Maria Concetta Morrone
Professor of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pisa
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Contacts
Current research and interests
Development and plasticity of human visual system
fMRI of human visual cortex
Multi-sensory perception
Infant vision
Motion perception
Neural oscillations
Visual stability
Spatiotopicity
Perception of time
Numerosity perception
Research laboratories
- CNR Institute of Neuroscience, Pisa
- Department of Translational Research on New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, via San Zeno 31, 56123 Pisa (Italy)
- Stella Maris Foundation, Pisa, Italy
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
Behavioural oscillations in visual orientation discrimination reveal distinct modulation rates for both sensitivity and response bias, Sci Rep, 1 (9), 1115.
Zhang, H., Morrone, M. C. & Alais, D. (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).Time dilation effect in an active observer and virtual environment requires apparent motion: No dilation for retinal- or world-motion alone. Journal of Vision, 19(3), 4.
Lo Verde, L., Alais, D., Burr, D. C., Morrone, M. C., MacDougall, H., & Verstraten, F. A. J. (2019).Visual sensitivity and bias oscillate phase-locked to saccadic eye movements, Journal of Vision, 14 (19), 15.
Benedetto, A. & Morrone, M. C. (2019).
2018
Cortical BOLD responses to moderate- and high-speed motion in the human visual cortex, Sci Rep, 1 (8), 8357.
Mikellidou, K., Frijia, F., Montanaro, D., Greco, V., Burr, D. C. & Morrone, M. C. (2018).Perception during double-step saccades, Sci Rep, 1 (8), 320.
Zimmermann, E., Morrone, M. C. & Binda, P. (2018).Perceptual Oscillation of Audiovisual Time Simultaneity, eNeuro, 3 (5).
Benedetto, A., Burr, D. C. & Morrone, M. C. (2018).Response to short-term deprivation of the human adult visual cortex measured with 7T BOLD, Elife, (7).
Binda, P., Kurzawski, J. W., Lunghi, C., Biagi, L., Tosetti, M. & Morrone, M. C. (2018).Rhythmic motor behaviour influences perception of visual time, Proc Biol Sci, 1888 (285).
Tomassini, A., Vercillo, T., Torricelli, F. & Morrone, M. C. (2018).Supramodal agnosia for oblique mirror orientation in patients with periventricular leukomalacia, Cortex.
Castaldi, E., Tinelli, F., Cicchini, M. & Morrone, M. C. (2018).Vision During Saccadic Eye Movements, Annual Review of Vision Science, 1 (4), 193-213.
Binda, P. & Morrone, M. C. (2018).
2017
Auditory Sensitivity and Decision Criteria Oscillate at Different Frequencies Separately for the Two Ears, Current Biology,
Ho, T. H., Leung, J., Burr, D., Alais, D. & Morrone, M. C. (2017).Autism is associated with reduced ability to interpret grasping actions of others, Sci Rep, 1 (7), 12687.
Turi, M., Muratori, F., Tinelli, F., Morrone, M. C. & Burr, D. C. (2017).Plasticity of Visual Pathways and Function in the Developing Brain: Is the Pulvinar a Crucial Player?, Front Syst Neurosci, (11), 3.
Karaminis, T., Neil, L., Manning, C., Turi, M., Fiorentini, C., Burr, D., et al. (2017).Saccadic suppression is embedded within extended oscillatory modulation of sensitivity, J Neurosci.
Benedetto, A. & Morrone, M.C. (2017).Spatial localization of sound elicits early responses from occipital visual cortex in humans, Sci Rep, 1 (7), 10415.
Campus, C., Sandini, G., Concetta Morrone, M. & Gori, M. (2017).Temporally Evolving Gain Mechanisms of Attention in Macaque Area V4, J Neurophysiol, jn 00522 02016.
Sani, I., Santandrea, E., Morrone, M. C. & Chelazzi, L. (2017).Visual information from observing grasping movement in allocentric and egocentric perspectives: development in typical children, Exp Brain Res.
Tinelli, F., Cioni, G., Sandini, G., Turi, M. & Morrone, M. C. (2017).
2016
Adaptation to size affects saccades with long but not short latencies, J Vis, 7 (16), 2.
Zimmermann, E., Morrone, M. C. & Burr, D. (2016).Binocular Rivalry Measured 2 Hours After Occlusion Therapy Predicts the Recovery Rate of the Amblyopic Eye in Anisometropic Children, Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 4 (57), 1537-1546.
Lunghi, C., Morrone, M. C., Secci, J. & Caputo, R. (2016).Early Cross-modal Plasticity in Adults, J Cogn Neurosci, 3 (29), 520-529.
