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
2026
- M. Riberto, M.B. Amadeo, A. Inuggi, M. Costagli, C. Campus, M. Gori and M.C. Morrone
Primary visual cortex BOLD responses to relative localization of sounds at 7T
iScience
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.116075 - Cecilia Steinwurzel, Giacomo Pennella, Maria Concetta Morrone, Giulio Sandini & Paola Binda
Visually guided voluntary actions boost short-term ocular dominance plasticity
Scientific Reports
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-51966-1 - Alessandro Mancari & Maria Concetta Morrone
No aftereffect of motor duration production on auditory duration perception
Scientific Reports
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-59220-4 - Terzo C., Burr D.C., Xie X.,& Morrone M.C.
Saccade-synchronized alpha rhythms predict strength of memory trace of stimulus orientation
BMC Biology
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-026-02609-4
2025
- Miriam Acquafredda, Jan W. Kurzawski, Laura Biagi, Michela Tosetti, Maria Concetta Morrone, Paola Binda
The pulvinar regulates plasticity in human visual cortex
Science Advances
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adw9988 - Cecilia Steinwurzel, Giacomo Pennella, Maria Concetta Morrone, Giulio Sandini, Paola Binda
Monocular delay during visually guided actions is as effective as monocular deprivation in driving ocular dominance plasticity
Scientific Reports
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-18464-2 - Cecilia Steinwurzel, Maria Concetta Morrone, Ele Ferrannini, Francesca Frijia, Domenico Montanaro, Giuseppe Daniele, Paola Binda
Acute supplementation of beta-hydroxybutyrate increases visual cortical excitability in humans: a combined Electro-EncephaloGraphy and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy study
European Journal of Neuroscience
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.70270 - Xie, X.-Y., Burr, D. C., & Morrone, M. C.
Recent, but not long-term, priors induce behavioral oscillations in peri-saccadic vision
Communications Psychology, 3(1), 1–11
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-025-00224-7 - Ranieri, G., Burr, D. C., Bell, J., & Morrone, M. C.
Serial dependence in face-gender classification revealed in low-beta frequency EEG
BMC Biology, 23(1), 203.
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02289-6
2024
- Benjamin Thompson, Maria Concetta Morrone, Peter Bex, Anthony Lozama and Bernhard A. Sabel
Harnessing brain plasticity to improve binocular vision in amblyopia: An evidence-based update
European Journal of Ophthalmology
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1177/11206721231187426 - Francesca Tinelli, Giulia Purpura, Giovanni Cioni, Maria Concetta Morrone, Marco Turi
Impairment in understanding grasping movements in egocentric and allocentric perspectives in children with cerebral palsy due to periventricular leukomalacia
Human Movement Science
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2024.103292 - James A. Bourne, Radoslaw M. Cichy, Lynne Kiorpes, Maria Concetta Morrone, Michael J. Arcaro and Kristina J. Nielsen
Development of Higher-Level Vision: A Network Perspective
The Journal of Neuroscience
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1291-24.2024 - Ambrosi, Pierfrancesco, David Charles Burr, e Maria Concetta Morrone
Investigating cross-orientation inhibition with continuous tracking
Journal of Vision 24
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1167/jov.24.2.2
2023
- Antoine Prosper, Martina Pasqualetti, Maria Concetta Morrone, Claudia Lunghi
The duration effect of short-term monocular deprivation measured by binocular rivalry and binocular combination
Vision Research
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2023.108278 - Laura Biagi, Michela Tosetti, Sofia Allegra Crespi and Maria Concetta Morrone
Development of BOLD Response to Motion in Human Infants
The Journal of Neuroscience
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0837-22.2023 - Yago Malo J, Cicchini GM, Morrone MC, Chiofalo ML
Quantum spin models for numerosity perception
PLOS ONE
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284610 - Xie, X.-Y., Morrone, M. C., & Burr, D. C.
Serial dependence in orientation judgments at the time of saccades
Journal of Vision, 23(7), 7.
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1167/jov.23.7.7 - C. Steinwurzel, M.C. Morrone, G. Sandini, P. Binda
Active vision gates ocular dominance plasticity in human adults
Curr Biol . 2023 Oct 23;33(20):R1038-R1040
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.08.062 - Burr, D. C., & Morrone, M. C.
The role of neural oscillations in visuo-motor communication at the time of saccades
Neuropsychologia, 108682
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2023.108682 - S. Animali, C. Steinwurzel, A.Dardano, V. Sancho‐Bornez,S. Del Prato, M. C. Morrone, G. Daniele, P. Binda
Effect of fasting on short-term visual plasticity in adult humans
Eur J Neurosci. 2023 Jan; 57(1): 148–162.
Downloadhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ejn.15873
2022
- Benedetto, A., Ho, H. T., & Morrone, M. C.
The Readiness Potential Correlates with Action-Linked Modulation of Visual Accuracy.
eNeuro, 9(6).
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0085-22.2022 - Burr, D., & Morrone, M. C.
Vision: Neuronal mechanisms enabling stable perception
Current Biology: CB, 32(24), R1338–R1340
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.11.003 - Ranieri, G., Benedetto, A., Ho, H. T., Burr, D. C., & Morrone, M. C.
