FULL PROFESSOR OF PHYSIOLOGY (since October 2022). University of Ferrara (UNIFE), Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, Section of Physiology
Affiliated RESEARCHER (since Apr 2017). Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), CTNSC@UniFe, Ferrara
Italian National Scientific Habilitation
ASN 2016 - Full Professor (Physiology - 05/D1)
ASN 2016 - Full Professor (Psychobiology, Cognitive Psychology and Statistical Psychology - 11/E1)
ASN 2013 - Associate Professor (Physiology - 05/D1)
ASN 2013 - Associate Professor (Psychobiology, Cognitive Psychology and Statistical Psychology - 11/E1)
ASN 2012 - Associate Professor (Psychobiology, Cognitive Psychology and Statistical Psychology - 11/E1)
Fellowships and Awards
2023 - Researcher Award, SIPF - Società Italiana di Psicofisiologia e Neuroscienze Cognitive (Italian Society of Psychophysiology and Cognitive Neuroscience)
2012 - “De Renzi” Prize for young investigators, SINP – Società Italiana di Neuropsicologia (Italian Society for Neuropsychology)
2009 - Young Investigator Award, AIP - Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, Sezione Sperimentale (Italian Association of Psychology, Experimental Section)
2006 - Travel award, Human Brain Mapping conference. OHBM Grant
2005 - Travel award, Human Brain Mapping conference. NIH Grant #2 R13 MH062008-06
2005 - ECONA scholarship on “Auditory-Motor Integration: New Methods and Perspective”
2005 - Selected by the MIT/Italy Program for a research stay at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2004 - ERASMUS/SOCRATES scholarship for a research stay at the Eberhart-Karls-Universität
2002/03 - Merit-based selection for payed undergrad research assistance, Dept. of Psychology, Sapienza University
2002 - Undergrad research scholarship with Prof. Olivetti Belardinelli (Apr ’02 – Nov ’02)
2001/02 - Merit-based selection for payed undergrad research assistance, Dept. of Psychology, Sapienza University
Invited talks (last 5Y)
2025 – Sensorimotor coupling during interaction, Cognition, Action et Plasticité Sensorimotrice Unité mixte de recherche – INSERM - CAPS 1093, Dijon
2025 - Sensorimotor coupling during interaction, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds
2024 - Neuroplasticità ed interazione tra persone nell’epoca del digitale. workshop AIDM: Medicina digitale ed arte medica, Ferrara
2024 - The neurophysiology of human sensorimotor communication, Dept Mathematics and Informatics, UniFe
2023 - The neurophysiology of human sensorimotor communication, SIPF2023 [Young Researcher Award Keynote]
2023 - Comunicazione sensorimotoria in laboratorio ed in contesti ecologici, Neurowebinars
2022 - Scienza e coscienza: i processi neurofisiologici cerebrali della relazione e dell’interazione. workshop AIDM: Medicina digitale ed arte medica, Ferrara
2022 - Sensorimotor basis of human communication, GRACE ANR Project closing event, Telecom, Paris
2022 - Multiple temporal scales in solo, dyadic and group coordination. EnTimeMent, Experience, VirtualTimes, EU Horizon 2020 FET PROACTIVE Joint Wokshop [VIRTUAL]
2022 - Sensorimotor basis of human communication, CNCS - IIT, Rovereto
2022 - Sensorimotor basis of human communication, CHT@Erzelli - IIT, Genova
2021 - Sensorimotor basis of human communication, Workshop”Computer vision and Cognitive science for human behaviour understanding and interaction”, Lille
2021 - Sensorimotor basis of human communication. Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon [VIRTUAL]
2021 - Sensorimotor basis of human communication. Poeticon Reloded and iCog workshop. IIT, Genoa [VIRTUAL]
2021 - Sensorimotor basis of human communication. University of Leeds [VIRTUAL]
2021 - Investigating the sensorimotor basis of human communication. Freie Universität, Berlin [VIRTUAL]
2021 - The microscopic structure of interpersonal synchronization. EnTimeMent Workshop "Capturing Human Time”. [VIRTUAL]
2021 - SIPF SNACK - Sinergie motorie per il controllo e la percezione del movimento. [VIRTUAL]
2020 - Sensorimotor communication. socialBRIDGES e-conferences - “Alignment in Groups, Teams and Networks”. [VIRTUAL]
2020 - Sensorimotor communication. MusicTechFest Aveiro. Aveiro (PT) [moved to VIRTUAL]
2020 - Investigating the sensorimotor basis of human communication. CognitIve RobotiCs for IntEraction (CIRCE) Workshop @ RO-MAN 2020, Napoli [moved to VIRTUAL]
Major Organization and editorial activities
2025 - Scientific Committee International Conference in Cognitive Neuroscience - ICON25, Lisbon
2023/2025 - Member of the Advisor Board for Società Italiana di Psicofisiologia e Neuroscienze Cognitive (Italian Society of Psychophysiology and Cognitive Neuroscience).
