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Statistician | Biostatistics | Epidemiology | Evidence Synthesis | Real-World Evidence

Profile Summary

Applied statistician and data scientist with 10+ years of experience in statistical modelling, epidemiology, and health data analysis. I work on longitudinal and observational data, evidence synthesis, and reproducible analytics, with applications in ageing, mental health, cognition, nutrition, and population health. My experience includes survival analysis, multilevel and mixed-effects modelling, Bayesian methods, meta-analysis, psychometrics, and machine learning. I have analysed longitudinal cohorts, linked health records, behavioural datasets, and large observational studies, with a focus on producing rigorous, decision-relevant evidence for research and applied settings. I work primarily in R, Python, and SQL, building end-to-end analytical workflows for data preparation, modelling, validation, and reporting. My work has resulted in 50+ peer-reviewed publications, the APS Rising Star Award, and collaborations with industry partners on projects involving nutrition, consumer behaviour, and health outcomes.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Biostatistics
• ★ Meta-Analysis
• ★ R
• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Bayesian Statistics
• ☆ Human Behavior & Psychology
• ☆ Cognitive Science
• ☆ Health Psychology
• ☆ Python
• ☆ SQL
• ☆ SAS
• ☆ Medical Sciences

Services

• Research
• Data & AI

Research Meta-Research, Gray Literature Search, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Mining

Work Experience

Lecturer

University of Liverpool

February 2023 - Present

Data Scientist

National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology

February 2022 - January 2023

Assistant Professor

Fujita Health University

September 2019 - January 2022

Postdoctoral Researcher

Osaka University

November 2017 - September 2019

Education

PhD (Psychology)

University of Liverpool

November 2014 - November 2017

Cognitive Science

University of Milan Graduate School in Social and Political Sciences

October 2010 - December 2013

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Giovanni Sala, Eugenia Romano, Sergio A. Silverio, Ruimin Ma, Mark Ashworth, Gayan Perera, Robert Stewart, Brendon Stubbs (2025). Primary care health screening in patients with severe mental illness: What influence do financial incentives have? . PLOS Mental Health.

Giovanni Sala, Caihui Zhang, Fernand Gobet(2025). Effectiveness of L1 and pictures in multimedia conditions on learning second-language vocabulary: A meta-analysis . Educational Research Review. 47. (100681). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 100681--100681. Elsevier BV

T. T. Smitha, S. K. Maurya, Baiju Dayanandan, G. Mustafa, Farruh Atamurotov (2025). Exploring physical properties of anisotropy dependent self-gravitating massive compact stars in $$f(\mathbb {Q})$$ gravity . The European Physical Journal C.

Kei Kamide, Kazunori Ikebe, Yukie Masui, Takeshi Nakagawa, Mai Kabayama, Hiroshi Akasaka, Tomoaki Mameno, Yuki Murotani, Madoka Ogawa, Saori Yasumoto, et al.(2025). Multidimensional insights about healthy aging from the cohort study for community-dwelling older adults: The SONIC study . Geriatrics and Gerontology International. 25. (3). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 346--355.

T T Smitha, S K Maurya, Baiju Dayanandan, G Mustafa, Farruh Atamurotov(2025). Exploring physical properties of anisotropy dependent self-gravitating massive compact stars in $$f(\mathbb {Q})$$ gravity . European Physical Journal C. 85. (3). Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Giovanni Sala, Eugenia Romano, Ruimin Ma, Mark Ashworth, Gayan Perera, Robert Stewart, Brendon Stubbs, Sergio A Silverio(2025). Primary care health screening in patients with severe mental illness: What influence do financial incentives have? . PLoS Mental Health. 2. (5). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString e0000185--e0000185. Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Giovanni Sala, Gemma Taylor, Joanna Kolak, Peter Gerhardstein, Jamie Lingwood(2024). Does adult-child co-use during digital media use improve children's learning aged 0–6 years? A systematic review with meta-analysis . Educational Research Review. 44. (100614). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 100614--100614. Elsevier BV

Giovanni Sala, Shu Zhang, Akinori Nakamura, Takashi Kato, Kanae Furuya, Hiroshi Shimokata, Xiang Gao, Yukiko Nishita, Rei Otsuka(2024). Associations of dietary patterns and longitudinal brain-volume change in Japanese community-dwelling adults: results from the national institute for longevity sciences-longitudinal study of aging . Nutrition Journal. 23. (1). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 34.

