Books

• Calabretta, R. (2010). Doparie, dopo le primarie. Diario di un elettore errante alla ricerca della felicità. Nutrimenti editore, Roma.
  
  

• Calabretta, R. (2007, second edition). Il film delle emozioni. Alberto Gaffi Editore, Roma. [A structural science-in-fiction  novel on emotions (in Italian), published on May 2006  and cited in the newspaper la Repubblica.itTo download the book for free, click here  | The Novel overvies and incipit (in English)
  
  

• Nolfi, S., Baldassarre G., Calabretta R., Hallam J., Marocco D., Meyer J-A., Parisi, D. (2006). From animals to animats 9: Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behaviour, LNAI. Volume 4095. Springer Verlag, Berlin
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Papers

- In English

• Calabretta, R. (2011). Doparies: A Novel Party Deliberative and Aggregative Decision-Making Mechanism to Improve the Quality of Representative Democracy. Sage Open doi:10.1177/2158244011433699 [pdf; text] 
  
  

• Calabretta, R. (in preparation). The origin of brain modules. QuantumBioSystems (invited paper)
  
  

• Calabretta, R. (submitted). A novel structure as a complex system. 
  
  

• Calabretta, R. (to appear). A complex novel for dramatization and popularization of science of emotions. In Y. Bar-Yam, (ed.), Unifying Themes in Complex Systems. 
  
  

• Calabretta, R. (2010). A hypertextual novel that dramatizes the process of its creation and proposes techniques to increase creativity. Biological Theory (MIT Press) 5(2), 102-105.
  
  
• Calabretta, R. (2010). Evolution, (sequential) learning and generalization in modular and nonmodular visual neural networks. In Graeme Ruxton & Colin Tosh (Eds.), Modelling Perception with Artificial Neural Networks. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
  
  
• Calabretta, R., Di Ferdinando, A., Parisi, D., Keil, F. C. (2008). How to learn multiple tasks. Biological Theory (MIT Press) 3(1), 30-41 [draft: doc, pdf; updated March 21, 2008]
  
  
• Calabretta, R. (2008). An experimental lab-lit novel. Interjournal of Complex Systems, Manuscript Number: [2287] 
  
  
• Calabretta, R. (2007). Genetic interference reduces the evolvability of modular and nonmodular visual neural networks. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 362(1469), 403-10. (invited paper) [abstract full text] [draft: doc, pdf; updated January, 2007]
  
  
• Calabretta, R., (2007). The movie of emotions: A novel’s experimental modular structure that conveys scientific theories and research findings. Proceedings of the International Conference on Complex Systems.New England Complex Systems Institute (Ed.), Cambridge, MA.  
  
  
• Calabretta, R. & Parisi, D. (2005). Evolutionary Connectionism and Mind/Brain Modularity. In W. Callabaut & D. Rasskin-Gutman (Eds.),  Modularity. Understanding the development and evolution of complex natural systems, pp. 309-330. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. [draft: doc, pdf; updated June 4, 2001]
  
  
• Wagner, G. P., Mezey, J. & Calabretta, R. (2005). Natural selection and the origin of modules. In W. Callabaut & D. Rasskin-Gutman (Eds.), Modularity. Understanding the development and evolution of complex natural systems, pp. 33-49. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. [draft: doc, pdf; updated: March 13, 2001]
  
  
• Calabretta, R., Di Ferdinando, A., & Parisi, D. (2004). Ecological neural networks for object recognition and generalization. Neural Processing Letters 19, 37-48 [abstract full text] [draft: doc, pdf; updated June 29, 2004]
  
  
• Calabretta, R., Di Ferdinando, A., Wagner, G. P. & Parisi, D. (2003). What does it take to evolve behaviorally complex organisms? BioSystems 69, 245-262 [draft: doc, pdf; updated May 30, 2002]
  
  
• Calabretta, R., Di Ferdinando, A., Keil, F. C.,  Parisi, D. (2002). Sequential learning in nonmodular neural networks. Abstract in the Proceedings of the Special Workshop on Multidisciplinary Aspects of Learning, European Society for the study of Cognitive Systems, Clichy (Paris, France), 17-19 January 2002.
  
