Giovanni Anobile
Associate Professor in psychobiology and physiological psychology (SSD M-Psi/02) at the Neuroscience Department of the University of Florence
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Curriculum Vitae
Contacts
Current research and interests
Numerosity perception
Multi-sensory perception
Dyscalculia
Attention
Education
- 2009: Italian Master Degree in Experimental Psychology. Summa cum laude. University of Florence.
- 2007: Italian Degree in Experimental Psychology. University of Florence.
- 2014: PhD Psychology and Neuroscience (University of Florence).
Research laboratories
- Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NEUROFARBA)
- Burr, D. C., Anobile, G., & Arrighi, R.
Number Adaptation: Reply
SSRN Scholarly Paper 4839798
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4839798 - Blini, E., Anobile, G., & Arrighi, R.
What pupil size can and cannot tell about math anxiety
Psychological Research
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-024-02020-0 - 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 - 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
- Giovanni Anobile, Mariaelisa Bartoli, Gabriele Masi, Annalisa Tacchi and Francesca Tinelli
Math difficulties in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder do not originate from the visual number sense
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.949391 - Paula Andrea Maldonado Moscoso, Giuseppe Maduli, Giovanni Anobile, Roberto Arrighi and Elisa Castaldi
The symmetry-induced numerosity illusion depends on visual attention
Scientific Reports
Download https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39581-w - Giovanni Anobile, Irene Petrizzo, Daisy Paiardini, David Burr, Guido Marco Cicchini
Sensorimotor mechanisms selective to numerosity: evidence from individual differences
eLife
Download https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.92169.1 - Irene Petrizzo, Eleonora Chelli, Tommaso Bartolini, Roberto Arrighi, Giovanni Anobile
Similar effect of running on visual and auditory time perception in the ranges of milliseconds and seconds
Frontiers in Psychology
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1146675 - Cicchini, G. M., Anobile, G., Burr, D. C., Marchesini, P., & Arrighi, R.
The role of non-numerical information in the perception of temporal numerosity.
Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1197064.
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1197064
- Paolo A Grasso, Irene Petrizzo, Camilla Caponi, Giovanni Anobile, Roberto Arrighi
Visual P2p component responds to perceived numerosity
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.1014703 - 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 - Grasso, P. A., Anobile, G., Arrighi, R., Burr, D. C., & Cicchini, G. M.
Numerosity perception is tuned to salient environmental features
IScience, 25(4), 104104
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.104104 - 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 - Giovanni Anobile, Mariaelisa Bartoli, Chiara Pfanner, Gabriele Masi, Giovanni Cioni,Francesca Tinelli
Auditory time thresholds in the range of milliseconds but not seconds are impaired in ADHD
Sci Rep 12, 1352 (2022)
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05425-2 - Anobile, G., Marazzi, M., Federici, S., Napoletti, A., Cecconi, L., & Arrighi, R.
Unimpaired groupitizing in children and adolescents with dyscalculia
Scientific Reports, 12(1), 5629
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-09709-5 - 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
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12040422 - Anobile, G., Bartoli, M., Pfanner, C., Masi, G., Cioni, G., & Tinelli, F.
Auditory time thresholds in the range of milliseconds but not seconds are impaired in ADHD
Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1352
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05425-2 - Akshata Bhat, Jan W. Kurzawski, Giovanni Anobile, Francesca Tinelli, Laura Biagi, Maria Concetta Morrone
Normal Retinotopy in Primary Visual Cortex in a Congenital Complete Unilateral Lesion of Lateral Geniculate Nucleus in Human: A Case Study
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(3)
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23031055 - Irene Petrizzo, Giovanni Anobile, Eleonora Chelli, Roberto Arrighi, David Charles Burr
Visual Duration but Not Numerosity Is Distorted While Running
Brain Sciences, 12(1), 81
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12010081
- Guido Marco Cicchini, Giovanni Anobile, Eleonora Chelli, Roberto Arrighi, David Burr
Uncertainty and Prior Assumptions, Rather Than Innate Logarithmic Encoding, Explain Nonlinear Number-to-Space Mapping
Psychological Science, 09567976211034501
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1177/09567976211034501 - 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 - Grasso, P. A., Anobile, G., Caponi, C., & Arrighi, R.
Implicit visuospatial attention shapes numerosity adaptation and perception
Journal of Vision, 21(8), 26
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1167/jov.21.8.26 - 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 - Anobile, G., Morrone, M. C., Ricci, D., Gallini, F., Merusi, I., & Tinelli, F.
Typical Crossmodal Numerosity Perception in Preterm Newborns
Multisensory Research, 1–22
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1163/22134808-bja10051 - Grasso, P. A., Anobile, G., & Arrighi, R.
Numerosity adaptation partly depends on the allocation of implicit numerosity-contingent visuo-spatial attention
Journal of Vision, 21(1), 12
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1167/jov.21.1.12 - 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 - 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 - Maldonado Moscoso, P. A., Anobile, G., Primi, C., & Arrighi, R.
Math Anxiety Mediates the Link Between Number Sense and Math Achievements in High Math Anxiety Young Adults
Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1095
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01095 - Petrizzo, I., Anobile, G., & Arrighi, R.
Motor Adaptation Distorts Visual Space
Vision Research, 171, 31-35.
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2020.04.007 - Anobile, G., Tomaiuolo, F., Campana, S., & Cicchini, G. M.
Three-systems for visual numerosity: A single case study
Neuropsychologia, 136, 107259
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2019.107259
- Anobile, G., Domenici, N., Togoli, I., Burr, D., Arrighi, R. (2019).
Distortions of visual time induced by motor adaptation
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.
