Crossmodal Remapping in Sensory and Motor Cortices: evidence from “Touch to See” PRIN project

Chair(s): Francesca Garbarini (University of Turin, Italy), Nadia Bolognini (University of Milano Bicocca), Emiliano Ricciardi (IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca)

Presentations of the Symposium

Developmental timing constrains modality-specific cortical plasticity

Francesca Setti, Giacomo Handjaras, Pietro Pietrini, Davide Bottari, Emiliano Ricciardi
MoMiLab, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca

Shared Neural Codes for Touch and Vision: Inter-subject correlation revealed crossmodal remapping of visual input in primary somatosensory cortex

Nicolo Castellani¹, Francesca Simonelli², Davide Bottari², Jordi Manuello³, Donato Liloia³, Emiliano Ricciardi², Giacomo Handjaras², Francesca Garbarini^1
1MANIBUS Lab, Psychology Department, University of Turin, ²MoMiLab, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, ³FOCUS Lab, Psychology Department, University of Turin

Body ownership gates tactile awareness by reshaping somatosensory functional connectivity

Alberto Pisoni¹, Carlotta Fossataro², Alice Rossi Sebastiano², Marcella Romeo², Eleonora Arrigoni¹, Leonor Josefina Romero Lauro¹, Nadia Bolognini³, Francesca Garbarini^2
1Psychology Department & NeuroMi, University of Milano Bicocca, ²MANIBUS Lab, Psychology Department, University of Turin, ³Psychology Department & NeuroMi, University of Milano Bicocca; IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milano

Crossmodal modulations of the motor system by action observation and non-invasive brain stimulation: evidence from the healthy and injured brain

Giacomo Guidali¹, Michela Picardi², Antonio Carroni³, Nadia Bolognini^4
1Psychology Department & NeuroMi, University of Milano Bicocca, ²Department of Neurorehabilitation Sciences, Casa di Cura Igea, Milan, ³Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan,, ⁴Psychology Department & NeuroMi, University of Milano Bicocca; IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milano