Maria Concetta Morrone
Professor of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pisa
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Curriculum Vitae
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
- 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
- Castaldi, E., Lunghi, C. & Morrone, M. C. (2020).
Neuroplasticity in adult human visual cortex.
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews Volume 112, May 2020, Pages 542-552
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.02.028 - Benedetto A, Morrone MC, Tomassini A.
The Common Rhythm of Action and Perception.
J Cogn Neurosci. 2020 Feb;32(2) 187-200.
https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01436 - Cecilia Steinwurzel; Silvia Animali; Guido Marco Cicchini; Maria Concetta Morrone; Paola Binda
Using psychophysical performance to predict short-term Ocular Dominance plasticity in human adults
Journal of Vision July 2020, Vol.20, 6.
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1167/jov.20.7.6 - JW Kurzawski, K Mikellidou, MC Morrone, F Pestilli
The visual white matter connecting human area prostriata and the thalamus is retinotopically organized
Brain Structure and Function, 1-15
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-020-02096-5
- 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.
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1167/tvst.8.6.44 - Lo Verde, L., Alais, D., Burr, D. C., Morrone, M. C., MacDougall, H., & Verstraten, F. A. J.
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.
Downloadhttp://jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2728677 - Huihui Zhang, Maria Concetta Morrone & David Alais
Behavioural oscillations in visual orientation discrimination reveal distinct modulation rates for both sensitivity and response bias.
Sci Rep, 1 (9), 1115.
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37918-4 - Benedetto, A. & Morrone, M. C.
Visual sensitivity and bias oscillate phase-locked to saccadic eye movements.
Journal of Vision, 14 (19), 15.
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1167/19.14.15 - Lunghi C, Daniele G, Binda P, Dardano A, Ceccarini G, Santini F, Del Prato S, Morrone MC
Altered Visual Plasticity in Morbidly Obese Subjects
iScience. 2019 Dec;22 206-213.
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2019.11.027 - Hao Tam Ho, David C. Burr, David Alais, Maria Concetta Morrone
Auditory Perceptual History Is Propagated through Alpha Oscillations
Elsevier Ltd
Download https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.10.041
- Zimmermann, E., Morrone, M. C. & Binda, P. (2018).
Perception during double-step saccades, Sci Rep, 1 (8), 320.
Download - Binda, P. & Morrone, M. C. (2018).
Vision During Saccadic Eye Movements, Annual Review of Vision Science, 1 (4), 193-213.
Download - Binda, P., Kurzawski, J. W., Lunghi, C., Biagi, L., Tosetti, M. & Morrone, M. C. (2018).
Response to short-term deprivation of the human adult visual cortex measured with 7T BOLD, Elife, (7).
Download - Castaldi, E., Tinelli, F., Cicchini, M. & Morrone, M. C. (2018).
Supramodal agnosia for oblique mirror orientation in patients with periventricular leukomalacia, Cortex.
Download - Mikellidou, K., Frijia, F., Montanaro, D., Greco, V., Burr, D. C. & Morrone, M. C. (2018).
Cortical BOLD responses to moderate- and high-speed motion in the human visual cortex, Sci Rep, 1 (8), 8357.
Download - Benedetto, A., Burr, D. C. & Morrone, M. C. (2018).
Perceptual Oscillation of Audiovisual Time Simultaneity, eNeuro, 3 (5).
- Tomassini, A., Vercillo, T., Torricelli, F. & Morrone, M. C. (2018).
Rhythmic motor behaviour influences perception of visual time, Proc Biol Sci, 1888 (285).
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- Karaminis, T., Neil, L., Manning, C., Turi, M., Fiorentini, C., Burr, D., et al. (2017).
Plasticity of Visual Pathways and Function in the Developing Brain: Is the Pulvinar a Crucial Player?, Front Syst Neurosci, (11), 3.
Download - Benedetto, A. & Morrone, M.C. (2017).
Saccadic suppression is embedded within extended oscillatory modulation of sensitivity, J Neurosci.
Download - Tinelli, F., Cioni, G., Sandini, G., Turi, M. & Morrone, M. C. (2017).
Visual information from observing grasping movement in allocentric and egocentric perspectives: development in typical children, Exp Brain Res.
Download - Sani, I., Santandrea, E., Morrone, M. C. & Chelazzi, L. (2017).
Temporally Evolving Gain Mechanisms of Attention in Macaque Area V4, J Neurophysiol, jn 00522 02016.