Downloadhttps://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2019-71073-001.html - Pomè, A., Anobile, G., Cicchini, G. M., Scabia, A. & Burr, D. C. (2019).
Higher attentional costs for numerosity estimation at high densities.
Attention, Perception & Psychophysics
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-019-01831-3 - Anobile, G., Arrighi, R. & Burr, D. C. (2019).
Simultaneous and sequential subitizing are separate systems, and neither predicts math abilities.
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, (178), 86-103.
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2018.09.017 - Anobile, G., Burr, D. C., Gasperini, F. & Cicchini, G. M. (2019).
Near optimal encoding of numerosity in typical and dyscalculic development.
Cortex, (120), 498-508.
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2019.07.009 - Pomè, A., Anobile, G., Cicchini, G. M. & Burr, D. C. (2019).
Different reaction-times for subitizing, estimation, and texture.
Journal of Vision, 6 (19), 14.
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1167/19.6.14 - Cicchini, G. M., Anobile, G., & Burr, D. C. (2019).
Spontaneous representation of numerosity in typical and dyscalculic development.
Cortex.
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2018.11.019 - Anobile, G., Guerrini, G., Burr, D. C., Monti, M., Del Lucchese, B. & Cicchini, G. M. (2019).
Spontaneous perception of numerosity in pre-school children.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 1906 (286), 20191245.
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1245
- 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 - Anobile, G., Arrighi, R. & Burr, D. C. (2018).
Simultaneous and sequential subitizing are separate systems, and neither predicts math abilities, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, (178), 86-103.
Download - Stievano, P., Cammisuli, D. M., Iaia, M., Michetti, S., Ceccolin,C. & Anobile, G. (2018).
Cognitive processes underlying arithmetical skills in primary school: the role of fluency, handwriting, number line and number acuity, Neuropsy Trends, (23).
Download - Anobile, G., Burr, D. C., Iaia, M., Marinelli, C. V., Angelelli, P. & Turi, M. (2018).
Independent adaptation mechanisms for numerosity and size perception provide evidence against a common sense of magnitude, Sci Rep, 1 (8), 13571.
Download - Anobile, G., Cicchini, G. M., Gasperini, F. & Burr, D. (2018).
Typical numerosity adaptation despite selectively impaired number acuity in dyscalculia, Neuropsychologia.
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- Anobile, G., Cicchini, G. M., Pomè, A. & Burr, D. (2017).
Connecting Visual Objects Reduces Perceived Numerosity and Density for Sparse but not Dense Patterns, Journal of Numerical Cognition, 4 (3).
- Burr, D. C., Anobile, G. & Arrighi, R. (2017).
Psychophysical evidence for the number sense, Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 1740 (373).
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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.
Download - Anobile, G., Arrighi, R., Togoli, I. & Burr, D. C. (2016).
A shared numerical representation for action and perception, Elife, (5).
Download - Cicchini, G. M., Anobile, G. & Burr, D. C. (2016).
Spontaneous perception of numerosity in humans, Nat Commun, (7), 12536.
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- Tinelli, F., Anobile, G., Gori, M., Aagten-Murphy, D., Bartoli, M., Burr, D. C., et al.
Time, number and attention in very low birth weight children,Neuropsychologia, 2015
Download - Anobile, G., Cicchini, G. M. & Burr, D. C. (2015).
Number as a primary perceptual attribute: a review, Perception 1-27 DOI: 10.1177/0301006615602599.
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Mechanisms for perception of numerosity or texture-density are governed by crowding-like effects,Journal of Vision, 15(5), 1-12.
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- Cicchini, G. M., Anobile, G. & Burr, D. C. (2014).
Separate mechanisms for perception of numerosity and density,Psychol Sci, 1 (25), 265-270.
Download - Cicchini, G. M., Anobile, G. & Burr, D. C. (2014).
Compressive mapping of number to space reflects dynamic encoding mechanisms, not static logarithmic transform,Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 21 (111), 7867-7872.
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- Anobile, G., Turi, M., Cicchini, G. M. & Burr, D. C. (2012).
The effects of cross-sensory attentional demand on subitizing and on mapping number onto space,Vision Res,
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Linear mapping of numbers onto space requires attention,Cognition, 3 (122), 454-459.
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Abstracts
2020
Giovanni Anobile, Francesco Tomaiuolo, Serena Campana, Guido Marci CicchiniThree-systems for visual numerosity: a single case study
European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology EWCN 2020
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2019.107259 Download 26-31/01/2020 Bressanoneposter
2020
Petrizzo, I., Anobile, G., Burr, D. C., & Arrighi, R.Motor adaptation distorts space
European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology EWCN 2020, Bressanone
26-31/01/2020 Bressanoneposter
2019
Maldonado-Moscoso, P.A., Anobile, G., Primi, C., Arrighi, R.,The link between math anxiety and numerosity perception
Children Vision Society Research Meeting CVRS 2019 Pisa
15-17/06/2019poster
2019
Guido Marco Cicchini, Giovanni Anobile, Davd BurrSpecialized Visual Module for Numerosity
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
2019
Roberto Arrighi, Giovanni Anobile, David C. BurrPsychophysical evidence for a generalized number sense and it’s link with development of mathematical abilities
21 ST Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology
25-28/09/2019 Tenerife, Spaintalk
2019
Anobile G., Guerrini G., Burr D. C., Monti M., Del Lucchese B., Cicchini G. M.Spontaneous Perception of Numerosity In Pre-Schoolers
21 ST Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology
25-28/09/2019 Tenerife Spainposter
2019
Giovanni AnobileThe Number Sense and its link with child math abilities
CVRS2019, Child Vision Society Research Society Meeting 2019
15-17/06/2019 Fondazione Stella Maris a Pisaposter
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