  
• Calabretta, R. (2002). An evo-devo approach to modularity of mind. Proceedings of International Conference on Complex Systems. New England Complex Systems Institute (Ed.), Cambridge, MA.
  
  
• Di Ferdinando, A., Calabretta, R., & Parisi, D. (2001). Evolving modular architectures for neural networks. In R. French & J. Sougné (Eds.), Proceedings of the Sixth Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop Evolution, Learning, and Development, pp. 253-262, London: Springer Verlag. [pdf, doc, abstract]
  
  
• Calabretta, R., Nolfi, S., Parisi, D. & Wagner, G.P. (2000). Duplication of modules facilitates the evolution of functional specialization. Artificial Life 6:69-84. Also Technical report # 59, Yale Center for Computational Ecology, Yale University. [pdf, ps.Z, abstract]
  
  
• Calabretta, R., Nolfi, S., Parisi, D. & Wagner, G. P. (2000). An artificial life model for investigating the evolution of modularity. In Y. Bar-Yam, (ed.), Unifying Themes in Complex Systems, Reading, MA: Perseus Books. Also published by the New England Complex Systems Institute in the Interjournal of Complex Systems Manuscript Number: [97]
  
  
• Di Ferdinando, A., Calabretta, R., & Parisi, D. (2000). Evolution of modularity in a vision task. Technical Report, IP/CNR SNVA 00-2.
  
  
• Calabretta, R. (1999). Genetic Algorithms. To appear in UNESCO - ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS (EOLSS) (invited paper). 
  
  
• Calabretta, R., Nolfi, S., Parisi, D. & Wagner, G.P. (1998a). A case study of the evolution of modularity: towards a bridge between evolutionary biology, artificial life, neuro- and cognitive science. In C. Adami, R. Belew, H. Kitano, and C. Taylor (eds.), Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Artificial Life, pp. 275-284, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. [pdf, ps.Z, abstract]
  
  
• Calabretta, R., Nolfi, S., Parisi, D. & Wagner, G.P. (1998b). Emergence of functional modularity in robots. In R. Pfeifer, B. Blumberg, J.-A. Meyer and S.W. Wilson (eds.), From Animals to Animats 5, pp. 497-504, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. [pdf, ps.Z, abstract]
  
  
• Calabretta, R. (1998). Cellular automata in an artificial life perspective. In S. Bandini, R. Serra, F. Suggi Liverani (eds.), Cellular Automata: Research towards Industry, pp. 243-246, Springer-Verlag. [pdf, ps]
  
  
• Calabretta, R., Galbiati, R., Nolfi, S. & Parisi, D. (1998). Diploid robots adapting to fast changing environments. In F. Niklasson, M. Bodén and T. Ziemke (eds.), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks,  pp. 1145-1150, Springer-Verlag. 
  
  
• Calabretta, R., Galbiati, R., Parisi, D. & Wagner, G.P. (1997). A unified science of natural and artificial adaptative systems. Technical Report, IP/CNR SNVA 97-014.
  
  
• Calabretta, R., Galbiati, R., Nolfi, S. & Parisi, D. (1997). Investigating the role of diploidy in simulated populations of evolving individuals. Electronic Proceedings of the 1997 European Conference on Artificial Life.  [pdf, ps.Z, abstract]
  
  
• Calabretta, R., Nolfi, S., Parisi, D. & Wagner, G.P. (1997). Evolutionary mechanisms for the origin of modular design in artificial neural networks. Technical Report # 51 Yale Center for Computational Ecology.
  
  
• Calabretta, R., Galbiati, R., Nolfi, S., & Parisi, D. (1996). Two is better than one: a diploid genotype for neural networks. Neural Processing Letters 4:149-155. [pdf, ps.Z, abstract]
  
  
• Calabretta, R., Nolfi, S.,  & Parisi, D. (1995). An Artificial life model for predicting the tertiary structure of unknown proteins that emulate the folding process. In F. Moran, A. Moreno, J.J. Merelo, and P Chacon (eds.), pp. 353-367, Advances in Artificial Life. Berlin Heidelberg, Springer Verlag.  [pdf, ps.Z, abstract]
  
  
• Calabretta, R., Giordano, C., Gallina, C., & others (1995). Peptidyl and azapeptidyl methylketones as substrate analogue inhibitors of papain and cathepsin B. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 30:931-941.
  