Lo Verde, L., Morrone, M. C. & Lunghi, C. (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).Perceived visual time depends on motor preparation and direction of hand movements, Sci Rep, (6), 27947.
Tomassini, A. & Morrone, M. C. (2016).Rhythmic modulation of visual contrast discrimination triggered by action, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 1831 (283).
Benedetto, A., Spinelli, D. & Morrone, M. 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).Visual Plasticity: Blindsight Bridges Anatomy and Function in the Visual System, Curr Biol, 2 (26), R70-73.
Tamietto, M. & Morrone, M. C. (2016).
2015
BOLD Response Selective to Flow-Motion in Very Young Infants, PLoS Biol, 9 (13), e1002260.
Biagi, L., Crespi, S. A., Tosetti, M. & Morrone, M. C. (2015).Nonretinotopic visual processing in the brain,Vis Neurosci, 32, e017.
Melcher, D., Morrone, M. C. (2015).Rhythmic oscillations of visual contrast sensitivity synchronized with action,J Neurosci, 18 (35), 7019-7029.
Tomassini, A., Spinelli, D., Jacono, M., Sandini, G. & Morrone, M. C. (2015).Short-term monocular deprivation alters early components of visual evoked potentials, J Physiol, 19 (593), 4361-4372.
Lunghi, C., Berchicci, M., Morrone, M. C. & Di Russo, F. (2015).Strong Motion Deficits in Dyslexia Associated with DCDC2 Gene Alteration,J Neurosci, 21 (35), 8059-8064.
Cicchini, G. M., Marino, C., Mascheretti, S., Perani, D. & Morrone, M. C. (2015).Visual mislocalization during saccade sequences,Exp Brain Res, 2 (233), 577-585.
Zimmermann, E., Morrone, M. C. & Burr, D. (2015).
2014
Auditory and tactile signals combine to influence vision during binocular rivalry,J Neurosci, 3 (34), 784-792.
Lunghi, C., Morrone, M. C. & Alais, D. (2014).Buildup of spatial information over time and across eye-movements,Behavioural brain research.
Zimmermann, E., Morrone, M. C. & Burr, D. C. (2014).Interaction between Eye Movements and Vision: Perception during Saccades. In J. S. W. L. M. Chalupa (Ed.), The New Visual Neuroscience (2nd ed., pp. 947 -962): MIT Press.
Morrone, M. C. (2014).Motor commands induce time compression for tactile stimuli,J Neurosci, 27 (34), 9164-9172.
Tomassini, A., Gori, M., Baud-Bovy, G., Sandini, G. & Morrone, M. C. (2014).The visual component to saccadic compression,J Vis, 12 (14).
Zimmermann, E., Morrone, M. C. & Burr, D. C. (2014).
2013
A mechanism for detecting coincidence of auditory and visual spatial signals,Multisens Res, 4 (26), 333-345.
Orchard-Mills, E., Leung, J., Burr, D., Morrone, M. C., Wufong, E., Carlile, S., et al. (2013).Blood oxygen level-dependent activation of the primary visual cortex predicts size adaptation illusion,J Neurosci, 40 (33), 15999-16008.
Pooresmaeili, A., Arrighi, R., Biagi, L. & Morrone, M. C. (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).Contextual effects in interval-duration judgements in vision, audition and touch,Exp Brain Res.
Burr, D., Rocca, E. D. & Morrone, M. C. (2013).Early interaction between vision and touch during binocular rivalry,Multisens Res, 3 (26), 291-306.
Lunghi, C. & Morrone, M. C. (2013).Erratum to: Contextual effects in interval-duration judgements in vision, audition and touch,Exp Brain Res.
Burr, D., Della Rocca, E. & Morrone, M. C. (2013).Long Integration Time for Accelerating and Decelerating Visual, Tactile and Visuo-tactile Stimuli, Multisensory Research, 1-2 (26), 53-68.
Gori, M., Sciutti, A., Jacono, M., Sandini, G., Morrone, C. & Burr, D. C. (2013).Long-term effects of monocular deprivation revealed with binocular rivalry gratings modulated in luminance and in color,J Vis, 6 (13),
Lunghi, C., Burr, D. C. & Morrone, M. C. (2013).Selective tuning for contrast in macaque area V4,J Neurosci, 47 (33), 18583-18596.
Sani, I., Santandrea, E., Golzar, A., Morrone, M. C. & Chelazzi, L. (2013).Spatial position information accumulates steadily over time, J Neurosci 33(47):18396-18401.
Zimmerman, E., Morrone,M.C. & Burr, DC.. (2013).Spatio-temporal topography of saccadic overestimation of time,Vision Res, (83C), 56-65.
