Categoria: Neuropsychology

NPSY.Lab-VR meeting – January 31st, 2023 at 2:00 PM (CET)

Dear all, you are invited to the next NPSY.Lab-VR meeting, which will take place next Tuesday, January 31st 2023 at 2:00 PM (CET) in the meeting room 1.16 on the second floor of Palazzo Zorzi and online via zoom. The lab meeting, held by Valeria…

Temporal judgments of actions
following unilateral brain damage

Authors: Valentina Pacella, M. Scandola, M. Bà, N. Smania, M. Beccherle, E. Rossato,D. Volpe & Valentina Moro Abstract: Sense of time is a complex construct, and its neural correlates remain to date in most part unknown.To complicate the frame, physical…

NPSY.Lab-VR meeting – November 29th, 2022 at 3:00 PM

Dear all, you are invited to the next NPSY.Lab-VR meeting that will take place next Tuesday, November 29th 2022 at 3:00 PM (CEST). The seminar entitled “Developing a virtual reality-based neuropsychological screening test. Technological challenges and methodological considerations concerning ecological…

The ‘healthy side’ of anosognosia for hemiplegia: Increased sense of agency for the unimpaired limb or motor compensation?

Authors: Gianna Cocchini, Michele Scandola, Valeria Gobbetto, Maria Cristina Cioffi, Angela Bartolo, James Moore, and Valentina Moro Objectives Anosognosic patients show a lack of awareness for their hemiplegia coupled with a distorted sense of agency for the actions performed by…

Electrophysiological correlates of action monitoring in brain-damaged patients: A systematic review

Authors: Maria Pyasik, Michele Scandola, Valentina Moro Action monitoring is crucial to the successful execution of an action and understanding the actions of others. It is often impaired due to brain lesions, in particular after stroke. This systematic review aims…

Body, action, and space representations in people affected by spinal cord injuries

Author: Michele Scandola A spinal cord injury causes extensive neuroplastic modifications in our brain, from the sensory–motor structures, to all the brain because of the strict interdependences of brain structures within neural networks. These modifications have—often subtle—effects on cognitive aspects,…

Disconnections in personal neglect

Authors: Sara Bertagnoli, Valentina Pacella, Elena Rossato, Paul M. Jenkinson, Aikaterini Fotopoulou, Michele Scandola, Valentina Moro Personal neglect is a disorder in the perception and representation of the body that causes the patients to behave as if the contralesional side…

NPSY-Lab.VR at OHBM 2022

Another NPSY-Lab.VR work entitled “White matter disconnections and grey matter lesions in Personal Neglect” (M. Scandola, S. Bertagnoli V. Pacella, E. Rossato, P.M. Jenkinson, A. Fotopoulou, V. Moro) was presented at the virtual session of the Annual meeting of the…