2023 - Technical Committee EAI Intetain 2023 (14th EAI International Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment), Lucca
Since 2023 - Vice Chief Editor for the journal “Cognitive Processing” (Springer)
2021 - Scientific Committee ICSC2021 (International Conference on Space and Cognition), Rome
Since 2020 - Section Editor in “Cognitive Neuroscience” for the journal “Cognitive Processing” (Springer)
Since 2020 - Review Editor for the journal “Frontiers in Human Neuroscience” - Brain Imaging and Stimulation - (Frontiers)
Since 2020 - Review Editor for the journal “Frontiers in Human Neuroscience” - Cognitive Neuroscience - (Frontiers)
Since 2019 - Editorial Board Member for the journal “Scientific Reports” (Nature Publishing Group)
2018 - Scientific Committee ICSC2018 (International Conference on Space and Cognition), Rome
since 2017 - Review Editor for the journal “Frontiers in Psychology” - Cognition - (Frontiers)
2015 - Program Committee INTERPERSONAL@ICMI (International Workshop on Modelling Interpersonal Synchrony), Seattle
2015 - Scientific Committee ICSC2015 (International Conference on Space and Cognition), Rome
since 2014 - Secretary of the “Associazione Scientifica Umbrella” ONLUS
since 2014 - Review Editor for the journal “Frontiers in Communication” - Language Sciences - (Frontiers)
since 2013 - Academic Editor for the journal “PLOS ONE” (Public Library of Sciences)
2013/2019 - Advisory Board for the journal “Cognitive Processing” (Springer)
2012 - Scientific Committee ICSC2012 (International Conference on Space and Cognition) Rome
Occasional Journal reviewer
Neuron, Nature Communications, Current Biology, PNAS, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, Progress in Neurobiology, Neuroimage, Journal of Neuroscience, Cerebral Cortex, Cortex, Human Brain Mapping, Scientific Reports, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, European Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Neurophysiology, Neuropsychologia, PlosONE, Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, Brain and Language, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, Acta Psychologica, Neuroscience Research, Brain Research, Brain Topography, Brain Research Bulletin, Experimental Brain Research, Neuroscience, Frontiers in Neuroscience, PeerJ, Frontiers in Psychology, Behavioral Research Methods, Journal of Neurotrauma, Journal of Neuroscience Methods, Clinical Neurophysiology, Neuropsychology, Sensors, IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development, Cognitive Processing, Neural Plasticity, Brain Sciences, Multisensory Research, Swiss Journal of Psychology, CogSci.
Ongoing major Funding
2025-2027 - PRIN2022 - Advanced AI to capture the multiscale nature of motor attunement within the patient-psychiatrist relationship. Role: Project PI (all project: 193k€; UNIFE: 111k€).
2024-2026 - A.Li.Sa. - Voluntary movement, corticospinal excitability and intracortical circuitries in patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Cerebral Palsy: excitatory/inhibitory imbalance of the motor cortex as a possible Autism Spectrum Disorder biomarker. Role: Unit member (all project: 215k€; IIT: 62k€).
2024-2026 - PRIN-PNRR2022: MOTUS – Automated Analysis and Prediction of Human Movement Qualities. Role: Unit PI (all project: 258k€; UNIFE: 84k€).
2024-2028 - PRIMI (Performance in Robot Interaction via Mental Imagery). HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-101120727. Role: Unit PI (all project: 4.97M€; UNIFE: 545k€).
2024-2028 - PRIMI (Performance in Robot Interaction via Mental Imagery). HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-101120727. Role: Unit Co-PI (all project: 4.97M€; IIT: 345k€).