Evidence of Serial Dependence from Decoding of Visual Evoked Potentials
Journal of Neuroscience, 42(47), 8817–8825
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1879-21.2022 - Mantovani, A., Morrone, M. C., Patrono, C., Santoro, M. G., Schiaffino, S., Remuzzi, G., Bussolati, G. & COVID-19 Commission of Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome
Long Covid: Where we stand and challenges ahead
Cell Death & Differentiation, 29(10)
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41418-022-01052-6 - Menicucci, D., Lunghi, C., Zaccaro, A., Morrone, M. C., & Gemignani, A.
Mutual interaction between visual homeostatic plasticity and sleep in adult humans
ELife, 11, e70633
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.70633 - Paola Binda, Maria Concetta Morrone
Vision: Optimizing each glimpse
Current Biology, 2022
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.05.025 - 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 - Jan W Kurzawski, Claudia Lunghi, Laura Biagi, Michela Tosetti, Maria Concetta Morrone, Paola Binda
Short-term plasticity in the human visual thalamus
eLife 11:e74565.
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.74565 - 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
2021
- Guido Forni & Alberto Mantovani on behalf of the COVID-19 Commission of Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome
COVID-19 vaccines: Where we stand and challenges ahead
Cell Death and Differentiation, 28(2), 626–639
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41418-020-00720-9 - Giuseppe Daniele, Claudia Lunghi, Angela Dardano, Paola Binda, Giovanni Ceccarini, Ferruccio Santini, Laura Giusti, Annamaria Ciccarone, Rosario Bellini, Carlo Moretto, Maria Concetta Morrone & Stefano Del Prato
Bariatric surgery restores visual cortical plasticity in nondiabetic subjects with obesity
Int J Obes 45, 1821–1829 (2021)
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-021-00851-0 - Ho, H. T., Burr, D. C., Alais, D., & Morrone, M. C.
Propagation and update of auditory perceptual priors through alpha and theta rhythms
European Journal of Neuroscience
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.15141 - Perani, D., Scifo, P., Cicchini, G. M., Rosa, P. D., Banfi, C., Mascheretti, S., Falini, A., Marino, C., & Morrone, M. C.
White matter deficits correlate with visual motion perception impairments in dyslexic carriers of the DCDC2 genetic risk variant
Experimental Brain Research, 239(9), 2725–2740
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-021-06137-1 - Benedetto, A., Binda, P., Costagli, M., Tosetti, M., & Morrone, M. C.
Predictive visuo-motor communication through neural oscillations
Current Biology
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.05.026 - Bhat, A., Biagi, L., Cioni, G., Tinelli, F., & Morrone, M. C.
Cortical thickness of primary visual cortex correlates with motion deficits in periventricular leukomalacia
Neuropsychologia, 151, 107717
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107717 - 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
2020
- Jason Bell, David C.Burr, Kate Crookes, Maria Concetta Morrone
Perceptual oscillations in gender classification of faces, contingent on stimulus history
iScience Volume 23, Issue 10, 23 October 2020, 101573
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2020.101573 - 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 - 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 - Benedetto, A., Morrone, M. C., & Tomassini, A.
The Common Rhythm of Action and Perception
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 32(2), 187–200.
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01436 - 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
2019
- Hao Tam Ho, David C. Burr, David Alais, Maria Concetta Morrone
Auditory Perceptual History Is Propagated through Alpha Oscillations
Current Biology 29 (24)
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.10.041 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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
2018
- Benedetto, A., Burr, D. C., & Morrone, M. C.
Perceptual Oscillation of Audiovisual Time Simultaneity
ENeuro, 5(3).
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0047-18.2018 - Claudia Lunghi Angela T. Sframeli Antonio Lepri Martina Lepri Domenico Lisi Alessandro Sale Maria C. Morrone
A new counterintuitive training for adult amblyopia
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology.
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1002/acn3.698 - Paola Binda, Jan W Kurzawski, Claudia Lunghi, Laura Biagi, Michela Tosetti, Maria Concetta Morrone
Response to short-term deprivation of the human adult visual cortex measured with 7T BOLD
Elife, (7).
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.40014.002 - Paola Binda and Maria Concetta Morrone
Vision During Saccadic Eye Movements
Annual Review of Vision Science, 1 (4), 193-213
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-vision-091517-034317 - Zimmermann, E., Morrone, M. C. & Binda, P.
Perception during double-step saccades
Sci Rep, 1 (8), 320
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18554-w
2017
- Benedetto, A., & Morrone, M. C.
Saccadic suppression is embedded within extended oscillatory modulation of sensitivity
Journal of Neuroscience, 37(13), 3661–3670.
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2390-16.2016
2016
- Benedetto, A., Spinelli, D., & Morrone, M. C.
Rhythmic modulation of visual contrast discrimination triggered by action
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283(1831), 20160692.
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.0692
2012
- Morrone, M. C. M. (2012).
Plasticità ed adattabilità della visione,Giornale Italiano di Psicologia, (3), 517-522.
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.
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