Cristina Scarpazza
Biographic Data
| ID | 7335372 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cristina Scarpazza |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cristina |
| FAMILY NAME | Scarpazza |
| SIGNATURE | SCARPAZZA C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Padua |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4126-426X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
An integrative review exploring decision-making processes in forensic psychopathology investigations
Forensic psychopathology assessments play a critical role in legal decisions, particularly those related to criminal responsibility. However, despite their influence, the decision-making processes behind these assessments remain largely underexplored and inconsistently supported by empirical evidence. Emerging literature suggests that these decisions are shaped by multiple factors, including individual reasoning styles, team dynamics, and the inf…
Addressing insanity in paedophilic disorder: The need for a cognitive approach for forensic assessment to correctly identify idiopathic, acquired and iatrogenic forms
Assessing insanity in individuals with paedophilic disorder presents unique challenges, particularly due to the diverse aetiologies of the condition, which lead to varying symptomatology and behavioural manifestations. To address this complexity, in this article we overview the characteristics of three variants of paedophilic disorder - idiopathic, acquired, and iatrogenic - and highlight the key obstacles in differentiating these forms, resultin…
Under‐Interpretation of Neuroimaging Data in Insanity Assessment: A Hidden Risk
Neuroimaging data can provide valuable insights into insanity evaluations, but the debate over its use for legal purposes is far from resolved. While much attention has been given to the risks of over‐interpretation, potential errors stemming from under‐interpretation received less scrutiny. In this paper, we aim to showcase how this error may influence the results of an insanity evaluation by presenting an Italian forensic case. The defendant pr…
Artificial intelligence in insanity evaluation. Potential opportunities and current challenges
The formulation of a scientific opinion on whether the individual who committed a crime should be held responsible for his/her actions or should be considered not responsible by reason of insanity is very difficult. Indeed, forensic psychopathological decision on insanity is highly prone to errors and is affected by human cognitive biases, resulting in low inter-rater reliability. In this context, artificial intelligence can be extremely useful t…
Detecting deception through facial expressions in a dataset of videotaped interviews: A comparison between human judges and machine learning models
Disentangling interoceptive abilities in alexithymia
In recent years, research on interoceptive abilities (i.e., sensibility, accuracy, and awareness) and their associations with emotional experience has flourished. Yet interoceptive abilities in alexithymia—a personality trait characterized by a difficulty in the cognitive interpretation of emotional arousal, which impacts emotional experience—remain under-investigated, thereby limiting a full understanding of subjective emotional experience proce…
Translational Application of a Neuro-Scientific Multi-Modal Approach Into Forensic Psychiatric Evaluation: Why and How
A prominent body of literature indicates that insanity evaluations, which are intended to provide influential expert reports for judges to reach a decision " beyond any reasonable doubt ," suffer from a low inter-rater reliability. This paper reviews the limitations of the classical approach to insanity evaluation and the criticisms to the introduction of neuro-scientific approach in court. Here, we explain why in our opinion these criticisms, th…
The Detection of Malingering: A New Tool to Identify Made-Up Depression
Major depression is a high-prevalence mental disease with major socio-economic impact, for both the direct and the indirect costs. Major depression symptoms can be faked or exaggerated in order to obtain economic compensation from insurance companies. Critically, depression is potentially easily malingered, as the symptoms that characterize this psychiatric disorder are not difficult to emulate. Although some tools to assess malingering of psychi…
Emotional modulation of touch in alexithymia
Alexithymia refers to difficulties in recognizing one's own emotions, but difficulties have also been found in the recognition of others' emotions, particularly when the task is not easy. Previous research has demonstrated that, in order to understand other peoples' feelings, observers remap the observed emotion onto their own sensory systems. The aim of the present study was to investigate the ability of high and low alexithymic subjects to rema…
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Emotional modulation of touch in alexithymia
Alexithymia refers to difficulties in recognizing one's own emotions, but difficulties have also been found in the recognition of others' emotions, particularly when the task is not easy. Previous research has demonstrated that, in order to understand other peoples' feelings, observers remap the observed emotion onto their own sensory systems. The aim of the present study was to investigate the ability of high and low alexithymic subjects to rema…
The Detection of Malingering: A New Tool to Identify Made-Up Depression
Major depression is a high-prevalence mental disease with major socio-economic impact, for both the direct and the indirect costs. Major depression symptoms can be faked or exaggerated in order to obtain economic compensation from insurance companies. Critically, depression is potentially easily malingered, as the symptoms that characterize this psychiatric disorder are not difficult to emulate. Although some tools to assess malingering of psychi…
Translational Application of a Neuro-Scientific Multi-Modal Approach Into Forensic Psychiatric Evaluation: Why and How
A prominent body of literature indicates that insanity evaluations, which are intended to provide influential expert reports for judges to reach a decision " beyond any reasonable doubt ," suffer from a low inter-rater reliability. This paper reviews the limitations of the classical approach to insanity evaluation and the criticisms to the introduction of neuro-scientific approach in court. Here, we explain why in our opinion these criticisms, th…
Detecting deception through facial expressions in a dataset of videotaped interviews: A comparison between human judges and machine learning models
Disentangling interoceptive abilities in alexithymia
In recent years, research on interoceptive abilities (i.e., sensibility, accuracy, and awareness) and their associations with emotional experience has flourished. Yet interoceptive abilities in alexithymia—a personality trait characterized by a difficulty in the cognitive interpretation of emotional arousal, which impacts emotional experience—remain under-investigated, thereby limiting a full understanding of subjective emotional experience proce…
Under‐Interpretation of Neuroimaging Data in Insanity Assessment: A Hidden Risk
Neuroimaging data can provide valuable insights into insanity evaluations, but the debate over its use for legal purposes is far from resolved. While much attention has been given to the risks of over‐interpretation, potential errors stemming from under‐interpretation received less scrutiny. In this paper, we aim to showcase how this error may influence the results of an insanity evaluation by presenting an Italian forensic case. The defendant pr…
Artificial intelligence in insanity evaluation. Potential opportunities and current challenges
The formulation of a scientific opinion on whether the individual who committed a crime should be held responsible for his/her actions or should be considered not responsible by reason of insanity is very difficult. Indeed, forensic psychopathological decision on insanity is highly prone to errors and is affected by human cognitive biases, resulting in low inter-rater reliability. In this context, artificial intelligence can be extremely useful t…
An integrative review exploring decision-making processes in forensic psychopathology investigations
Forensic psychopathology assessments play a critical role in legal decisions, particularly those related to criminal responsibility. However, despite their influence, the decision-making processes behind these assessments remain largely underexplored and inconsistently supported by empirical evidence. Emerging literature suggests that these decisions are shaped by multiple factors, including individual reasoning styles, team dynamics, and the inf…
Addressing insanity in paedophilic disorder: The need for a cognitive approach for forensic assessment to correctly identify idiopathic, acquired and iatrogenic forms
Assessing insanity in individuals with paedophilic disorder presents unique challenges, particularly due to the diverse aetiologies of the condition, which lead to varying symptomatology and behavioural manifestations. To address this complexity, in this article we overview the characteristics of three variants of paedophilic disorder - idiopathic, acquired, and iatrogenic - and highlight the key obstacles in differentiating these forms, resultin…
Psychology (7 works) · Cognition (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Insanity (4 works) · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Insanity defense (3 works)