English to Italian translation (Zanichelli):
- Principles of Neural Science (6th Edition). Edited by Kandel, Koester, Mack, Siegelbaum. McGraw-Hill, New York, 2021.
- Neuroscience (6th Edition). Edited by Purves, Augustine, Fitzpatrick, Hall, LaMantia, Mooney, Platt, White. Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Fundamental Neuroscience (4th Edition). Edited by Squire, Berg, Bloom, du Lac, Ghosh, Spitzer. Elsevier Science Publishing, 2012
Publications (past 5Y; Peer-reviewed, indexed, international journals)
98 - D’Ausilio A. (2025) À la recherche du temps perdu: will AI and 150 years of human movement research drive the next Neuroscience revolution? J Physiol (London), 603(8), 2175-2176.
97 - Viaro R., Bernardi D., Maggiolini E., D’Ausilio A., Ferroni C. G., Parmiani P., Fadiga L. (2025). Differential motor neuron activity in rats during successful and failed grasping. Cereb Cortex, 35(2), xxxx-xxxx.
96 - Mandelli V., Landi I., Busti Ceccarelli S., Molteni M., Nobile M., D’Ausilio A., Fadiga L., Crippa A., Lombardo M. (2024) Enhanced motor noise in an autism subtype with poor motor skills. Molecular Autism,15:36. 95 - Vescovo E., D’Ausilio A. (2024) The too many facets of motor output variability: Comment on “From neural noise to co-adaptability: Rethinking the multifaceted architecture of motor variability”. Phys Life Rev, 50, 1-3.
94 - Baroni A., Antonioni A., Fregna G., Lamberti N., Manfredini F., Koch G., D’Ausilio A., Straudi S. (2024) The effectiveness of paired associative stimulation on motor recovery after stroke: A scoping review. Neurol Int, 16, 567–589.
93 - Vescovo E., Cardellicchio P., Tomassini A., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A. (2024) Excitatory/inhibitory motor balance reflects individual differences during joint action coordination. Eur J Neurosci, 59, 3403–3421.
92 - Corsini A., Tomassini A., Pastore A., Delis I., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A. (2024) Speech Perception Difficulty Modulates Theta-Band Encoding of Articulatory Synergies. J Neurophysiol, 131, 480-491.
91 - Dolfini E., Cardellicchio P., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A. (2024) The role of dorsal premotor cortex in Joint Action inhibition. Sci Rep, 14, 4675.
90 - Laroche J., Tomassini A., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A. (2024) Submovement interpersonal coupling is associated to audio-motor coordination performance. Sci Rep, 14, 4662.
89 - Emanuele M., D’Ausilio A., Koch G., Fadiga L., Tomassini A. (2024) Scale-invariant changes in corticospinal excitability reflect multiplexed oscillations in the motor output. J Physiol (London), 602(1), 205-222.
88 - Nazzaro G., Emanuele M., Laroche J., Esposto C., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A., Tomassini A. (2023) The microstructure of intra- and interpersonal coordination. P Roy Soc B-Biol Sci, 290(2011), 20231576.
87 - Kruyt J., de Jong D., D’Ausilio A., Beňuš S. (2023) Measuring prosodic entrainment in conversation: a review and comparison of different methods. J Speech Lang Hear Res, 66, 4280-4314.
86 - D’Ausilio A., Tomassini A. (2023) Studying the hierarchy of actions from motor primitives: Comment on “An active inference model of hierarchical action understanding, learning and imitation”. Phys Life Rev, 47, 63-65.
85 - Abubshait A., Kompatsiari K., Cardellicchio P., Vescovo E., De Tommaso D., Fadiga L., *D’Ausilio A., *Wykowska A. (2023) Modulatory effects of communicative gaze on attentional orienting are driven by dmPFC but not rTPJ. J Cogn Neurosci, 35(10), 1670-1680. (*Equal contribution)
84 - Casarotto A., Dolfini E., Fadiga L., Koch G., @D’Ausilio A. (2023) Cortico-cortical paired associative stimulation conditioning superficial PMv-M1 connectivity influences motor cortical activity during precision grip. J Physiol (London), 601(17), 3945-3960.
