A5021170231- Multisensory perception and integration
- Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Sleep and related disorders
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Mind wandering and attention
- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Vestibular and auditory disorders
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
- Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Face Recognition and Perception
- Categorization, perception, and language
- Motor Control and Adaptation
- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Color perception and design
University of Chieti-Pescara
2015-2025
University of Urbino
2024
University of Bari Aldo Moro
2024
Foro Italico University of Rome
2024
University of Bologna
2020-2022
Laboratori Guglielmo Marconi (Italy)
2020-2021
Institute of Neurological Sciences
2020
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico
2020
The left-cradling bias (i.e., the motor asymmetry for cradling infants on left side) has often been associated to right-hemispheric social-emotional specialization, and it reported be stronger in females than males. In this study we explored effects of sexual orientation gender identity lateral by means a web-based investigation sample adults (485 biological 196 males) recruited through LGBTQIA+ networks general university forums. We exploited imagery task assess participants' cradling-side...
Patients with mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer’s disease (ADMCI) typically show abnormally high delta (<4 Hz) and low alpha (8–12 rhythms measured from resting-state eyes-closed electroencephalographic (rsEEG) activity. Here, we hypothesized that the abnormalities in rsEEG activity may be greater ADMCI patients than those MCI not AD (noADMCI). Furthermore, they associated diagnostic cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) amyloid–tau biomarkers patients. An international database provided...
Parkinson's disease with dementia (PDD) and Lewy bodies (DLB) are more prevalent in males than females. Furthermore, they typically showed abnormally high delta (< 4 Hz) low alpha (8-10 rhythms from resting-state electroencephalographic (rsEEG) activity. Here, we hypothesized that those abnormalities may depend on the patient's sex. An international database provided clinical-demographic-rsEEG datasets for cognitively unimpaired older (Healthy; N = 49; 24 females), PDD (N 39; 13 DLB 38; 15...
Abstract Recent studies have bolstered the important role of cerebellum in high-level socio-affective functions. In particular, neuroscientific evidence shows that posterior is involved social cognition and emotion processing, presumably through its involvement temporal processing predicting outcomes sequences. We used cerebellar transcranial random noise stimulation (ctRNS) targeting to affect performance 32 healthy participants during an discrimination task, including both static dynamic...
The neural correlates of consciousness (NCC), i.e., patterns brain activity that specifically accompany a particular conscious experience, have been investigated mainly in the visual system using particularly suited paradigms, such as binocular rivalry and multistable percepts combination with recordings or neuroimaging. Through same principles, we look here for possible NCC auditory modality exploiting properties Deutsch's illusion, stimulation condition which sequence two specular dichotic...
The Right Ear Advantage effect (REA) was explored in a white noise speech illusion paradigm: binaural (WN) could be presented i) isolation (WN condition), ii) overlapped to voice pronouncing the vowel /a/ left ear (LE iii) right (RE condition). Participants were asked report which has been perceived. female or male, and it at 4 different intensities. carried out task correctly both LE RE conditions. Importantly, WN condition "right ear" responses more frequent with respect chance level "left...
Sound symbolism refers to a non-arbitrary relationship between the sound of word and its meaning. With aim better investigate this by using natural languages, in present cross-linguistic study 215 Italian Polish participants were asked listen words pronounced 4 unknown non-indo-European languages (Finnish, Japanese, Swahili, Tamil) try guess correct meaning each word, choosing among 3 alternatives visualized on computer screen. The presented mother tongue participants. Three different...
Although the population-level preference for use of right hand is clearest example behavioral lateralization, it represents only best-known instance a variety functional asymmetries observable in humans. What interesting that many such emerge during processing social stimuli, as often occurs case human bodies, faces and voices. In present paper, after reviewing previous literature about emotional we suggest some possible links among them stress necessity comprehensive account (in both...
Abstract It is well known that both numerical and non-numerical magnitudes can be represented horizontally from left to right. Building on this knowledge, here we explored whether a similar spatial representation exists for the economic value of goods. Participants were presented with images reference target product classified as higher or lower than (Experiments 1 2), belonging same different semantic category (Experiment 3). Responses collected using lateralized keys. Evidence SNARC-like...
The aim of the present study was to test whether transcranial electrical stimulation can modulate illusory perception in auditory domain. In two separate experiments we applied Direct Current Stimulation (anodal/cathodal tDCS, 2 mA; N = 60) and high-frequency Random Noise (hf-tRNS, 1.5 mA, offset 0; 45) on temporal cortex during presentation stimuli eliciting Deutsch's illusion. illusion arises when sine tones spaced one octave apart (400 800 Hz) are presented dichotically alternation, left...
A higher creative potential has been reported in narcoleptic patients and linked to lucid dreaming. The aim of the present study was explore role narcolepsy symptoms (presence severity) predicting creativity. Sixty-six consecutive type 1 (mean age 38.62 ± 17.05, 31 females) took part this study. Creative achievement different life domains beliefs were assessed by a self-reported questionnaire scale measuring self, respectively; performance measured through divergent thinking test (generation...
Some studies highlighted that patients with narcolepsy type-1 (NT1) experience high lucid dream frequency, and this phenomenon has been associated a creative personality. Starting from the well-known “pandemic effect” on sleep dreaming, we presented picture of activity in pharmacologically treated NT1 during Italian lockdown. Forty-three completed web-survey Spring 2021 were compared 86 matched-controls. Statistical comparisons revealed that: (a) showed greater sleepiness than controls; (b)...
Recent studies suggest that the use of noninvasive closed-loop neuromodulation combining electroencephalography (EEG) and transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) may be a promising avenue for treatment neurological disorders. However, attenuation tACS artifacts in EEG data is particularly challenging, computationally efficient methods are needed to enable experiments. Here we introduce an original method address this methodological issue.Our regression (AC-REG) adaptive...
The lockdown due to the new coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has led unparalleled changes in several aspects of human behaviour. During lockdown, general population delayed sleep timing and spent more time bed; however, little is known on effects COVID-19 restriction children adolescents suffering type 1 narcolepsy. In last months 2019, we performed follow-up actigraphy 18 narcolepsy under stable pharmacological treatment with sodium oxybate. We contacted these patients for a during first...
The Spatial Numerical Association of Response Codes (SNARC) effect has been associated with a wide range magnitude processing. This is due to an implicit relationship between numbers and horizontal space, according which weaker magnitudes smaller are represented on the left, whereas stronger larger right. However, for some particular type such as price, judgments may be also influenced by perceived quality thus involving valence attribution biases driven brain asymmetries. In present study,...