Download - Turi, M., Muratori, F., Tinelli, F., Morrone, M. C. & Burr, D. C. (2017).
Autism is associated with reduced ability to interpret grasping actions of others, Sci Rep, 1 (7), 12687.
Download - Campus, C., Sandini, G., Concetta Morrone, M. & Gori, M. (2017).
Spatial localization of sound elicits early responses from occipital visual cortex in humans, Sci Rep, 1 (7), 10415.
Download - Ho, T. H., Leung, J., Burr, D., Alais, D. & Morrone, M. C. (2017).
Auditory Sensitivity and Decision Criteria Oscillate at Different Frequencies Separately for the Two Ears, Current Biology,
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- Lunghi, C., Morrone, M. C., Secci, J. & Caputo, R. (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.
Download - Lo Verde, L., Morrone, M. C. & Lunghi, C. (2016).
Early Cross-modal Plasticity in Adults, J Cogn Neurosci, 3 (29), 520-529.
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.
Download - Tamietto, M. & Morrone, M. C. (2016).
Visual Plasticity: Blindsight Bridges Anatomy and Function in the Visual System, Curr Biol, 2 (26), R70-73.
Download - Benedetto, A., Spinelli, D. & 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).
Download - Zimmermann, E., Morrone, M. C. & Burr, D. (2016).
Adaptation to size affects saccades with long but not short latencies, J Vis, 7 (16), 2.
Download - Tomassini, A. & Morrone, M. C. (2016).
Perceived visual time depends on motor preparation and direction of hand movements, Sci Rep, (6), 27947.
Download - 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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- Lunghi, C., Berchicci, M., Morrone, M. C. & Di Russo, F. (2015).
Short-term monocular deprivation alters early components of visual evoked potentials, J Physiol, 19 (593), 4361-4372.
Download - Cicchini, G. M., Marino, C., Mascheretti, S., Perani, D. & Morrone, M. C. (2015).
Strong Motion Deficits in Dyslexia Associated with DCDC2 Gene Alteration,J Neurosci, 21 (35), 8059-8064.
Download - Melcher, D., Morrone, M. C. (2015).
Nonretinotopic visual processing in the brain,Vis Neurosci, 32, e017.
Download - Tomassini, A., Spinelli, D., Jacono, M., Sandini, G. & Morrone, M. C. (2015).
Rhythmic oscillations of visual contrast sensitivity synchronized with action,J Neurosci, 18 (35), 7019-7029.
Download - Biagi, L., Crespi, S. A., Tosetti, M. & Morrone, M. C. (2015).
BOLD Response Selective to Flow-Motion in Very Young Infants, PLoS Biol, 9 (13), e1002260.
Download - Zimmermann, E., Morrone, M. C. & Burr, D. (2015).
Visual mislocalization during saccade sequences,Exp Brain Res, 2 (233), 577-585.
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- Lunghi, C., Morrone, M. C. & Alais, D. (2014).
Auditory and tactile signals combine to influence vision during binocular rivalry,J Neurosci, 3 (34), 784-792.
Download - Morrone, M. 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.
Download - Tomassini, A., Gori, M., Baud-Bovy, G., Sandini, G. & Morrone, M. C. (2014).
Motor commands induce time compression for tactile stimuli,J Neurosci, 27 (34), 9164-9172.
Download - Zimmermann, E., Morrone, M. C. & Burr, D. C. (2014).
Buildup of spatial information over time and across eye-movements,Behavioural brain research.
Download - Zimmermann, E., Morrone, M. C. & Burr, D. C. (2014).
The visual component to saccadic compression,J Vis, 12 (14).
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- Cicchini, G. M., Binda, P., Burr, D. C. & Morrone, M. C. (2013).
Transient spatiotopic integration across saccadic eye movements mediates visual stability,J Neurophysiol, 4 (109), 1117-1125.
Download - Lunghi, C., Burr, D. C. & Morrone, M. C. (2013).
Long-term effects of monocular deprivation revealed with binocular rivalry gratings modulated in luminance and in color,J Vis, 6 (13),
Download - Lunghi, C. & Morrone, M. C. (2013).
Early interaction between vision and touch during binocular rivalry,Multisens Res, 3 (26), 291-306.
Download - Pooresmaeili, A., Cicchini, G.M., Morrone, M. C. & Burr, D.C. (2013).
Spatiotemporal filtering and motion illusions, Journal of Vision, (13)10-21.
Download - Gori, M., Sciutti, A., Jacono, M., Sandini, G., Morrone, C. & Burr, D. C. (2013).
