LIGHTUP
Project description
"There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception"
(A. Huxley)
Neuroscience and neuropsychology is replete with examples of processes that occur without or outside conscious perception. Our Lab tries to understand the neuronal bases of visual perception in the absence of awareness. We are particularly interested in emotion processing, as emotions can impact on our daily behavior and orient our responses even when we are unaware of the triggering causes. We combine multiple methodologies, from neuroimaging to phychophysics and computational modelling, especially in relation to neuropsychological patients with focal brain damage to the visual cortex and 'blindsight', or with attentional deficits and hemispatial neglect.
Our Team
Principal Investigator
Conscious and Nonconscious Emotion Perception, Vision and Awareness, Social Neuroscience
Marco Tamietto
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
MASTER'S DEGREE IN MIND SCIENCE, ASSESSMENT & REHABILITATION NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, EMOTION PERCEPTION, STROKE PATIENTS, SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL
Ylenia Camassa Nahi
PHD CANDIDATE
COMPLEX SYSTEMS, artificial intelligence, HIGH ORDER INTERACTION
Davide Orsenigo
rtd-B
PH.D, FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY, TRACTOGRAPHY,PREDICTIVE CODING, EMOTIONS.
Matteo Diano
Phd CANDIDATE
Ms.c, visual system, blindsight, consciousness, emotion perception, neural plasticity,, nhp,
Matteo Panormita
PHD CANDIDATE
Non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS), TMS and ccPAS, visual awareness, emotional processing
Chiara Di Fazio
PHD CANDIDATE
Sara Cavuoti Cabanillas
phd CANDIDATE
COMPLEX SYSTEMS, artificial intelligence, dynamic functional connectivity
Alessio Borriero
PHD CANDIDATE
Cristina Solinas
Our Fundings
“National Recovery Plan – PNRR – “MNESYS” Project in neuroscience and neuropharmacology. Specific subproject “SPARKS Subcortical Pathways and Awareness: Revealing Key Structures for Visual Awareness in Human and Monkeys”
«ERC Proof of Concept» from the European Union, Horizon 2020
«PRIN 2022» from the Italian MIUR (Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca)
«PRIN 2017» from the Italian MIUR (Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca)
«ERC Consolidator Grant» from the European Union, Horizon 2020
«PRIN 2015» from the Italian MIUR (Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca)
«Vidi» grant from NWO (Netherlands Organization for scientific research)
«Futuro in Ricerca 2012» from the Italian MIUR (Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca)
