Università di Ferrara
Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione - Sezione di Fisiologia
Italian Institute of Technology
CTNSC@UniFe - Center for Translational Neurophysiology of Speech and Communication
Via Fossato di Mortara, 17/19 44121 - Ferrara
alessandro.dausilio@iit.it
alessandro.dausilio@unife.it
Phone: +39 0532 974512
Mobile: +39 347 5737121
UNIFE page http://docente.unife.it/dsllsn
IIT page www.iit.it/it/persone/alessandro-dausilio.html
Personal Homepage sites.google.com/site/alessandrodausilio/home
Google Scholar scholar.google.com/citations?user=uKn-9MoAAAAJ&hl
Scopus Author ID 16229298400
Researcher ID A-3997-2010
Orcid ID 0000-0003-1472-6200
Research areas
NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF MOTOR CONTROL
THE MOTOR SYSTEM IN ACTION AND OBJECT PERCEPTION
THE MOTOR SYSTEM IN SPEECH PERCEPTION
VERBAL / NON-VERBAL JOINT ACTION
Education
2007 - PhD defence. Title: Learning and plasticity in cerebral sensory-motor coupling (2nd April)
2006 - Psychology professional habilitation (Feb)
2003/2006 - PhD in Cognitive Psychology-Psychophysiology-Personality, Sapienza University of Rome
2003 - MA defence, score of 110/110 cum Laude. Title: Musical Recognition Modelling (16th July)
1998/2003 - Experimental Psychology (equivalent to a BA+MS), Sapienza University, Rome
1998 - High-School Scientific Diploma (Jul)
Current positions
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PHYSIOLOGY (since April 2017). University of Ferrara, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Sezione di Fisiologia
Affiliated RESEARCHER (since Apr 2017). Italian Institute of Technology, CTNSC@UniFe, Ferrara
Past positions
RESEARCHER (Jan 2016 - Mar 2017). Italian Institute of Technology, CTNSC@UniFe, Ferrara
RESEARCHER (Apr 2012 - Dec 2015). Italian Institute of Technology, Robotics, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department, Genova
SENIOR POST-DOC (Apr 2010 - Mar 2012). Italian Institute of Technology, Robotics, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department, Genova. Supervisor: Prof. Luciano Fadiga
POST-DOC (Apr 2007 - Mar 2010). University of Ferrara, D.S.B.T.A. Section of Human Physiology, Neurolab, Ferrara. Supervisor: Prof. Luciano Fadiga and Prof. Laila Craighero
VISITING PHD STUDENT (Feb-Sept 2005; Apr-May 2006). MIT, Brain and Cognitive Science Department, BizziLab, Cambridge, MA (USA). Supervisor: Prof. Emilio Bizzi
VISITING PHD STUDENT (Mar-Sept 2004; Nov-Dec 2004). Institut für Medizinische Psychologie und Verhaltensneurobiologie, Tübingen (Germany). Supervisors: Prof. Niels Birbaumer and Martin Lotze
PHD STUDENT (Nov 2003 - Mar 2007). Sapienza University of Rome, Dept. of Psychology, CSPL - Cognitive Science and Psychology Lab, Rome. Supervisor: Prof. Marta Olivetti Belardinelli
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT (Jan 2002-Oct 2003). Sapienza University of Rome, Dept. of Psychology, Cognitive Science and Psychology Lab, Rome (Italy). Supervisor: Prof. Marta Olivetti Belardinelli
Fellowships, Honours, and Awards
2017 - 2023 - Italian National Scientific Habilitation (ASN 2016). Full Professor habilitation in Physiology (05/D1)
2017 - 2023 - Italian National Scientific Habilitation (ASN 2016). Full Professor habilitation in Psychobiology, Cognitive Psychology and Statistical Psychology (11/E1)
2015 - 2020 - Italian National Scientific Habilitation (ASN 2013). Associate Professor habilitation in Physiology (05/D1)
2015 - 2020 - Italian National Scientific Habilitation (ASN 2013). Associate Professor habilitation in Psychobiology, Cognitive Psychology and Statistical Psychology (11/E1)
2014 - 2019 – Italian National Scientific Habilitation (ASN 2012). Associate Professor habilitation in Psychobiology, Cognitive Psychology and Statistical Psychology (11/E1)
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 (52)
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, 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 - 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]
2019 - Coordinazione sensorimotoria nei gruppi. University of Udine
2019 - Investigating the sensorimotor basis of human communication. IIT CLNS@SAPIENZA, Roma
2019 - The sensorimotor side of speech perception. Brain-computer interaction and language Workshop, Grenoble
2019 - Grammars in the brain. Euromov, Montpellier
