Curriculum Vitae
I lead the Vitality Lab at the Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma. Our research explores how the brain shapes human behavior during social interactions. We focus on human expressive actions with the aim to investigate the dynamics and the neural activity involved in their encoding. We use a range of techniques, including kinematics, physiological monitoring, and brain imaging.
I am also affiliated researcher at the Italian Institute of Technology, where we develop methods to transfer human capabilities into the domain of robotics. Our goal is to design humanoid robots able to interpreting and responding to human social signals in a natural and intuitive way.
This research is currently supported by two major grants: the Cariplo & CDP Award and Fondo Italiano per la Scienza.
https://www.unipr.it/notizie/forms-che-modo-il-cervello-modula-le-forme-di-azione-durante-le-interazioni-tra-esseri
https://www.unipr.it/notizie/neuroscienze-su-pnas-uno-studio-di-neuroimaging-che-rivela-come-il-cervello-umano-trasforma