83 - Torricelli F., Tomassini A., Pezzulo G., Pozzo T., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A. (2023) Actions are all we need for cognition, but do we know enough about them? Phys Life Rev. 47, 30-32.
82 - Torricelli F., Tomassini A., Pezzulo G., Pozzo T., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A. (2023) Motor invariants in action execution and perception. Phys Life Rev. 44, 13-47.
81 - Casarotto A., Dolfini E., Cardellicchio P., Fadiga L., *D’Ausilio A., *Koch G. (2023) Mechanisms of Hebbian-like plasticity in the ventral premotor – primary motor network. J Physiol (London), 601(1), 211-226. (*Equal contribution)
80 - Pastore A., Tomassini A., Delis I., Dolfini E., Fadiga L., @D’Ausilio A. (2022) Speech listening entails neural encoding of invisible articulatory features. Neuroimage, 264, 119724.
79 - Laroche J., Tomassini A., Volpe G., Camurri A., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A. (2022) Interpersonal sensorimotor communication shapes intrapersonal coordination in a musical ensemble. Front in Hum Neurosci, 16, 899676.
78 - Tomassini A., Emanuele M., Nazzaro G., Petrone N., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A. (2022) Interpersonal synchronization of movement intermittency. iScience, 25(4), 104096.
77 - Cardellicchio P., Dolfini E., D’Ausilio A. (2021) The Role of dorsal premotor cortex in joint action stopping. iScience, 24 (11), 103330.
76 - Viaro R., Maggiolini E., Farina E., Canto R., Iriki A., D’Ausilio A., Fadiga L. (2021) Neurons of rat motor cortex become active during both grasping execution and grasping observation. Curr Biol, 31(19), 4405-4412.
75 - Battaglia S., Serio G., Scarpazza C., D’Ausilio A., Borgomaneri S., (2021) Frozen in (e)motion: How reactive motor inhibition is influenced by the emotional content of stimuli in healthy and psychiatric populations. Behav Res Ther, 146, 103963.
74 - Cardellicchio P., Koch G., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A., (2021) Motor overload: GABAergic index of parallel buffer costs. Brain Stim, 14 (5), 1106-1108.
73 - Delfino E., Pastore A., Zucchini E., Porto Cruz M.F., Ius T., Vomero M., D’Ausilio A., Casile A., Skrap M., Stieglitz T., Fadiga L. (2021) Prediction of Speech Onset by Micro-electrocorticography of the Human Brain. Int J Neural Syst, 31 (07), 2150025.
72 - Emanuele M., Nazzaro G., Marini M., Veronesi C., Boni S., Polletta G., *D’Ausilio A., *Fadiga L., (2021) Motor synergies: Evidence for a novel motor signature in autism spectrum disorder. Cognition, 213, 104652. (*Equal contribution)
71 - Cardellicchio P., Dolfini E., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A. (2020) Parallel fast and slow motor inhibition processes regulate Joint Action coordination. Cortex, 133, 346-357.
70 - Tomassini A., Maris E., Hilt P.M. Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A. (2020) Visual detection is locked to the internal dynamics of cortico-motor control. PLoS Biol, 18(10):e3000898.
69 - Cardellicchio P., Hilt P.M. Dolfini E., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A. (2020) Beta rebound as an index temporal integration of somatosensory and motor signals. Front Syst Neurosci, 14, 63.
68 - De Bonis P., Busan P., D’Ausilio A., Labanti S., Cavallo M.A., Fadiga L. (2020) Developmental stuttering disappearance after iatrogenic lesion of the facial nerve. J Neurosurg Sci, 64(3), 311-312.
67 - Hilt P. M., Cardellicchio P., Dolfini E., Pozzo T., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A. (2020) Motor recruitment during action observation: effect of interindividual differences in action strategy. Cereb Cortex, 30(7), 3910–3920.
66 - Cardellicchio P., Dolfini E., Hilt P., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A. (2020) Motor cortical inhibition during concurrent action execution and action observation. Neuroimage, 208, 116445.
65 - Maffongelli L., Ferrari E., Bartoli E., Olivier E., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A. (2020) Role of sensorimotor areas in early detection of motor errors: an EEG and TMS study. Behav Brain Res, 378, 112248.
