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Luca Ronconi
Luca Ronconi
Principal investigator
Since 2024, Luca is an Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science of the University of Trento, Rovereto. He has been previously appointed as Associate Professor (2022-2024) and tenure-track Assistant Professor (2019-2022) at the School of Psychology of Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, in Milan. He completed his PhD at the University of Padova (2014), and post-doctoral trainings both at the University of Padova (2014-2016) and at the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC) of the University of Trento (2016-2019). He also spent periods as visiting researcher abroad in Cambridge (UK, 2012-2013) and Münster (Germany, 2017).
His main research activities focuses on the neural dynamics that support human perception, attention and multisensory integration, and their dysfunctions in neurodevelopmental disorders.
Giuseppe Di Dona (UNITN)
Giuseppe Di Dona (UNITN)
Post-doctoral researcher
His research interests cover the field of cognitive neuroscience of speech perception and reading with a special focus on electrophysiological activity and neural oscillations. In his PhD work at the University of Trento, he studied the neurocognitive mechanisms subserving the integration of linguistic and talker-related information during speech perception using EEG and behavioural techniques. In the lab he will focus on the relationship of oscillatory neural activity and correct letter segregation in crowded contexts as well as on the potential benefits of tACS stimulation and behavioural training on reading skills in adults with Developmental Dyslexia.
Klara Hemmerich (UNITN)
Klara Hemmerich (UNITN)
Post-doctoral researcher
After completing her Master’s degree in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Granada in 2018, Klara completed her PhD in the same university (2019-2024). Her dissertation project focused on understanding and mitigating the decrement of vigilance over time through brain stimulation (tDCS). She has employed EEG and diffusion-weighted imaging to better understand and predict the effects of tDCS on behavior. Her current role in the lab focuses on exploring the role of predictive coding in perceptual processes using EEG and brain stimulation (tACS).
Alessia Santoni (UNISR)
Alessia Santoni (UNISR)
PhD student (III year)
Alessia is a second year PhD student with a background in psychology and neuroscience. She completed her master studies at CIMeC (University of Trento) in Cognitive Science, after which she collaborated with Professor Melcher at the New York University Abu Dhabi. The focus of the research project is investigating the functional role of neural oscillations in relation to perceptual and attentional mechanisms using EEG and non-invasive brain stimulation (e.g., tACS), both in neurotypical and neurodiverse (e.g., Developmental Dyslexia) populations.
Sara Stottmeier (UNISR)
Sara Stottmeier (UNISR)
PhD Student (II year)
Sara is a first year PhD student with a background in psychology and neuroscience. She completed her master degree in Neuroscience and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation at the University of Bologna, where she collaborated with Professor Avenanti on studies that combined TMS and EEG to investigate emotion perception and executive functions. In our lab, her research project focuses on the functional role of periodic and aperiodic neural oscillations in perceptual decisions within the theorical framework of the ASD-SSD continuum, by using EEG and non-invasive brain stimulation (e.g., tACS).
Alumni
Denisa Zamfira
Denisa obtained her PhD in 2024, she is now a post-doc at the University of Torino (IT).
In her PhD project she seeks to better characterize the potential alterations of fronto-parietal beta oscillations and possible new remediation strategies in adults with developmental dyslexia using eye tracking, EEG and non-invasive brain stimulation (e.g. tACS).
Francesco De Benedetto
2-year post-doc in the lab, he is now a post-doc at the University of Milano-Bicocca (IT).
Francesco's main focus in the lab was the relationship between brain oscillations and perceptual/attentional mechanisms, along with the application of a novel intervention using tACS and behavioural training in adults with Developmental Dyslexia.
Camilla Venturini
1-year research assistant in the lab, she is now a PhD student at the University of Torino (IT).
Chiara's research activity in our lab focused on new remediation strategies in adults with developmental dyslexia using eye tracking, EEG and non-invasive brain stimulation (e.g. tACS).
Chiara Turri
1-year research assistant in the lab, she is now a PhD student at the Maastricht University (NL).
Chiara's research activity in our lab focused on the role of endogenous (periodic and aperiodic) oscillatory activity in Developmental Dyslexia (DD) in relation to visual attentional deficits. She also worked on novel intervention that combined tACS and behavioural training for DD
Martina Battista
1-year research assistant in the lab, she is now a PhD student at the IMT School for Advanced Studies in Lucca (Italy).
During her stay in the laboratory, Martina’s research activity has been focused in the development of reading training in adults with developmental dyslexia, as well as on the investigation of how non-invasive brain stimulation (tACS) can be used to reduced the effect of visual crowding during letters discrimination.
Gianluca Marsicano
1-year post-graduate intern in the lab, he is now a post-doc at New York University Abu Dhabi (UAE)
During his stay in the laboratory, Gianluca’s research activity has been focused in investigating the EEG correlates of attentional zoom-lens anomalies in individuals with ASD using multivariate pattern analyses. Moreover, he conducted EEG and behavioural (web-based) experiments on audiovisual integration.
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