2018 - Multi-level sensorimotor coordination in orchestra playing. Workshop “Action and Emotion - A door to understand the will and its disorders”, Roma
2017 - Sensorimotor rehabilitation: Cognitive-motor strategies. Workshop “Neuroscience of Cognitive and Motor Rehabilitation”, SIPF, Roma
2017 - Neuroscienze e voce: tra percezione e esecuzione. Workshop “La voce artistica”, Ravenna
2017 - Grasping Synergies: A motor-control approach to the mirror neuron mechanism. 1st Bologna Workshop on Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. Bologna
2017 - Grasping Synergies: A motor-control approach to the mirror neuron mechanism. DAAD-MIUR Workshop “The motor system in action: common and specific motor representations in performing, perceiving and communicating actions”, Universität Potsdam
2017 - Investigating the sensorimotor basis of natural speech interaction. Symposium "Cognitive and neural mechanisms of action imitation", Experimental Psychology Society (EPS), London
2016 - L’elaborazione del linguaggio: dal cervello ai sistemi artificiali. Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche: Giornata Dipartimentale della Ricerca. Università di Ferrara
2016 - The common origins of language and action. “Action, Language, Cognition” conference, CNR, Rome
2016 - Investigating the sensorimotor basis of human communication. School of Psychological Sciences, Univ. of Manchester
2016 - Investigating the sensorimotor basis of human communication. Psychologisches Institut, Universität Zürich
2016 - Music and the brain, the case of ensemble musicians. Istituto di Neuroscienze CNR, Milan
2015 - Sensorimotor communication in music ensembles. Mind and Brain in Music Workshop. Dept. of Psychology, Univ. of Milano - Bicocca
2015 - Sensorimotor communication, speech and language. 16th International Multisensory Research Forum, Pisa
2015 - Sensorimotor basis of human-objects-human interaction. VisLab, Institute for Systems and Robotics of Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon
2015 - Le basi sensorimotorie della comunicazione. Technology Enhanced Learning Workshop, Consorzio Milano Ricerche, Milano
2014 - Joint ecological action. Int. Symp. on Cogn. Neurosci. Robotics, Osaka
2014 - Investigating the sensorimotor basis of human communication. Departmental Colloquium. Department of Cognitive Science. Central European University, Budapest
2014 - Percezione-Azione nell'interazione comunicativa nelle orchestre. Free University of Bozen/Bolzano
2014 - Communication and action coordination in musical performance. The Conscious Body meeting III – Paris
2014 - Understanding the sensorimotor basis of human communication. 9th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction- Workshop: HRI: a bridge between Robotics and Neuroscience, Bielefeld
2014 - Sensorimotor processing of speech: brain inspired approaches to automatic speech recognition. Brain & Language Research Institute Seminar, Aix en Provence
2013 - Active perception - sensorimotor circuits as a cortical basis for language. 57th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology and Functional Imaging - Leipzig
2013 - The common origins of language and action. Int. Symp. on Cogn. Neurosci. Robotics, Seattle
2012 - The motor contribution to speech perception: neurophysiological and modeling approaches, Uppsala University
2012 - The motor contribution to speech perception: neurophysiological and modelling approaches, International Symposium on Imitation and Convergence in Speech (ISICS 2012), Aix-en-Provence
2012 - The motor contribution to speech perception: neurophysiological and modelling approaches, Max Plank Institute - Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
2011 - Linguaggio e azione: analogie, problemi e spunti per la ricerca. La Mente nel Cervello, Tor Vergata, Rome
2010 - Communication and action coordination in musical performance. Interdisciplinary colloquium on Music and Emotion, Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences, Geneva
2010 - Il ruolo del sistema motorio nella comprensione del parlato. Centro di diagnosi precoce e di trattamento dell’ Autismo: Una breccia nel muro, Rome
2010 - The role of the motor system in speech perception. Max Plank Institute - Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
2010 - The role of the motor system in speech perception. Speech and Brain 2010, Finnish Cultural Foundation, Helsinki
2010 - The motor system in speech comprehension. CISC talk, Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Padova