Sala Giovanni, Takeshi Nakagawa(2024). Rethinking causal effects across the lifespan . The Lancet. Healthy Longevity. 5. (3). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString e170--e171.

Giovanni Sala, Reshanne R Reeder, Tessa M van Leeuwen(2024). A novel model of divergent predictive perception . Neuroscience of Consciousness. 2024. (1). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString niae006--niae006.

Giovanni Sala, Yukiko Nishita, Chikako Tange, Shu Zhang, Fujiko Ando, Hiroshi Shimokata, Rei Otsuka, Hidenori Arai, Shevaun D Neupert (2024). Differential Longitudinal Associations Between Domains of Cognitive Function and Physical Function: A 20-Year Follow-Up Study . The Journals of Gerontology: Series B.

Giovanni Sala, Yukiko Nishita, Chikako Tange, Shu Zhang, Fujiko Ando, Hiroshi Shimokata, Rei Otsuka, Hidenori Arai(2024). Differential Longitudinal Associations Between Domains of Cognitive Function and Physical Function: A 20-Year Follow-Up Study . Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 79. (1). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString gbad156.

Giovanni Sala, Luca Bernardi, Ian H Gotlib(2023). A Cognitive Model of Depression and Political Attitudes . Electoral Studies: an international journal on voting and electoral systems and strategy. Elsevier

Giovanni Sala, Tomoko Tatsumi(2023). Learning conversational dependency: Children's response using <i>un</i> in Japanese . Journal of Child Language. 50. (5). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 1226--1244.

Giovanni Sala, Yukiko Nishita, Chikako Tange, Makiko Tomida, Yasuyuki Gondo, Hiroshi Shimokata, Rei Otsuka (2023). No Appreciable Effect of Education on Aging-Associated Declines in Cognition: A 20-Year Follow-Up Study . Psychological Science.

Giovanni Sala, Rei Otsuka, Shu Zhang, Kanae Furuya, Chikako Tange, Fujiko Ando, Hiroshi Shimokata, Yukiko Nishita, Hidenori Arai(2023). Association between short-chain fatty acid intake and development of muscle strength loss among community-dwelling older Japanese adults . Experimental Gerontology. 173. (112080). Elsevier

Giovanni Sala, Yukiko Nishita, Mitsuru Shinohara, Chikako Tange, Fujiko Ando, Hiroshi Shimokata, Naoyuki Sato, Rei Otsuka(2023). Effects of APOEɛ4 genotype on age-associated change in cognitive functions among Japanese middle-aged and older adults: A 20-year follow-up study . Experimental Gerontology. 171. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 112036.

Giovanni Sala, Fernand Gobet(2023). Cognitive Training: A Field in Search of a Phenomenon . Perspectives on Psychological Science. 18. (1). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 125--141.

Giovanni Sala, Yukiko Nishita, Chikako Tange, Makiko Tomida, Yasuyuki Gondo, Hiroshi Shimokata, Rei Otsuka(2023). No Appreciable Effect of Education on Aging-Associated Declines in Cognition: A 20-Year Follow-Up Study . Psychological Science.

Giovanni Sala, Daiki X Sato, Yukiko U Inoue, Nahoko Kuga, Satoko Hattori, Kensaku Nomoto, Yuki Morimoto, Hideo Hagihara, Takefumi Kikusui, Takuya Sasaki, et al.(2022). Humanized substitutions of <i>Vmat1</i> in mice alter amygdala-dependent behaviors associated with the evolution of anxiety . iScience. 25. (8). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 104800.

