Lucia Regolin

Lucia Regolin is a Full Professor at the University of Padova, specializing in cognitive science and animal behavior. Her research investigates the origins of mind and cognition through comparative studies, primarily using domestic chicks as a model organism. Her work focuses on numerical cognition, spatial-numerical associations, perceptual grouping, and crossmodal correspondences in animals.

Key research themes include prenatal influences on numerical abilities, lateralized cognitive processing, and the evolutionary roots of numerical and spatial reasoning. Her studies bridge developmental psychology, ethology, and neuroscience, emphasizing cross-species comparisons.

Recent articles explore how prenatal light exposure impacts number sense, the Bouba-Kiki effect in chicks, and numerical discrimination in shelter dogs. These studies highlight the universality of cognitive mechanisms across species and the role of environmental factors in cognitive development.

Dr. Regolin’s research extends to invertebrates, such as spiders and zebrafish, to understand the evolutionary origins of cognitive processes. She collaborates on projects involving comparative cognition and statistical learning in newborn animals.