Knoll, J., Morrone, M. C. & Bremmer, F. (2013).Spatiotemporal filtering and motion illusions, Journal of Vision, (13)10-21.
Pooresmaeili, A., Cicchini, G.M., Morrone, M. C. & Burr, D.C. (2013).Spatiotopic neural representations develop slowly across saccades,Curr Biol, 5 (23), R193-194.
Zimmermann, E., Morrone, M. C., Fink, G. R. & Burr, D. (2013).Transient spatiotopic integration across saccadic eye movements mediates visual stability,J Neurophysiol, 4 (109), 1117-1125.
Cicchini, G. M., Binda, P., Burr, D. C. & Morrone, M. C. (2013).
2012
“Non-retinotopic processing” in Ternus motion displays modeled by spatiotemporal filters,J Vis, 1 (12),
Pooresmaeili, A., Cicchini, G. M., Morrone, M. C. & Burr, D. (2012).Active movement restores veridical event-timing after tactile adaptation,J Neurophysiol, 8 (108), 2092-2100.
Tomassini, A., Gori, M., Burr, D., Sandini, G. & Morrone, M. C. (2012).Blindsight in children with congenital and acquired cerebral lesions, Cortex (published online 10 August 2012)
Tinelli, T., Cicchini, G.M., Arrighi, R., Tosetti, M., Cioni, G., Morrone M. C. (2012).Constructing stable spatial maps of the world,Perception, 11 (41), 1355-1372.
Burr, D. C. & Morrone, M. C. (2012).Plasticità ed adattabilità della visione,Giornale Italiano di Psicologia, (3), 517-522.
Morrone, M. C. M. (2012).Saccadic compression of symbolic numerical magnitude,PLoS One, 11 (7), e49587.
Binda, P., Morrone, M. C. & Bremmer, F. (2012).Spatiotemporal dynamics of perisaccadic remapping in humans revealed by classification images,J Vis, 4 (12), 11.
Panichi, M., Burr, D., Morrone, M. C. & Baldassi, S. (2012).Visual motion distorts visual and motor space, J Vis, 2 (12),
Zimmermann, E., Morrone, M. C. & Burr, D. (2012).
2011
Brief periods of monocular deprivation disrupt ocular balance in human adult visual cortex, Curr Biol. 2011 Jul 26;21(14):R538-9.
Lunghi C, Burr DC, Morrone C. (2011).Perceived duration of visual and tactile stimuli depends on perceived speed. Front. Integr. Neurosci. 5:51
Tomassini A, Gori M, Burr D, Sandini G and Morrone MC (2011).Spatiotemporal profile of peri-saccadic contrast sensitivity,J Vis, 14 (11).
Knoll, J., Binda, P., Morrone, M. C. & Bremmer, F. (2011).Spatiotopic coding and remapping in humans,Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 1564 (366), 504-515.
Burr, D. C. & Morrone, M. C. (2011).Spatiotopic Coding of BOLD Signal in Human Visual Cortex Depends on Spatial Attention,PLoS One, 7 (6), e21661.
Crespi, S., Biagi, L., d'Avossa, G., Burr, D. C., Tosetti, M. & Morrone, M. C. (2011).Spatiotopic selectivity of adaptation-based compression of event duration, J Vis, 2 (11), 21; author reply 21a.
Burr, D. C., Cicchini, G. M., Arrighi, R. & Morrone, M. C. (2011).Spatiotopic Visual Maps Revealed by Saccadic Adaptation in Humans, Curr Biol. 2011 Aug 23;21(16):1380-4
Zimmerman, E., Burr D.C., and Morrone, M.C. (2011).Underestimation of perceived number at the time of saccades,Vision Res, 1 (51), 34-42.
Binda, P., Morrone, M. C., Ross, J. & Burr, D. C. (2011).
2010
Brain development: critical periods for cross-sensory plasticity,Curr Biol, 21 (20), R934-936.
Morrone, M. C. (2010).Compression of time during smooth pursuit eye movements,Vision Res, 24 (50), 2702-2713.
Schutz, A. C. & Morrone, M. C. (2010).Saccades compress space, time and number,Trends Cogn Sci, 12 (14), 528-533.
Burr, D. C., Ross, J., Binda, P. & Morrone, M. C. (2010).Spatial maps for time and motion,Exp Brain Res, 2 (206), 121-128.
Morrone, M. C., Cicchini, M. & Burr, D. C. (2010).Temporal auditory capture does not affect the time course of saccadic mislocalization of visual stimuli,J Vis, 2 (10), 7 1-13.
Binda, P., Morrone, M. C. & Burr, D. C. (2010).Touch disambiguates rivalrous perception at early stages of visual analysis,Curr Biol, 4 (20), R143-144.