Giovanni Sala, Amy Bidgood, Julian Pine, Caroline Rowland, Daniel Freudenthal, Ben Ambridge(2021). Verb argument structure overgeneralisations for the English intransitive and transitive constructions: grammaticality judgments and production priming . Language and Cognition. 13. (3). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 397--437.

Bidgood, A., Pine, J., Rowland, C., Sala, G., Freudenthal, D., Ambridge, B.E.N.(2021). Verb argument structure overgeneralisations for the English intransitive and transitive constructions: Grammaticality judgments and production priming . Language and Cognition.

Sala, G., Tatlidil, K.S., Gobet, F.(2021). Still no evidence that exergames improve cognitive ability: A commentary on Stanmore et al. (2017) . Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 123. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 352-353.

Giovanni Sala, K Semir Tatlidil, Fernand Gobet(2021). Still no evidence that exergames improve cognitive ability: A commentary on Stanmore et al. (2017) . Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 123. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 352--353.

Giovanni Sala, Hiroki Inagaki, Yoshiko Ishioka, Yukie Masui, Takeshi Nakagawa, Tatsuro Ishizaki, Yasumichi Arai, Kazunori Ikebe, Kei Kamide, Yasuyuki Gondo(2020). The Psychometric Properties of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) . Swiss Journal of Psychology. 79. (3-4). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 155--161. Hogrefe Publishing Group

Giovanni Sala, Fernand Gobet(2020). Working memory training in typically developing children: A multilevel meta-analysis . Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 27. (3). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 423--434. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Sala, G., Gobet, F.(2020). Cognitive and academic benefits of music training with children: A multilevel meta-analysis . Memory and Cognition. 48. (8). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 1429-1441.

Giovanni Sala, Fernand Gobet(2020). Cognitive and academic benefits of music training with children: A multilevel meta-analysis . Memory and Cognition. 48. (8). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 1429--1441.

Giovanni Sala, Fernand Gobet(2020). Working memory training in typically developing children: A multilevel meta-analysis . Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. 27. (3). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 423--434.

Sala, G., Inagaki, H., Ishioka, Y., Masui, Y., Nakagawa, T., Ishizaki, T., Arai, Y., Ikebe, K., Kamide, K., Gondo, Y.(2020). The Psychometric Properties of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA): A Comprehensive Investigation . Swiss Journal of Psychology. 79. (3-4). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 155-161.

Giovanni Sala, Hiroki Inagaki, Yoshiko Ishioka, Yukie Masui, Takeshi Nakagawa, Tatsuro Ishizaki, Yasumichi Arai, Kazunori Ikebe, Kei Kamide, Yasuyuki Gondo(2020). The Psychometric Properties of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) A Comprehensive Investigation . Swiss Journal of Psychology. 79. (3-4). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 155--161.

Sala, G., Gobet, F.(2020). Working memory training in typically developing children: A multilevel meta-analysis . Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. 27. (3). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 423-434.

(2019). Still no evidence that exergames improve cognitive ability: A commentary on Stanmore et al. (2017) . Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.

Giovanni Sala, Stephen D. Ginsberg, Daniela Jopp, Fernand Gobet, Madoka Ogawa, Yoshiko Ishioka, Yukie Masui, Hiroki Inagaki, Takeshi Nakagawa, Saori Yasumoto, et al.(2019). The impact of leisure activities on older adults’ cognitive function, physical function, and mental health . PLOS ONE. 14. (11). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString e0225006. Public Library of Science ({PLoS})

Giovanni Sala, Daniela Jopp, Fernand Gobet, Madoka Ogawa, Yoshiko Ishioka, Yukie Masui, Hiroki Inagaki, Takeshi Nakagawa, Saori Yasumoto, Tatsuro Ishizaki, et al.(2019). The impact of leisure activities on older adults' cognitive function, physical function, and mental health . PLoS ONE. 14. (11). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString e0225006--e0225006.

