Categoria: Neuropsychology

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…

NPSY-Lab.VR at OHBM 2022

NPSY-Lab.VR work entitled “Motor awareness: a model based on neuropsychological syndromes” (V. Pacella, V. Moro) was presented at the Annual meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) in Glasgow, Scotland.

NPSY.Lab-VR meeting – April 26th 2022

Dear all, You are invited to the next NPSY.Lab-VR meeting that will take place on Tuesday, April 26th 2022 at 3:00 PM (CEST). The lab meeting, held by Stefania Amato, will follow the Let’s talk about tests format and address the presentation of two new tools for testament…

A fronto-insular-parietal network for the sense of body ownership

Authors: Valentina Moro, Valentina Pacella, Michele Scandola, Sahba Besharati, Elena Rossato, Paul M Jenkinson, Akaterini Fotopoulou Neuropsychological disturbances in the sense of limb ownership provide unique opportunities to study the neurocognitive basis of body ownership. Previous small sample studies that…

NPSY.Lab-VR meeting – February 8th 2022

Dear all,you are invited to the next NPSY.Lab-VR meeting, which will take place on Tuesday, February 8th 2022 at 4:30 PM (CET). The lab meeting, held by Valeria Gobbetto, will follow the Let’s talk about tests format and will address…

Bodily Illusions and Motor Imagery in Fibromyalgia

Authors: Michele Scandola, Giorgia Pietroni, Gabriella Landuzzi, Enrico Polati, Vittorio Schweiger and Valentina Moro Fibromyalgia (FM) is characterised by chronic, continuous, widespread pain, often associated with a sense of fatigue, non-restorative sleep and physical exhaustion. Due to the nature of…

NPSY.Lab-VR Meeting – November 9th, 2021

Dear all, You are invited to the next NPSY.Lab-VR meeting that will take place on Tuesday, November 9th 2021 at 2 PM (CET). It will be held by Elena Facci and the topic will be: “Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – IV…