Professional Activities
SCIENTIFIC REVIEWER
Journals
American Psychologist; Assessment; BioPsychoSocial Medicine; Child Neuropsychology; Collabra; Computers in Human Behavior; Developmental Psychology; Developmental Science; Educational Psychology Review; Educational Research Review; eLife; Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education; Games for Health Journal; Journal of Cognitive Enhancement; Journal of Cognitive Psychology; Journal of Creative Behavior; Journal of Experimental Psychology: General; Journal of Expertise; Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences; Laterality; Molecular Brain; Music Perception; Nature Review Psychology; Neuropsychopharmacology Reports; Neurobiology of Aging; Pediatrics; Perspectives on Psychological Science; Plos One; Psychology and Aging; Psychological Bulletin; Psychonomic Bulletin and Review; Scientific Reports; Trends in Cognitive Sciences, among others.
Funding Agencies
Swiss National Science Foundation
COVERAGE IN THE MEDIA
THE CONVERSATION UK
Sala, G. & Gobet, F. (2017, November). Is possible to boost your intelligence by training? We reviewed three decades of research. https://theconversation.com/is-it-possible-to-boost-your-intelligence-by-training-we-reviewed-three-decades-of-research-86554
Sala, G. & Gobet, F. (2017, June). Are left-handed people more gifted than others? Our study suggests it may hold true for maths. https://theconversation.com/are-left-handed-people-more-gifted-than-others-our-study-suggests-it-may-hold-true-for-maths-79059
Sala, G. & Gobet, F. (2017, May). Does playing chess make you smarter? A look at the evidence. https://theconversation.com/does-playing-chess-make-you-smarter-a-look-at-the-evidence-76062
Sala, G. & Gobet, F. (2017, March). Can training your working memory make you smarter? We reviewed the evidence. https://theconversation.com/can-training-your-working-memory-make-you-smarter-we-reviewed-the-evidence-74322
Sala, G. & Gobet, F. (2017, February). What chess players can teach us about intelligence and expertise. https://theconversation.com/what-chess-players-can-teach-us-about-intelligence-and-expertise-72898
Sala, G. & Gobet, F. (2017, January). No proof music lessons make children any smarter. https://theconversation.com/no-proof-music-lessons-make-children-any-smarter-70766
CHESSBASE
Sala, G., & Gobet, F. (2016, March). Chess instruction in schools: A quantitative review. ChessBase News (http://chessbase.com/).
RESEARCH COVERAGE
Business Insider, Channel News Asia, Daily Mail, e-News Channel Africa, El País, Epoch Times Asia, Europe Breaking News, Forbes, Fox47 News, i-News, IFL-Science, International Business Times, Medical Xpress, MNS, NewSphere, Psychology Today, Quartz, Science Alert, Science Daily, Science Direct, SmartDrugs, Special Broadcasting Service, The Independent, The Times, Wall Street Journal, World Economic Forum, and many others.
COMMUNITY WORK
JSPS Science Dialogue Program – Yamashiro High School, Kyoto (19/01/2019).
eLife Community Ambassador (2022).