Elisa Castaldi
Tenure Track Assistant Professor (SSD M-PS/02) at the Neuroscience Department of the University of Florence
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Curriculum Vitae
Contacts
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
- Castaldi, E., Tinelli, F., Filippo, G., Bartoli, M., & Anobile, G.
Auditory time perception impairment in children with developmental dyscalculia
Research in Developmental Disabilities, 149, 104733
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2024.104733 - Castaldi, E., Bonaudo, C., Maduli, G., Anobile, G., Pedone, A., Capelli, F., Arrighi, R., & Della Puppa, A
Neurocognitive Assessment of Mathematics-Related Capacities in Neurosurgical Patients
Brain Sciences, 14(1)
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14010069 - C.Caponi, E. Castaldi, D.C. Burr, P. Binda
Adaptation to numerosity affects the pupillary light response
Sci Rep 14, 6097 (2024)
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55646-w
- Camilla Caponi, Paula Andrea Maldonado Moscoso, Elisa Castaldi, Roberto Arrighi and Paolo Grasso
EEG signature of grouping strategies in numerosity perception
Frontiers in Neuroscience
Download https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1190317 - Paula Andrea Maldonado Moscoso, Giuseppe Maduli, Giovanni Anobile, Roberto Arrighi and Elisa Castaldi
The symmetry-induced numerosity illusion depends on visual attention
Scientific Reports
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- Maldonado Moscoso, P. A., Anobile, G., Burr, D. C., Arrighi, R., & Castaldi, E.
Symmetry as a grouping cue for numerosity perception.
Scientific Reports, 12(1)
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18386-3 - Elisa Castaldi, Guido Marco Cicchini, Francesca Tinelli,Maria Concetta Morrone
Does more imply better vision?
Cognitive Neuropsychology, 2022; 1-3
https://doi.org/10.1080/02643294.2022.2052715 Download - Paula A. Maldonado Moscoso, Elisa Castaldi, Roberto Arrighi, Caterina Primi, Camilla Caponi, Salvatore Buonincontro, Francesca Bolognini, Giovanni Anobile
Mathematics and numerosity but not visuo-spatial working memory correlate with math-anxiety in young adults
Brain Sci. 2022 Apr; 12(4): 422
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12040422 - Elisa Castaldi, Marco Turi, Guido Marco Cicchini, Sahawanatou Gassama, Evelyn Eger
Reduced 2D form coherence and 3D structure from motion sensitivity in developmental dyscalculia
Neuropsychologia 166, 108140
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.108140 - Maldonado Moscoso, P. A., Castaldi, E., Arrighi, R., Primi, C., Caponi, C., Buonincontro, S., Bolognini, F., & Anobile, G.
Mathematics and Numerosity but Not Visuo-Spatial Working Memory Correlate with Mathematical Anxiety in Adults
Brain Sciences, 12(4), 422
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- 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
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.25694 - Castaldi, E., Pomè, A., Cicchini, G. M., Burr, D., & Binda, P.
The pupil responds spontaneously to perceived numerosity
Nature Communications, 12(1), 5944
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26261-4 - 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
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93710-x - 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
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2021.687321 - Petrizzo, I., Castaldi, E., Anobile, G., Bassanelli, S., & Arrighi, R.
Time and numerosity estimation in peripersonal and extrapersonal space
Acta Psychologica, 215, 103296
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2021.103296
- Anobile, G., Arrighi, R., Castaldi, E., & Burr, D. C.
A Sensorimotor Numerosity System
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 25(1), 24–36
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2020.10.009 - 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
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-71871-5 - 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
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.1884 - Anobile, G., Castaldi, E., Moscoso, P. A. M., Burr, D. C., & Arrighi, R.
“Groupitizing”: A strategy for numerosity estimation
Scientific Reports, 10(1), 13436
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-68111-1 - Castaldi, E., Turi, M., Gassama, S., Piazza, M., & Eger, E.
Excessive visual crowding effects in developmental dyscalculia
Journal of Vision, 20(8), 7–7
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1167/jov.20.8.7 - 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
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117210 - Castaldi, E., Lunghi, C., & Morrone, M. C.
Neuroplasticity in adult human visual cortex
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 112, 542–552
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.02.028
- Elisa Castaldi , Manuela Piazza, Stanislas Dehaene, Alexandre Vignaud, Evelyn Eger
Attentional amplification of neural codes for number independent of other quantities along the dorsal visual stream
eLife
Downloadhttps://10.7554/eLife.45160 - Castaldi E, Cicchini GM, Falsini B, Binda P, Morrone MC.
Residual Visual Responses in Patients With Retinitis Pigmentosa Revealed by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Translational Vision Science & Technology, 6 (8), 44.
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- Castaldi, E., Mirassou, A., Dehaene, S., Piazza, M., & Eger, E. (2018).
Asymmetrical interference between number and item size perception provides evidence for a domain specific impairment in dyscalculia.
- Anobile, G., Arrighi, R., Castaldi, E., Grassi, E., Pedonese, L., Moscoso, P. A. M., & Burr, D. C.
Spatial but not temporal numerosity thresholds correlate with formal math skills in children
Developmental Psychology, 54(3), 458–473
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000448 - Castaldi, E., Tinelli, F., Cicchini, M. & Morrone, M. C. (2018).
Supramodal agnosia for oblique mirror orientation in patients with periventricular leukomalacia, Cortex.
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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.
Download - 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.
Download - 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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Abstracts
2021
Elisa Castaldi, Antonella Pomè, Guido Marco Cicchini, David Burr, Paola BindaPupil size automatically encodes numerosity
Vision Science Society Meeting 2021
21-26/05/2021poster
2019
Elisa Castaldi, Guido Marco Cicchini, Benedetto Falsini, Paola Binda, Maria Concetta MorroneResidual Visual Responses In Patients with retinitis pigmentosa revealed by functional magnetic
CNR Annual Retreat 2019
02-04/10/2019 Pisatalk
2019
Giovanni Anobile, Guido Marco Cicchini, Gasperini Filippo, Elisa Castaldi, Marco Turi, Roberto Arrighi, David C. BurrThe Number Sense and its link with child math abilities
Workshop - Foundations of mathematics in primary and pre-schools Fyssen Foundation – Parigi (Francia)
18-19/10/2019 Tenerife Spainposter
2018
Maldonado-Moscoso, P.A., Anobile, G., Arrighi, R., Castaldi, E., Grassi, E., Pedonese, L., Burr, D.C.Spatial but not temporal numerosity thresholds correlate with formal math skills in children
41st European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP) 2018 Trieste
26-30/08/2018poster