Alessandro D'Ausilio
Ferrara, May 2025
Affiliated RESEARCHER (since Apr 2017). Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), CTNSC@UniFe, Ferrara
Italian National Scientific Habilitation
ASN 2016 - Full Professor (Physiology - 05/D1)
ASN 2016 - Full Professor (Psychobiology, Cognitive Psychology and Statistical Psychology - 11/E1)
ASN 2013 - Associate Professor (Physiology - 05/D1)
ASN 2013 - Associate Professor (Psychobiology, Cognitive Psychology and Statistical Psychology - 11/E1)
ASN 2012 - Associate Professor (Psychobiology, Cognitive Psychology and Statistical Psychology - 11/E1)
Fellowships and Awards
2023 - Researcher Award, SIPF - Società Italiana di Psicofisiologia e Neuroscienze Cognitive (Italian Society of Psychophysiology and Cognitive Neuroscience)
2012 - “De Renzi” Prize for young investigators, SINP – Società Italiana di Neuropsicologia (Italian Society for Neuropsychology)
2009 - Young Investigator Award, AIP - Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, Sezione Sperimentale (Italian Association of Psychology, Experimental Section)
2006 - Travel award, Human Brain Mapping conference. OHBM Grant
2005 - Travel award, Human Brain Mapping conference. NIH Grant #2 R13 MH062008-06
2005 - ECONA scholarship on “Auditory-Motor Integration: New Methods and Perspective”
2005 - Selected by the MIT/Italy Program for a research stay at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2004 - ERASMUS/SOCRATES scholarship for a research stay at the Eberhart-Karls-Universität
2002/03 - Merit-based selection for payed undergrad research assistance, Dept. of Psychology, Sapienza University
2002 - Undergrad research scholarship with Prof. Olivetti Belardinelli (Apr ’02 – Nov ’02)
2001/02 - Merit-based selection for payed undergrad research assistance, Dept. of Psychology, Sapienza University
Invited talks (last 5Y)
2025 – Sensorimotor coupling during interaction, Cognition, Action et Plasticité Sensorimotrice Unité mixte de recherche – INSERM - CAPS 1093, Dijon
2025 - Sensorimotor coupling during interaction, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds
2024 - Neuroplasticità ed interazione tra persone nell’epoca del digitale. workshop AIDM: Medicina digitale ed arte medica, Ferrara
2024 - The neurophysiology of human sensorimotor communication, Dept Mathematics and Informatics, UniFe
2023 - The neurophysiology of human sensorimotor communication, SIPF2023 [Young Researcher Award Keynote]
2023 - Comunicazione sensorimotoria in laboratorio ed in contesti ecologici, Neurowebinars
2022 - Scienza e coscienza: i processi neurofisiologici cerebrali della relazione e dell’interazione. workshop AIDM: Medicina digitale ed arte medica, Ferrara
2022 - Sensorimotor basis of human communication, GRACE ANR Project closing event, Telecom, Paris
2022 - Multiple temporal scales in solo, dyadic and group coordination. EnTimeMent, Experience, VirtualTimes, EU Horizon 2020 FET PROACTIVE Joint Wokshop [VIRTUAL]
2022 - Sensorimotor basis of human communication, CNCS - IIT, Rovereto
2022 - Sensorimotor basis of human communication, CHT@Erzelli - IIT, Genova
2021 - Sensorimotor basis of human communication, Workshop”Computer vision and Cognitive science for human behaviour understanding and interaction”, Lille
2021 - Sensorimotor basis of human communication. Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon [VIRTUAL]
2021 - Sensorimotor basis of human communication. Poeticon Reloded and iCog workshop. IIT, Genoa [VIRTUAL]
2021 - Sensorimotor basis of human communication. University of Leeds [VIRTUAL]
2021 - Investigating the sensorimotor basis of human communication. Freie Universität, Berlin [VIRTUAL]
2021 - The microscopic structure of interpersonal synchronization. EnTimeMent Workshop "Capturing Human Time”. [VIRTUAL]
2021 - SIPF SNACK - Sinergie motorie per il controllo e la percezione del movimento. [VIRTUAL]
2020 - Sensorimotor communication. socialBRIDGES e-conferences - “Alignment in Groups, Teams and Networks”. [VIRTUAL]
2020 - Sensorimotor communication. MusicTechFest Aveiro. Aveiro (PT) [moved to VIRTUAL]
2020 - Investigating the sensorimotor basis of human communication. CognitIve RobotiCs for IntEraction (CIRCE) Workshop @ RO-MAN 2020, Napoli [moved to VIRTUAL]
Major Organization and editorial activities
2025 - Scientific Committee International Conference in Cognitive Neuroscience - ICON25, Lisbon
2023/2025 - Member of the Advisor Board for Società Italiana di Psicofisiologia e Neuroscienze Cognitive (Italian Society of Psychophysiology and Cognitive Neuroscience).