2009 - Motor contribution to speech perception. Interlocution Workshop: Linguistic structure and human interaction, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
2008 - Audio-motor integration in action comprehension and production. Faculty of Letters and Philosophy, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome
2007 - BMI: Cosa dobbiamo cercare in corteccia? L'area motoria primaria ci può dare informazioni utili? Brain Machine Interface Group @ The Italian Institute of Technology, Genova
2006 - Auditory-motor learning. Dept of Physiology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara
Organization and editorial activities
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)
Since 2016 - Scientific Board of the PhD Program in Translational Neuroscience and Neurotechnologies, University of Ferrara
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
2011 - IIT organising group for “150 humanoid robots and more...", Festival della Scienza, Genova
2011 - Scientific Committee CulturAbruzzo 2011 (Abruzzo's high-school students excellence award)
2010 - IIT organising responsible for “E-Motion - Un Laboratorio-Esperimento a Casa Paganini", in collaboration with SARC Queen's University, Belfast, InfoMus-Casa Paganini, Festival della Scienza, Genova
2010 - Scientific Committee CulturAbruzzo 2010 (Abruzzo's high-school students excellence award)
2006 - Organising Committee of ICSC2006 (International Conference on Space and Cognition) Rome
2006 - Panel organisation “Putting motor learning in its proper context: the effects of contextual cues and training history on skill acquisition.” NCM’06 (Neural Control of Movement) Key Biscayne, Florida
2003 - Organising Committee of ICSC2003 (International Conference on Space and Cognition) Rome
2003 - Staff of ESCOM’05 (5th triennial Conf. European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music) Hannover
Occasional Journal reviewer
Neuron, Nature Communications, Current Biology, PNAS, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, Cerebral Cortex, Journal of Neuroscience, Cortex, Human Brain Mapping, Neuroimage, 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.
Occasional Grant reviewer
FLAG–ERA, Wellcome Trust, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Leverhulme Trust, The Academy of Medical Sciences UK, Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF), United States – Israel Binational Science Foundation; Israel Science Foundation (ISF).
Teaching
Courses @ the University of Ferrara
Since 2021/2022 - Motor Neurophysiology (32Hrs), Sport Sciences (MA-level)
Since 2020/2021 - Neurophysiology (24Hrs), Physiotherapy (BA-level)
Since 2020/2021 - Neurophysiology (8Hrs), Speech therapy (BA-level)
Since 2019/2020 - Neurobiology (48Hrs), Biology (MA-level)
Since 2017/2018 - Language, learning & memory, higher visual processing (12.5Hrs), Medical school
Past Courses @ the University of Ferrara
2020/2021 - Neurophysiology (8Hrs), Nursing school (BA-level)
2017/2018-2020/2021 - Motor Neurophysiology (24Hrs), Sport Sciences (MA-level)
2017/2018-2020/2021 - Motor Neurophysiology (10Hrs), Dentistry school
2016/2017-2019/2020 - Neurophysiology (12Hrs), Nursing school (BA-level)
2016/2017-2019/2020 - Neurophysiology (36Hrs), Rehabilitation Sciences (BA-level)
2018/2019 - Neurobiology of language. Short course for MD residency school (4Hrs)
2018/2019 - Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. Short course for MD residency school (4Hrs)
2017 - “Neurofisiologia del gesto grafico” (12x30-min video lessons). Master in "Consulente didattico e rieducatore della scrittura per la prevenzione ed il recupero delle difficoltà grafo-motorie”, University of Ferrara
Member of External Doctoral defence committee
- Pauline Hilt. Thesis Title: “Décision motrice et contrôle modulaire d'un système hyper redondant”. Université de Bourgogne, Dijon (15 December 2015)
- Judith Schmitz. Thesis Title: “On the relationship between native and non-native speech perception and speech production”. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona (18 March 2016)
- Alessandro Dell’Anna. Thesis Title: “Brain and behavioural aspects of embodied musical interaction in dyads”. University of Torino (7 July 2020)
- Martina Pirruccio. Thesis Title: “Neuropsychological and behavioral studies on object grasping in humans with and without vision”. University of Verona (19 May 2021)