Long Integration Time for Accelerating and Decelerating Visual, Tactile and Visuo-tactile Stimuli, Multisensory Research, 1-2 (26), 53-68.
Download - Knoll, J., Morrone, M. C. & Bremmer, F. (2013).
Spatio-temporal topography of saccadic overestimation of time,Vision Res, (83C), 56-65.
Download - Zimmermann, E., Morrone, M. C., Fink, G. R. & Burr, D. (2013).
Spatiotopic neural representations develop slowly across saccades,Curr Biol, 5 (23), R193-194.
Download - Orchard-Mills, E., Leung, J., Burr, D., Morrone, M. C., Wufong, E., Carlile, S., et al. (2013).
A mechanism for detecting coincidence of auditory and visual spatial signals,Multisens Res, 4 (26), 333-345.
Download - 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.
Download - Burr, D., Rocca, E. D. & Morrone, M. C. (2013).
Contextual effects in interval-duration judgements in vision, audition and touch,Exp Brain Res.
Download - Burr, D., Della Rocca, E. & Morrone, M. C. (2013).
Erratum to: Contextual effects in interval-duration judgements in vision, audition and touch,Exp Brain Res.
Download - Pooresmaeili, A., Arrighi, R., Biagi, L. & Morrone, M. C. (2013).
Blood oxygen level-dependent activation of the primary visual cortex predicts size adaptation illusion,J Neurosci, 40 (33), 15999-16008.
Download - Zimmerman, E., Morrone,M.C. & Burr, DC.. (2013).
Spatial position information accumulates steadily over time, J Neurosci 33(47):18396-18401.
Download - Sani, I., Santandrea, E., Golzar, A., Morrone, M. C. & Chelazzi, L. (2013).
Selective tuning for contrast in macaque area V4,J Neurosci, 47 (33), 18583-18596.
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- Binda, P., Morrone, M. C. & Bremmer, F. (2012).
Saccadic compression of symbolic numerical magnitude,PLoS One, 11 (7), e49587.
Download - Pooresmaeili, A., Cicchini, G. M., Morrone, M. C. & Burr, D. (2012).
“Non-retinotopic processing” in Ternus motion displays modeled by spatiotemporal filters,J Vis, 1 (12),
Download - Tinelli, T., Cicchini, G.M., Arrighi, R., Tosetti, M., Cioni, G., Morrone M. C. (2012).
Blindsight in children with congenital and acquired cerebral lesions, Cortex (published online 10 August 2012)
Download - Panichi, M., Burr, D., Morrone, M. C. & Baldassi, S. (2012).
Spatiotemporal dynamics of perisaccadic remapping in humans revealed by classification images,J Vis, 4 (12), 11.
Download - Zimmermann, E., Morrone, M. C. & Burr, D. (2012).
Visual motion distorts visual and motor space, J Vis, 2 (12),
Download - Tomassini, A., Gori, M., Burr, D., Sandini, G. & Morrone, M. C. (2012).
Active movement restores veridical event-timing after tactile adaptation,J Neurophysiol, 8 (108), 2092-2100.
- Morrone, M. C. M. (2012).
Plasticità ed adattabilità della visione,Giornale Italiano di Psicologia, (3), 517-522.
- Burr, D. C. & Morrone, M. C. (2012).
Constructing stable spatial maps of the world,Perception, 11 (41), 1355-1372.
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- Binda, P., Morrone, M. C., Ross, J. & Burr, D. C. (2011).
Underestimation of perceived number at the time of saccades,Vision Res, 1 (51), 34-42.
Download - Knoll, J., Binda, P., Morrone, M. C. & Bremmer, F. (2011).
Spatiotemporal profile of peri-saccadic contrast sensitivity,J Vis, 14 (11).
Download - Lunghi C, Burr DC, Morrone C. (2011).
Brief periods of monocular deprivation disrupt ocular balance in human adult visual cortex, Curr Biol. 2011 Jul 26;21(14):R538-9.
Download - Burr, D. C., Cicchini, G. M., Arrighi, R. & Morrone, M. C. (2011).
Spatiotopic selectivity of adaptation-based compression of event duration, J Vis, 2 (11), 21; author reply 21a.
Download - Burr, D. C. & Morrone, M. C. (2011).
Spatiotopic coding and remapping in humans,Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 1564 (366), 504-515.
Download - Crespi, S., Biagi, L., d'Avossa, G., Burr, D. C., Tosetti, M. & Morrone, M. C. (2011).
