

11. 2016-2018 Principal Inves<gator of the RC -2016-2018 research funded by the Na<onal Health

Department at the IRRCS Stella Maris Founda<on: Rehabilita<on of Func<onal Func<ons in

Neurodevelopmental Disorders: a trans-nosographic study.

12. 2016-2018 In-house consultant for the "e-Rob Call 4 IDEAS e-Rob: eLearning for the Educa<onal

Robo<cs". FTI Telecom Italia Founda<on. Principal Inves<gator: Prof. Cioni Giovanni-IRRCS

Fondazione Stella Maris.

13. 2013-2015 Co-Principal Inves<gator of the RC2013-2015 research funded by the Na<onal

Health Department at the Stella Maris Founda<on-IRRCS: Learning Out of the Lab: Home-based

cogni<ve rehabilita<on.

14. 2014-2016 External Consultant for research Tender Tuscany Region: Early iden<fica<on of

children with language and communica<on disorders at risk of developing language learning

difficul<es.

15. 1996-2006 External consultant for research on the neuropsychological and neurofunc<onal

profile of various developmental disabili<es, funded by the Na<onal Health Department at the

Stella Maris IRRCS Founda<on: RC 2/96; RC 3/97; RC 3/98; RC 3/99; RC3 / 00; RC3 / 01; RF5 / 00; RC

Collaborations with Scientific Journals

- 2016-present. Reviewer for Psychology Research (Springer Ed.); Frontiers in Psychology; BMC Pediatrics (Springer Ed.); PLOSE-ONE; Journal of Cognitive Enhancement. 

- 2016-present. Reviewer for DIS. Dyslexia, Discalculia and Attention Disorders (Ed. Erickson); Clinical Developmental Psychology (Ed. Il Mulino) - 2020-present. Member of the Scientific Committee of DIS. Dyslexia, Discalculia and Attention Disorders (Ed. Erickson) 

- 2020-2021. Guest Editor of the special issue of the journal Children. "Increasing Knowledge on Learning and Behavioral Difficulties in Children" (SSN 2227-9067; IF: 2.078). 

- 2021-2022. Guest Editor of the special issue of the journal Children's "Children's Emotion and Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic"(ISSN 2227-9067)

 - 2023-present. Guest Editor of the special issue of the journal Children " Children with Reading Difficulties: How to Intervene and Treat?" ISSN 2227-9067

Achievements in technology transfer and new services 

- 2023-present. Co-author of the Tele-FE battery for the multiaxial teleassessment of Executive Functions in Developmental Age (Ed. Anastasis, Hogrefe)

- 2021-present. Member of the GRIFE Group. Executive Functions Research Group.

- 2020-present. Member of the consortium COMPRENDO (COM ponents of Technology for Inclusion and Education) for the development of a video game for the enhancement of Executive Functions. 

- 2018-present. Scientific supervisor of the APP. "MemoRAN" (Ridinet Platform - Coop. Anastasis) for the Tele-rehabilitation of Executive Functions.  - 2016-present. Scientific supervisor of the APP. "RuntheRAN" (Ridinet Platform - Coop. Anastasis) for the Tele-rehabilitation of Visual-Verbal Automation. 

- 2014-present. Member of the Scientific Committee of the Software House Coop. Anastasis (Bologna, IT), from 2 August 2014-present - 2013-2018. Director of the Telerehabilitation of Learning Disorders and Cognitive Functions service team at Fondazione IRRCCS Stella Maris.

Awards 

- Winner of the 1999 Fellowship at the IRRCS Stella Maris Foundation on the project: "Attentional Effects of Measures of Hemispheric Specialisation"; 

- Winner "Young Research Grant 2000 - Brain plasticity after congenital and early acquired lesions" - University of Pisa. 

- Winner of the National Award of the Italian Psychology Association for the best doctoral thesis in the academic year 2002/2003. 

- Poster Award at the 1st SOS Dyslexia National Congress, 12-13 February 2016, Pisa; Pecini C., et al., "Rehabilitation of developmental dyslexia: task-oriented or process-oriented treatments?" 

- Poster Award at the 1st SOS Dyslexia National Congress, 12-13 February 2016, Pisa. DiLieto et al. "Educational robotics and executive functions: a pilot study on preschool children". 