- Eleonora Ceccaldi. Thesis Title: “CEST: a Cognitive Event based Semi-automatic technique for behavior segmentation “. University of Genova (27 May 2021)
Tutoring* and co-tutoring activities
Jeffrey J. Berry: Visiting PhD student (11/10-4/11); Postdoc (04/12-07/13)
*Eleonora Bartoli: PhD student (01/11-04/14); Postdoc (04/14-12/14)
Giacinto Barresi: Internship (03/11-09/11)
*Laura Maffongelli: Internship (07/11-12/11); PhD student (01/12-04/15)
SunJin Ji: PhD student (01/12-06/13)
Judith Schmitz: Visiting PhD student (02/12-07/12)
*Elisabetta Ferrari: PhD student (01/13-12/15)
Olivia Morgan Lapenta: Visiting PhD student (09/14-05/15)
*Sankar Mukherjee: Internship (05/15-10/15); PhD student (11/15-02/19); Postdoc (03/19-09/19)
*Pauline Hilt: PhD student (11/15-02/19) Postdoc (03/19-07/20)
Anaelli Campos: Visiting Postdoc (06/15-10/16)
*Pasquale Cardellicchio: Postdoc (06/16-06/21)
*Alice Tomassini: Postdoc (04/17-04/23)
Emanuela Delfino: PhD student (11/17-02/20)
*Elisa Dolfini: Internship (01/17-10/17); PhD student (11/17-02/21)
Aldo Pastore: Internship (01/18-10/18); PhD student (11/18-02/22)
*Francesco Torricelli: Master student (4/2018-10/2019); Internship (01/20-10/20); PhD student (11/20-02/23)
*Andrea Casarotto: Master student (10/2018-10/2019); PhD student (11/20-02/23)
*Mario Paci: Visiting PhD student (04/19-08/19)
Marco Emanuele: PhD student (11/19-02/23)
Giovanni Nazzaro: PhD student (11/19-02/23)
Julien Laroche: Post-doc (11/19-10/22)
*Federico Gennaro: Post-doc (01/20-03/21)
Gian Luca Lancia: Internship (01/20 - 10/20)
*Dorina De Jong: PhD student (11/20-02/23)
*Yuan Zheng: PhD student (11/20-02/23)
*Enrico Vescovo: Master student (07/20-07/21); PhD student (11/21-02/24)
*Tom Offrede: Visiting PhD Student (01/22-08/22)
Alessandro Corsini: Internship (03/22-8/22)
Alessandro D'Ausilio
Ferrara, March 2022
Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione - Sezione di Fisiologia
Italian Institute of Technology
CTNSC@UniFe - Center for Translational Neurophysiology of Speech and Communication
Via Fossato di Mortara, 17/19 44121 - Ferrara
alessandro.dausilio@iit.it
alessandro.dausilio@unife.it
Phone: +39 0532 974512
Mobile: +39 347 5737121
UNIFE page http://docente.unife.it/dsllsn
IIT page www.iit.it/it/persone/alessandro-dausilio.html
Personal Homepage sites.google.com/site/alessandrodausilio/home
Google Scholar scholar.google.com/citations?user=uKn-9MoAAAAJ&hl
Scopus Author ID 16229298400
Researcher ID A-3997-2010
Orcid ID 0000-0003-1472-6200
Research areas
NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF MOTOR CONTROL
THE MOTOR SYSTEM IN ACTION AND OBJECT PERCEPTION
THE MOTOR SYSTEM IN SPEECH PERCEPTION
VERBAL / NON-VERBAL JOINT ACTION
Education
2007 - PhD defence. Title: Learning and plasticity in cerebral sensory-motor coupling (2nd April)
2006 - Psychology professional habilitation (Feb)
2003/2006 - PhD in Cognitive Psychology-Psychophysiology-Personality, Sapienza University of Rome
2003 - MA defence, score of 110/110 cum Laude. Title: Musical Recognition Modelling (16th July)
1998/2003 - Experimental Psychology (equivalent to a BA+MS), Sapienza University, Rome
1998 - High-School Scientific Diploma (Jul)
Current positions
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PHYSIOLOGY (since April 2017). University of Ferrara, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Sezione di Fisiologia
Affiliated RESEARCHER (since Apr 2017). Italian Institute of Technology, CTNSC@UniFe, Ferrara
Past positions
RESEARCHER (Jan 2016 - Mar 2017). Italian Institute of Technology, CTNSC@UniFe, Ferrara
RESEARCHER (Apr 2012 - Dec 2015). Italian Institute of Technology, Robotics, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department, Genova
SENIOR POST-DOC (Apr 2010 - Mar 2012). Italian Institute of Technology, Robotics, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department, Genova. Supervisor: Prof. Luciano Fadiga
POST-DOC (Apr 2007 - Mar 2010). University of Ferrara, D.S.B.T.A. Section of Human Physiology, Neurolab, Ferrara. Supervisor: Prof. Luciano Fadiga and Prof. Laila Craighero
VISITING PHD STUDENT (Feb-Sept 2005; Apr-May 2006). MIT, Brain and Cognitive Science Department, BizziLab, Cambridge, MA (USA). Supervisor: Prof. Emilio Bizzi
VISITING PHD STUDENT (Mar-Sept 2004; Nov-Dec 2004). Institut für Medizinische Psychologie und Verhaltensneurobiologie, Tübingen (Germany). Supervisors: Prof. Niels Birbaumer and Martin Lotze