2023 - Technical Committee EAI Intetain 2023 (14th EAI International Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment), Lucca
Since 2023 - Vice Chief Editor for the journal “Cognitive Processing” (Springer)
2021 - Scientific Committee ICSC2021 (International Conference on Space and Cognition), Rome
Since 2020 - Section Editor in “Cognitive Neuroscience” for the journal “Cognitive Processing” (Springer)
Since 2020 - Review Editor for the journal “Frontiers in Human Neuroscience” - Brain Imaging and Stimulation - (Frontiers)
Since 2020 - Review Editor for the journal “Frontiers in Human Neuroscience” - Cognitive Neuroscience - (Frontiers)
Since 2019 - Editorial Board Member for the journal “Scientific Reports” (Nature Publishing Group)
2018 - Scientific Committee ICSC2018 (International Conference on Space and Cognition), Rome
since 2017 - Review Editor for the journal “Frontiers in Psychology” - Cognition - (Frontiers)
2015 - Program Committee INTERPERSONAL@ICMI (International Workshop on Modelling Interpersonal Synchrony), Seattle
2015 - Scientific Committee ICSC2015 (International Conference on Space and Cognition), Rome
since 2014 - Secretary of the “Associazione Scientifica Umbrella” ONLUS
since 2014 - Review Editor for the journal “Frontiers in Communication” - Language Sciences - (Frontiers)
since 2013 - Academic Editor for the journal “PLOS ONE” (Public Library of Sciences)
2013/2019 - Advisory Board for the journal “Cognitive Processing” (Springer)
2012 - Scientific Committee ICSC2012 (International Conference on Space and Cognition) Rome
Occasional Journal reviewer
Neuron, Nature Communications, Current Biology, PNAS, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, Progress in Neurobiology, Neuroimage, Journal of Neuroscience, Cerebral Cortex, Cortex, Human Brain Mapping, Scientific Reports, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, European Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Neurophysiology, Neuropsychologia, PlosONE, Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, Brain and Language, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, Acta Psychologica, Neuroscience Research, Brain Research, Brain Topography, Brain Research Bulletin, Experimental Brain Research, Neuroscience, Frontiers in Neuroscience, PeerJ, Frontiers in Psychology, Behavioral Research Methods, Journal of Neurotrauma, Journal of Neuroscience Methods, Clinical Neurophysiology, Neuropsychology, Sensors, IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development, Cognitive Processing, Neural Plasticity, Brain Sciences, Multisensory Research, Swiss Journal of Psychology, CogSci.
Ongoing major Funding
2025-2027 - PRIN2022 - Advanced AI to capture the multiscale nature of motor attunement within the patient-psychiatrist relationship. Role: Project PI (all project: 193k€; UNIFE: 111k€).
2024-2026 - A.Li.Sa. - Voluntary movement, corticospinal excitability and intracortical circuitries in patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Cerebral Palsy: excitatory/inhibitory imbalance of the motor cortex as a possible Autism Spectrum Disorder biomarker. Role: Unit member (all project: 215k€; IIT: 62k€).
2024-2026 - PRIN-PNRR2022: MOTUS – Automated Analysis and Prediction of Human Movement Qualities. Role: Unit PI (all project: 258k€; UNIFE: 84k€).
2024-2028 - PRIMI (Performance in Robot Interaction via Mental Imagery). HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-101120727. Role: Unit PI (all project: 4.97M€; UNIFE: 545k€).
2024-2028 - PRIMI (Performance in Robot Interaction via Mental Imagery). HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-101120727. Role: Unit Co-PI (all project: 4.97M€; IIT: 345k€).
