Mirko Casu

Clinical Psychologist, PhD Student in Computer Science @ University of Catania.

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Hello there! I'm a clinical psychologist and a PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Catania, where I work on the SiciliAn MicronanOTecH Research And Innovation CEnter (SAMOTHRACE) project and am a member of the Multimedia Security & Forensics group at the Image Processing Laboratory (IPLab). My interdisciplinary research connects psychology with technology, exploring artificial intelligence, deepfakes, cognitive bias, digital forensics, eHealth, mHealth, and virtual reality applications.

Previously, I earned a Bachelor's Degree in Psychological Science from the University of Sassari in 2019, and a Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Catania in 2023. My internships focused on Lacanian psychoanalytic, cognitive-behavioral, and systemic-relational approaches.

news

Aug 12, 2025
Our manuscript A (Mid)Journey Through Reality: Assessing Accuracy, Impostor Bias, and Automation Bias in Human Detection of AI-Generated Images has been accepted for publication in Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies (IF: 3; AR: 16%; Q1 in Psychology; Q1 in Computer Science).
Jul 19, 2025
I participated in the International Forensics Summer School (IFOSS 2025), held from July 13 to 19, 2025, at Hotel Village Baia Samuele, Punta Sampieri–Scicli (Ragusa), Sicily.
Jul 3, 2025
At the VERIMEDIA workshop at IJCNN 2025, we presented our WILD project, a large dataset for synthetic image attribution.
Jun 25, 2025
Closing of the FHDA Challenge at MetroXRAINE 2025, organized by me, Luca Guarnera, and Prof. Sebastiano Battiato, with publication of final rankings.
Jun 9, 2025
I have reached 200 citations on Google Scholar, with an h-index of 6.

selected publications

  1. BMC Psych.
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    User evaluation and feasibility test of an app designed for smoking cessation in Italian people who smoke: preliminary findings from an uncontrolled pre-test post-test open study
    Pasquale Caponnetto, Mirko Casu, David Crane, and 3 more authors
    BMC Psychology, Nov 2023
  2. Psychoact.
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    A Multi-Level Analysis of Biological, Social, and Psychological Determinants of Substance Use Disorder and Co-Occurring Mental Health Outcomes
    Cecilia Ilaria Belfiore, Valeria Galofaro, Deborah Cotroneo, and 4 more authors
    Psychoactives, Apr 2024
  3. FSIDIIN
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    GenAI mirage: The impostor bias and the deepfake detection challenge in the era of artificial illusions
    Mirko Casu, Luca Guarnera, Pasquale Caponnetto, and 1 more author
    Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation, Jun 2024
  4. Appl. Sci.
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    AI Chatbots for Mental Health: A Scoping Review of Effectiveness, Feasibility, and Applications
    Mirko Casu, Sergio Triscari, Sebastiano Battiato, and 2 more authors
    Applied Sciences, Jul 2024

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