Paola Binda
Professor of Physiology (BIOS-06) at the University of Pisa
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Curriculum Vitae
Contacts
Current research and interests
Eye and pupil movements
fMRI of the visual system
Perception and action/expectations
Funding
ERC Consolidator Grant "PredActive" (2025-2030)
ERC Starting Grant "PUPILTRAITS" (2019-2024)
Education
- 2010 PhD Neuroscience Biotechnology, San Raffaele Vita-Salute University (USR), Milano, Italy, PhD Supervisor: Maria Concetta Morrone
- 2006 (Cum Laude & mentione ad honorem) Master Degree in Cognitive Neuroscience, USR, Milano, Italy
- 2004 (Cum Laude) Bachelor in Psychology, USR, Milano, Italy
Research laboratories
- Department of Translational Research on New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, via San Zeno 31, 56123 Pisa (Italy)
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 - Binda P., Terzo C., Turi M., & Burr D.C.
Pupillometric signature of implicit learning of statistical regularities
Current Biology
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.02.011
2024
- D. Menicucci, S. Animali, E. Malloggi,A. Gemignani, E. Bonanni, F. Fornai, F. Sean Giorgi, P. Binda
Correlated P300b and phasic pupil-dilation responses to motivationally significant stimuli
Psychophysiology, 61, e14550
Download https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14550 - Miriam Acquafredda, Paola Binda
Pupillometry indexes ocular dominance plasticity
Vision Research, Volume 222, 2024, 108449, ISSN 0042-6989
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2024.108449 - 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
2023
- 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 - M. Acquafredda; I. D. Sarı; C. Steinwurzel; C. Lunghi; P. Binda
Measuring the reliability of binocular rivalry
Journal of Vision September 2023, Vol.23, 5
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1167/jov.23.10.5 - C. Tortelli, I. Senna, P. Binda, M. O. Ernst
Development of local-global preference in vision and haptics
Journal of Vision April 2023, Vol.23, 6
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1167/jov.23.4.6 - 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
- Paola Binda, Maria Concetta Morrone
Vision: Optimizing each glimpse
Current Biology, 2022
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.05.025 - Miriam Acquafredda, Paola Binda and Claudia Lunghi
Attention Cueing in Rivalry :Insights from Pupillometry
eNeuro 6 June 2022
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0497-21.2022 - Tortelli C, Pomè A, Turi M, Igliozzi R, Burr DC, Binda P.
Contextual Information Modulates Pupil Size in Autistic Children
Front Neurosci. 2022 Apr 1;16:752871
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.752871 - 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
2021
- 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 - 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 - 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
2020
- Chiara Tortelli, Marco Turi, David C. Burr & Paola Binda
Pupillary Responses Obey Emmert’s Law and Co-vary with Autistic Traits
J Autism Dev Disord (2020)
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04718-7 - Elena Aggius-Vella, Monica Gori, Silvia Animali, Claudio Campus, Paola Binda
Non-spatial skills differ in the front and rear peri-personal space
Neuropsychologia Volume 147, October 2020, 107619
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107619 - Antonella Pomè, David C.Burr, Annalisa Capuozzo, Paola Binda
Spontaneous pupillary oscillations increase during mindfulness meditation
Current Biology Volume 30, Issue 18, 21 September 2020, Pages R1030-R1031
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.07.064 - 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 - 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 - Pelagatti C, Binda P, Vannucci M (2020)
A closer look at the timecourse of mind wandering: Pupillary responses and behaviour.
PLOS ONE 15(4): e0226792
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226792 - Pomè, A., Binda, P., Cicchini, G.M., Burr. D.C. (2020).
Pupillometry correlates of visual priming, and their dependency on autistic traits
Journal of Vision 2020;20(3):3
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1167/jovi.20.3.3
2019
- 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 - 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 - Binda, P., Eldor, R., Huerta, C., Adams, J., Lancaster, J., Fox, P., et al. (2019).
Exenatide modulates visual cortex responses.
Diabetes Metab Res Rev, e3167.
Download https://doi.org/10.1002/dmrr.3167 - Lunghi, C., Galli-Resta, L., Binda, P., Cicchini, G. M., Placidi, G., Falsini, B., et al. (2019).
Visual Cortical Plasticity in Retinitis Pigmentosa.
Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 7 (60), 2753
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.18-25750
2018
- 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 - Irene Sperandio, Nikki Bon and Paola Binda
Pupil Size as a Gateway Into Conscious Interpretation of Brightness
Frontiers in Neurology, (9)
Downloadttps://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2018.01070 - 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 - Michele Fornaciai, Paola Binda, Guido Marco Cicchini
Trans-saccadic integration of orientation information
J Vis, 4 (18), 9.
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1167/18.4.9 - Marco Turi, David Charles Burr Is a corresponding author, Paola Binda
Pupillometry reveals perceptual differences that are tightly linked to autistic traits in typical adults
Elife, (7).
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.32399.001 - 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