English to Italian translation (Zanichelli):
- Principles of Neural Science (6th Edition). Edited by Kandel, Koester, Mack, Siegelbaum. McGraw-Hill, New York, 2021.
- Neuroscience (6th Edition). Edited by Purves, Augustine, Fitzpatrick, Hall, LaMantia, Mooney, Platt, White. Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Fundamental Neuroscience (4th Edition). Edited by Squire, Berg, Bloom, du Lac, Ghosh, Spitzer. Elsevier Science Publishing, 2012
Publications (past 5Y; Peer-reviewed, indexed, international journals)
98 - D’Ausilio A. (2025) À la recherche du temps perdu: will AI and 150 years of human movement research drive the next Neuroscience revolution? J Physiol (London), 603(8), 2175-2176.
97 - Viaro R., Bernardi D., Maggiolini E., D’Ausilio A., Ferroni C. G., Parmiani P., Fadiga L. (2025). Differential motor neuron activity in rats during successful and failed grasping. Cereb Cortex, 35(2), xxxx-xxxx.
96 - Mandelli V., Landi I., Busti Ceccarelli S., Molteni M., Nobile M., D’Ausilio A., Fadiga L., Crippa A., Lombardo M. (2024) Enhanced motor noise in an autism subtype with poor motor skills. Molecular Autism,15:36. 95 - Vescovo E., D’Ausilio A. (2024) The too many facets of motor output variability: Comment on “From neural noise to co-adaptability: Rethinking the multifaceted architecture of motor variability”. Phys Life Rev, 50, 1-3.
94 - Baroni A., Antonioni A., Fregna G., Lamberti N., Manfredini F., Koch G., D’Ausilio A., Straudi S. (2024) The effectiveness of paired associative stimulation on motor recovery after stroke: A scoping review. Neurol Int, 16, 567–589.
93 - Vescovo E., Cardellicchio P., Tomassini A., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A. (2024) Excitatory/inhibitory motor balance reflects individual differences during joint action coordination. Eur J Neurosci, 59, 3403–3421.
92 - Corsini A., Tomassini A., Pastore A., Delis I., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A. (2024) Speech Perception Difficulty Modulates Theta-Band Encoding of Articulatory Synergies. J Neurophysiol, 131, 480-491.
91 - Dolfini E., Cardellicchio P., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A. (2024) The role of dorsal premotor cortex in Joint Action inhibition. Sci Rep, 14, 4675.
90 - Laroche J., Tomassini A., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A. (2024) Submovement interpersonal coupling is associated to audio-motor coordination performance. Sci Rep, 14, 4662.
89 - Emanuele M., D’Ausilio A., Koch G., Fadiga L., Tomassini A. (2024) Scale-invariant changes in corticospinal excitability reflect multiplexed oscillations in the motor output. J Physiol (London), 602(1), 205-222.
88 - Nazzaro G., Emanuele M., Laroche J., Esposto C., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A., Tomassini A. (2023) The microstructure of intra- and interpersonal coordination. P Roy Soc B-Biol Sci, 290(2011), 20231576.
87 - Kruyt J., de Jong D., D’Ausilio A., Beňuš S. (2023) Measuring prosodic entrainment in conversation: a review and comparison of different methods. J Speech Lang Hear Res, 66, 4280-4314.
86 - D’Ausilio A., Tomassini A. (2023) Studying the hierarchy of actions from motor primitives: Comment on “An active inference model of hierarchical action understanding, learning and imitation”. Phys Life Rev, 47, 63-65.
85 - Abubshait A., Kompatsiari K., Cardellicchio P., Vescovo E., De Tommaso D., Fadiga L., *D’Ausilio A., *Wykowska A. (2023) Modulatory effects of communicative gaze on attentional orienting are driven by dmPFC but not rTPJ. J Cogn Neurosci, 35(10), 1670-1680. (*Equal contribution)
84 - Casarotto A., Dolfini E., Fadiga L., Koch G., @D’Ausilio A. (2023) Cortico-cortical paired associative stimulation conditioning superficial PMv-M1 connectivity influences motor cortical activity during precision grip. J Physiol (London), 601(17), 3945-3960.
