PUBLICATIONS:
Caselli, A., *Daniels, I., & Vitrano, D. (submitted). The influence of self-expansion on sexual
desire among people in same-gender interracial relationships. The Journal of Sex Research.
Vitrano, D. & Fernandes, R. (submitted). Perfectionism: A creative boost or barrier? Exploring
the relationship between perfectionism and creative thinking. The Journal of Creative Behavior.
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Vitrano, D. (2023). Does testing enhance mediation in paired-associate learning? Journal of
Cognitive Psychology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2022.2162058
Vitrano, D., Altarriba, J., & Leblebici-Basar, D. (2021). Revisiting Mednick’s (1962) theory of
creativity with a composite measure of creativity: The effect of stimulus type on word association production. The Journal of Creative Behavior, 55(4), 925-936. https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.498
Cho, K. W., Neely, J. H., Brennan, M. K., Vitrano, D., & Crocco, S. (2017). Does testing increase spontaneous mediation in learning semantically related paired associates? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 43(11), 1768-1778. doi: 10.1037/xlm0000414
Cho, K. W., Neely, J. H., Crocco, S., & Vitrano, D. (2017). Testing enhances both encoding and retrieval for both tested and untested items. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 70, 1211-1235. doi: 10.1080/17470218.2016.1175485
ORAL PRESENTATIONS:
Leblebici-Basar, D., Avery, M., Vitrano, D., & Altarriba, J. (2024, April). Analyzing Product
Design Processes in a Survival Context: An Experimental Study on Design Briefs. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity, Toronto, Canada.
*Mesia, F., *Beaulieu, J., *Martinez, D., *Malley, C., & Vitrano, D. (2023, May). Exploring the
link between ADHD and creativity. Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Oregon University Creativity Conference, Ashland, OR. (presented virtually)
Vitrano, D., Altarriba, J., & Leblebici-Basar, D. (2019, July). Mednick’s (1962) theory of
Creativity Re-visited: The influence of word frequency and word type. Paper presented at the 2nd annual meeting of the Southern Oregon University Creativity Conference, Ashland, OR. (presented by Vitrano, D.)
Neely, J. H., Crocco, S., Vitrano, D., & Bolte, C. (2018, November). Generalized vs. pair-specific test-potentiated-learning effects for Swahili-English translations. Paper presented at the 59th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New Orleans, LA (presented by Neely, J.H.)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
Caselli, A., & Vitrano, D. (2024, October). So Long Soulmates: The Effect of Human Sexuality Education on College Students’ Sexual Destiny Beliefs. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Northeast Conference for Teachers of Psychology, Springfield, MA.
*Santarelli, C., Vitrano, D., & Caselli, A. (2024, October). Pilot Intervention: Examining Human Sexuality Courses as an Intervention to Reduce Sexual Prejudice Among College Students. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the New England Psychological Association, Springfield, MA.
*Mayes, A., *Arendt, A., *Dias, K., Vitrano, D., & Fernandes, R. (2024, October). Examining the Link Between Perfectionism and Self-reported Creativity. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the New England Psychological Association, Springfield, MA.
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*Bates, H., *Brennan, T., Vitrano, D., Leblebici-Başar, D., & Altarriba, J. (2024, October).
Examining the Influence of Creativity Levels and Word Type on Associative Flexibility. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the New England Psychological Association, Springfield, MA.
Vitrano, D., & Fernandes, R. (2024, March). The Link Between Perfectionism and Creativity. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Orlando, FL.
*Martinez-Duran, D., *Beaulieu, J., Vitrano, D., & McCurdy, E. (2024, March). The Effect of ADHD Symptoms on Divergent and Convergent Thinking. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
*Malley, C., *Mesia, F., Vitrano, D., & McCurdy, E. (2024, March). The Association between ADHD Symptoms and Creative Achievements. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Vitrano, D. (2023, October). The Use of Gamification in an Asynchronous Research Methods Course. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Northeast Conference for Teachers of Psychology, Worcester, MA.
Vitrano, D. (2020, November). Does Testing Enhance Semantic and/or Phonological Mediation in Paired-Associate Learning? Poster presented at the 61st annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, virtual conference.
Vitrano, D., Altarriba, J., & Leblebici-Basar, D. (2020, October). Mednick’s (1962) theory of
creativity re-visited: The effect of word type on associative fluency. Poster presented at the 6th annual meeting of the Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity, virtual conference.
Vitrano, D., & Neely, J. H. (2019, November). Does testing enhance mediation in now (“cow”)-milk paired-associate learning? Poster presented at the 60th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Vitrano, D., Crocco, S., & Neely, J. H. (2018, November). Does testing enhance mediation in lion-(“tiger”)-stripes paired-associate learning? Poster presented at the 59th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New Orleans, LA.
Vitrano, D., & Neely, J. H. (2016, November). Does testing episodic “lion-tiger” and/or “tiger-stripes” associations facilitate later “lion-stripes” learning? Poster presented at the 57th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
Crocco, S., Vitrano D., & Neely, J. H. (2016, February). Direct and indirect testing effects: A replication/extension experiment. Poster session presented at the 45th annual meeting of the Lake Ontario Visionary Establishment Society, Ontario, Canada.
Vitrano, D., Emery, A., & Page, J. (2013, April). Imagine that! Comparing brain responses to imagining and perceiving novel stimuli. Poster presented at the 20th annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA.
INVITED & CAMPUS TALKS:
Vitrano, D. (2019, March). The science behind being a student: Benefits of retrieval practice.
Paper presented as an invited speaker for the Psychology and Neuroscience Departments, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA.
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Vitrano, D. (2017, November). Sometimes it’s right to be wrong: The hypercorrection effect. Colloquium presented to undergraduate students within the University at Albany’s Psychology Department, Albany, NY.
Vitrano, D. (2016, October). The science behind being a student. Colloquium presented to undergraduate students within the University at Albany’s Psychology Department, Albany, NY.
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Vitrano, D. (2016, March). Why is eye tracking a useful technique in cognitive psychology? Colloquium presented to undergraduate students within the University at Albany’s Psychology Department, Albany, NY.