(2019). Working memory training does not enhance older adults' cognitive skills: A comprehensive meta-analysis . Intelligence.

Giovanni Sala, N D Aksayli, K S Tatlidil, Y Gondo, Fernand Gobet(2019). Working memory training does not enhance older adults' cognitive skills: A comprehensive meta-analysis . Intelligence. 77.

Giovanni Sala, Claire Noble, Michelle Peter, Jamie Lingwood, Caroline Rowland, Fernand Gobet, Julian Pine, Claire Noble, Michelle Peter, Jamie Lingwood, et al.(2019). The Impact of Shared Book Reading on Children’s Language Skills: A Meta-Analysis . Educational Research Review. 28. (100290). Elsevier

Fernand Gobet(2019). How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Us Understand Human Creativity . Frontiers in Psychology. Frontiers Media

(2019). The cognitive and academic benefits of Cogmed: A meta-analysis . Educational Research Review.

Giovanni Sala, N D Aksayli, Fernand Gobet(2019). The cognitive and academic benefits of Cogmed: A meta-analysis . Educational Research Review. 27. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 229--243.

(2019). Near and Far Transfer in Cognitive Training: A Second-Order Meta-Analysis . Collabra.

Gobet, F., Sala, G., Gobet, F., Sala, G.(2019). How artificial intelligence can help us understand human creativity . Frontiers in Psychology. 10. (JUN).

Giovanni Sala, N Deniz Aksayli, K Semir Tatlidil, Tomoko Tatsumi, Yasuyuki Gondo, Fernand Gobet, N Deniz Aksayli, K Semir Tatlidil, Tomoko Tatsumi, Yasuyuki Gondo, et al.(2019). Near and Far Transfer in Cognitive Training: A Second-Order Meta-Analysis . Collabra: Psychology. 5. (1).

Giovanni Sala, Joe Hilgard, Walter R Boot, Daniel J Simons, Joe Hilgard, Walter R Boot, Daniel J Simons(2019). Overestimation of Action-Game Training Effects: Publication Bias and Salami Slicing . Collabra: Psychology. 5. (1).

Sala, G., Gobet, F., Sala, G., Gobet, F.(2019). Cognitive Training Does Not Enhance General Cognition . Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 23. (1). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 9-20.

Giovanni Sala, Fernand Gobet, Fernand Gobet(2019). Cocnitive Training Does Not Enhance General Cocnition . Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 23. (1). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 9--20.

Sala, G., Deniz Aksayli, N., Semir Tatlidil, K., Tatsumi, T., Gondo, Y., Gobet, F.(2019). Near and far transfer in cognitive training: A second-order meta-analysis . Collabra: Psychology. 5. (1).

Aksayli, N.D., Sala, G., Gobet, F.(2019). The cognitive and academic benefits of Cogmed: A meta-analysis . Educational Research Review. 27. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 229-243.

Sala, G., Aksayli, N.D., Tatlidil, K.S., Gondo, Y., Gobet, F.(2019). Working memory training does not enhance older adults' cognitive skills: A comprehensive meta-analysis . Intelligence. 77.

Sala, G., Jopp, D., Gobet, F., Ogawa, M., Ishioka, Y., Masui, Y., Inagaki, H., Nakagawa, T., Yasumoto, S., Ishizaki, T., et al.(2019). The impact of leisure activities on older adults’ cognitive function, physical function, and mental health . PLoS ONE. 14. (11).

Hilgard, J., Sala, G., Boot, W.R., Simons, D.J.(2019). Overestimation of action-game training effects: Publication bias and Salami slicing . Collabra: Psychology. 5. (1).

