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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).
Matteo Diano, RTD-A
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.
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Marco Lanzilotto, RTD-B
I am currently Research Fellow at University of Turin under the supervision of Prof. Marco Tamietto. I hold my Ph.D in Neuroscience at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia with a thesis entitled: “The Neural Correlates of Auditory Orienting in Macaque Monkey: A Role for PEEF in Species-Specific Vocalizations Recognition and Head Motor Control”.
As Ph.D student I spent one year at Department of Psychology, Princeton University (New Jersey, U.S.A), for a collaborative project with Prof. Asif Ghazanfar. I worked for five years as post-doc at the University of Parma. There, I strengthened a long-lasting and still ongoing collaboration with Prof. Luca Bonini, Prof. Guy Orban, Prof. Giacomo Rizzolatti and more recently with Prof. Marco Tamietto, which are some of the leading neuroscientists in the field of action observation, mirror neurons and visual awareness, participating actively in numerous ongoing and already completed EU projects (Wireless, Neuroseeker, Cogsystems and LightUp).
My main research interests focus on investigating the primates’ visual, auditory and motor system as well as the role of cerebral cortex in consciousness. I combine electrophysiological and anatomical techniques with programming skills to achieve this goal.
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 student
I am currently in my second year of a Joint Ph.D. 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 student
I am currently in my first year of the national Ph.D. programme in Theoretical and Applied Neuroscience. My PhD 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, Research assistant
I am Research Assistant 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, Research assistant
Currently, I am a Research Assistant at Tamietto Lab. 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, Post graduate
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