Emanuele Cirillo
- NEUROSCIENZE
- Phd: 37th cycle
- Department of Psychology
- Matriculation number: 873159
Phd thesis
My PhD project aims to clarify the interplay between body ownership and the phenomenal tactile experience in the context of multisensory integration. To this end, various experiments will be conducted using different techniques. Starting from understanding how the brain can create an illusory tactile experience (i.e., phantom touch) and going on by using different non-invasive brain stimulation techniques like the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (TDCS) to understand what are the brain areas that contribute to the phenomenal experience of touch. The findings of the present project will help define a more comprehensive understanding of how we know and feel that our body belongs to us, while also specifying the contribution of body ownership in generating veridical and non-veridical tactile experiences.
Research activities
Ricci R, Caldano M, Sabatelli I, Cirillo E, Gammeri R, Cesim E, Salatino A, Berti A. When Right Goes Left: Phantom Touch Induced by Mirror Box Procedure in Healthy Individuals. Front Hum Neurosci. 2021 Dec 1;15:734235. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2021.734235. PMID: 34924978; PMCID: PMC8671635.
Gammeri R, Salatino A, Pyasik M, Cirillo E, Zavattaro C, Serra H, Pia L, Roberts DR, Berti A. & Ricci R. (2023). Modulation of vestibular input by short-term head-down bed rest affects somatosensory perception: implications for space missions. Frontiers in Neural Circuits. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2023.1197278
Salatino A, Zavattaro C, Gammeri R, Cirillo E, Piatti ML, Pyasik M, Serra H, Pia L, Geminiani G, Ricci R. Virtual reality rehabilitation for unilateral spatial neglect: A systematic review of immersive, semi-immersive and non-immersive techniques. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2023 May 27;152:105248. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105248. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37247829.
2022
"From neural cell excitability to brain circuit recording, visualization and manipulation" - F. Ferrini,B. Sacchetti,S. Bovetti, E. Hoxha. - Toolbox Course
"Clinical, methodological and theoretical aspects of translational and cognitive neuroscience" - A. Berti, A. Chiò, M. Giustetto - Toolbox Course
"Introduction to Research methodology" - D. Romano - Toolbox Course
Journal Club 2021/2022
"Welcome Meeting for PhD Students XXXVII cycle" - A.Calvo
2023
“Peripersonal space (PPS) as a primary interface for self-environment interactions” - A. Serino
“Ownership, Agency, and the body – Understanding the moving body” - A. Kalckert
Journal Club 2022/2023
Cirillo E., Ricci R., Caldano M., Sabatelli I., Gammeri R., Cesim E., Salatino A.,
Berti A. (2021). When right goes left: phantom touch induced by
multisensory integration and body ownership adjustment. Congresso
nazionale Società Italiana di Neuropsicologia (SINP) 2021, Modena.
Cirillo E., Ricci R., Lambert J., Sulcova D., Gammeri R., Jacob B., Chiadò S., George M., Roberts D., Mouraux A., Berti A. and Salatino A. (2022). Effects of microgravity on motor awareness: self-monitoring of motor performance during Parabolic Flights. XXX Congrasso Nazionale Società Italiana di Psicofisiologia e Neuroscienze (SIPF) 2022, Udine.
40th European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology, Bressanone, 23-28 January 2022
Cirillo E., Zavattaro C., Gammeri R., Serra H., Specchia E., Maglio E., Ricci R. & Berti A. Feeling touch through a mirror: the role of vision and ownership in generating
non-veridical tactile experiences (2023). European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology (EWCN), Bressanone.
Cirillo E. Exploring the behavioural and neural correlates of the interaction between
tactile awareness and body ownership. PhD in Neuroscience Data Report (2023), Turin.
fNIRS Summer School, Society for Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (SfNIRS), Padova. (2023)