83 - Torricelli F., Tomassini A., Pezzulo G., Pozzo T., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A. (2023) Actions are all we need for cognition, but do we know enough about them? Phys Life Rev. 47, 30-32.
82 - Torricelli F., Tomassini A., Pezzulo G., Pozzo T., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A. (2023) Motor invariants in action execution and perception. Phys Life Rev. 44, 13-47.
81 - Casarotto A., Dolfini E., Cardellicchio P., Fadiga L., *D’Ausilio A., *Koch G. (2023) Mechanisms of Hebbian-like plasticity in the ventral premotor – primary motor network. J Physiol (London), 601(1), 211-226. (*Equal contribution)
80 - Pastore A., Tomassini A., Delis I., Dolfini E., Fadiga L., @D’Ausilio A. (2022) Speech listening entails neural encoding of invisible articulatory features. Neuroimage, 264, 119724.
79 - Laroche J., Tomassini A., Volpe G., Camurri A., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A. (2022) Interpersonal sensorimotor communication shapes intrapersonal coordination in a musical ensemble. Front in Hum Neurosci, 16, 899676.
78 - Tomassini A., Emanuele M., Nazzaro G., Petrone N., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A. (2022) Interpersonal synchronization of movement intermittency. iScience, 25(4), 104096.
77 - Cardellicchio P., Dolfini E., D’Ausilio A. (2021) The Role of dorsal premotor cortex in joint action stopping. iScience, 24 (11), 103330.
76 - Viaro R., Maggiolini E., Farina E., Canto R., Iriki A., D’Ausilio A., Fadiga L. (2021) Neurons of rat motor cortex become active during both grasping execution and grasping observation. Curr Biol, 31(19), 4405-4412.
75 - Battaglia S., Serio G., Scarpazza C., D’Ausilio A., Borgomaneri S., (2021) Frozen in (e)motion: How reactive motor inhibition is influenced by the emotional content of stimuli in healthy and psychiatric populations. Behav Res Ther, 146, 103963.
74 - Cardellicchio P., Koch G., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A., (2021) Motor overload: GABAergic index of parallel buffer costs. Brain Stim, 14 (5), 1106-1108.
73 - Delfino E., Pastore A., Zucchini E., Porto Cruz M.F., Ius T., Vomero M., D’Ausilio A., Casile A., Skrap M., Stieglitz T., Fadiga L. (2021) Prediction of Speech Onset by Micro-electrocorticography of the Human Brain. Int J Neural Syst, 31 (07), 2150025.
72 - Emanuele M., Nazzaro G., Marini M., Veronesi C., Boni S., Polletta G., *D’Ausilio A., *Fadiga L., (2021) Motor synergies: Evidence for a novel motor signature in autism spectrum disorder. Cognition, 213, 104652. (*Equal contribution)
71 - Cardellicchio P., Dolfini E., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A. (2020) Parallel fast and slow motor inhibition processes regulate Joint Action coordination. Cortex, 133, 346-357.
70 - Tomassini A., Maris E., Hilt P.M. Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A. (2020) Visual detection is locked to the internal dynamics of cortico-motor control. PLoS Biol, 18(10):e3000898.
69 - Cardellicchio P., Hilt P.M. Dolfini E., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A. (2020) Beta rebound as an index temporal integration of somatosensory and motor signals. Front Syst Neurosci, 14, 63.
68 - De Bonis P., Busan P., D’Ausilio A., Labanti S., Cavallo M.A., Fadiga L. (2020) Developmental stuttering disappearance after iatrogenic lesion of the facial nerve. J Neurosurg Sci, 64(3), 311-312.
67 - Hilt P. M., Cardellicchio P., Dolfini E., Pozzo T., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A. (2020) Motor recruitment during action observation: effect of interindividual differences in action strategy. Cereb Cortex, 30(7), 3910–3920.
66 - Cardellicchio P., Dolfini E., Hilt P., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A. (2020) Motor cortical inhibition during concurrent action execution and action observation. Neuroimage, 208, 116445.
65 - Maffongelli L., Ferrari E., Bartoli E., Olivier E., Fadiga L., D’Ausilio A. (2020) Role of sensorimotor areas in early detection of motor errors: an EEG and TMS study. Behav Brain Res, 378, 112248.
Alessandro D'Ausilio
Ferrara, May 2025