- Poster Award at the 12th National Congress of Developmental Neuropsychology, Bressanone, 18-21 January 2017; Castro et al. 'Educational robotics and executive functions: a pilot study on preschool children. 

- Poster Award at the National Congress of Developmental and Educational Psychology, 20-21 September 2021; Ruffini et al. The tele-assessment of cognitive functions in developmental age: a systematic review

- CLASTA Poster. Bombonato et al. Executive Functions in children with Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia and Phonetic Phonological Disorder: relationships with speech and language profile. Florence, 13-14 May 2022

Member of National Consensus Conferences 

- 2023 - ongoing Member of the Commission on Telerehabilitation in Childhood of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità.

- 2018-2022. Member of the writing groups of the Italian Consensus Conference on Specific Learning Disorders. 

- 2018-2019. Member of the writing groups of the Italian Consensus Conference on Language Disorders. 

Education / Training 

- 2007 Specialisation with honours in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy-University of Siena 

- 2003 PhD with honours in Developmental Neuroscience - University of Pisa 

- 1996 Master's Degree with honours in Psychology-University of Padua. 

Mother tongue Italian

English: C1

Membership in Scientific Associations 

- 2017-present Member AIP-Italian Society of Psychology- Section of Developmental and Educational Psychology

- 2015-present Member SINP-Italian Society of Neuropsychology 

- 2011-present Member of the Tuscan Council of AIRIPA-Italian Association for Research and Intervention in Learning Psychopathology 

- 1998-present Order of Psychologists of Tuscany (nr.2496) 

PUBLICATIONS_ INVITED REPORTS_ WORKSHOP RESPONSIBILITIES

H-index Scopus:18; citations: 1.054

- More than 50 communications as invited speaker at congresses

- 2023. Member of the scientific technical committee of the public engagement event "Paediatric Psychology and Paediatrics in dialogue: the importance of integrated work" Paediatric Psychology Task Force AIP Section of Developmental and Educational Psychology and FORLILPSI Department University of Florence

- 2023. Member of the technical-scientific committee of the public engagement event "Giocare per giocare e giocare per imparare: sinergie e confini nello sviluppo" AIRIPA Toscana and Dipartimento FORLILPSI Università di Firenze.

- 2021-2023. Member of the scientific committee of the course Executive functions in developmental age: Knowing the constructs and tools for assessment, rehabilitation and education FAD SINCRONA Geco Formazione and IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris.

- 2020. Scientific co-responsibility of the public engagement event - "Teaching at a distance, how technologies can support educational and inclusion processes"- University of Florence. 

- 2019. Scientific co-responsibility of the public engagement event "Empowering cognitive and socio-emotional processes underlying emergent literacy" - University of Florence 

- 2019. Scientific direction of the workshop "L'intervento sulle Funzioni Esecutive in età prescolare" Fondazione IRRCS Stella Maris 

- 2018-2019. Scientific direction of the workshop "e-tutor", from the learning method to the technological devices to support learning. Learning Method to the technological devices to support learning. IRRCS Stella Maris Foundation

- 2014. Scientific direction of the workshop "SuperAbile"-Technological aids for children with motor disorders.

- 2014. Scientific direction of the workshop "Computer aids for neuropsychological developmental disabilities" Fondazione IRRCS Stella Maris.