Špulerov&#225;, J., Kruse, A., Branduini, P., Centeri, C., Eiter, S., Ferrario, V., Gaillard, B., Gusmeroli, F., Jurgens, S., Kladnik, D., et al.(2019). Past, present and future of hay-making structures in Europe . Sustainability (Switzerland). 11. (20).

Noble, C., Sala, G., Peter, M., Lingwood, J., Rowland, C., Gobet, F., Pine, J.(2019). The impact of shared book reading on children's language skills: A meta-analysis . Educational Research Review. 28.

Sala G, Gobet F(2018). Cognitive Training Does Not Enhance General Cognition . Trends in cognitive sciences.

Giovanni Sala, Ben Ambridge, Libby Barak, Elizabeth Wonnacott, Colin Bannard, Ben Ambridge, Libby Barak, Elizabeth Wonnacott, Colin Bannard(2018). Effects of Both Preemption and Entrenchment in the Retreat from Verb Overgeneralization Errors: Four Reanalyses, an Extended Replication, and a Meta-Analytic Synthesis . Collabra: Psychology. 4. (1). University of California Press

(2018). Effects of Both Preemption and Entrenchment in the Retreat from Verb Overgeneralization Errors: Four Reanalyses, an Extended Replication, and a Meta-Analytic Synthesis . Collabra.

Giovanni Sala, K S Tatlidil, Fernand Gobet, K S Tatlidil, Fernand Gobet(2018). Video game training does not enhance cognitive ability: A comprehensive meta-analytic investigation . Psychological bulletin. 144. (2). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 111--139.

Giovanni Sala, K. Semir Tatlidil, Fernand Gobet(2018). Video game training does not enhance cognitive ability: A comprehensive meta-analytic investigation . Psychological Bulletin. 144. (2). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 111--139. American Psychological Association ({APA})

Burgoyne, A.P., Sala, G., Gobet, F., Macnamara, B.N., Campitelli, G., Hambrick, D.Z., Burgoyne, A.P., Sala, G., Gobet, F., Macnamara, B.N., et al.(2018). Corrigendum to “the relationship between cognitive ability and chess skill: A comprehensive meta-analysis” [Intelligence 59 (2016) 72–83](S0160289616301593)(10.1016/j.intell.2016.08.002) . Intelligence. 71. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 92-96.

Giovanni Sala, Alexander P Burgoynea, Fernand Gobet, Brooke N Macnamara, Guillermo Campitelli, David Z Hambrick, Alexander P Burgoynea, Fernand Gobet, Brooke N Macnamara, Guillermo Campitelli, et al.(2018). the relationship between cognitive ability and chess skill: A comprehensive meta-analysis (vol 59, pg 72, 2016) . Intelligence. 71. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 92--96.

Sala, G., Tatlidil, K.S., Gobet, F., Sala, G., Tatlidil, K.S., Gobet, F.(2018). Video game training does not enhance cognitive ability: A comprehensive meta-analytic investigation . Psychological Bulletin. 144. (2). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 111-139.

Ambridge, B., Barak, L., Wonnacott, E., Bannard, C., Sala, G., Ambridge, B., Barak, L., Wonnacott, E., Bannard, C., Sala, G.(2018). Effects of both preemption and entrenchment in the retreat from verb overgeneralization errors: four reanalyses, an extended replication, and a meta-analytic synthesis . Collabra: Psychology. 4. (1).

Giovanni Sala, Fernand Gobet, Fernand Gobet(2017). Does Far Transfer Exist? Negative Evidence From Chess, Music, and Working Memory Training . Current Directions in Psychological Science. 26. (6). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 515--520.

Giovanni Sala, Michela Signorelli, Giulia Barsuola, Martina Bolognese, Fernand Gobet, Michela Signorelli, Giulia Barsuola, Martina Bolognese, Fernand Gobet(2017). The Relationship between Handedness and Mathematics Is Non-linear and Is Moderated by Gender, Age, and Type of Task . Frontiers in Psychology. 8. (948). Frontiers Media

Giovanni Sala, Fernand Gobet, Fernand Gobet(2017). Working Memory Training in Typically Developing Children: A Meta-Analysis of the Available Evidence . Developmental Psychology. 53. (4). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 671--685.

