Elisa Castaldi
Post-Doc in Department of Translational Research on New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa
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Current research and interests
Numerosity perception
Dyscalculia
Plasticity of the visual system
Retinal Prosthesis
fMRI
Education
- 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.
Research laboratories
- CNR Institute of Neuroscience, Pisa
- Department of Psychology, University of Florence
- Stella Maris Foundation, Pisa, Italy
2020
Excessive visual crowding effects in developmental dyscalculia
Castaldi E., Turi M., Gassama S., Piazza M., Eger E. (2020)Neuroplasticity in adult human visual cortex, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews Volume 112, May 2020, Pages 542-552
Castaldi, E., Lunghi, C. & Morrone, M. C. (2020).
2019
Mapping numerical perception and operations in relation to functional and anatomical landmarks of human parietal cortex
Castaldi E., Vignaud A., Eger E. (2019)Residual Visual Responses in Patients With Retinitis Pigmentosa Revealed by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Translational Vision Science & Technology, 6 (8), 44.
Castaldi, E., Cicchini, G. M., Falsini, B., Binda, P. & Morrone, M. C. (2019).
2018
Asymmetrical interference between number and item size perception provides evidence for a domain specific impairment in dyscalculia.
Castaldi, E., Mirassou, A., Dehaene, S., Piazza, M., & Eger, E. (2018).Supramodal agnosia for oblique mirror orientation in patients with periventricular leukomalacia, Cortex.
Castaldi, E., Tinelli, F., Cicchini, M. & Morrone, M. C. (2018).
2017
Evidence for a number sense, Perceiving numerosity from birth, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, (40), 21-22.
de Hevia, M. D., Castaldi, E., Streri, A., Eger, E. & Izard, V. (2017).Spatial but Not Temporal Numerosity Thresholds Correlate With Formal Math Skills in Children, Dev Psychol.
Anobile, G., Arrighi, R., Castaldi, E., Grassi, E., Pedonese, L., Moscoso PAM., & Bur DC. (2017).
2016
Effects of adaptation on numerosity decoding in the human brain, Neuroimage, (143), 364-377.
Castaldi, E., Aagten-Murphy, D., Tosetti, M., Burr, D. & Morrone, M. C. (2016).Numerosity but not texture-density discrimination correlates with math ability in children, Dev Psychol, 8 (52), 1206-1216.
Anobile, G., Castaldi, E., Turi, M., Tinelli, F. & Burr, D. C. (2016).Visual BOLD Response in Late Blind Subjects with Argus II Retinal Prosthesis, PLoS Biol, 10 (14), e1002569.
Castaldi, E., Cicchini, G. M., Cinelli, L., Biagi, L., Rizzo, S. & Morrone, M. C. (2016).
2015
2014
2013
BOLD human responses to chromatic spatial features,Eur J Neurosci, 2 (38), 2290-2299.
Castaldi, E., Frijia, F., Montanaro, D., Tosetti, M. & Morrone, M. C. (2013).