PUBLICATIONS in ISI/Scopus journals 

1. Capodieci A, Graziani D, Scali V, Giaccherini S, Luccherino L, Pecini C. Telerehabilitation Pathways in Specific Learning Disorders: Improving Reading and Writing. Brain Sciences. 2023; 13(3):479. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13030479
2. Cristofani, P., Di Lieto, M. C., Casalini, C., Pecini, C., Baroncini, M., Pessina, O., ... & Milone, A. (2023). Specific Learning Disabilities and Emotional-Behavioral Difficulties: Phenotypes and Role of the Cognitive Profile. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12(5), 1882.
3. Rivella, C., Ruffini, C., Bombonato, C., Capodieci, A., Frascari, A., Marzocchi, G. M., ... & Viterbori, P. (2023). TeleFE: A New Tool for the Tele-Assessment of Executive Functions in Children. Applied Sciences, 13(3), 1728.
4. Bombonato, C., Del Lucchese, B., Ruffini, C., Di Lieto, M. C., Brovedani, P., Sgandurra, G., ... & Pecini, C. (2023). Far Transfer Effects of Trainings on Executive Functions in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Systematic Review and Metanalysis. Neuropsychology Review, 1-36.
5. Bombonato C, Cipriano E, Pecini C, Casalini C, Bosco P, Podda I, Tosetti M, Biagi L, Chilosi AM. Relationship among Connectivity of the Frontal Aslant Tract, Executive Functions, and Speech and Language Impairment in Children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech. Brain Sciences. 2023; 13(1):78. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13010078
6. Ruffini, C., Osmani, F., Martini, C., Giera, W. K., & Pecini, C. (2023). The relationship between executive functions and writing in children: a systematic review. Child Neuropsychology, 1-59.
7. Casalini, C., Brizzolara, D., Chilosi, A., Gasperini, F., Pecini, C. (2022). Late effects of early language delay on complex language and literacy abilities: a clinical approach to dyslexia in subjects with a previous language impairment.  A Linguistic Approach to the Study of Dyslexia, Pages 66 - 8631 August 2022.
8. Bombonato C, Casalini C, Pecini C, Angelucci G, Vicari S, Podda I, Cipriani P, Chilosi AM, Menghini D. Implicit learning in children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech. Res Dev Disabil. 2022 Mar;122:104170. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2021.104170. Epub 2022 Jan 11. PMID: 35030467.
9. Vettori, G., Ruffini, C., Andreini, M., Megli, G., Fabbri, E., Labate, I., Bianchi, S., Pecini, C. (2022). Investigating Children’s Ability to Express Internal States through Narratives and Drawings: Two Longitudinal Studies during Pandemic. Children, 9 (8), art. no. 1165, DOI: 10.3390/children9081165
10. Capodieci, A., Romano, M., Castro, E., Di Lieto, M.C., Bonetti, S., Spoglianti, S., Pecini, C. (2022)
11. Executive Functions and Rapid Automatized Naming: A New Tele-Rehabilitation Approach in Children with Language and Learning Disorders (2022) Children, 9 (6), art. no. 822, DOI: 10.3390/children9060822
12. Ruffini, C., Tarchi, C., Morini, M., Giuliano, G., Pecini, C. (2022). Tele-assessment of cognitive functions in children: a systematic review. Child Neuropsychology, 28 (6), pp. 709-745. DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2021.2005011
13. Ruffini C, Tarchi C, Morini M, Giuliano G, Pecini C. Tele-assessment of cognitive functions in children: a systematic review. Child Neuropsychol. 2021 Dec 2:1-37. doi: 10.1080/09297049.2021.2005011. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34856882.
14. Ruffini, C., Marzocchi, GM, Pecini, C. (2021). Preschool executive functioning and child behavior: Association with learning prerequisites? Children. 8(11). 964. 10.3390/children8110964