Giovanni Sala, Alexander P Burgoyne, Brooke N Macnamara, David Z Hambrick, Guillermo Campitelli, Fernand Gobet, Alexander P Burgoyne, Brooke N Macnamara, David Z Hambrick, Guillermo Campitelli, et al.(2017). Checking the “Academic Selection” argument. Chess players outperform non-chess players in cognitive skills related to intelligence: A meta-analysis . Intelligence. 61. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 130--139. Elsevier BV

Giovanni Sala, Fernand Gobet, Fernand Gobet(2017). Experts' memory superiority for domain-specific random material generalizes across fields of expertise: A meta-analysis . Memory and Cognition. 45. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 183--193. Springer Nature

Sala, G., Foley, J.P., Gobet, F., Sala, G., Foley, J.P., Gobet, F.(2017). The effects of chess instruction on pupils' cognitive and academic skills: State of the art and theoretical challenges . Frontiers in Psychology. 8. (FEB).

Giovanni Sala, John P Foley, Fernand Gobet, John P Foley, Fernand Gobet(2017). The Effects of Chess Instruction on Pupils' Cognitive and Academic Skills: State of the Art and Theoretical Challenges . Frontiers in Psychology. 8. (ARTN 238).

Sala, G., Signorelli, M., Barsuola, G., Bolognese, M., Gobet, F., Sala, G., Signorelli, M., Barsuola, G., Bolognese, M., Gobet, F.(2017). The relationship between handedness and mathematics is non-linear and is moderated by gender, age, and type of task . Frontiers in Psychology. 8. (JUN).

Sala, G., Gobet, F., Sala, G., Gobet, F.(2017). When the music's over. Does music skill transfer to children's and young adolescents' cognitive and academic skills? A meta-analysis . Educational Research Review. 20. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 55-67.

Giovanni Sala, Fernand Gobet, Fernand Gobet(2017). Does chess instruction improve mathematical problem-solving ability? Two experimental studies with an active control group . Learning and Behavior. 45. (4). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 414--421.

Sala, G., Gobet, F., Sala, G., Gobet, F.(2017). Does chess instruction improve mathematical problem-solving ability? Two experimental studies with an active control group . Learning and Behavior. 45. (4). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 414-421.

Sala, G., Gobet, F., Sala, G., Gobet, F.(2017). Does far transfer exist? Negative evidence from chess, music, and working memory training . Current Directions in Psychological Science. 26. (6). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 515-520.

Sala, G., Gobet, F., Sala, G., Gobet, F.(2017). Experts’ memory superiority for domain-specific random material generalizes across fields of expertise: A meta-analysis . Memory and Cognition. 45. (2). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 183-193.

Sala, G., Burgoyne, A.P., Macnamara, B.N., Hambrick, D.Z., Campitelli, G., Gobet, F., Sala, G., Burgoyne, A.P., Macnamara, B.N., Hambrick, D.Z., et al.(2017). Checking the “Academic Selection” argument. Chess players outperform non-chess players in cognitive skills related to intelligence: A meta-analysis . Intelligence. 61. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 130-139.

Sala, G., Gobet, F., Sala, G., Gobet, F.(2017). Working memory training in typically developing children: A meta-analysis of the available evidence . Developmental Psychology. 53. (4). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 671-685.

Giovanni Sala, Fernand Gobet, Fernand Gobet(2017). When the music′s over. Does music skill transfer to children′s and young adolescents′ cognitive and academic skills? A meta-analysis . Educational Research Review. 20. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 55--67.

