• Dr. Mara Stockner

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• 2026 Postdoctoral Researcher in Cognitive Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome

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• 2022-2025 PhD in Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Supervisor: Professor Giuliana Mazzoni

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• 2025 Visiting PhD student at University of Kent (UK), Supervisor: Professor Zara Bergstrom

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• 2023 Research assistant at University of Turin

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mara.stockner@uniroma1.it

My Academic Path

Embodied memory

• sensorimotor simulations and memory enhancement
• contextual and linguistic factors impacting action (false) memory

Metacognitive processes involved in (embodied) memory

• accuracy-confidence relationship in episodic memory
• metacognitive awareness of implicit motor memory

Cognitive processing of AI-generated content

• social evaluations of AI (vs. real) content
• mental simulations elicited by AI-generated content

My Research Interest

Behavioral paradigms

memory paradigms, perception, detection, ratings

Physiological paradigms

eyetracking, HRV, kinematic analysis, TMS

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• Aim: investigating knowledge outsourcing to human vs. AI experts (i.e., LLMs) and the impact on metacognition

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• Task: acquiring different types of concepts through LLMs vs. human experts (e.g., teacher)

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• Experimental stimuli: Abstract/Concrete and Vague/Determinate concepts

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• Setting: School-context (developmental perspective)

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• Measures:

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• Acquired definitions (e.g., accuracy, length)�
• Number of follow-up questions�
• Concept-specific metacognition (e.g., confidence, judgments of learning/knowing)

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• Metacognitive abilities (Metacognitive Awareness Inventory)

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Key recent and related publications

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Stockner, M., Convertino, G. & Mazzoni, G. (2026, under review). (Un)predictable false memories: the role of sensorimotor language prediction in episodic memory. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-10920568/v1

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Stockner, M., Mazzoni, G., Enrici, I. & Ianì, F. (2026). Embodied simulations improve memory, but which is the most effective? The crucial role of action observation and its dynamic interplay with motor imagery ability. Frontiers in Psychology.

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Stockner, M., Convertino, G., Marchetti, M., Corvitto, L., Maiano, L., Papa, L., … Mazzoni, G. (2026). The More Attractive the More Real? Cognitive Processes Involved in Deepfake Detection in Young and Older Adults. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2026.2708442

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Stockner, M., Convertino, G., Cambedda, S., & Mazzoni, G. (2026). Can humans discriminate between real and deepfake faces? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans.

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Stockner, M., Mazzoni, G., & Ianì, F. (2025). Are fluent letter dyads really fluent? An update on objective and subjective motor fluency in an Italian student population. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 10(1), 42.

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Stockner, M., Mazzoni, G., Perrin, D., & Ianì, F. (2025). The same label, different processes: What lies behind the term “mental simulation” in the embodied cognition literature? Brain and Cognition, 188, 106335.

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