Elisa Castaldi
Post-Doc in Department of Translational Research on New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa
Curriculum Vitae
Contacts
Current research and interests
Numerosity perception
Dyscalculia
Plasticity of the visual system
Retinal Prosthesis
fMRI
- 2004-2007: Bachelor in Psycholocical Science, Final mark: 110/110 cum laude, Department of Psychology, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. Thesis Title: “Neural substrate of dyslexia”. Supervisor: Prof. Daniela Perani
- 2007 – 2010 : Master degree in Cognitive Neuroscience, Final mark: 110/110 cum laude,University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. Thesis Title: “Selectivity to spatial phase of chromatic cortical mechanisms: an fMRI study”. Supervisor: Prof. Maria Concetta Morrone.
- 2011 – 2014: Doctoral School in Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Florence, Italy. Supervisor : David C Burr, M Concetta Morrone.
- CNR Institute of Neuroscience, Pisa
- Department of Psychology, University of Florence
- Stella Maris Foundation, Pisa, Italy
- David Burr, Giovanni Anobile, Elisa Castaldi, Roberto Arrighi
Numbers in action
Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 44
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X21000996
- Maldonado Moscoso, P. A., Greenlee, M. W., Anobile, G., Arrighi, R., Burr, D. C., & Castaldi, E.
Groupitizing modifies neural coding of numerosity
Human Brain Mapping
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- Castaldi, E., Pomè, A., Cicchini, G. M., Burr, D., & Binda, P.
The pupil responds spontaneously to perceived numerosity
Nature Communications, 12(1), 5944
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- Castaldi, E., Arrighi, R., Cicchini, G. M., Andolfi, A., Maduli, G., Burr, D. C., & Anobile, G.
Perception of geometric sequences and numerosity both predict formal geometric competence in primary school children
Scientific Reports, 11(1), 14243
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- Anobile, G., Castaldi, E., Maldonado Moscoso, P. A., Arrighi, R., & Burr, D.
Groupitizing Improves Estimation of Numerosity of Auditory Sequences
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 15, 339
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- Petrizzo, I., Castaldi, E., Anobile, G., Bassanelli, S., & Arrighi, R.
Time and numerosity estimation in peripersonal and extrapersonal space
Acta Psychologica, 215, 103296
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- Anobile, G., Arrighi, R., Castaldi, E., & Burr, D. C.
A Sensorimotor Numerosity System
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 25(1), 24–36
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- Maldonado Moscoso, P. A., Castaldi, E., Burr, D. C., Arrighi, R., & Anobile, G.
Grouping strategies in number estimation extend the subitizing range
Scientific Reports, 10(1), 14979
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- Castaldi, E., Piazza, M., & Iuculano, T.
Chapter 5—Learning disabilities: Developmental dyscalculia
In A. Gallagher, C. Bulteau, D. Cohen, & J. L. Michaud (Eds.), Handbook of Clinical Neurology (Vol. 174, pp. 61–75). Elsevier
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-64148-9.00005-3
- Castaldi, E., Burr, D., Turi, M., & Binda, P.
Fast saccadic eye-movements in humans suggest that numerosity perception is automatic and direct
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287(1935), 20201884
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- Anobile, G., Castaldi, E., Moscoso, P. A. M., Burr, D. C., & Arrighi, R.
“Groupitizing”: A strategy for numerosity estimation
Scientific Reports, 10(1), 13436
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- Castaldi, E., Turi, M., Gassama, S., Piazza, M., & Eger, E.
Excessive visual crowding effects in developmental dyscalculia
Journal of Vision, 20(8), 7–7
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- Castaldi, E., Vignaud, A., & Eger, E.
Mapping subcomponents of numerical cognition in relation to functional and anatomical landmarks of human parietal cortex
NeuroImage, 221, 117210
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- Castaldi, E., Lunghi, C., & Morrone, M. C.
Neuroplasticity in adult human visual cortex
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 112, 542–552
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- de Hevia, M. D., Castaldi, E., Streri, A., Eger, E. & Izard, V. (2017).
Evidence for a number sense, Perceiving numerosity from birth, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, (40), 21-22.
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- Castaldi, E., Aagten-Murphy, D., Tosetti, M., Burr, D. & Morrone, M. C. (2016).
Effects of adaptation on numerosity decoding in the human brain, Neuroimage, (143), 364-377.
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- Anobile, G., Castaldi, E., Turi, M., Tinelli, F. & Burr, D. C. (2016).
Numerosity but not texture-density discrimination correlates with math ability in children, Dev Psychol, 8 (52), 1206-1216.
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- Castaldi, E., Cicchini, G. M., Cinelli, L., Biagi, L., Rizzo, S. & Morrone, M. C. (2016).
Visual BOLD Response in Late Blind Subjects with Argus II Retinal Prosthesis, PLoS Biol, 10 (14), e1002569.
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- Castaldi, E., Frijia, F., Montanaro, D., Tosetti, M. & Morrone, M. C. (2013).
BOLD human responses to chromatic spatial features,Eur J Neurosci, 2 (38), 2290-2299.
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