PHD STUDENT (Nov 2003 - Mar 2007). Sapienza University of Rome, Dept. of Psychology, CSPL - Cognitive Science and Psychology Lab, Rome. Supervisor: Prof. Marta Olivetti Belardinelli
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT (Jan 2002-Oct 2003). Sapienza University of Rome, Dept. of Psychology, Cognitive Science and Psychology Lab, Rome (Italy). Supervisor: Prof. Marta Olivetti Belardinelli
Fellowships, Honours, and Awards
2017 - 2023 - Italian National Scientific Habilitation (ASN 2016). Full Professor habilitation in Physiology (05/D1)
2017 - 2023 - Italian National Scientific Habilitation (ASN 2016). Full Professor habilitation in Psychobiology, Cognitive Psychology and Statistical Psychology (11/E1)
2015 - 2020 - Italian National Scientific Habilitation (ASN 2013). Associate Professor habilitation in Physiology (05/D1)
2015 - 2020 - Italian National Scientific Habilitation (ASN 2013). Associate Professor habilitation in Psychobiology, Cognitive Psychology and Statistical Psychology (11/E1)
2014 - 2019 – Italian National Scientific Habilitation (ASN 2012). Associate Professor habilitation in Psychobiology, Cognitive Psychology and Statistical Psychology (11/E1)
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 (52)
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, 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 - 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]
2019 - Coordinazione sensorimotoria nei gruppi. University of Udine
2019 - Investigating the sensorimotor basis of human communication. IIT CLNS@SAPIENZA, Roma
2019 - The sensorimotor side of speech perception. Brain-computer interaction and language Workshop, Grenoble
2019 - Grammars in the brain. Euromov, Montpellier
2018 - Multi-level sensorimotor coordination in orchestra playing. Workshop “Action and Emotion - A door to understand the will and its disorders”, Roma
2017 - Sensorimotor rehabilitation: Cognitive-motor strategies. Workshop “Neuroscience of Cognitive and Motor Rehabilitation”, SIPF, Roma
2017 - Neuroscienze e voce: tra percezione e esecuzione. Workshop “La voce artistica”, Ravenna
2017 - Grasping Synergies: A motor-control approach to the mirror neuron mechanism. 1st Bologna Workshop on Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. Bologna
2017 - Grasping Synergies: A motor-control approach to the mirror neuron mechanism. DAAD-MIUR Workshop “The motor system in action: common and specific motor representations in performing, perceiving and communicating actions”, Universität Potsdam
2017 - Investigating the sensorimotor basis of natural speech interaction. Symposium "Cognitive and neural mechanisms of action imitation", Experimental Psychology Society (EPS), London
2016 - L’elaborazione del linguaggio: dal cervello ai sistemi artificiali. Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche: Giornata Dipartimentale della Ricerca. Università di Ferrara
2016 - The common origins of language and action. “Action, Language, Cognition” conference, CNR, Rome
2016 - Investigating the sensorimotor basis of human communication. School of Psychological Sciences, Univ. of Manchester
2016 - Investigating the sensorimotor basis of human communication. Psychologisches Institut, Universität Zürich
2016 - Music and the brain, the case of ensemble musicians. Istituto di Neuroscienze CNR, Milan
2015 - Sensorimotor communication in music ensembles. Mind and Brain in Music Workshop. Dept. of Psychology, Univ. of Milano - Bicocca
2015 - Sensorimotor communication, speech and language. 16th International Multisensory Research Forum, Pisa
2015 - Sensorimotor basis of human-objects-human interaction. VisLab, Institute for Systems and Robotics of Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon
2015 - Le basi sensorimotorie della comunicazione. Technology Enhanced Learning Workshop, Consorzio Milano Ricerche, Milano
2014 - Joint ecological action. Int. Symp. on Cogn. Neurosci. Robotics, Osaka
2014 - Investigating the sensorimotor basis of human communication. Departmental Colloquium. Department of Cognitive Science. Central European University, Budapest
2014 - Percezione-Azione nell'interazione comunicativa nelle orchestre. Free University of Bozen/Bolzano
2014 - Communication and action coordination in musical performance. The Conscious Body meeting III – Paris