15. Bigozzi, L., Malagoli, C., Pecini, C., Pezzica, S., Vezzani, C., Vettori, G. (2021). Attention Components and Spelling Accuracy: Which Connections Matter? Children. 8(7):539. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8070539
16. Tarchi C, Ruffini C, Pecini C. The Contribution of Executive Functions When Reading Multiple Texts: A Systematic Literature Review. Front Psychol. 2021 Sep 27;12:716463. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.716463. PMID: 34646206; PMCID: PMC8503540.
17. Sansavini, A.; Favilla, M.E.; Guasti, M.T.; Marini, A.; Millepiedi, S.; Di Martino, M.V.; Vecchi, S.; Battajon, N.; Bertolo, L.; Capirci, O.; Carretti, B.; Colatei, M.P.; Frioni, C.; Marotta, L.; Massa, S.; Michelazzo, L.; Pecini, C.; Piazzalunga, S.; Pieretti, M.; Rinaldi, P.; Salvadorini, R.; Termine, C.; Zuccarini, M.; D’Amico, S.; De Cagno, A.G.; Levorato, M.C.; Rossetto, T.; Lorusso, M.L. Developmental Language Disorder: Early Predictors, Age for the Diagnosis, and Diagnostic Tools. A Scoping Review. Brain Sci. 2021, 11, 654. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11050654
18. Ruffini, C., Spoglianti, S., Bombonato, C., Bonetti, S., Di Lieto, MC., Pecini, C. (2021) Dialogic Reading to Empower Executive Functions in Preschoolers. Children. 2021; 8(5):373. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8050373
19. Di Lieto, MC, Pecini,C, Brovedani, P, Sgandurra, G, Dell'Omo, M, Chilosi, AM, Guzzetta A, Perazza, S, Sicola, E, Cioni ,G (2021). Adaptive Working Memory Training Can Improve Executive Functioning and Visuo-Spatial Skills in Children With Pre-term Spastic Diplegia. Frontiers in Neurology, 11, DOI=10.3389/fneur.2020.601148   
20. Pecini, C., Giuntoli, I., Spoglianti, S., Di Lieto, MC., Inguaggiato, E., Gasperini, F., Cristofani, P., Brizzolara, D., Chilosi, A. Faraguna, U. (2020). Sleep disturbances in specific learning disorders: a qualitative and quantitative investigation. Minerva Pediatrica. April 2. Doi: 10.23736/S0026-4946.20.05505-X.
21. Castro E, Cotov M, Brovedani P, Coppola G, Meoni T, Papini M, Terlizzi T, Vernucci C, Pecini C, Muratori P. Associations between Learning and Behavioral Difficulties in Second-Grade Children. Children (Basel). 2020 Aug 26;7(9):112. doi: 10.3390/children7090112. PMID: 32859081; PMCID: PMC7552774.
22. Di Lieto, M.C., Pecini, C., Castro, E., Inguaggiato, E., Cecchi, F., Dario, P., Cioni, G., Sgandurra, G. (2020). Empowering Executive Functions in Five-and Six-year-old typically developing children through Educational Robotics: an RCT study. Frontiers in Psychology.
23. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.03084.
24. Di Lieto, M.C., Castro, E., Pecini, C., Inguaggiato, E., Cecchi, F, Dario, P., Cioni, G., Sgandurra, G. (2020). Improving Executive Functions at School in Children With Special Needs by Educational Robotics. Frontiers in Psychology. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02813.
25. Chilosi, AM, Pfanner, L., Pecini, C., Salvadorini, R., Casalini C., Brizzolara, D., Cipriani, P. (2019). Which linguistic measures distinguish transient from persistent language problems in Late Talkers From 2 to 4 years? A study on Italian speaking children. Res Dev Disabil. 2019 Jun;89:59-68. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2019.03.005.
26. Pecini C, Spoglianti S, Bonetti, S., DiLieto MC, Guaran F, Martinelli. A, Gasperini F, Cristofani P, Casalini C, Salvadorini R, Mazzotti S, Bargagna S, Palladino P, Cismondo D, Verga A, Zorzi C, Brizzolara D, Vio C, Chilosi A. (2019) Training RAN or Reading? A pilot study on developmental dyslexia with tele-rehabilitation. Dyslexia. doi: 10.1002/dys.1619. 

