About the Authors

Vanda Viola

Affiliations Department of Psychology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Foundation Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy

Annalisa Tosoni

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience and Imaging, University G. D’Annunzio and Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technology, Foundation G. D’Annunzio, Chieti, Italy

Arie W. Kruglanski

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Gaspare Galati

Affiliations Department of Psychology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Foundation Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy

Lucia Mannetti

lucia.mannetti@uniroma1.it

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LM VV GG AT AK. Performed the experiments: VV. Analyzed the data: VV GG AT LM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GG LM. Wrote the paper: VV AT LM GG AK. Wrote the projects: AK GG LM AT VV. Designed the software used in analysis: GG. Data analysis: LM AT and GG. Collected data: VV.