CROSSMODAL PERCEPTION AND PLASTICITY LAB CIMeC...
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CROSSMODAL PERCEPTION AND PLASTICITY LAB CIMeC Lab Fair 3rd Oct. 2017
The general goal of our research is to investigate the limits and potentials of brain plasticity and clarify the role of sensorimotor experience in language and though.
PI
Oliver Collignon
PostDocs
Lab Manager
Roberto Bottini
Stefania Benetti
Lorenzo Vignali
Valeria Occelli
Virginie Crollen
Kaela Ann Venuto
PhD Students
Ceren Battal
Stefania Mattioni
Mohamed Razek
Francesca Barbero
Jyothirmayi Vadlamudi
Federica Falagiarda
Jessica Calzà
Stephanie Cattoir
Marco Barilari
Master Students Research Assistant
Research
• Cross-modal plasticity in sensory-deprived
individuals (blind or deaf). • Cognitive processing of time, number and
abstract concepts and their relationship with sensorimotor experience.
• The neural basis of language processing, with a special interest for semantics, brain plasticity and the role of sensorimotor experience.
Topics
In our lab we use several different techniques: • fMRI • EEG/MEG • TMS
Methods
In this project we use blindness as a model to investigate to what extent functional specialization in visual cortices is contingent on visual experience. Specifically our current research focuses on: • The organization of conceptual knowledge/language • The processing of auditory spatial information/ motion in the
blind visual cortex
MADVIS: Mapping the deprived occipital cortex
This project investigates the sensorimotor and semantic system in sighted and blind. We use MEG and fMRI to investigate: • The topography and timecourse of language processing • The role of sensory experience in understanding word
meaning
PRIN: How do words mean?
This project aims at assessing the oscillatory characteristics of the neuronal activity within the occipital cortex of the blind. We use MEG to investigate the predictive role of occipital oscillatory activity on: • Experience sensory (auditory and tactile) illusions • Perception of near-threshold auditory stimuli
COcOAB: Characterizing the Occipital Oscillatory activity in Blindness
This project aims at investigating whether the blind’s representation of numbers is supported by specific reorganization of the brain. We work with children: • Develop new multisensory mathematics teaching program
for sighted children and children presenting numerical disabilities
NonVisNumCog: The role vision plays in shaping the representation of numbers
This project investigates the functional anatomy of face and visual motion processing in deaf individuals with the aim to characterize the cross-modal reorganization potentially associated with the early auditory deprivation. It also addresses the relationship between macro-structural changes induced by auditory deprivation and the preceptual and language outcomes after cochlear implantation in pre-lingually deaf children.
Info and contacts
Ongoing Projects
Cecità e plasticità cerebrale al CIMeC Sordità e plasticità cerebrale al CIMeC CHECK US OUT
The CPP Lab is always looking for new members! Write us an email if you want to collaborate in an ongoing project or for your independent studies/internship/thesis.
BPaD: Brain plasticity and Deafness
Camilla Endrizzi
Jacopo Turini