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Francesca is a Social Psychologist and PhD Student in Cognitive Robotics, Interaction and Rehabilitation. She studies the social cognition of robotics by understanding how Human-Robot Interaction changes from dyadic to group interaction. She conducts research with an interdisciplinary perspective. She also collaborate with the psychology department in understanding how social categorization affect the perception of robots.


Education

Title: Master Degree in Social Psychology
Institute: University of Milano-Bicocca
Location: Milan
Country: Italy
From: 2018 To: 2021

Title: Erasmus+
Institute: University of Strasbourg
Location: Strasbourg
Country: France
From: 2017 To: 2018

Title: Bachelor Degree in Psychology
Institute: University of Genoa
Location: Genoa
Country: Italy
From: 2015 To: 2018

Experience External

Title: Educational Tutor
Institute: University of Genoa
Location: Genoa
Country: null
From: 2023 To: 2024

Title: Instructor
Institute: University of Genoa
Location: Genoa
Country: Italy
From: 2021 To: 2023

All Publications
2024
Cocchella F., Eldardeer O., Manca M., Matarese M., Rezzani A., Zedda E.
Robots for Humans (RfH 2024) - Embracing Human-Centred Robot Design
International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces
Conference Paper Conference
2024
Cocchella F., Rea F., Sciutti A.
The Social Bench Tool to study Child-Robot Interaction
SoRAIM Winter School
Poster Conference
2024
Cocchella F.
The Social Cognition of HRI: a multidisciplinary study of Group-Robot interaction. a
Psychometric Network Analysis Summer School AIP
Poster Conference
2023
Mongile S., Pusceddu G., Cocchella F., Lastrico L., Belgiovine G., Tanevska A., Rea F., Sciutti A.
A Conversational Game to Study Social Influence in Humans-Robot Interactions
International Conference on Child-Robot Interaction
Abstract Report Conference
2023
Cocchella F., Pusceddu G., Belgiovine G., Bogliolo M., Lastrico L., Casadio M., Rea F., Sciutti A.
At school with a robot: Italian students' perception of robotics during an educational program
32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
Conference Paper Conference
Scientific Talks
2024
Cocchella F., Sacino A., Andrighetto L.
Antropomorfismo cognitivo dei robot sociali: evidenze dall’Inversion e Scrambled Effect
Università degli Studi di Genova, Dipartimento di Scienze della Formazione, Reading Group di Psicologia
Institute
2024
Cocchella F., Pecini C., Rea F., Sciutti A., Andrighetto L.
DOGS DAYS ARE OVER? Hoe pets and robots anthropomorphism are shaped by social exclusion
XVIII Congresso AIP Sezione Psicologia Sociale
Conference
2022
Cocchella F., Sacino A., Andrighetto L., Rea F., Sciutti A.
Cognitive Anthropomorphism of humanoid robots.
"Cognitive Robotics" 4th I-RIM Conference
Workshop/Symposium
Oral presentations
2023
Cocchella F., Pusceddu G., Belgiovine G., Bogliolo M., Lastrico L., Casadio M., Rea F., Sciutti A.
At school with a robot: Italian students' perception of robotics during an educational program
32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
Conference
2023
Cocchella F., Sacino A., Rea F., Sciutti A., Andrighetto L.
Cognitive Processing of Humanoid Robots’ Faces: Detecting Anthropomorphism through Scrambled Face Decision Tasks
19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology
19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology
Conference
2023
Cocchella F., Mongile S., Pusceddu G., Lastrico L., Belgiovine G., Rea F., Sciutti A.
Social Exclusion Bench Tool To Study Children-Robot Interaction In Turning Games
CRITTER Workshop at ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
18th ACM/IEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction - CRITTER Child-Robot Interaction and Interdisciplinary Research
Conference
2023
Cocchella F., Pusceddu G., Bogliolo M., Lastrico L., Belgiovine G., Casadio M., Rea F., Sciutti A.
The Imitation Game: “Gioca Jouer” as a tool to study social influence in Child-Robot Interaction.
International Conference on Child-Robot Interaction
International Conference on Child-Robot Interaction
Conference
2022
Cocchella F., Sacino A., Andrighetto L.
Cognitive Anthropomorphism of Humanoid Robots: Evidence from a Scrambled Face Task.
European Social Cognition Network
Conference
Awards and Achievements
2024
Cocchella F.
First Prize Winner of the Student Project Competition in the Trustworthy Human-Robot Interaction Summer School
2023
Mongile S., Pusceddu G., Cocchella F., Lastrico L., Belgiovine G., Tanevska A., Rea F., Sciutti A.
Selected as a finalist for Best Late Breaking Report " What if a Social Robot Excluded You? Using a Conversational Game to Study Social Exclusion in Teen-robot Mixed Groups"
Organized Events
2024
Belgiovine G., Lastrico L., Tanevska A., Pusceddu G., Cocchella F., Pasquali D.
GROUND: advancing GROup UNderstanding and robots' aDaptive behavior
2024
Cocchella F.
Robot e Psicologia Sociale: studio della cognizione sociale dell’interazione uomo-robot
2023
Belgiovine G., Lastrico L., Tanevska A., Pusceddu G., Cocchella F., Pasquali D.
GROUND: advancing GROup UNderstanding and robots' aDaptive behavior
2023
Mongile S., Pusceddu G., Cocchella F., Lastrico L., Belgiovine G., Sciutti A.
Il Robot Che Vorrei