27. Chilosi AM, Bulgheroni S, Turi M, Cristofani P, Biagi L, Erbetta A, Riva D, Nigri A, Caputi L, Giannini N, Fiori S, Pecini C, Perego F, Tosetti M, Cipriani P, Cioni G. (2019). Hemispheric language organization after congenital left brain lesions: A comparison between functional transcranial Doppler and functional MRI. J Neuropsychol. Mar;13(1):46-66. doi: 10.1111/jnp.12128. Epub 2017 May 31.
28. Bargagna, S., Castro, E., Cecchi, F., Cioni, G., Dario, P., Dell’Omo, M., Di Lieto, M.C., Inguaggiato, E., Martinelli, A., Pecini, C., Sgandurra, G. (2019). Educational Robotics in Down Syndrome: A Feasibility Study. Tech Know Learn 24: 315. doi:10.1007/s10758-0189366-z. 

29. Battini R, Chieffo D, Bulgheroni S, Piccini G, Pecini C, Lucibello S, Lenzi S, Moriconi F, Pane M, Astrea G, Baranello G, Alfieri P, Vicari S, Riva D, Cioni G, Mercuri E. (2018). Cognitive profile in Duchenne muscular dystrophy boys without intellectual disability: The role of executive functions. Neuromuscul Disord. Feb;28(2):122-128. doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2017.11.018. 

30. Pecini C, Spoglianti S, Michetti S, Bonetti S, Dilieto MC, Gasperini F, Cristofani P, Bozza M, Brizzolara D, Casalini C, Mazzotti S, Salvadorini R, Bargagna S, Chilosi AM. (2018). Tele- rehabilitation in developmental dyslexia: methods of implementation and expected results. Minerva Pediatr. Dec;70(6):529-538. doi: 10.23736/S0026-4946.16.04426-1. 

31. Vicari, S., Piccini, G., Mercuri, E., Battini, R., Chieffo, D., Bulgheroni, S., Pecini,C., Lucibello, S., Lenzi, S., Moriconi, F., Pane, M., Astrea, G., Barbaranello, G., Riva, D., Cioni, G., Alfieri, P. (2018). Implicit learning deficit in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: evidence for a cerebellar cognitive impairment? PLOS ONE, Jan 16;13(1):e0191164. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191164. 

32. Di Lieto MC, Brovedani P, Pecini C, Chilosi AM, Belmonti V, Fabbro F, Urgesi C, Fiori S, Guzzetta A, Perazza S, Sicola E, Cioni G.
33. (2017). Spastic diplegia in preterm-born children: Executive function impairment and neuroanatomical correlates. Research in Developmental Disabilities, Feb;61:116-126. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2016.12.006.
34. 31. Di Lieto MC, Inguaggiato E, Castro E, Cecchi F, CioniG, Dell'Omo M, Laschi C, Pecini C, SanteriniG, Sgandurra G, Dario P (2017). Educational Robotics intervention on Executive Functions in preschool children: A pilot study. Computers in human behavior, 71, 16-23. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2017.01.018 
35. Astrea g, Battini R, Lenzi S Frosini S, Bonetti S, Moretti E, Perazza S, Santorelli FM, Pecini C (2016). Learning disabilities in neuromuscular disorders: a springboard for adult life. Acta Myologica, Oct; 35(2): 90–95. doi: 10.1002/ gps.3967. 

36. Astrea G., Pecini C., Gasperini F., Brisca G., Scutifero M., Bruno C., Santorelli F., Cioni C., Politano M.,Chilosi AM., Battini R. (2015). Reading impairment in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: A pilot study to investigate similarities and differences with developmental dyslexia. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 45-46:168-177. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2015.07.025
37. Pecini C, Biagi L, Brizzolara D, Cipriani P, Di Lieto MC, Guzzetta A, Tosetti M, Chilosi AM. (2011). How many functional brains in developmental dyslexia? When the history of language delay makes the difference. Cogn Behav Neurol. 2011 Jun;24(2):85-92. doi:10.1097/WNN.0b013e318222a4c2 

38. Chilosi AM, Brizzolara D, Lami L, Pizzoli C, Gasperini F, Pecini C, Cipriani P, Zoccolotti P. Reading and Spelling Disabilities in Children With and Without a History of Early Language Delay: A Neuropsychological and Linguistic Study. Child Neuropsychol. Nov;15(6):582-604. doi: 10.1080/09297040902927614. 

39. Guzzetta, A., Pecini, C., Biagi, L., Petacchi, E., Brizzolara, D., Cipriani, P., Chilosi, A., Tosetti, M. Cioni, G. (2008). Language organization in left perinatal stroke. Neuropediatrics, 39, 157- 163.doi: 10.1055/s-0028-1085465. 

40. Pecini, C., Biagi, L., Guzzetta, A. Montanaro, D., Brizzolara, D., Cipriani, P., Chilosi, AM., Tosetti, M., Cioni, G. (2011). Brain Representation of Phonological Processing in Italian: individual variability and behavioural correlates. Archives Italienne de Biologie, 146(3-4), 189-203. 

