A5090920358- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
- Neurological disorders and treatments
- Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
- Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
- S100 Proteins and Annexins
- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Health disparities and outcomes
University of Trento
2020-2025
Center for Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems
2020-2025
University of Geneva
2018-2024
GTx (United States)
2024
University of Exeter
2021
University of Pavia
2020
San Raffaele University of Rome
2014-2018
Bocconi University
2018
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico
2016-2017
Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico San Raffaele
2016-2017
The Covid-19 pandemic is burning all over the world. National healthcare systems are facing contagion with incredible strength, but concern regarding psychosocial and economic effects growing quickly. PsyCovid Study assessed influence of variables on individual differences from perceived impact outbreak issues health economy in Italian population. volunteers different regions completed an online anonymous survey. main outcomes were economy. A two-way MANOVA evaluated outcomes, geographical...
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a multisystem condition, in which executive and/or behavioural symptoms can occur. Deficits of social cognition, including defective cognitive and emotional empathy, have been recently reported ALS subjects. The neurostructural correlates these disorders are still unknown. aims this study were to evaluate two components empathy non-demented subjects, associate performance with regional grey-matter density using voxel-based morphometry (VBM). Twenty...
Loss of empathy is a symptom the behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), constituting clue for early diagnosis. In this study, we directly compared two components (intention attribution [IA] and emotion [EA]), correlating them with possible specific patterns gray-matter density reduction within mentalizing network.We evaluated IA EA in 18 mild bvFTD patients 36 healthy controls (HCs) using single nonverbal test. A subgroup entered voxel-based morphometry study.Compared HC, showed...
Cognitive and affective theory of mind (ToM) can be impaired in the course neurodegenerative dementias. Experimental tests based on different task conditions and/or complexity may fail to capture disease-specific patterns impairments. In this study, we assessed with a single both aff ective cognitive facets ToM ability sample 47 patients (i.e., 12 AD, 20 bvFTD, 15 aMCI fulfilling IWG criteria for AD predementia phase) 65 healthy controls. Subjects were administered Story-based Empathy (SET),...
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a clinical syndrome due to different neurodegenerative conditions in which an accurate early diagnosis needs be supported by reliable diagnostic tool at the individual level. In this study, we investigated PPA FDG-PET brain metabolic patterns single-subject level, order assess case-to-case variability and its relationship with clinical-neuropsychological findings.55 patients (i.e., 11 semantic variant/sv-PPA, 19 non fluent variant/nfv-PPA, 17 logopenic...
Abstract Introduction Harmonized neuropsychological assessment for neurocognitive disorders, an international priority valid and reliable diagnostic procedures, has been achieved only in specific countries or research contexts. Methods To harmonize the of mild cognitive impairment Europe, a workshop (Geneva, May 2018) convened stakeholders, methodologists, academic, non‐academic clinicians experts from European, US, Australian harmonization initiatives. Results With formal presentations...
ABSTRACT Recent studies have reported social cognitive deficits, particularly in emotional processing, Parkinson's disease (PD). However, a comprehensive characterization of these deficits and their underlying neural correlates remains elusive. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the association between recognition complex mental states structural/functional brain changes non‐demented PD individuals. To reach aim, 24 participants underwent clinical assessment, neuropsychological...
bvFTD patients display an impairment in the attribution of cognitive and affective states to others, reflecting GM atrophy brain regions associated with social cognition, such as amygdala, superior temporal cortex posterior insula. Distinctive patterns abnormal functioning at rest have been reported bvFTD, but their relationship defective has not investigated. To investigate among resting-state activity, gray matter (GM) mental behavioral variant fronto-temporal degeneration (bvFTD). We...
Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) is characterized by basic visual and high order visual-spatial dysfunctions. In this study, we investigated long-distance deafferentation processes within the frontal-parietal-occipital network in ten PCA patients using a MRI-PET combined approach. Objective voxel-based [18F]FDG-PET imaging measured metabolic changes single patients. Comprehensive investigation of diffusion tensor (DTI) metrics grey-matter density with morphometry were obtained subgroup 6...