  
• Banci, G., Calabretta, R., Nolfi, S. & Monini, S. (1994). Voice analysis in patients with glottal disorders. Physica Medica 10(4):139-140.
  
  
• Giordano, C., Calabretta, R., Gallina, C. & others (1993). Synthesis and inhibiting activities of 1-peptidyl-2-haloacetyl hydrazines toward cathepsin B and calpains. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 28:297-311.
  
  
• Giordano, C., Calabretta, R., Gallina, C. & others (1993). Iodo an diiodotyrosine epoxysuccinyl derivatives as selective inhibitors of cathepsin B. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 28: 917-926.
  
  
• Giordano, C., Calabretta, R., Gallina, C. & others (1991). 1-Peptidyl-2-haloacetyl hydrazines as active site directed inhibitors of papain and cathepsin b. Farmaco 46:1497-1516.
  
  
• Calabretta, R., Gallina, C. & Giordano, C. (1991). Sodium cyanoborohydride reduction of (benzyloxycarbonyl)- and (tert-butoxycarbonyl)hydrazones. Synthesis 7:536-539.
  
  
• Giordano, C., Calabretta, R., Gallina, C. & others. Inhibition of human liver cathepsin B by peptidyl- haloacetylhydrazines and structural variations to reduce their non-specific alkylating properties, XIII International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, Paris, Sept. 19-23, 1994.
  
  
• Calabretta, R., Morea, V., Giordano, C. & others. Peptide and azapeptide methylketones as substrate analogue inhibitors of papain and cathepsin B, Joint Meeting Society for Drug Research/Società Chimica Italiana (Divisione Chimica Farmaceutica), Cambridge, UK, July 14-16, 1993.
  
  
• Calabretta, R., Gallina, C., Giordano, C. and & (1992). 1-Peptidyl-2-haloacetyl hydrazines as substrate analogue inhibitors toward cathepsin B and calpains, Societa' Chimica Italiana - XVII National Congress, Genova, Italy.
  
  
• Calabretta, R., Gallina, C., Giordano, C. & others (1992). Iodo and Diiodotyrosine epoxysuccinyl derivatives as inhibitors of cystein proteases, Proteine '92, Pavia, Italy.
  
  
• Calabretta, R., Gallina, C., Giordano, C. & others (1992). N-haloacetylazapeptides as inhibitors of cathepsin B, Proteine '92, Pavia, Italy.

• Calabretta, R., Gallina, C., Giordano, C. & others (1992). Iodo and Diiodotyrosine epoxysuccinyl derivatives as selective inhibitors of cathepsin B and calpains, Societa' Chimica Italiana - XVII National Congress, Genova, Italy. Ott. 25-30, 1992.
  
  
• Calabretta, R., Gallina, C., Giordano, C. & others (1991). N-haloacetyl-N'peptidyl hydrazines as active site directed cysteine proteases inhibitors, Societa' Chimica Italiana, Divisione Chimica Farmaceutica - X National Congress, Siena, Italy.
  
  
• Calabretta, R., Gallina, C. & Giordano, C. (1990). Synthesis of Cbz and boc alkyl and aralkyl hydrazines. Societa' Chimica Italiana - XVI National Congress, S. Benedetto del Tronto, Italy.

 

 - In Italian

Calabretta, R. (2007). Il film delle emozioni: un romanzo sperimentale strutturato per veicolare temi narrativi, teorie e scoperte scientifiche. Technical Report Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Roma.


• Calabretta, R. (2006). Scienza e arte della felicità. Technical Report Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Roma.
  
  
• Calabretta, R. (2005). Un modulo per le emozioni? Le simulazioni al computer per capire come e perché si è evoluta la nostra mente modulare (invited plenary talk), Contributi del Centro Linceo Interdisciplinare Beniamino Segre, Atti dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Bardi Editore.[abstract in Italian]
  
  
• Calabretta, R. (2004). Cos’è che fa emozionare lo spettatore? Script n. 34. 
  