Spatiotopic Coding of BOLD Signal in Human Visual Cortex Depends on Spatial Attention,PLoS One, 7 (6), e21661.
Download - Tomassini A, Gori M, Burr D, Sandini G and Morrone MC (2011).
Perceived duration of visual and tactile stimuli depends on perceived speed. Front. Integr. Neurosci. 5:51
- Zimmerman, E., Burr D.C., and Morrone, M.C. (2011).
Spatiotopic Visual Maps Revealed by Saccadic Adaptation in Humans, Curr Biol. 2011 Aug 23;21(16):1380-4
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- Lunghi, C., Binda, P. & Morrone, M. C. (2010).
Touch disambiguates rivalrous perception at early stages of visual analysis,Curr Biol, 4 (20), R143-144.
Download - Burr, D. C., Ross, J., Binda, P. & Morrone, M. C. (2010).
Saccades compress space, time and number,Trends Cogn Sci, 12 (14), 528-533.
Download - Binda, P., Morrone, M. C. & 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.
Download - Morrone, M. C., Cicchini, M. & Burr, D. C. (2010).
Spatial maps for time and motion,Exp Brain Res, 2 (206), 121-128.
Download - Morrone, M. C. (2010).
Brain development: critical periods for cross-sensory plasticity,Curr Biol, 21 (20), R934-936.
Download - Schutz, A. C. & Morrone, M. C. (2010).
Compression of time during smooth pursuit eye movements,Vision Res, 24 (50), 2702-2713.
Download - Burr, D. C. & Morrone, M. C. (2010).
Vision: keeping the world still when the eyes move,Curr Biol, 10 (20), R442-444.
Download - Campanella, F., Sandini, G. & Morrone, M. C. (2010).
Visual information gleaned by observing grasping movement in allocentric and egocentric perspectives,Proc Biol Sci, 1715 (278), 2142-2149.
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- Binda, P., Cicchini, G. M., Burr, D. C. & Morrone, M. C. (2009).
Spatiotemporal distortions of visual perception at the time of saccades,J Neurosci, 42 (29), 13147-13157.
Download - Cicchini, G. M. & Morrone, M. C. (2009).
Shifts in spatial attention affect the perceived duration of events,J Vis, 1 (9), 9 1-13.
Download - Burr, D., Silva, O., Cicchini, G. M., Banks, M. S. & Morrone, M. C. (2009).
Temporal mechanisms of multimodal binding,Proc Biol Sci, 1663 (276), 1761-1769.
Download - Burr, D., Banks, M. S. & Morrone, M. C. (2009).
Auditory dominance over vision in the perception of interval duration,Exp Brain Res, 1 (198), 49-57.
Download - Burr, D. C., Baldassi, S., Morrone, M. C. & Verghese, P. (2009).
Pooling and segmenting motion signals,Vision Res, 10 (49), 1065-1072.
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- Perna, A., Tosetti, M., Montanaro, D. & Morrone, M. C. (2008).
BOLD response to spatial phase congruency in human brain,J Vis, 10 (8), 15 11-15.
Download - Morrone, M. C., Guzzetta, A., Tinelli, F., Tosetti, M., Del Viva, M., Montanaro, D., et al. (2008).
Inversion of perceived direction of motion caused by spatial undersampling in two children with periventricular leukomalacia,J Cogn Neurosci, 6 (20), 1094-1106.
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- Binda, P., Bruno, A., Burr, D. C. & Morrone, M. C. (2007).
Fusion of visual and auditory stimuli during saccades: a Bayesian explanation for perisaccadic distortions,J Neurosci, 32 (27), 8525-8532.
Download - Bruno, A. & Morrone, M. C. (2007).
Influence of saccadic adaptation on spatial localization: comparison of verbal and pointing reports,J Vis, 5 (7), 16 11-13.
Download - Burr, D., Tozzi, A. & Morrone, M. C. (2007).
Neural mechanisms for timing visual events are spatially selective in real-world coordinates,Nat Neurosci, 4 (10), 423-425.
Download - d'Avossa, G., Tosetti, M., Crespi, S., Biagi, L., Burr, D. C. & Morrone, M. C. (2007).
Spatiotopic selectivity of BOLD responses to visual motion in human area MT,Nat Neurosci, 2 (10), 249-255.
Download - Tozzi, A., Morrone, M. C. & Burr, D. C. (2007).
The effect of optokinetic nystagmus on the perceived position of briefly flashed targets,Vision Res, 6 (47), 861-868.
