PERSONAL INFORMATION
Dr. Antonino Errante
ORCID: 0000-0002-0138-6369
Date of birth: 01.08.1989
Nationality: Italian
EDUCATION
From 2022 Post Graduate diploma course in Psychotherapy, Academy of Developmental Neuropsychology, Parma, Italy.
2014 – 2017 Ph.D. in Neuroscience Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Italy. Supervisor: Prof. Giacomo Rizzolatti.
2015 License of Professional Practice ID:8021, section A, Order of Psychologists, Emilia Romagna, Italy.
2014 – 2015 II Level Specializing Master in Clinical Neuropsychology, European University of Rome; Skinner Institute, Rome, Italy.
2011 – 2013 Master’s Degree in Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Messina, Italy.
2008 – 2011 Bachelor’s Degree in Psychological Science and Techniques, Faculty of Educational Science, University of Messina, Italy.
CURRENT POSITION
From 2021 Research Fellow, Neuroradiology Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Italy; Adjunct Professor of Research Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Parma, Italy.
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2019 – 2021 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Italy
2018 – 2019 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
2013 – 2014 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Messina, Italy
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2021 Best Paper Award, Symmetry Journal, MDPI.
2020 Starting Grant fellow SG-2019-12370506 (130.000 €), Italian Ministry of Health.
SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
2014 – 2023 Supervision of 1 Postdoc, 1 PhD student, and 18 Master Students, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
From 2021 Adjunct professor – Course of Research Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Parma, Italy.
ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
2021 Scientific Meeting “Effectiveness of Action Observation Therapy based on Pathological Models, preliminary results”, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
2022 Scientific Meeting “Rehabilitation of hand manipulation in children with Cerebral Palsy, the role of the mirror neuron system”. Reggio Emilia, Italy.
REVIEWING ACTIVITIES
From 2019 Reviewer for the following Journals, in the field of Cognitive Neuroscience: Scientific Reports, Neuroimage, Human Brain Mapping, Frontiers in Neurology, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.
MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
- Society for Neuroscience (SfN), Ordinary Postdoctoral Member.
- Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS), Ordinary Postdoctoral Member.
- Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Ordinary Member.
- Italian Society of Neuropsychology (SINP), Ordinary Member.
MAJOR COLLABORATIONS AND FUNDING
2023 – 2025 IRCCS Stella Maris, Imago Foundation 7Tesla, University of Parma, IT. Italian PRIN “Decoding kinematics of others' actions for learning new motor skills in healthy individuals and children with motor deficits: Neuroimaging studies and early Health Technology Assessment”. Role: Co-Investigator. Size of the grant: €250.000.
2022 – 2025 IRCCS Stella Maris, Pisa, IT. Project “ACT-ON-DIP: action observation tele-rehabilitation for upper limb in children with diplegic cerebral palsy”. Role: Co-Investigator. Size of the grant: €450.000.
2022 – 2025 University of Ferrara, IT, University “La Sapienza”, IT, University of Parma, IT. Italian PRIN “The neurophysiological bases of biological motion: from laboratory to clinics”. Role: Co-Investigator. Size of the grant: €1.020.800.
2021 – 2023 University Hospital of Parma, IT. Project “Action imitation and Mirror Neuron System activation in patients with Alzheimer Diseases”. Role: Co-Investigator.
2021 – 2023 Institut des Sciences Cognitives “Marc Jeannerod”, Lyon, France. Project “Activation of the Mirror Neuron System during observation and execution of facial expressions in patients with Moebius Syndrome”. Role: Co-Investigator.
2020 – 2022 Unit for Rehabilitation of Severe Developmental Disability, Reggio Emilia, IT. Project “Effectiveness of action observation therapy based on pathological ameliorative model in the motor rehabilitation of hemiplegic children: a randomized-controlled clinical trial”. Role: Co-Investigator. Size of the grant: €100.000.
2016 – 2020 Coma Research Centre, Neurological Institute C. Besta, Milan, IT. Project “Audio-visual processing of mouth actions in patients with Disorders of Consciousness”. Role: Co-Investigator.