  
• Calabretta, R. (2003). Tra ieri e domani. [Sceneggiatura (script)]
  
  
• Calabretta, R. (2003). Un lavoro da sogno. La formazione emotiva per creare lavori più gratificanti e per migliorare le organizzazioni. Technical Report Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Roma.
  
  
• Di Ferdinando, A., Calabretta, R., Keil, F. C. & Parisi, D. (2002). Interferenza neurale e apprendimento sequenziale, Atti del Congresso Nazionale della Sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale, pp. 75-77, Edizioni Nautilus.
  
  
• Calabretta, R. (2002). Connessionismo evolutivo e origine della modularità. In A. Borghi e T. Iachini, Scienze della Mente, pp. 47-63, Il Mulino, Bologna.
  
  
• Calabretta, R. (2001). Moduli neurocognitivi: il nuovo approccio del connessionismo evolutivo. Congresso Nazionale della Sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale, pp. 64-66, EDES, Sassari.
  
  
• Di Ferdinando, A., Calabretta, R. & Parisi, D. (2000). Evoluzione di reti neurali modulari per compiti di "what" e "where". Congresso Nazionale della Sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale, pp. 90-92, Carlo Delfino Editore, Sassari.
  
  
• Di Ferdinando, A. & Calabretta, R. (1999). Evoluzione di differenti forme di modularità in sistemi neurali. Atti del Congresso Nazionale della Sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale. pp. 217-218.
  
  
• Calabretta, R. (1998). Emergenza di modularità funzionale in reti neurali artificiali. Atti del Congresso Nazionale della Sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale, pp. 88-90.
  
  
• Calabretta, R.  (1997). Come sintetizzare la complessità biologica in un laboratorio di Vita Artificiale. Didattica delle scienze e informatica nella scuola, 191, 10-14.
  
  
• Calabretta, R. & Wagner, G.P. (1997). Evoluzione della modularità in reti neurali artificiali. Atti del Congresso Nazionale della Sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale, pp. 35-36.
  
  
• Calabretta, R. (1996). Simulare il folding delle proteine con tecniche di Vita Artificiale. Forme: Quaderni dell'Istituto Internazionale di Genetica e Biofisica, 7 (1), 25-29.
  
  
• Calabretta, R. (1996). Apprendere simulando l'apprendimento. Informatica & Scuola, 4, 16-18.
  
  
• Calabretta, R. (1996). L'aggiornamento professionale dei farmacisti via Internet. Il Farmacista.
  
  
• Calabretta, R., Galbiati, R. & Nolfi, S. (1996). Comportamento di reti neurali aploidi e diploidi in ambienti fissi e variabili nel tempo. Atti del Congresso Nazionale della Sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale, pp. 32-34.
  
  
• Nolfi, S. & Calabretta, R., (1994). Processi di apprendimento in reti neurali artificiali: implicazioni per la neuro-riabilitazione. Rivista di Neurobiologia, 39, 539-542.

 

Audiovisual and electronic media


• Calabretta, R. (2006). Emotion.edu [software].
  
  
• Calabretta, R. (2004). Il film delle emozioni [TV format].
  
  
• Calabretta, R. (2000). Emisferi [Computer software]. Roma: Istituto di Psicologia C.N.R.
  
  
• Di Ferdinando A, Calabretta, R. & Parisi D (1999). Bracci: Simulazione della lateralizzazione cerebrale [Computer software]. Roma: Istituto di Psicologia C.N.R.
  
  
• Calabretta, R. (1999). Red&Green: Dinamica di genetica di popolazione [Computer software]. Roma: Istituto di Psicologia C.N.R.
  
  
• Calabretta, R. & Nolfi, S. (1997). Evoluzione di modularità neurale per duplicazione genetica [Computer software]. Roma: Istituto di Psicologia C.N.R.
  
  
• Calabretta, R. & Nolfi, S. (1996). Reti neurali aploidi e diploidi [Computer software]. Roma: Istituto di Psicologia C.N.R
  
  
• Calabretta, R. (1995). Evoluzione di proteine nello spazio tridimensionale [Computer software]. Roma: Istituto di Psicologia C.N.R.
  
  

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Raffaele Calabretta

Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies
Italian National Research Council (C.N.R.), Rome, Italy
Email:  raffaele.calabretta@istc.cnr.it