Ugo Savardi

University of Verona — Italy

Social Sciences · Social Sciences

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Research Topics

Educational and Social Studies(24), Spatial Cognition and Navigation(12), Visual perception and processing mechanisms(10), Aesthetic Perception and Analysis(10), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition(9)

Publications117 total

Naïve intuitions about what constitutes “an opposite process”
Journal of Cognitive Psychology·2021· 1 cited
Opposites in Reasoning Processes: Do We Use Them More Than We Think, but Less Than We Could?
Frontiers in Psychology·2021· 8 citedOpen Access
In Ugo Savardi’s memory
Gestalt theory·2021Open Access
Non experts’ understanding of terms frequently used by experts to describe the sensory properties of wine: An investigation based on opposites
Food Quality and Preference·2021· 25 cited
The opposite of a transformation process. An exploration based on diagrams
Journal of Cognitive Psychology·2020· 3 cited
THE ROLE OF TRAINING OR HINTS RELATING TO “THINKING IN OPPOSITES” IN INSIGHT PROBLEM SOLVING
Psychological Applications and Trends 2019·2019Open Access
Overtly prompting people to “think in opposites” supports insight problem solving
Thinking & Reasoning·2019· 21 cited
What is the opposite of a process? The spontaneous meaning of opposite in represented spatial processes.
2019
The perceived severity of a disease and the impact of the vocabulary used to convey information: using Rasch scaling in a simulated oncological scenario
Patient Preference and Adherence·2018· 11 citedOpen Access
Comments on phenomenological descriptions and physical-geometrical descriptions
2018
Phenomenological descriptions and physical-geometrical descriptions
2018
Spatial Contraries and Mirrors
Cambridge University Press eBooks·2018· 4 cited
The effects of presenting oncologic information in terms of opposites in a medical context
Patient Preference and Adherence·2018· 7 citedOpen Access
Pleasures of the Mind: What Makes Jokes and Insight Problems Enjoyable
Frontiers in Psychology·2018· 28 citedOpen Access
Describing sensory experiences of wine tasting based on opposites: naïve versus expert dimensions
2018
Contraries in insight problem solving: their role in Type 1 and Type 2 processes relating to representational change
2018
A contrary-based heuristic in insight problem solving: the role of routine and non-routine processes
2018
Using opposites to describe the wine tasting experience: Naive versus expert dimensions
2018
Identification of opposites and intermediates by eye and by hand
Acta Psychologica·2017· 21 citedOpen Access
Opposition and Identicalness: Two Basic Components of Adults’ Perception and Mental Representation of Symmetry
Symmetry·2017· 5 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Ivana Bianchi(41), Roberto Burro(21), Erika Branchini(11), Elena Capitani(6), Marco Bertamini(4), Stefania Torquati(3), Ezio Sanavio(3), Michael Kubovy(2), Carla Canestrari(2), Maria Antonietta Annunziata(2), Paolo De Paoli(2), Manfredo Massironi(2), M Martelli(1), Arianna Fermani(1), Veronica Barnaba(1), Carita Paradis(1), Joost van de Weijer(1), Marcus Nyström(1), Anna Maria Roncoroni(1), Roberta Pezzola(1)