Who we are
Scientific supervisor: Prof. Vittorio Gallese
Info and contacts: Prof. Vittorio Gallese - vittorio.gallese@unipr.it; snc.parma@gmail.com
Affiliated Staff:
- Vittorio Gallese - Full Professor
- Maria Alessandra Umiltà - Associate Professor
- Martina Ardizzi - RTT
- Francesca Ferroni - Research Associate research
- Nunzio Langiulli - Research fellow
- Giulia D'Adamo - Research fellow
- Luca Sergey Rinaldi - PhD student
- Maria Paola Somma - PhD student
Where we are
Integrated Bio-tech complex, 39 Volturno Street.
What we do
Main lines of research:
The laboratory studies the mechanisms of human social cognition with focus on:
- The neurobiological and bodily bases of intersubjectivity and empathy
- The neurobiological and bodily bases of emotions
- The neurobiological and bodily bases of linguistic comprehension
- The neurobiological and bodily bases of psychiatric disorders (schizophrenia, PTSD, eating disorders)
- The neurobiological and bodily bases of aesthetic experience in visual arts, communication, and film
Techniques in use:
- Behavioral paradigms
- Recording eye movements (Eye-Tracking)
- Recording of cardiac electrical activity (ECG)
- Recording of muscular electrical activity (EMG)
- Recording of brain electrical activity (EEG)
- Brain imaging (fMRI)
- Virtual Reality (VR)
- Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (tES)
- Motion kinematics (Vicon)
Main instrumentation provided:
- High-density EEG (128 channels-Electric Geodesic Sensor Net)
- fMRI (GE 750 3T)
- Eye-tracking (Tobii Pro System X3-120 Hz)
- EMG and ECG (Powerlab and OctalBioAmp8/30, ADInstruments, UK)
- Virtual Reality (HTC VIVE Pro 2 Full Kit)
- Transcranscranial Electrical Stimulator (tES) HD (Soterix Medical 1x1 Model 2001)
- 3D Printer (BambuLab X1E)
- Motion Kinematics (Vicon Motion Capture System)
