Research Areas
I have a strong background in cognitive sciences and neuroscience and in particular I have dealt with attention in the temporal dimension and visual working memory.
Currently, my “scientific” goal is to understand the role of the observer’s sensorimotor representations during the processing of facial expressions of others, an open question in the literature, which finds great supporters and equally great detractors.
I am also interested in the neural correlates of conscious processing of faces and facial expressions.
Selected Publications
Publications
2017
On the role of the inferior intraparietal sulcus in visual working memory for lateralized single-feature objects Journal Article
In: J Cogn Neurosci, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 337–351, 2017.
2016
Cross-modal matching of numerosity is subserved by the left parietal cortex in the developing brain Conference
Biennal Meeting of the Society for Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, Paris (FR). October 13-16, 2016.
A multi-modal fNIRS/EEG investigation of the fronto-parietal network during audio-visual matching Conference
Biennal Meeting of the Society for Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, Paris (FR). October 13-16, 2016.
Minimal humanity cues induce neural empathic reactions towards non-human entities Journal Article
In: Neuropsychologia, vol. 89, pp. 132–140, 2016.
Race perception and gaze direction differently impair visual working memory for faces: An event-related potential study Journal Article
In: Social Neuroscience, vol. 11, pp. 97–107, 2016.
2015
Perceived trustworthiness shapes neural empathic responses toward others' pain Journal Article
In: Neuropsychologia, vol. 79, no. Pt A, pp. 97–105, 2015.
Audio-visual dynamics in multiple object processing: Is attending to both modalities a prerequisite for the flexibility of individuation? An N2pc study Conference
Rovereto Attention Workshop, Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, 2015.
The attentional blink impairs detection and delays encoding of visual information: Evidence from human electrophysiology Journal Article
In: J Cogn Neurosci, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 720–735, 2015.
The distractor frequency effect in the colour-naming Stroop task: An overt naming event-related potential study Journal Article
In: J Cogn Psychol, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 277–289, 2015.
On the neglected role of stereotypes in empathy toward other-race pain Journal Article
In: Social neuroscience, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1–6, 2015.