Paola Bisiacchi is Professor Emeritus at the School of Psychology, University  of Padova.

 

Present position

Full Professor M PSI02 (Psychobiology and Physiological Psychology) School of Psychology, University  of Padova.

Member of the National Committee for Research (CNGR) -MIUR.

Head of the Master degree (second cycle) in Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology (CN2), Department of General Psychology, University of Padova.

Director of the Lifespan Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory (LCNL) Department of General Psychology, University of Padova.

 

Major Research interests

• Use of brain imaging techniques in the life-span to understand the neural systems involved in cognitive functions
• Develop novel interventions aimed at modulating psychological processes and improving the health and quality of life of patients with neurological disorders
• Estimation of cortical connectivity in the life-span from high resolution EEG
• Co-registration of EEG, fNIRS, TMS and tDCS data in the study of executive functions, time perception, and prospective memory in healthy persons and patients.

Francesca Simion is Senior Scholar MPSI-04 (Developmental Psychology), University School of Psychology, University of Padova, Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialisation  (DPSS)

 

Professor of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience and Developmental Cognitive Psychology.

Director of the Neonatal Lab, located in UOC Intensive Care Unit and Neonatal Pathology, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health Università di Padova- Azienda Ospedaliera.

Member of the Scientic Committees ERC and ANF.

 

Major Research interests

 The focus of my research is Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, the study of functional brain development over the first years of life. The key questions  concern  the innate predispositions of the human system at birth and how specialized cognitive functions emerge in the brain during development.

• In the Neonatal Lab the perceptual and cognitive capabilities of the human system at birth are investigated by the use of behavioural testing methods
• In the Infant eye tracker Lab researchs are carried out on the origin and development of the social brain. The focus are the attentional mechanimsm of the human system toward social stimuli in early infancy
• In the EEG lab, through imaging (high density ERP),the neural bases of orienting toward social stimuli in early infancy are studied.

 

Research Gate

Daniela Palomba, MD, is Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychology, Department of General Psychology,  University of Padova.

 

Principal Appointments:

2013-17: Deputy Head Department of General Psychology, University of Padova.

2012-present: Member Venetian Regional Committee on Mental Health.

2012-16: President of the Master level Course Clinical Psychology, University of Padova.

2008-11(VIII): Deputy-Dean, (IX-XII) Dean, Faculty of Psychology, University of Padova.

2009-13: Member of the Scientific Committee, Department of General Psychology, Padova.

2008-2016: Board of the Doctorate Program in Psychological Sciences.

2007-08: Director of the Master in Traumatology and Emergency Psychology, University of Padova.

2006-08: President of the University Scientific Committee (Section Psychology), University of Padova.

2003-05: Member of the University Scientific Committee (Section Psychology), University of Padova; 2004-07: Committee Evaluation of Research (CIVR).

2000-present: Director of the  Psychophysiology Service, Laboratories for Applied and Clinical Psychological Research, University of Padova.

 

Main research interests:

• Psychophysiology of emotion and anxiety disorders (affiliation to the NIMH-Center for the Study of Emotion and Attention, University of Florida, USA). Autonomic and central nervous system (ERPs) correlates of unpleasant affective dispositions, including the freezing or fainting response (e.g. vaso-vagal syncope, blood-phobia).
• Anxiety and stress responses associated with primary and white-coat hypertension (member of HARVESt, Hypertension and Ambulatory Recording VEnetia Study). Autonomic (HRV) and central (EEG-bands) correlates of depressive symptoms and their association with cardiovascular disorders (affiliation to CIRMANMEC, Center for Research Models on Neuropsychic Disorders in Clinical Medicine, University of Padova).
• Biofeedback e Neurofeedback. Biofeedback-assisted rehabilitation of autonomic dysfunctions associated with mood, anxiety and stress disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorders (grant ANMIL, Italian Association for Victims of work-related accidents); EEG-Neurofeedback for depression, emotional regulation, attention deficits and impulsive symptoms (affiliation to CNC, Center of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Padova).

 

Useful links:

http://scholar.google.it/citations?user=sOG1gm4AAAAJ&hl=it

http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daniela_Palomba

Angelo Bisazza is Professor Emeritus of Psychobiology at the University of Padova and member of the Accademia Galileiana.

 

His early research focused on inter- and intra-specific diversity in reproductive strategies in teleost fishes with emphasis on evolution of male ornaments through female mate choice. In early nineties, he described the presence of functional brain asymmetries in fish and amphibians and later he investigated the genetic and environmental factors influencing the direction and strength of brain asymmetries in fish as well as the selective advantages and the disadvantages of cerebral lateralisation.

 

In recent years his research addressed the evolution of cognitive abilities in vertebrates, investigating in particular the mechanisms underlying numerical abilities in teleost fishes.

 

Link to Google scholar

Carlo Semenza is Professor Emeritus at the Dept. of Neuroscience, University  of Padova.

 

He graduated in Medicine, 17-7-1974, Diploma in Psychiatry, 26-7-1978 , University  of Padova.

 

Former Positions:

Full Professor, University  of Padova (since 2008);

Full Professor of Neuropsychology University of Trieste, Italy (1995-2008).
Head of the Dept. of Psychology University of Trieste (1997-2000);
Head of Clinical Psychology School Trieste (1997-2000-2002);
Associate Professor University of Padova (1980-1995).

 

Research Fellow, Boston VA Hospital, 1977-1978, 1981, 1983.

 

Visiting Professor/Teaching: University  of Melbourne (1988), Universidad Complutense de Madrid (1991), Boston University, (1991), Victoria University (1997), University of Athens, 2010, 2012, 2013, Basque Center for Cognition, Brain and Language, San Sebastian (2013).

 

Founder-organiser European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology, Bressanone, Italy, 1983-present.

 

NATO Study Visit Grants: 1983, (Boston VA, Univ Oregon, Univ Montreal), NATO Twinning Grant , 1987, 1990, (UCLondon), 1994 (UCLondon, USC Los Angeles).
UE MC Grants for the Study of Mathematical Cognition 1991-1993, 2000-2003, 2004-2008.

 

Publications on Nature, Brain, Language and Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Neuropsychology, Neuropsychologia, Journal of Cognitive Neurosciences, Neurocase, Cortex, Brain and Language, Brain and Cognition, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Neuropsychoanalysis, Journal of Neurolinguistics, Journal of Memory and Language, Memory and Cognition, Memory, Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Neuroscience Letters, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, The Mental Lexicon, Journal of Neurosurgery, Perceptual and Motor Skills, Acta Psychologica, Journal of the Neurological Science, Perception, NeuroImage, etc. and internationally published book chapters.

 

In the Board of Editors of Brain and Language, Mathematical Cognition, Journal of Neurolinguistics, Neuropsicologia Latina, Neuropsychoanalysis, Mental Lexicon, Neuropsychologia, Frontiers on Language Sciences.

 

Affiliations:

• International Neuropsychology Symposium, Academy of Aphasia (member Board of Governors), World Federation of Neurology, Società Italiana Neuropsicologia.
• Member of the Academia Europæa ( https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Semenza_Carlo ) since 2020.