Journal Articles
James-Brabham, E, Jay, T,
Sella, F (2024)
No evidence that playing a linear number board game improves numerical skills beyond teaching as usual: A randomized controlled trial in 4- to 5-year-old primary school children,
Journal of Educational Psychology, 116(3), pp.411-425, ISSN: 0022-0663. DOI:
10.1037/edu0000857.
Devlin, D, Moeller, K, Xenidou-Dervou, I, Reynvoet, B,
Sella, F (2023)
Concepts of order: why is ordinality processed slower and less accurately for non-consecutive sequences?,
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, ISSN: 1747-0218. DOI:
10.1177/17470218231220912.
James‐Brabham, E, Loveridge, T,
Sella, F, Wakeling, P, Carroll, DJ, Blakey, E (2023)
How do socioeconomic attainment gaps in early mathematical ability arise?,
Child Development, 94(6), pp.1550-1565, ISSN: 0009-3920. DOI:
10.1111/cdev.13947.
Zacharopoulos, G,
Sella, F, Emir, U, Cohen Kadosh, R (2023)
Dissecting the chain of information processing and its interplay with neurochemicals and fluid intelligence across development,
eLife, 12, DOI:
10.7554/eLife.84086.
van Bueren, NER, van der Ven, SHG, Hochman, S,
Sella, F, Kadosh, RC (2023)
Human neuronal excitation/inhibition balance explains and predicts neurostimulation induced learning benefits,
PLoS Biology, 21(8), e3002193, ISSN: 1544-9173. DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3002193.
Foulkes, M,
Sella, F, Wege, T, Gilmore, C (2023)
The effects of concreteness on mathematical manipulative choice,
Mind, Brain, and Education, 17(3), pp.185-196, ISSN: 1751-2271. DOI:
10.1111/mbe.12374.
Lunardon, M, Decarli, G,
Sella, F, Lanfranchi, S, Gerola, S, Cossu, G, Zorzi, M (2023)
Low discriminative power of WISC cognitive profile in developmental dyscalculia,
Research in Developmental Disabilities, 136, 104478, ISSN: 0891-4222. DOI:
10.1016/j.ridd.2023.104478.
Dubinkina, N,
Sella, F, Vanbecelaere, S, Reynvoet, B (2023)
Symbolic number ordering strategies and math anxiety,
Cognition and Emotion, 37(3), pp.439-452, ISSN: 0269-9931. DOI:
10.1080/02699931.2023.2175795.
Decarli, G,
Sella, F, Lanfranchi, S, Gerotto, G, Gerola, S, Cossu, G, Zorzi, M (2022)
Severe developmental dyscalculia is characterized by core deficits in both symbolic and nonsymbolic number sense,
Psychological Science, 34(1), pp.8-21, ISSN: 0956-7976. DOI:
10.1177/09567976221097947.
Devlin, D, Moeller, K, Reynvoet, B,
Sella, F (2022)
A critical review of number order judgements and arithmetic: What do order verification tasks actually measure?,
Cognitive Development, 64, 101262, ISSN: 0885-2014. DOI:
10.1016/j.cogdev.2022.101262.
Lanfranchi, S,
Sella, F, Onnivello, S, Lunardon, M, Zorzi, M (2022)
Number estimation in Down syndrome: Cognition or experience?,
Research in Developmental Disabilities, 131, 104363, ISSN: 0891-4222. DOI:
10.1016/j.ridd.2022.104363.
Sarkar, A, Nithyanand, D,
Sella, F, Sarkar, R, Mäkelä, I, Kadosh, RC, Elliot, AJ, Thompson, JM (2022)
Knowledge of wealth shapes social impressions,
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 28(1), pp.205-236, ISSN: 1076-898X. DOI:
10.1037/xap0000304.
Devlin, D, Moeller, K,
Sella, F (2022)
The structure of early numeracy: evidence from multi-factorial models,
Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 26, 100171, ISSN: 2211-9493. DOI:
10.1016/j.tine.2022.100171.
