Dear all,you are invited to the next NPSY.Lab-VR meeting that will take place on Tuesday, January 17th 2023 at 4:00 PM (CET). The seminar, held by Michele Scandola, will follow the Journal Club format and address two recent articles: a…
We’re glad to announce the fifth edition of “Semplicemente se stessi”. Don’t miss this conference with Paralympics athletes at the Department of Human Sciences, University of Verona.
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,…
Authors: Valentina Moro, Michele Scandola, Salvatore Maria Aglioti Although in the last three decades philosophers, psychologists and neuroscientists have produced numerous studies on human cognition, the debate concerning its nature is still heated and current views on the subject are…
Dear all,you are invited to the next NPSY.Lab-VR meeting that will take place next Tuesday, March 8th 2022 at 3:00 PM (CET). The seminar, held by Luca Pieri, will follow the Journal Club format and will address the topic of…
Dear all, You are invited to the Seventh annual meeting of the SCI-Research Group that will take place on Friday, November 12th 2021 at 2:30 PM (CET). The meeting will include several presentations on the topic of Body awareness and…
Authors Valentina Moro, Michela Corbella, Silvio Ionta, Federico Ferrari and Michele Scandola Abstract Paraplegia following spinal cord injury (SCI) affects the mental representation and peripersonal space of the paralysed body parts (i.e., lower limbs). Physical rehabilitation programs can improve these…
Authors Michele Scandola, Salvatore Maria Aglioti, Giovanna Lazzeri, Renato Avesani, Silvio Ionta & Valentina Moro Abstract Peripersonal space (PPS) representation is modulated by information coming from the body. In paraplegic individuals, whose lower limb sensory-motor functions are impaired or completely…