41. Chilosi, A., Cipriani, P., Pecini, C., Brizzolara, D., Biagi, L., Montanaro, D., Tosetti, M., Cioni, G. (2008). Acquired Focal Brain Lesions in Childhood: effects on development and reorganization for language. Brain and Language, Feb. 9, 131:193–200. doi:10.1016/j.bandl.2007.12.010 

42. Casalini, C., Brizzolara, D., Burani, C., Chilosi, A., Cipriani, P., Marcolini, S., Pecini, C., Roncoli, S. (2007). Non-word repetition in children with different subtypes of Specific Language Impairment: a deficit in phonological working memory or in long-term verbal knowledge? Cortex, 43, 769-776. doi:10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70505-7. 

43. Maestro, S., Muratori, F., Cesari, A., Pecini, C., Apicella, F., Stern, D. (2006). A view to regressive autism through homevies. Is early development really normal? Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavia, 113(1):68-72. 

44. Di Filippo, G., Brizzolara D., Chilosi, A., De Luca, M., Judica, A., Pecini, C., Spinelli, D., Zoccolotti, P. (2006). Naming speed and visual search deficits in disabled readers: evidence from an orthographically regular language (Italian). Developmental Neuropsychology. 30(3), 885-904. doi: 10.1207/ s15326942dn3003-7. 

45. Brizzolara, D., Chilosi, A., Cipriani, P., DiFilippo G., Gasperini, F., Mazzotti, S., Pecini, C., Zoccolotti, P. (2006). Do phonological and RAN deficits differentially affect dyslexic children with and without a history of language delay? A study of Italian dyslexic children.
46. Cognitive and Behavioural Neurology, 19(3):141-9. doi: 10.1097/01.wnn.0000213902.59827.19 

47. Pecini C, Casalini C, Brizzolara D, Cipriani P, Pfanner L, Chilosi AM. (2005). Hemispheric Specialization for Language in Children with different Types of Specific Language Impairment. Cortex, 41(2): 157-67. doi: 10.1016/s0010-9452(08)70890-6 

48. Maestro S, Muratori F, Cesari A, Cavallaro MC, Paziente A, Pecini C, Grassi C, Manfredi A, Sommario C. (2005). Course of autism signs in the first year of life. Psychopathology; 38(1): 26-31. doi:10.1159/000083967
49. Maestro, S, Muratori, F, Cavallaro, MC, Pecini, C, Cesari, A, Paziente, A, Stern, D, Golse, B, Palacio-Espasa, F. (2005). How young children treat objects and people: an empirical study of the first year of life in autism. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 35 (4), 383-396. doi:10.1007/s10578-005-2695-x 

50. Di Filippo G, Brizzolara D, Chilosi A, De Luca M, Judica A, Pecini C, Spinelli Di, Zoccolotti P. (2005). Rapid naming, not cancellation speed or articulation rate, predicts reading in an orthographically regular language (Italian). Child Neuropsychology, 11: 349-361. doi:10.1080/09297040490916947 

51. Chilosi, A., Pecini, C., Cipriani, P., Brovedani, P., Brizzolara, D., Ferretti, G., Pfanner, L., Cioni, G. (2005). Atypical Language Lateralization and early Linguistic Development in Children with focal Brain Lesions. Developmental Medicine and Child Psychology, 47(11): 725-30. doi:10.1017/S0012162205001532 

52. Cesari A, Maestro S, Cavallaro MC, Chilosi AM, Muratori F, Pecini C, Pfanner L. (2003). Diagnostic boundaries between Regulatory and
53. Multisystem Disorders: a clinical study. Infant Mental Health Journal, Vol. 24(4), 365-377, 2003. doi:10.1002/imhj.10062 

54. Brizzolara D, Pecini C, Brovedani P, Cipriani P, Ferretti G, Cioni G (2002). Timing and type of congenital brain lesion determine different patterns of language lateralization in hemiplegic children. Neuropsychologia, 40 (6), 620-632. doi: 10.1016/s0028-3932(01)00158-0. 