Download - Perna, A. & Morrone, M. C. (2007).
The lowest spatial frequency channel determines brightness perception,Vision Res, 10 (47), 1282-1291.
Download - Chirimuuta, M., Burr, D. & Morrone, M. C. (2007).
The role of perceptual learning on modality-specific visual attentional effects,Vision Res, 1 (47), 60-70.
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- Del Viva, M. M. & Morrone, M. C. (2006).
A feature-tracking model simulates the motion direction bias induced by phase congruency,J Vis, 3 (6), 179-195.
Download - Bruno, A., Brambati, S. M., Perani, D. & Morrone, M. C. (2006).
Development of saccadic suppression in children,J Neurophysiol, 3 (96), 1011-1017.
Download - Burr, D. & Morrone, C. (2006).
Perception: transient disruptions to neural space-time,Curr Biol, 19 (16), R847-849.
Download - Burr, D., McKee, S. & Morrone, C. M. (2006).
Resolution for spatial segregation and spatial localization by motion signals,Vision Res, 6-7 (46), 932-939.
Download - Alais, D., Morrone, C. & Burr, D. (2006).
Separate attentional resources for vision and audition,Proc Biol Sci, 1592 (273), 1339-1345.
Download - Burr, D. & Morrone, C. (2006).
Time perception: space-time in the brain,Curr Biol, 5 (16), R171-173.
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Before 2006
Abstracts
- Morrone Maria Concetta, Benedetto Alessandro, Costagli Mauro, Tosetti Michela, Binda Paola
Voluntary action rhythmically modulates 7T BOLD visual responses in primary visual cortex
ISRM 2020
Paris Francedigital poster
2019
Steinwurzel Cecilia, Animali Silvia, Guido Marco Cicchini, Morrone Maria Concetta Binda PaolaInter-individual variability of short-term ocular dominance plasticity in human adults
CNR Retreat
02-04/10/2019 Pisaposter
2019
Steinwurzel Cecilia, Animali Silvia, Guido Marco Cicchini, Morrone Maria Concetta Binda PaolaInter-individual variability of short-term ocular dominance plasticity in human adults
2nd BraYn (Brainstorming Research Assembly for Young Neuroscientists)
14-16/11/2019 Milanoposter
2019
Steinwurzel Cecilia*, Animali Silvia*, M.Concetta Morrone, Paola BindaInter-individual variability of short-term ocular dominance plasticity in human adults
CVRS 17th biennial meeting of the Child Vision Research Society
15-17/06/2019 Pisaposter
2019
Steinwurzel Cecilia, Animali Silvia, Guido Marco Cicchini, Morrone Maria Concetta, Binda PaolaInter-individual variability of short-term ocular dominance plasticity in human adults
ECVP, 42nd edition of the European Conference on Visual Perception
25-29/08/2019 Leuven, Belgiumposter
2019
Pome, Cicchini, Burr, BindaPerceptual expectancy is revealed by pupillometry and correlates with autistic traits
VSS, Vision science society conference, 19th annual meeting
17-22/05/2019 St.Pete Beach, Floridaposter
2019
Benedetto Alessandro, Binda Paola, Costagli Mauro, Tosetti Michela, Morrone Maria ConcettaVoluntary action modulates visually evoked cortical responses in primary visual cortex: an integrated ultra-high field fMRI and EEG study
ECVP, 42nd edition of the European Conference on Visual Perception
25-29/08/2019 Leuven, Belgiumtalk
2019
Benedetto Alessandro, Binda Paola, Costagli Mauro, Tosetti Michela, Morrone Maria ConcettaVoluntary action modulates visually evoked cortical responses in primary visual cortex: an integrated ultra-high field fMRI and EEG study
FEPS-SIF meeting
10-13/09/2019 Bolognatalk
2019
Maria Concetta MorroneNeural plasticity of the visual brain in infants and in adults
International Neuropsychological Symposium
25-29/06/2019 Vietri sul Mare Italiatalk
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
- Ho, H.Tam, David Burr, Alais, D., Morrone, M. C.
Oscillations of Sensitivity and Response Bias in Auditory Perception
Département d'études cognitives, École normale supérieure
Paristalk
2019
Luca Lo Verde, David Alais , David Charles Burr, Maria Concetta Morrone , Hamish MacDougall, Frans A. J. VerstratenRecalibrating time perception to self-motion
Sage journals
https://doi.org/10.1177/0301006619863862 25-29/08/2019 Pisatalk