Dr. Nicola Mammarella is a Full Professor in General Psychology at the University of Chieti (Italy) and holds a psychology degree from Padua University and a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Essex University (UK). He is currently a full member of the SIPI (Italian Society of Psychology of Aging) scientific committee. His research focuses on the interaction of memory and emotion, especially with regard to age-related differences. He is also interested in working-memory studies and their implications in everyday life (e.g., learning and memory training) and human adaptation to space. His top areas of expertise are working memory, long-term memory, repetition effects, source monitoring, false memories, and memory and emotions in normal and pathological aging.