Lunghi, C., Binda, P. & Morrone, M. C. (2010).Vision: keeping the world still when the eyes move,Curr Biol, 10 (20), R442-444.
Burr, D. C. & Morrone, M. C. (2010).Visual information gleaned by observing grasping movement in allocentric and egocentric perspectives,Proc Biol Sci, 1715 (278), 2142-2149.
Campanella, F., Sandini, G. & Morrone, M. C. (2010).
2009
Auditory dominance over vision in the perception of interval duration,Exp Brain Res, 1 (198), 49-57.
Burr, D., Banks, M. S. & Morrone, M. C. (2009).Pooling and segmenting motion signals,Vision Res, 10 (49), 1065-1072.
Burr, D. C., Baldassi, S., Morrone, M. C. & Verghese, P. (2009).Shifts in spatial attention affect the perceived duration of events,J Vis, 1 (9), 9 1-13.
Cicchini, G. M. & Morrone, M. C. (2009).Spatiotemporal distortions of visual perception at the time of saccades,J Neurosci, 42 (29), 13147-13157.
Binda, P., Cicchini, G. M., Burr, D. C. & Morrone, M. C. (2009).Temporal mechanisms of multimodal binding,Proc Biol Sci, 1663 (276), 1761-1769.
Burr, D., Silva, O., Cicchini, G. M., Banks, M. S. & Morrone, M. C. (2009).
2008
BOLD response to spatial phase congruency in human brain,J Vis, 10 (8), 15 11-15.
Perna, A., Tosetti, M., Montanaro, D. & Morrone, M. C. (2008).Inversion of perceived direction of motion caused by spatial undersampling in two children with periventricular leukomalacia,J Cogn Neurosci, 6 (20), 1094-1106.
Morrone, M. C., Guzzetta, A., Tinelli, F., Tosetti, M., Del Viva, M., Montanaro, D., et al. (2008).
2007
Fusion of visual and auditory stimuli during saccades: a Bayesian explanation for perisaccadic distortions,J Neurosci, 32 (27), 8525-8532.
Binda, P., Bruno, A., Burr, D. C. & Morrone, M. C. (2007).Influence of saccadic adaptation on spatial localization: comparison of verbal and pointing reports,J Vis, 5 (7), 16 11-13.
Bruno, A. & Morrone, M. C. (2007).Neural mechanisms for timing visual events are spatially selective in real-world coordinates,Nat Neurosci, 4 (10), 423-425.
Burr, D., Tozzi, A. & Morrone, M. C. (2007).Spatiotopic selectivity of BOLD responses to visual motion in human area MT,Nat Neurosci, 2 (10), 249-255.
d'Avossa, G., Tosetti, M., Crespi, S., Biagi, L., Burr, D. C. & Morrone, M. C. (2007).The effect of optokinetic nystagmus on the perceived position of briefly flashed targets,Vision Res, 6 (47), 861-868.
Tozzi, A., Morrone, M. C. & Burr, D. C. (2007).The lowest spatial frequency channel determines brightness perception,Vision Res, 10 (47), 1282-1291.
Perna, A. & Morrone, M. C. (2007).The role of perceptual learning on modality-specific visual attentional effects,Vision Res, 1 (47), 60-70.
Chirimuuta, M., Burr, D. & Morrone, M. C. (2007).
2006
A feature-tracking model simulates the motion direction bias induced by phase congruency,J Vis, 3 (6), 179-195.
Del Viva, M. M. & Morrone, M. C. (2006).Development of saccadic suppression in children,J Neurophysiol, 3 (96), 1011-1017.
Bruno, A., Brambati, S. M., Perani, D. & Morrone, M. C. (2006).Perception: transient disruptions to neural space-time,Curr Biol, 19 (16), R847-849.
Burr, D. & Morrone, C. (2006).Resolution for spatial segregation and spatial localization by motion signals,Vision Res, 6-7 (46), 932-939.
Burr, D., McKee, S. & Morrone, C. M. (2006).Separate attentional resources for vision and audition,Proc Biol Sci, 1592 (273), 1339-1345.
Alais, D., Morrone, C. & Burr, D. (2006).Time perception: space-time in the brain,Curr Biol, 5 (16), R171-173.
Burr, D. & Morrone, C. (2006).
Posters
Voluntary action rhythmically modulates 7T BOLD visual responses in primary visual cortex
Morrone Maria Concetta, Benedetto Alessandro, Costagli Mauro, Tosetti Michela, Binda PaolaPerceptual dynamics predict plasticity
Steinwurzel Cecilia, Animali Silvia, Guido Marco Cicchini, Morrone Maria Concetta Binda Paola