Giovanni Sala, Fernand Gobet, Fernand Gobet(2016). Do the benefits of chess instruction transfer to academic and cognitive skills? A meta-analysis. Educational Research Review.

Sala, G., Gobet, F., Sala, G., Gobet, F.(2016). Do the benefits of chess instruction transfer to academic and cognitive skills? A meta-analysis . Educational Research Review. 18. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 46-57.

Trinchero, R., Sala, G., Trinchero, R., Sala, G.(2016). Chess training and mathematical problem-solving: The role of teaching heuristics in transfer of learning . Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education. 12. (3). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 655-668.

Giovanni Sala, Roberto Trinchero, Roberto Trinchero(2016). Chess Training and Mathematical Problem-Solving: The Role of Teaching Heuristics in Transfer of Learning . Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education. 12. (3). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 655--668.

Giovanni Sala, Alexander P Burgoyne, Fernand Gobet, Brooke N Macnamara, Guillermo Campitelli, David Z Hambrick, Alexander P Burgoyne, Fernand Gobet, Brooke N Macnamara, Guillermo Campitelli, et al.(2016). The relationship between cognitive ability and chess skill: A comprehensive meta-analysis . Intelligence. 59. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 72--83.

Burgoyne, A.P., Sala, G., Gobet, F., Macnamara, B.N., Campitelli, G., Hambrick, D.Z., Burgoyne, A.P., Sala, G., Gobet, F., Macnamara, B.N., et al.(2016). The relationship between cognitive ability and chess skill: A comprehensive meta-analysis . Intelligence. 59. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 72-83.

Giovanni Sala, Fernand Gobet, Fernand Gobet(2016). Do the benefits of chess instruction transfer to academic and cognitive skills? A meta-analysis . Educational Research Review. 18. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 46--57.

Sala, G., Gorini, A., Pravettoni, G., Sala, G., Gorini, A., Pravettoni, G.(2015). Mathematical Problem-Solving Abilities and Chess: An Experimental Study on Young Pupils . SAGE Open. 5. (3).

Giovanni Sala, Alessandra Gorini, Gabriella Pravettoni, Alessandra Gorini, Gabriella Pravettoni(2015). Mathematical Problem-Solving Abilities and Chess: An Experimental Study on Young Pupils . SAGE Open. 5. (3).

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Giovanni Sala, Hideo Hagihara, Hirotaka Shoji, Satoko Hattori, Yoshihiro Takamiya, Mika Tanaka, Masafumi Ihara, Mihiro Shibutani, Izuho Hatada, Kei Hori, et al.(2024). Large-scale animal model study uncovers altered brain pH and lactate levels as a transdiagnostic endophenotype of neuropsychiatric disorders involving cognitive impairment . eLife. 12. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString RP89376.

Giovanni Sala, Hideo Hagihara, Hirotaka Shoji, Satoko Hattori, Yoshihiro Takamiya, Mika Tanaka, Masafumi Ihara, Mihiro Shibutani, Izuho Hatada, Kei Hori, et al.(2023). Large-scale animal model study uncovers altered brain pH and lactate levels as a transdiagnostic endophenotype of neuropsychiatric disorders involving cognitive impairment .

Giovanni Sala, Hideo Hagihara, Hirotaka Shoji, Satoko Hattori, Yoshihiro Takamiya, Mika Tanaka, Masafumi Ihara, Mihiro Shibutani, Izuho Hatada, Kei Hori, et al.(2023). Large-scale animal model study uncovers altered brain pH and lactate levels as a transdiagnostic endophenotype of neuropsychiatric disorders involving cognitive impairment .

Hagihara, H., Miyakawa, T., Hagihara, H., Shoji, H., Takamiya, Y., Tanaka, M., Hagino, Y., Kotajima-Murakami, H., Ikeda, K., Otabi, H., et al.(2021). Systematic analysis of brain lactate and pH levels in 65 animal models related to neuropsychiatric conditions . bioRxiv.

