Sara Caviola

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Sara Caviola is a scholar working on Statistics and Probability, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara Caviola has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Statistics and Probability, 18 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 17 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Sara Caviola's work include Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (23 papers), Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (14 papers) and Reading and Literacy Development (11 papers). Sara Caviola is often cited by papers focused on Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (23 papers), Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (14 papers) and Reading and Literacy Development (11 papers). Sara Caviola collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Canada. Sara Caviola's co-authors include Irene C. Mammarella, Maria Chiara Passolunghi, Dénes Szűcs, Chiara Perin, David Giofrè, Francesca Hill, Amy Devine, Cesare Cornoldi, Daniela Lucangeli and Enrico Toffalini and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Sara Caviola

33 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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Mathematics Anxiety, Working Memory, and Mathematics Performance in Secondary-School Children

2016 599 citations Maria Chiara Passolunghi, Sara Caviola et al. Frontiers in Psychology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale (AMAS): Applicability and Utility in a Sample of Japanese Elementary School Children 2025 ·International Journal of Psychology ·Yoshifumi Ikeda, Yosuke Kita, (unknown), (unknown), Irene C. Mammarella, Sara Caviola, Silvia Lanfranchi, (unknown), David Giofrè	0
2	Exploring the mediating role of academic anxiety in mathematics and reading performance among boys and girls: A comprehensive study of Italian fifth graders 2025 ·Learning and Individual Differences ·Sara Caviola, David Giofrè, Tommaso Feraco, Enrico Toffalini, (unknown), David C. Geary	0
3	Affective and cognitive factors associated with Chinese and Italian children’s arithmetic performance 2024 ·BMC Psychology ·Wei Wei, Chang Xu, Sara Caviola, Irene C. Mammarella	0
4	Learning disorders and difficulties: From a categorical to a dimensional perspective 2024 ·Learning and Individual Differences ·Sara Caviola, Samuel Greiff, Enrico Toffalini	1
5	Multidimensional components of (state) mathematics anxiety: Behavioral, cognitive, emotional, and psychophysiological consequences 2023 ·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Irene C. Mammarella, Sara Caviola, (unknown), Elisabetta Patron, Daniela Palomba	8
6	Math Performance and Academic Anxiety Forms, from Sociodemographic to Cognitive Aspects: a Meta-analysis on 906,311 Participants 2021 ·Educational Psychology Review ·Sara Caviola, Enrico Toffalini, David Giofrè, Jéssica Mercader Ruiz, Dénes Szűcs, Irene C. Mammarella	109
7	Out of the noise: Effects of sound environment on maths performance in middle-school students 2021 ·Journal of Environmental Psychology ·Sara Caviola, Chiara Visentin, Erika Borella, Irene C. Mammarella, Nicola Prodi	42
8	Going Beyond Mathematics Anxiety in Primary and Middle School Students: The Role of Ego‐Resiliency in Mathematics 2020 ·Mind Brain and Education ·Enrica Donolato, Enrico Toffalini, David Giofrè, Sara Caviola, Irene C. Mammarella	31
9	Working Memory Capacity and the Development of Quantitative Central Conceptual Structures 2019 ·Cognition and Instruction ·Sergio Morra, (unknown), Sara Caviola, (unknown), Irene C. Mammarella	7
10	Children's Strategy Choices on Complex Subtraction Problems: Individual Differences and Developmental Changes 2018 ·Frontiers in Psychology ·Sara Caviola, Irene C. Mammarella, Massimiliano Pastore, Jo‐Anne LeFevre	23
11	Stress, Time Pressure, Strategy Selection and Math Anxiety in Mathematics: A Review of the Literature 2017 ·Frontiers in Psychology ·Sara Caviola, Emma Carey, Irene C. Mammarella, Dénes Szűcs	76
12	The underlying structure of visuospatial working memory in children with mathematical learning disability 2017 ·British Journal of Developmental Psychology ·Irene C. Mammarella, Sara Caviola, David Giofrè, Dénes Szűcs	74
13	The role of practice and strategy in mental rotation training: transfer and maintenance effects 2016 ·Psychological Research ·Chiara Meneghetti, Ramona Cardillo, Irene C. Mammarella, Sara Caviola, Erika Borella	27
14	Mathematics Anxiety, Working Memory, and Mathematics Performance in Secondary-School Children breakdown → 2016 ·Frontiers in Psychology ·Maria Chiara Passolunghi, Sara Caviola, (unknown), Chiara Perin, Irene C. Mammarella	599
15	Computer-based training for improving mental calculation in third- and fifth-graders 2016 ·Acta Psychologica ·Sara Caviola, (unknown), Irene C. Mammarella	18
16	Training on mental rotation abilities in primary school children 2014 ·Giornale italiano di psicologia ·Ramona Cardillo, Sara Caviola, Chiara Meneghetti, Irene C. Mammarella	1
17	Visuospatial working memory in children with autism: The effect of a semantic global organization 2014 ·Research in Developmental Disabilities ·Irene C. Mammarella, David Giofrè, Sara Caviola, Cesare Cornoldi, Colin Hamilton	30
18	Mathematical Difficulties in Nonverbal Learning Disability or Co-Morbid Dyscalculia and Dyslexia 2013 ·Developmental Neuropsychology ·Irene C. Mammarella, Monica Bomba, Sara Caviola, (unknown), Francesca Neri, Daniela Lucangeli, Renata Nacinovich	18
19	Mental additions and verbal-domain interference in children with developmental dyscalculia 2013 ·Research in Developmental Disabilities ·Irene C. Mammarella, Sara Caviola, Cesare Cornoldi, Daniela Lucangeli	28
20	A metacognitive visuospatial working memory training for children 2009 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Sara Caviola, Irene C. Mammarella, Cesare Cornoldi, Daniela Lucangeli	20

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