2014 - Understanding the sensorimotor basis of human communication. 9th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction- Workshop: HRI: a bridge between Robotics and Neuroscience, Bielefeld
2014 - Sensorimotor processing of speech: brain inspired approaches to automatic speech recognition. Brain & Language Research Institute Seminar, Aix en Provence
2013 - Active perception - sensorimotor circuits as a cortical basis for language. 57th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology and Functional Imaging - Leipzig
2013 - The common origins of language and action. Int. Symp. on Cogn. Neurosci. Robotics, Seattle
2012 - The motor contribution to speech perception: neurophysiological and modeling approaches, Uppsala University
2012 - The motor contribution to speech perception: neurophysiological and modelling approaches, International Symposium on Imitation and Convergence in Speech (ISICS 2012), Aix-en-Provence
2012 - The motor contribution to speech perception: neurophysiological and modelling approaches, Max Plank Institute - Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
2011 - Linguaggio e azione: analogie, problemi e spunti per la ricerca. La Mente nel Cervello, Tor Vergata, Rome
2010 - Communication and action coordination in musical performance. Interdisciplinary colloquium on Music and Emotion, Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences, Geneva
2010 - Il ruolo del sistema motorio nella comprensione del parlato. Centro di diagnosi precoce e di trattamento dell’ Autismo: Una breccia nel muro, Rome
2010 - The role of the motor system in speech perception. Max Plank Institute - Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
2010 - The role of the motor system in speech perception. Speech and Brain 2010, Finnish Cultural Foundation, Helsinki
2010 - The motor system in speech comprehension. CISC talk, Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Padova
2009 - Motor contribution to speech perception. Interlocution Workshop: Linguistic structure and human interaction, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
2008 - Audio-motor integration in action comprehension and production. Faculty of Letters and Philosophy, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome
2007 - BMI: Cosa dobbiamo cercare in corteccia? L'area motoria primaria ci può dare informazioni utili? Brain Machine Interface Group @ The Italian Institute of Technology, Genova
2006 - Auditory-motor learning. Dept of Physiology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara
Organization and editorial activities
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)
Since 2016 - Scientific Board of the PhD Program in Translational Neuroscience and Neurotechnologies, University of Ferrara
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
2011 - IIT organising group for “150 humanoid robots and more...", Festival della Scienza, Genova
2011 - Scientific Committee CulturAbruzzo 2011 (Abruzzo's high-school students excellence award)
2010 - IIT organising responsible for “E-Motion - Un Laboratorio-Esperimento a Casa Paganini", in collaboration with SARC Queen's University, Belfast, InfoMus-Casa Paganini, Festival della Scienza, Genova
2010 - Scientific Committee CulturAbruzzo 2010 (Abruzzo's high-school students excellence award)
2006 - Organising Committee of ICSC2006 (International Conference on Space and Cognition) Rome
2006 - Panel organisation “Putting motor learning in its proper context: the effects of contextual cues and training history on skill acquisition.” NCM’06 (Neural Control of Movement) Key Biscayne, Florida
2003 - Organising Committee of ICSC2003 (International Conference on Space and Cognition) Rome
2003 - Staff of ESCOM’05 (5th triennial Conf. European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music) Hannover
Occasional Journal reviewer
Neuron, Nature Communications, Current Biology, PNAS, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, Cerebral Cortex, Journal of Neuroscience, Cortex, Human Brain Mapping, Neuroimage, 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.
Occasional Grant reviewer
FLAG–ERA, Wellcome Trust, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Leverhulme Trust, The Academy of Medical Sciences UK, Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF), United States – Israel Binational Science Foundation; Israel Science Foundation (ISF).