Giovanni Sala, Hideo Hagihara, Hirotaka Shoji, Satoko Hattori, Yoshihiro Takamiya, Mika Tanaka, Masafumi Ihara, Mihiro Shibutani, Izuho Hatada, Kei Hori, et al.(2021). Large-scale animal model study uncovers altered brain pH and lactate levels as a transdiagnostic endophenotype of neuropsychiatric disorders involving cognitive impairment .

Sato, D.X., Inoue, Y.U., Morimoto, Y., Inoue, T., Kuga, N., Sasaki, T., Ikegaya, Y., Nomoto, K., Kikusui, T., Hattori, S., et al.(2021). Humanized substitutions of Vmat1 in mice alter amygdala-dependent behaviors associated with the evolution of anxiety . bioRxiv.

Giovanni Sala, Daiki Sato, Yukiko Inoue, Yuki Morimoto, Takayoshi Inoue, Nahoko Kuga, Takuya Sasaki, Yuji Ikegaya, Kensaku Nomoto, Takefumi Kikusui, et al.(2021). Humanized substitutions of <i>Vmat1</i> in mice alter amygdala-dependent behaviors associated with the evolution of anxiety .

Giovanni Sala, Rik Chakraborti, Atsuhiko Ota, Tsuyoshi Miyakawa(2020). Association of BCG vaccination policy and tuberculosis burden with incidence and mortality of COVID-19 . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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Giovanni Sala, Hideo Hagihara, Hirotaka Shoji, Satoko Hattori, Yoshihiro Takamiya, Mika Tanaka, Masafumi Ihara, Mihiro Shibutani, Izuho Hatada, Kei Hori, et al. (2023). Large-scale animal model study uncovers altered brain pH and lactate levels as a transdiagnostic endophenotype of neuropsychiatric disorders involving cognitive impairment .

Giovanni Sala, Hideo Hagihara, Hirotaka Shoji, Satoko Hattori, Yoshihiro Takamiya, Mika Tanaka, Masafumi Ihara, Mihiro Shibutani, Izuho Hatada, Kei Hori, et al. (2023). Large-scale animal model study uncovers altered brain pH and lactate levels as a transdiagnostic endophenotype of neuropsychiatric disorders involving cognitive impairment .

Giovanni Sala, Hideo Hagihara, Hirotaka Shoji, Satoko Hattori, Yoshihiro Takamiya, Mika Tanaka, Masafumi Ihara, Mihiro Shibutani, Izuho Hatada, Kei Hori, et al. (2023). Large-scale animal model study uncovers altered brain pH and lactate levels as a transdiagnostic endophenotype of neuropsychiatric disorders involving cognitive impairment .

Giovanni Sala, Hideo Hagihara, Hirotaka Shoji, Satoko Hattori, Yoshihiro Takamiya, Mika Tanaka, Masafumi Ihara, Mihiro Shibutani, Izuho Hatada, Kei Hori, et al. (2021). Large-scale animal model study uncovers altered brain pH and lactate levels as a transdiagnostic endophenotype of neuropsychiatric disorders involving cognitive impairment .

CONFERENCE PAPER

Giovanni Sala, Fernand Gobet, Fernand Gobet(2019). Elvis Has Left the Building: Correlational but Not Causal Relationship between Music Skill and Cognitive and Academic Ability. Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society Creativity Cognition Computation Cogsci 2019. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 987--993.

Giovanni Sala, Fernand Gobet, R Trinchero, S Ventura, Fernand Gobet, R Trinchero, S Ventura(2016). Does Chess Instruction Enhance Mathematical Ability in Children? A Three-Group Design to Control for Placebo Effects. Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society Cogsci 2016. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 1973--1978.

DISSERTATION THESIS

Giovanni Sala, F Gobet, Andrej Stancak, F Gobet, Andrej Stancak(2017). Once Upon a Time There Was Far Transfer .