Alessandro Benedetto
Researcher (SSD M-PS/02) at the Neuroscience Department of the University of Florence
Education
- 2013-2017: PhD course in Neuroscience - Dottorato Toscano di Neuroscienze (XXIX ciclo).
- 2011-2013: Master degree in Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience. University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano.
- 2008-2011: Bachelor in Philosophy of Mind and Language. University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano.
Research laboratories
- Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NEUROFARBA)
2025
- Benedetto, A., Jenks, S. K., Mishra, M. V., Giesbrecht, B., & Poletti, M.
The Speed of Visual Discrimination Differs between Foveola and Perifovea: A Combined EEG and Behavioral Investigation
eNeuro
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0078-25.2025 - Serena Castellotti, Giacomo Mazzotta, Alessandro Benedetto, & Maria Del Viva
Optimal Feature Encoding in Early Vision
Scientific Reports
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-07644-9
2024
- Benedetto, A., Chelli, E., Petrizzo, I., Arrighi, R., & Anobile, G.
The role of motor effort on the sensorimotor number system
Psychological Research
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-024-02002-2
2022
- Rocca, C., Tiberi, L., Bargiacchi, S., Palazzo, V., Landini, S., Marziali, E., Caputo, R., Tinelli, F., Marchi, V., Benedetto, A., Pagliazzi, A., & Bacci, G. M.
Expanding the Spectrum of Oculocutaneous Albinism: Does Isolated Foveal Hypoplasia Really Exist?
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(14)
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23147825 - Benedetto, A., & Poletti, M.
All eyes on attention.
eLife, 11, e77544
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.77544 - Benedetto, A., Ho, H. T., & Morrone, M. C.
The Readiness Potential Correlates with Action-Linked Modulation of Visual Accuracy.
eNeuro, 9(6).
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0085-22.2022 - Galluzzi, F., Benedetto, A., Cicchini, G. M., & Burr, D. C.
Visual priming and serial dependence are mediated by separate mechanisms.
Journal of Vision, 22(10)
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1167/jov.22.10.1 - Ranieri, G., Benedetto, A., Ho, H. T., Burr, D. C., & Morrone, M. C.
Evidence of Serial Dependence from Decoding of Visual Evoked Potentials
Journal of Neuroscience, 42(47), 8817–8825
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1879-21.2022
2021
- Turco, F., Giorgi, F. S., Maestri, M., Morganti, R., Benedetto, A., Milano, C., Pizzanelli, C., Menicucci, D., Gemignani, A., Fornai, F., Siciliano, G., & Bonanni, E.
Prolonged and short epileptiform discharges have an opposite relationship with the sleep–wake cycle in patients with JME: Implications for EEG recording protocols.
Epilepsy & Behavior, 122, 108226
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.108226 - Mazziotti, R., Carrara, F., Viglione, A., Lupori, L., Verde, L. L., Benedetto, A., Ricci, G., Sagona, G., Amato, G., & Pizzorusso, T.
MEYE: Web App for Translational and Real-Time Pupillometry
ENeuro, 8(5).
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0122-21.2021 - Benedetto, A., Binda, P., Costagli, M., Tosetti, M., & Morrone, M. C.
Predictive visuo-motor communication through neural oscillations
Current Biology
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.05.026 - Benedetto, A., & Baud-Bovy, G.
Tapping Force Encodes Metrical Aspects of Rhythm
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 15
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2021.633956
2020
- Cicchini, G. M., Benedetto, A., & Burr, D. C.
Perceptual history propagates down to early levels of sensory analysis
Current Biology, 31(6), 1245-1250.e2.
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.12.004 - Benedetto, A., Morrone, M. C., & Tomassini, A.
The Common Rhythm of Action and Perception
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 32(2), 187–200.
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01436
2017
- Benedetto, A., Lozano‐Soldevilla, D., & VanRullen, R.
Different Responses of Spontaneous and Stimulus-Related Alpha Activity to Ambient Luminance Changes
European Journal of Neuroscience, 48(7), 2599–2608.
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.13791 - Benedetto, A., & Morrone, M. C.
Saccadic suppression is embedded within extended oscillatory modulation of sensitivity
Journal of Neuroscience, 37(13), 3661–3670.
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2390-16.2016
2016
- Benedetto, A., Spinelli, D., & Morrone, M. C.
Rhythmic modulation of visual contrast discrimination triggered by action
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283(1831), 20160692.
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.0692 - Benedetto A., Binda P.
Dissociable saccadic suppression of pupillary and perceptual responses to light
J Neurophysiol, 3 (115), 1243-1251
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00964.2015