Marco Tamietto, Principal Investigator
I hold a Ph.D in Neuroscience and I am currently Research Fellow at Tilburg University and Full Professor at University of Turin. I have been also invited visiting scientist at the department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford (2015-2107; sponsored by Em. Prof. Weiskrantz); Honorary member of SCR Magdalen College Oxford, University of Oxford (2016-2017); Visiting fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advances Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS-KNAW) (2018).
My studies concern the functional and structural neuroanatomy of the visual system and emotion perception. I combine neuroimaging methods with psychophysics and I am particularly interested in patients with cortical blindness and in patients with hemispatial neglect.
I gratefully acknowledge support from Vidi grant 2012 (NWO - The Netherlands), FIRB 2012, PRIN 2015 and PRIN 2017 (MIUR - Italy), and ERC Consolidator grant 2017 (European Union, Horizon 2020).
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Matteo Diano, RTD-B
I got my Ph.D. in Neuroscience with a thesis entitled “Bridging the gap: benefits and limitations of functional connectivity” under the supervision of Prof. Giuliano Carlo Geminiani. My main collaborations are with Prof. Franco Cauda, Prof. Beatrice deGelder and Dr. Enrico Premi (Stroke Unit, Vascular Neurology).
For my master thesis I spent one year at the Neuroimaging Center in Groningen (NL), for a collaborative project with Prof. Christian Keysers and Dr. Leonardo Cerliani. As Ph.D student I spent one year at Maastricht University, collaborating with Prof. Beatrice de Gelder and Prof. Rainer Goebel. I am currently working as a post-doc at the University of Tilburg under the supervision of Prof. Marco Tamietto.
My research focuses on emotional processing and brain plasticity following brain damage using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) as a main investigating tool. My interests are related to profile the functional (fMRI) and structural (Diffusion Weighted Imaging) connectivity, using advanced tractography techniques, to investigate the neural network involved in emotion processing.
Ylenia Camassa Nahi, Research Assistant
I hold a Master degree in Mind Science and my master thesis dealt with neural correlates of the conscious and non conscious perception of emotions. I am currently a Neuropsychological Trainee at Molinette Hospital, where I am engaged in the assessment and rehabilitation of neuropsychological patients following focal brain lesions.
My research interests are concerned with affective neuroscience and the clinical neuropsychology. I am particularly interested in the study of the neural networks for conscious and non conscious perception of emotions in healthy and clinical population. I combine psychophysics and psychophysiology measures (Eyetracker).
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Matteo Panormita, PhD candidate
I am currently enrolled in a PhD programme in Psychological, Antropological and Educational Sciences (University of Turin) and Cognitive and Molecular Neuroscience (Kathoelieke Universiteit Leuven). My PhD project is aimed to investigate blindsight through non-human primate model (NHP).
I Hold a B.Sc. in Psychology (University of Turin) and a M.Sc. in Cognitive Neuroscience (University of Turin).
Main topics that I follow are visual awareness, categorization and emotions. I am also interested in higher cognitive process that involve prefrontal areas recruitment such as pFC and its bidirectional connections with Amygdala.
My method expertise is built on both neural and behavioural data collection using functional Magnetic Resonance (fMRI) and different behavioural tasks and measures.
Alessio Borriero, PhD candidate
I am currently enrolled in the national Ph.D. programme in Theoretical and Applied Neuroscience. My project is aimed to investigate neural basis of vision through deep learning and modelization techniques coming from the physics of complex systems.
I Hold a B.Sc. in Physical engineenering (Polytechnic of Turin) and a M.Sc. in Physics of Complex Systems (University of Turin).
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Davide Orsenigo, PhD candidate
I am a PhD candidate at Tamietto Lab. My research project is aimed to investigate neural basis of vision through modelization techniques coming from the physics of complex systems.
I Hold a B.Sc. in Physics (University of Turin) and a M.Sc. in Physics of Complex Systems (University of Turin).
Chiara Di Fazio, PhD candidate
Currently, I am enrolled the national Ph.D. programme in Theoretical and Applied Neuroscience. My research project is aimed to investigate cognitive and behavioral models to study and promote neuroplasticity for visual and affective functions. My main research interests focus on neural, physiological, and behavioral correlates of visual awareness and emotional processing in humans, using Non-invasive Brain Stimulation techniques (i.e., rTMS and ccPAS) as main investigating tools. I hold a B.Sc. in Psychology (University of Bologna) and a M.Sc. in Neuroscience and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation (University of Bologna).
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Cristina Solinas, PhD candidate
I earned my master’s degree in Sciences of the Body and Mind at the University of Turin (2023). My current research interests focus on the functions of subcortical structures in visual awareness in non-human primates (macaques), with particular attention to responses to social stimuli in affective blindsight and social fear learning.
Cristina Solinas, PhD candidate
After earning a bachelor's degree in physics and a master's degree in physics of complex systems, I began a PhD program in computational neuroscience. My research interests focus on multimodal parcellation techniques developed through a multivariate integration and cross-species approach. I work with neuroimaging data—including DW-MRI and fMRI—as well as electrophysiological data from non-human primates.
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Raffaella Marcuz, Lab Manager - Email
As a LIGHTUP Lab Manager, I take care of:
procuring for the implementation of experimental activities;
relations with University departments and offices;
collaboration in the organization of dissemination and outreach events within the line of research;
support in the preparation and processing of technical and financial documents and reports related to the research activity.
Former Members
Alessia Celeghin, now Associate Professor at University of Turin, Department of Psychology
Arianna Bagnis, now Post-doc at Bologna University
Fabiola Diana, now PhD student at Leiden University
Carlos Andrés Méndez Guerrero, now research fellow at Institut des Sciences Cognitives Marc Jeannerod, CNRS, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
Brian Ocak
Former graduate students
Claudia Aiello
Matteo Esposito
Blanca Tasso