Teaching
Courses @ the University of Ferrara
Since 2021/2022 - Motor Neurophysiology (32Hrs), Sport Sciences (MA-level)
Since 2020/2021 - Neurophysiology (24Hrs), Physiotherapy (BA-level)
Since 2020/2021 - Neurophysiology (8Hrs), Speech therapy (BA-level)
Since 2019/2020 - Neurobiology (48Hrs), Biology (MA-level)
Since 2017/2018 - Language, learning & memory, higher visual processing (12.5Hrs), Medical school
Past Courses @ the University of Ferrara
2020/2021 - Neurophysiology (8Hrs), Nursing school (BA-level)
2017/2018-2020/2021 - Motor Neurophysiology (24Hrs), Sport Sciences (MA-level)
2017/2018-2020/2021 - Motor Neurophysiology (10Hrs), Dentistry school
2016/2017-2019/2020 - Neurophysiology (12Hrs), Nursing school (BA-level)
2016/2017-2019/2020 - Neurophysiology (36Hrs), Rehabilitation Sciences (BA-level)
2018/2019 - Neurobiology of language. Short course for MD residency school (4Hrs)
2018/2019 - Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. Short course for MD residency school (4Hrs)
2017 - “Neurofisiologia del gesto grafico” (12x30-min video lessons). Master in "Consulente didattico e rieducatore della scrittura per la prevenzione ed il recupero delle difficoltà grafo-motorie”, University of Ferrara
Member of External Doctoral defence committee
- Pauline Hilt. Thesis Title: “Décision motrice et contrôle modulaire d'un système hyper redondant”. Université de Bourgogne, Dijon (15 December 2015)
- Judith Schmitz. Thesis Title: “On the relationship between native and non-native speech perception and speech production”. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona (18 March 2016)
- Alessandro Dell’Anna. Thesis Title: “Brain and behavioural aspects of embodied musical interaction in dyads”. University of Torino (7 July 2020)
- Martina Pirruccio. Thesis Title: “Neuropsychological and behavioral studies on object grasping in humans with and without vision”. University of Verona (19 May 2021)
- Eleonora Ceccaldi. Thesis Title: “CEST: a Cognitive Event based Semi-automatic technique for behavior segmentation “. University of Genova (27 May 2021)
Tutoring* and co-tutoring activities
Jeffrey J. Berry: Visiting PhD student (11/10-4/11); Postdoc (04/12-07/13)
*Eleonora Bartoli: PhD student (01/11-04/14); Postdoc (04/14-12/14)
Giacinto Barresi: Internship (03/11-09/11)
*Laura Maffongelli: Internship (07/11-12/11); PhD student (01/12-04/15)
SunJin Ji: PhD student (01/12-06/13)
Judith Schmitz: Visiting PhD student (02/12-07/12)
*Elisabetta Ferrari: PhD student (01/13-12/15)
Olivia Morgan Lapenta: Visiting PhD student (09/14-05/15)
*Sankar Mukherjee: Internship (05/15-10/15); PhD student (11/15-02/19); Postdoc (03/19-09/19)
*Pauline Hilt: PhD student (11/15-02/19) Postdoc (03/19-07/20)
Anaelli Campos: Visiting Postdoc (06/15-10/16)
*Pasquale Cardellicchio: Postdoc (06/16-06/21)
*Alice Tomassini: Postdoc (04/17-04/23)
Emanuela Delfino: PhD student (11/17-02/20)
*Elisa Dolfini: Internship (01/17-10/17); PhD student (11/17-02/21)
Aldo Pastore: Internship (01/18-10/18); PhD student (11/18-02/22)
*Francesco Torricelli: Master student (4/2018-10/2019); Internship (01/20-10/20); PhD student (11/20-02/23)
*Andrea Casarotto: Master student (10/2018-10/2019); PhD student (11/20-02/23)
*Mario Paci: Visiting PhD student (04/19-08/19)
Marco Emanuele: PhD student (11/19-02/23)
Giovanni Nazzaro: PhD student (11/19-02/23)
Julien Laroche: Post-doc (11/19-10/22)
*Federico Gennaro: Post-doc (01/20-03/21)
Gian Luca Lancia: Internship (01/20 - 10/20)
*Dorina De Jong: PhD student (11/20-02/23)
*Yuan Zheng: PhD student (11/20-02/23)
*Enrico Vescovo: Master student (07/20-07/21); PhD student (11/21-02/24)
*Tom Offrede: Visiting PhD Student (01/22-08/22)
Alessandro Corsini: Internship (03/22-8/22)
Alessandro D'Ausilio
Ferrara, March 2022
