A5011287327- Vestibular and auditory disorders
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Neurological disorders and treatments
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
- Face Recognition and Perception
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Aging and Gerontology Research
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
University of Trento
2021-2025
Center for Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems
2025
Sapienza University of Rome
2020-2021
Fondazione Santa Lucia
2020
Abstract Recent research has indicated that the cerebellum is responsible for social judgments, such as making trait attributions. The present study investigated function of posterior in supporting sequence learning linked to inferences about persons. We conducted a memory paradigm required participants learn given temporal order six behavioral sentences all implied same personality protagonist. then asked infer person and recall correct rate their confidence judgments retrieval accuracy....
Emotion recognition and social deficits have been previously reported in Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the extent of these impairments is still unclear cognition excluded from cognitive domains considered current criteria for PD mild impairment (MCI). This study aims to analyze emotion recognition, affective theory mind early patients classified according Level II MCI criteria, evaluate prevalence socio-cognitive this sample.We enrolled 45 participants with PD, as cognitively unimpaired...
Abstract Increasing evidence from neuroimaging and clinical studies has demonstrated cerebellar involvement in social cognition components, including the mentalizing process. The aim of this study was to apply transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) modulate excitability investigate role cerebellum plays mental state recognition. Forty-eight healthy subjects were randomly assigned different groups which anodal, cathodal, or sham tDCS (2 mA for 20 min) delivered centering electrode on...
Objectives: Effective prevention programs targeting risk factors for cognitive decline in the elderly are recommended given progressive increase ageing of general population. The Social and Cognitive Online Training (SCOT) project is a randomized, controlled, parallel clinical trial designed to prevent age-related executive social functions. Methods: study included 60 cognitively healthy older adults (age=71.8±5.3, education=12.3±3.7, MoCA=25.1±2.4). Participants underwent baseline...
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...
Abstract Harmonized neuropsychological assessment for neurocognitive disorders (NCDs) is an urgent priority in clinics. Neuropsychology assessments NCDs seldom include tests exploring social cognitive skills. In 2022, we launched the SIGNATURE initiative to optimize socio‐cognitive NCDs. Here, report findings from first phase, including consortium creation and evaluation of state art memory We developed ad hoc online survey explore practices measures, relevance, obstacles preventing use...
Social cognition deficits are reported in several neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the availability of tasks for clinical assessment is still limited, preventing full characterization socio-cognitive dysfunctions neurological patients. This study aims to present a new task assess recognition complex mental states from faces (FACE test), reporting normative data Italian population and an example its application 40 PD patients.Two-hundred twenty-nine...
To investigate whether people can implicitly learn regularities in a social context, we developed new implicit sequence learning task combining elements from classic false belief and serial reaction time tasks. Participants learned that protagonists were offered flowers at four locations. The protagonists' beliefs concerning the true or false, depending on their orientation, respectively, toward scene (so could be seen) away it. Unbeknown to participants, there was fixed belief-related...
Pharmacological treatments in Parkinson's disease (PD), albeit effective alleviating many motor symptoms, have limited effects non-motor signatures as cognitive impairment, well other aspects included postural instability. Consequently, complementary interventions are nowadays a prerogative of clinical practice managing PD symptomatology. In this pilot longitudinal study, we recruited twenty-four patients participating one two interventions: adapted Argentine Tango or group-based...
Abstract Increasing evidence from neuroimaging and clinical studies demonstrated cerebellar involvement in social cognition components, including the mentalizing process. The aim of this study was to apply transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) modulate excitability investigate role cerebellum plays mental state recognition. Forty-eight healthy subjects were randomly assigned different groups which anodal, cathodal, or sham tDCS (2 mA for 20 min) delivered centring electrode on...
Abstract In Parkinson's disease (PD), impairment of Theory Mind (ToM) has recently attracted an increasing number neuroscientific investigations. If and how functional connectivity the ToM network is altered in PD still open question. First, we explored whether shows potential PD‐specific alterations when compared to healthy controls (HC). Second, tested role duration evolution network. Between‐group were computed adopting resting‐state magnetic resonance imaging (rs‐fMRI) data four groups:...