Peer-reviewed journals  

1. Pecini, C., Ruffini, C. I Fondamenti cognitivi delle soft skills. Psicologia e scuola, 20 Aprile 2022. Giunti scuola.
2. Casalini, C., Pecini, C., Zaccaria, S., Orsolini, L., Brizzolara, D. (2020). Riflessioni sulla «telepsicologia» nei Disturbi Specifici di Apprendimento (DSAp) in tempo di COVID-19, in "Psicologia clinica dello sviluppo, Rivista quadrimestrale" 3, pp. 361-373, doi: 10.1449/98290
3. Bombonato, C., Di Lieto, MC., Cristofani, P., Spoglianti, S., Chilosi, A., Pecini, C. (2020). Funzionamento esecutivo dei ragazzi con Disturbo Specifico di Apprendimento secondo la percezione dei genitori. Indagine con il questionario BRIEF-2, in "Psicologia clinica dello sviluppo, Rivista quadrimestrale" 2, pp. 285-301, doi: 10.1449/97004
4. Castro, E, Di Lieto, MC, Pecini, C, Inguaggiato, E, Cecchi, F, Dario, P, Cioni, G, Sgandurra, G.(2019). Educational Robotics and empowerment of executive cognitive processes: from typical development to special educational needs. Form@re, Vol. 19, n.1, pp 60-77, ISSN 1825-7321.
5. Chiara Pecini, Maria Chiara Di Lieto, Emanuela Inguaggiato, Silvia Spoglianti, Silvia Bonetti, Federica Batini, Emanuela Castro, Stefania Bargagna (2017). Learning out of the Lab. Il servizio di tele- riabilitazione nei disturbi del neurosviluppo: L’intervento neuropsicologico su memoria, attenzione e abilità di apprendimento strumentale. Il Neurofoglio, Notizie di Neurologia Infantile della Fondazione Mariani. Anno 20, n.2 - pag. 5.
6. Martini, A., Pecini, C. 2010. Contributo all’Inquadramento clinico dei Disturbi di Apprendimento. Giornale di Neuropsichiatria dell’Età Evolutiva,; 30(3): 214-223. 

7. Maestro, S., Apicella, F., Cesari, A., Pecini, C., Muratori, F. (2005). Il deficit di attenzione sociale nell’autismo. Giornale di Neuropsichiatria dell’Età Evolutiva, 25: 19:31. 

8. Martini A, Cappagli P, Centofanti F, Pecini C. (2004). Prime fasi di acquisizione del sistema dei numeri e del calcolo in bambini normali e con disturbo dell'apprendimento. Giornale di Neuropsichiatria dell’Età Evolutiva, 24: 120-133. 
9. Casalini, C, Pecini, C. (2003). Basi Neurofunzionali del Disturbo Specifico del Linguaggio: ridotta specializzazione emisferica? Una rassegna critica. Ciclo Evolutivo e Disabilità, VI, 2. 
10. Martini A, Bello A, Pecini C. (2003). Comparsa e sviluppo di abilità metafonologiche in bambini di scuola materna. Psicologia Clinica dello Sviluppo, VII, 3: 385- 402. 
11. Maestro S, Chilosi AM, Cesari A, Pecini C, Pfanner L. (2003). Profilo comunicativo linguistico dei bambini affetti da disturbo di comunicazione e disturbo multisistemico dello sviluppo. Giornale di Neuropsichiatria dell’Età Evolutiva,Vol. 23, 47-60. 


CHAPTERS

1. Spoglianti, S., Bonetti, S., Pecini, C. (2022). Funzioni Esecutive nei disturbi specifici di apprendimento. In Marzocchi, GM, Pecini, C., Usai., MC, Viterbori, P. Le funzioni esecutive nei disturbi del neurosviluppo, dalla valutazione all’intervento. Hogrefe.
2. Pecini, C., Casalini, C. Le Funzioni Esecutive nei disturbi del neurosviluppo e in altre condizioni di sviluppo atipico (2022). In Marzocchi, GM, Pecini, C., Usai., MC, Viterbori, P. Le funzioni esecutive nei disturbi del neurosviluppo, dalla valutazione all’intervento. Hogrefe.
3. Casalini, C., Brizzolara, D., Chilosi, AM., Gasperini, F., Pecini, C. (2022) Late Effects of Early Language Delay on Complex Language and Literacy Abilities: A Clinical Approach to Dyslexia in Subjects with a Previous Language Impairment. A Linguistic Approach to the Study of Dyslexia - Edited by: Gloria Cappelli, Sabrina Noccetti – Communication Disorders across Languages.
4. Brizzolara, D. and Pecini, C. (2020). Introduzione ai Disturbi e alle traiettorie atipiche del neurosviluppo. In Pecini, C., Brizzolara, D. (Eds). Disturbi e traiettorie atipiche del neurosviluppo. Diagnosi e Intervento. McGraw-Hill, Milano (IT). 

