Marcello Cesa-Bianchi and the development of Italian psychology from the 1950s to 2000

Professor Marcello Cesa-Bianchi produced a vast body of scientific work. In his almost seventy years of academic experience he studied a wide range of psychology topics.In his early working years, he mainly dealt with ageing, experimental methodology, psychometrics, and perception. Subsequently many other topics were the subject of deeper study. He was always particularly interested in ageing, until the end of his long academic and scientific life.This contribution, from a historical perspective, summarises and examines - in addition to the work relating to methodology, psychometrics and perception - the Professor's main publications on his studies and research on developmental psychology, on psychology and on medical psychology with a particular reference to the overall training of the doctor, as some of the most representative themes of his impressive scientific work.