Categoria: Neuroscience

Convegno 20 novembre 2015 “Mente e movimento nell’invecchiamento fisiologico e patologico”

Friday, the 20th of November at 20:30, in the medical-cultural centre “G. Marani”, will be held a conference concerning the physiological and pathological modification of mind and motion. The title of the conference is “Mente e movimento nell’invecchiamento fisiologico e…

Contextual bottom-up and implicit top-down modulation of anarchic hand syndrome: A single-case report and a review of the literature.

Authors Moro V, Pernigo S, Scandola M, Mainente M, Avesani R, Aglioti SM. Abstract Anarchic hand syndrome (AHS) is a rare neurological condition characterized by seemingly purposeful, goal-directed hand movements which the person afflicted by the syndrome is not, however,…

Next Seminar: Plasticità cerebrale e apprendiento della lettura

Prof. Valentina Moro will held a seminar concerning cerebral plasticity and learning to read at the “Istituto Comprensivo Roncalli”, the 9th of October, 2015.   Free entry, mandatory registration (info@neuroscienzerosa.it) Download the flier

Next Seminar: Come l’educazione cambia il cervello

Prof. Valentina Moro, the 9th of October, 2015 at the “Istituto Comprensivo Roncalli” will participate to a conversation concerning the plasticity of brain structures and how its shaped by education. Free entry with mandatory registration (info@neuroscienzerosa.it). Download the flier

Error-based training and emergent awareness in anosognosia for hemiplegia

Authors Moro V, Scandola M, Bulgarelli C, Avesani R, Fotopoulou A. Abstract Residual forms of awareness have recently been demonstrated in subjects affected by anosognosia for hemiplegia, but their potential effects in recovery of awareness remain to date unexplored. Emergent awareness refers…

Anosognosia for apraxia: Experimental evidence for defective awareness of one’s own bucco-facial gestures

Authors Canzano L, Scandola M, Pernigo S, Aglioti SM, Moro V. Abstract Anosognosia is a multifaceted, neuro-psychiatric syndrome characterized by defective awareness of a variety of perceptuo-motor, cognitive or emotional deficits. The syndrome is also characterized by modularity, i.e. deficits…

Rubber hand illusion induced by touching the face ipsilaterally to a deprived hand: evidence for plastic ‘somatotopic’ remapping in tetraplegics

Authors Michele Scandola, Emmanuele Tidoni, Renato Avesani, Giovanni Brunelli,Salvatore M. Aglioti and Valentina Moro Abstract Background: Studies in animals and humans indicate that the interruption of body-brain connections following spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to plastic cerebral reorganization. Objective: To explore whether…

Alterations of the peripersonal space around the feet in paraplegics

This poster was presentated at the CAOs 2014 conference, held Rovereto (TN), Italy, 8th – 11th of May. Authors: Scandola M., Brunell G., Avesani R., Bonente C., Aglioti S.M., Moro V. Abstract: Cross-modal congruency paradigms (CMCP) are widely used to…

Rovereto Workshop on Concepts, Actions and Objects 2014

Also for this year the CAOs 2014 will be held in Rovereto (Trento, Italy). It’ll last between the 8th and the 11th of May, the organiser are Alfonso Caramazza, Melvyn Goodale, Brad Mahon, Alex Martin, and Marius Peelen. Invited speakers: Irving Biederman, University of Southern…

Scientific Conference – Joint meeting of the FESN (Federation of European Societies of Neuropsychology) and the GNP (German Society of Neuropsychology) from September 12-14, 2013 in Berlin, Germany

The FENS meetings are the most important conferences concerning Neuropsychology in Europe. This year one of the major topics of lectures and symposia will be the integration of experimental approaches and clinical application in Neuropsychology. The director of the NPSY-Lab.VR,…