Zacharopoulos, G,
Sella, F, Kadosh, KC, Emir, U, Kadosh, RC (2021)
The effect of parietal Glutamate/GABA balance on test anxiety levels in early childhood in a cross-sectional and longitudinal study,
Cerebral Cortex, 32(15), pp.3243-3253, ISSN: 1047-3211. DOI:
10.1093/cercor/bhab412.
Zacharopoulos, G,
Sella, F, Emir, U, Kadosh, RC (2021)
The relation between parietal GABA concentration and numerical skills,
Scientific Reports, 11(1), 17656, DOI:
10.1038/s41598-021-95370-3.
Sella, F, Slusser, E, Odic, D, Krajcsi, A (2021)
The emergence of children’s natural number concepts: Current theoretical challenges,
Child Development Perspectives, cdep.12428, ISSN: 1750-8592. DOI:
10.1111/cdep.12428.
Zacharopoulos, G,
Sella, F, Kadosh, KC, Hartwright, C, Emir, U, Kadosh, RC (2021)
Predicting learning and achievement using GABA and glutamate concentrations in human development,
PLoS Biology, 19(7), e3001325, ISSN: 1544-9173. DOI:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3001325.
Sella, F, Raz, G, Kadosh, RC (2021)
When randomisation is not good enough: Matching groups in intervention studies,
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 28(6), pp.2085-2093, ISSN: 1069-9384. DOI:
10.3758/s13423-021-01970-5.
Zacharopoulos, G,
Sella, F, Kadosh, RC (2021)
The impact of a lack of mathematical education on brain development and future attainment,
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA (PNAS), 118(24), e2013155118, ISSN: 0027-8424. DOI:
10.1073/pnas.2013155118.
Dubinkina, N,
Sella, F, Reynvoet, B (2021)
Symbolic number ordering and its underlying strategies examined through self-reports,
Journal of Cognition, 4(1), 25, DOI:
10.5334/joc.157.
Lanfranchi, S, Onnivello, S, Lunardon, M,
Sella, F, Zorzi, M (2021)
Parent-based training of basic number skills in children with Down syndrome using an adaptive computer game,
Research in Developmental Disabilities, 112, 103919, ISSN: 0891-4222. DOI:
10.1016/j.ridd.2021.103919.
Sella, F, Onnivello, S, Lunardon, M, Lanfranchi, S, Zorzi, M (2021)
Training basic numerical skills in children with Down syndrome using the computerized game “The Number Race”,
Scientific Reports, 11, 2087, ISSN: 2045-2322. DOI:
10.1038/s41598-020-78801-5.
Sella, F, Lucangeli, D, Zorzi, M (2020)
The interplay between spatial ordinal knowledge, linearity of number-space mapping, and arithmetic skills,
Cognitive Development, 55(July - September 2020), 100915, ISSN: 0885-2014. DOI:
10.1016/j.cogdev.2020.100915.
Sella, F, Sasanguie, D, Reynvoet, B (2020)
Judging the order of numbers relies on familiarity rather than activating the mental number line,
Acta Psychologica, 204, ISSN: 0001-6918. DOI:
10.1016/j.actpsy.2020.103014.
Sheffield, JG, Raz, G,
Sella, F, Kadosh, RC (2020)
How can noise alter neurophysiology in order to improve human behaviour? A combined tRNS and EEG study, DOI:
10.1101/2020.01.09.900118.
Sella, F, Lucangeli, D, Cohen Kadosh, R, Zorzi, M (2019)
Making Sense of Number Words and Arabic Digits: Does Order Count More?,
Child Development, ISSN: 0009-3920. DOI:
10.1111/cdev.13335.
Sella, F and Lucangeli, D (2019)
The knowledge of the preceding number reveals a mature understanding of the number sequence,
Cognition, 194, 104104, ISSN: 0010-0277. DOI:
10.1016/j.cognition.2019.104104.
