Fabio Del Missier

Fabio Del Missier is an Associate Professor in General Psychology at the University of Trieste within the Department of Life Sciences. He coordinates the Memory & Decision Laboratory and holds teaching roles in Memory and Cognitive Control, Cognitive Enhancement, and Environmental Psychology programs. His affiliations span multiple doctoral boards including Neuroscience and Cognitive Sciences and Psychological Sciences.

• Education: PhD in Psychology from University of Trieste, postdoctoral experience at University of Trento and ICT-IRST (Bruno Kessler Foundation)
• Research Focus: Judgment and decision-making under memory constraints, executive control in complex tasks, environmental psychology, and cognitive aging

His research program investigates two primary domains:

1. Cognitive Bases of Decision-Making – examining attentional processes, memory structuring, and individual differences in decision competence
2. Memory & Executive Control – studying retrieval interference, cognitive strategies, and environmental influences on memory tasks

Recent trends in his 15 most recent publications reveal integration of environmental psychology with decision science, including restorative effects of nature on cognition and pro-environmental behavior mechanisms. He explores prospective memory in aging contexts and cognitive offloading strategies. Applied work extends to disaster psychology and economic decision-making frameworks.

Grant Participation includes active roles in:

• WASTEREDUCE – integrated waste reduction in protected areas
• PRO-BENE-COMUNE – university community well-being promotion
• Donations for Scientific Instruments – technical resource development

His lab includes Marta Stragà (post-doc) and Irene Florean (PhD student). Collaborations span Timo Mäntylä (Stockholm University), Wändi Bruine de Bruin (University of South California), and Carlo Fantoni's active perception laboratory at the same department.