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
2013
N1pc reversal following repeated eccentric visual stimulation Journal Article
In: Psychophysiology, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 351–364, 2013.
2012
In: Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 314–321, 2012.
2011
In: Psychophysiology, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 187–197, 2011.
Le tecniche di "neuroimaging" Book Chapter
In: Zennaro, A. (Ed.): Lo sviluppo della psicopatologia, pp. 86–108, Bologna: il Mulino, 2011.
2010
Visual short-term memory capacity for simple and complex objects Journal Article
In: J Cogn Neurosci, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 496–512, 2010.
ERP evidence for ultra-fast semantic processing in the picture-word interference paradigm Journal Article
In: Front Psychol, vol. 1, pp. 177, 2010.
Orienting attention to objects in visual short-term memory Journal Article
In: Neuropsychologia, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 419–428, 2010.
Visual spatial attention and visual short-term memory: Electro-magnetic explorations of the mind Book Chapter
In: Coltheart, V. (Ed.): Tutorials in visual cognition, pp. 143–185, Hove (UK): Psychology Press, 2010.
2008
Il fenomeno attentional blink Journal Article
In: Giornale Italiano di Psicologia, vol. 35, pp. 539–560, 2008.
2007
Short-term consolidation of visual patterns interferes with visuo-spatial attention: Converging evidence from human electrophysiology Journal Article
In: Brain Res., vol. 1185, pp. 158–169, 2007.