Sella, F, Lucangeli, D, Zorzi, M (2019)
Spatial order relates to the exact numerical magnitude of digits in young children,
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 178, pp.385-404, ISSN: 0022-0965. DOI:
10.1016/j.jecp.2018.09.001.
Sella, F, Re, AM, Lucangeli, D, Cornoldi, C, Lemaire, P (2018)
Strategy Selection in ADHD Characteristics Children: A Study in Arithmetic,
Journal of Attention Disorders, 23(1), pp.87-98, ISSN: 1087-0547. DOI:
10.1177/1087054712438766.
Sella, F and Cohen Kadosh, R (2018)
What Expertise Can Tell About Mathematical Learning and Cognition,
Mind, Brain, and Education, 12(4), pp.186-192, ISSN: 1751-2271. DOI:
10.1111/mbe.12179.
Hartwright, CE, Looi, CY,
Sella, F, Inuggi, A, Santos, FH, González-Salinas, C, García Santos, JM, Kadosh, RC, Fuentes, LJ (2018)
Erratum to: The Neurocognitive Architecture of Individual Differences in Math Anxiety in Typical Children (Scientific Reports, (2018), 8, 1, (8500), 10.1038/s41598-018-26912-5),
Scientific Reports, 8(1), DOI:
10.1038/s41598-018-28762-7.
Hartwright, CE, Looi, CY,
Sella, F, Inuggi, A, Santos, FH, González-Salinas, C, Santos, JMG, Kadosh, RC, Fuentes, LJ (2018)
The Neurocognitive Architecture of Individual Differences in Math Anxiety in Typical Children,
Scientific Reports, 8(1), DOI:
10.1038/s41598-018-26912-5.
Brem, AK, Almquist, JNF, Mansfield, K, Plessow, F,
Sella, F, Santarnecchi, E, Orhan, U, McKanna, J, Pavel, M, Mathan, S, Yeung, N, Pascual-Leone, A, Kadosh, RC, Dillard, M, Kimball, G, Myers, E, Erdogmus, D (2018)
Modulating fluid intelligence performance through combined cognitive training and brain stimulation,
Neuropsychologia, 118, pp.107-114, ISSN: 0028-3932. DOI:
10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2018.04.008.
Sella, F, Blakey, R, Bang, D, Bahrami, B, Cohen Kadosh, R (2018)
Who gains more: Experts or novices? The benefits of interaction under numerical uncertainty,
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 44(8), pp.1228-1239, ISSN: 0096-1523. DOI:
10.1037/xhp0000526.
Sella, F, Lucangeli, D, Zorzi, M (2018)
Spatial and verbal routes to number comparison in young children,
Frontiers in Psychology, 9(MAY), DOI:
10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00776.
Zich, C, Harty, S, Kranczioch, C, Mansfield, KL,
Sella, F, Debener, S, Cohen Kadosh, R (2017)
Modulating hemispheric lateralization by brain stimulation yields gain in mental and physical activity,
Scientific Reports, 7(1), DOI:
10.1038/s41598-017-13795-1.
Looi, CY, Lim, J,
Sella, F, Lolliot, S, Duta, M, Avramenko, AA, Kadosh, RC (2017)
Transcranial random noise stimulation and cognitive training to improve learning and cognition of the atypically developing brain: A pilot study,
Scientific Reports, 7(1), DOI:
10.1038/s41598-017-04649-x.
Sella, F, Tressoldi, P, Lucangeli, D, Zorzi, M (2017)
Erratum: Training numerical skills with the adaptive videogame “The Number Race”: A randomized controlled trial on preschoolers (Trends in Neuroscience and Education (2016) 5(1) (20–29) (S2211949316300035) (10.1016/j.tine.2016.02.002),
Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 7, p.11, ISSN: 2211-9493. DOI:
10.1016/j.tine.2017.07.001.
Cohen Kadosh, R and
Sella, F (2017)
Commentary: Connecting Social and Cognitive Embodiment: A New Way to Tailor Educational Programs?,
American Educational Research Journal, 54(1_suppl), pp.368S-372S, ISSN: 0002-8312. DOI:
10.3102/0002831216682616.