5. Casalini, C., Bombonato, C., Menghini, D., Pecini, C. (2020). Profili cognitivi e neuropsicologici nei bambini con disprasia verbale. In Chilosi, A.M. (Ed.) Disprassia verbale in età evolutiva. 
Inquadramento clinico, basi neurobiologiche e principi di trattamento. pag. 5580. Collana di Neuropsicologia in Età Evolutiva. Erickson, Trento (IT).
6. Pecini, C., Spoglianti, S., Bonetti, S., Di Lieto., M.C. (2019). Teleriabilitazione nei disturbi 
specifici di apprendimento. In Stella., G., Zoppello, M., Scorza, M. (Eds.). DSA: identificazione, valutazione e trattamento. Indicazioni per gli operatori. FrancoAngeli, Milano, Italy. ISBN: 9788891779182. 

7. Di Lieto, MC, Pecini, C., Castro, E, Inguaggiato, E., Cecchi, F, Cioni, G, Sgandurra, G. (2019). Robot Programming to Empower Higher Cognitive Functions in Early Childhood. In Daniela, L. (Ed). Smart Learning with Educational Robotics: Using Robots to Scaffold Learning Outcomes. Springer, pp 229-250. ISBN 978-3-030-19913-5. 
8. Brizzolara D, Chilosi A, Pecini C. (2013). Basi neurobiologiche dello sviluppo del linguaggio. Cap II in D’Amico S, DeVescovi A. (Eds). Psicologia dello Sviluppo del Linguaggio. Il Mulino, Bologna (IT).
9. Pecini, C. (2008). Saper Usare il Sapere: l’approccio metacognitivo ai disturbi dell’Apprendimento. In Martini, A. (Ed). Manuale di Clinica dei Disturbi dell’Apprendimento. ETS, Pisa (IT). 
10. Chilosi, A., Cipriani, P., Pfanner, L., Pecini, C., Fapore, T. (2006). The natural history of language delay: from late talking to specific language impairment. In Riva, d., Rapin, I and Zardini, G. (Eds.) Language: normal and pathological development. pp. 229-238. John Libbey Eurotext, Arcueil (FR). 
11. Chilosi, AM., Pecini, C., Cipriani, P., Brizzolara, D., Brovedani, P., Ferretti, G., Pfanner, L., Cioni, G: (2004). Cerebral language lateralization and early linguistic development in children with focal brain lesions. In Fabbro,F. (Ed.). Neurogenic Language Disorders in Children. pp.49-63. IALP, Elsevier. 
12. Martini A, Brizzolara D, Pecini C, Dinetti D, Negrin S. (2002). Aspetti diagnostici e riabilitativi nei bambini dislessici italiani. In Arcolini, I, Zardini, G. (Eds.). I disturbi di apprendimento della lettura e della scrittura. pp. 223-235. Franco Angeli, Milano (IT). 


BOOKS

1. Marzocchi, GM, Pecini, C., Usai, MC, Viterbori, P. (2022). Funzioni Esecutive nei disturbi del neurosviluppo. Dalla valutazione all’intervento.Ed. Hogrefe.
2. Pecini, C., Brizzolara, D. (2020). Disturbi e traiettorie atipiche del neurosviluppo. Diagnosi e Intervento. McGraw-Hill Ed.

3. Colombo, L., Pecini, C. (1999). Tecniche di analisi dei dati nella ricerca in psicologia. Unipress Ed

Psychology of cognitive development, language and school learning.

Comparative study of typical and atypical development.

Developmental neuropsychology.

Specific Learning Disorders and other trajectories of atypical neurodevelopment.

 Assessment and intervention on basic cognitive functions, attention and executive functions in pre-school and school age.

Game-based intervention, telerehabilitation and teleassessment of basic cognitive processes and school learning.