Harty, S,
Sella, F, Cohen Kadosh, R (2017)
Transcranial electrical stimulation and behavioral change: The intermediary influence of the brain,
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11, DOI:
10.3389/fnhum.2017.00112.
Harty, S,
Sella, F, Cohen Kadosh, R (2017)
Mind the Brain: The Mediating and Moderating Role of Neurophysiology,
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 21(1), pp.2-5, ISSN: 1364-6613. DOI:
10.1016/j.tics.2016.11.002.
Sella, F, Berteletti, I, Lucangeli, D, Zorzi, M (2016)
Preschool children use space, rather than counting, to infer the numerical magnitude of digits: Evidence for a spatial mapping principle,
Cognition, 158, pp.56-67, ISSN: 0010-0277. DOI:
10.1016/j.cognition.2016.10.010.
Sella, F, Sader, E, Lolliot, S, Cohen Kadosh, R (2016)
Basic and advanced numerical performances relate to mathematical expertise but are fully mediated by visuospatial skills,
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition, 42(9), pp.1458-1472, ISSN: 0278-7393. DOI:
10.1037/xlm0000249.
Sella, F, Tressoldi, P, Lucangeli, D, Zorzi, M (2016)
Training numerical skills with the adaptive videogame "The Number Race": A randomized controlled trial on preschoolers,
Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 5(1), pp.20-29, ISSN: 2211-9493. DOI:
10.1016/j.tine.2016.02.002.
Hartwright, CE and
Sella, F (2016)
Forecasting longitudinal growth in children’s numerical abilities,
Journal of Neuroscience, 36(3), pp.646-648, ISSN: 0270-6474. DOI:
10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3803-15.2016.
Sella, F, Berteletti, I, Lucangeli, D, Zorzi, M (2015)
Varieties of quantity estimation in children,
Developmental Psychology, 51(6), pp.758-770, ISSN: 0012-1649. DOI:
10.1037/a0039183.
Sella, F, Berteletti, I, Lucangeli, D, Zorzi, M (2015)
Spontaneous non-verbal counting in toddlers,
Developmental Science, 19(2), pp.329-337, ISSN: 1363-755X. DOI:
10.1111/desc.12299.
Sella, F, Bonato, M, Cutini, S, Umiltà, C (2013)
Living on the edge: Strategic and instructed slowing in the stop signal task,
Psychological Research, 77(2), pp.204-210, ISSN: 0340-0727. DOI:
10.1007/s00426-012-0419-y.
Tressoldi, PE, Giofré, D,
Sella, F, Cumming, G (2013)
High Impact = High Statistical Standards? Not Necessarily So,
PLoS ONE, 8(2), DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0056180.
Sella, F, Lanfranchi, S, Zorzi, M (2013)
Enumeration skills in Down syndrome,
Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34(11), pp.3798-3806, ISSN: 0891-4222. DOI:
10.1016/j.ridd.2013.07.038.
Tressoldi, PE,
Sella, F, Coltheart, M, Umiltà, C (2012)
Using functional neuroimaging to test theories of cognition: A selective survey of studies from 2007 to 2011 as a contribution to the Decade of the Mind Initiative,
Cortex, 48(9), pp.1247-1250, ISSN: 0010-9452. DOI:
10.1016/j.cortex.2012.05.024.
Bonato, M,
Sella, F, Berteletti, I, Umiltà, C (2012)
Neuropsychology is nothing without control: A potential fallacy hidden in clinical studies,
Cortex, 48(3), pp.353-355, ISSN: 0010-9452. DOI:
10.1016/j.cortex.2011.06.017.
Cornoldi, C, Del Prete, F, Gallani, A,
Sella, F, Re, AM (2010)
Components affecting expressive writing in typical and disabled writers,
Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities, 23, pp.269-286, ISSN: 0735-004X. DOI:
10.1108/S0735-004X(2010)0000023012.
