Paola Binda
Associate Professor in Physiology (SSD BIO/09) at the University of Pisa
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Curriculum Vitae
Contacts
Current research and interests
Eye and pupil movements
Visual Attention
Perception of Space-Time-Number
Multisensory Integration
Funding
ERC Starting Grant (PUPILTRAITS n. 801715)
FARE Ricerca in Italia: framework per l'attrazione e il rafforzamento delle eccellenze per la ricerca in Italia – seconda edizione (SMILY n. R182E5PNC7)
PRIN 2017 – responsabile di unita’ (MISMatCH – PI: Prof. Pizzorusso)
Department of Translational Research on New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery
Via San Zeno, 31 - 56123 - PISAResearch laboratories
- Department of Translational Research on New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, via San Zeno 31, 56123 Pisa (Italy)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Binda, P., Strasser, T., Stingl, K., Richter, P., Peters, T., Wilhelm, H., et al. (2017).
Pupil response components: attention-light interaction in patients with Parinaud’s syndrome, Sci Rep, 1 (7), 10283.
Download - Binda, P. & Gamlin, P. D. (2017).
Renewed Attention on the Pupil Light Reflex, Trends Neurosci.
Download - Binda, P. & Lunghi, C. (2017).
Short-Term Monocular Deprivation Enhances Physiological Pupillary Oscillations, Neural Plast, (2017), 6724631.
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- Fornaciai, M. & Binda, P. (2015).
Effect of saccade automaticity on perisaccadic space compression, Front Syst Neurosci, (9), 127.
Download - Bock, A. S., Binda, P., Benson, N. C., Bridge, H., Watkins, K. E. & Fine, I. (2015).
Resting-State Retinotopic Organization in the Absence of Retinal Input and Visual Experience,J Neurosci, 36 (35), 12366-12382.
Download - Arrighi, R., Binda, P. & Cicchini, G. M. (2015).
Introduction to the Special Issue on Multimodality of Early Sensory Processing: Early Visual Maps Flexibly Encode Multimodal Space, Multisensory Research, 3-4 (28), 249-252.
Download - Binda, P. & Murray, S. O. (2015).
Spatial attention increases the pupillary response to light changes,J Vis, 2 (15), 1.
Download - Binda, P. & Murray, S. O. (2015).
Keeping a large-pupilled eye on high-level visual processing,Trends Cogn Sci.
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- Binda, P., Pereverzeva, M. & Murray, S. O. (2013).
Pupil constrictions to photographs of the sun,Journal of Vision, 6 (13).
Download - Binda, P., Pereverzeva, M. & Murray, S. O. (2013).
Attention to bright surfaces enhances the pupillary light reflex,J Neurosci, 5 (33), 2199-2204.
Download - Binda, P., Pereverzeva, M. & Murray, S. O. (2013).
Attention to Bright Surfaces Enhances the Pupillary Light Reflex,Journal of Neuroscience, 5 (33), 2199-2204.
Download - 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.
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- Knoll, J., Binda, P., Morrone, M. C. & Bremmer, F. (2011).
Spatiotemporal profile of peri-saccadic contrast sensitivity,J Vis, 14 (11).
Download - 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.
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- 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 - 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 - Lunghi, C., Binda, P. & Morrone, M. C. (2010).
Touch disambiguates rivalrous perception at early stages of visual analysis,Curr Biol, 4 (20), R143-144.
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- Viviani, P., Binda, P. & Borsato, T. (2007).
Categorical perception of newly learned faces,Visual Cognition, 4 (15), 420-467.
Download - 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.
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Abstracts
2022
Paola BindaThe visual system
XIII Congresso nazionale AIRMM
24/11/2022 Bolognainvited talk
2022
Miriam Acquafredda, Laura Biagi, Michela Tosetti, Maria Concetta Morrone, Paola BindaShort-term monocular deprivation in adult humans alters functional brain connectivity measured with ultra-high field Magnetic Resonance Imaging
XIII Congresso Nazionale AIRMM
23-25/11/2022poster
2022
Paola Binda, Cecilia Steinwurzel, Giuseppe Andrea Daniele, Eleuterio Ferrannini, Francesca Frijia, Domenico Montanaro, Maria Concetta MorroneImpact of ketonic metabolism on cortical visual processing
Vision Science Society meeting 2022
23-31/05/2022poster
2022
Miriam Acquafredda, Francesco Scarlatti, Laura Biagi, Michela Tosetti, Maria Concetta Morrone, Paola BindaShort-term monocular deprivation in adult humans alters functional brain connectivity measured with ultra-high field Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Vision Science Society meeting 2022
23-31/05/2022live talk
2021
Elisa Castaldi, Antonella Pomè, Guido Marco Cicchini, David Burr, Paola BindaPupil size automatically encodes numerosity
Vision Science Society Meeting 2021
21-26/05/2021poster
2021
Silvia Animali, Cecilia Steinwurzel, Giuseppe Daniele, Angela Dardano, Stefano Del Prato, Maria Concetta Morrone, Paola BindaSkipping breakfast changes visual processing: incretins contribution to short-term visual plasticity
Vision Science Society Meeting 2021
21-26/05/2021poster
2021
Chiara Tortelli, Irene Senna, Paola Binda, Marc O. ErnstAnalogous development of local/global preference in vision and touch
Vision Science Society Meeting 2021
21-26/05/2021poster
2021
Chiara Tortelli, Irene Senna, Paola Binda, Marc O. ErnstInvestigating the trajectory of the development of local/global preference in vision and haptics
BraYn Conference 2021
20-22/10/2021poster
2021
Silvia Animali, Alessandro Galgani, Francesco Lombardo, Nicola Martini, Francesco Fornai, Paola Binda, Filippo Sean GiorgiPupillometric index of Locus Coeruleus degeneration in Alzheimer disease
BraYn Conference 2021
20-22/10/2021poster
2021
Miriam Acquafredda, Claudia Lunghi, Paola BindaPupil size as an index of ocular dominance plasticity
BraYn Conference 2021
20-22/10/2021poster
2021
Miriam Acquafredda, Claudia Lunghi, Paola BindaPupil size as an index of ocular dominance plasticity
NeuroCog 2021
23-24/11/2021poster
- Alessandro Benedetto, Paola Binda, Mauro Costagli, Michela Tosetti, and Maria Concetta Morrone
Voluntary action rhythmically modulates 7T BOLD visual responses in primary visual cortex
AIRMM XI Congress
Downloaddigital poster
- Paola Binda
Pupillometry in mind-wandering and non-trial-based experiments
Advancing Methods for Pupillometry conference 2020 (on-line event)
live talk
- Morrone Maria Concetta, Benedetto Alessandro, Costagli Mauro, Tosetti Michela, Binda Paola
Voluntary action rhythmically modulates 7T BOLD visual responses in primary visual cortex
ISMRM 2020
Paris Francedigital poster
2020
Paola Binda, Miriam Acquafredda, Claudia LunghiAttention in rivalrous perception: novel insights from pupillometry
Vision Science Society annual meeting (on-line event)
19-24/06/2020live talk
- Benedetto Alessandro, Binda Paola, Costagli Mauro, Tosetti Michela, Morrone Maria Concetta
Voluntary action modulates visually evoked cortical responses in primary visual cortex: an integrated ultra-high field fMRI and EEG study
CyPi
Nicosia, Cyprusinvited talk
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
2019
Tortelli Chiara, Turi Marco, David Charles Burr, Binda PaolaPupillometry reveals perceptual differences that are tightly linked to autistic traits
33IPC, 33rd International pupil colloquium
02-04/10/2019 Murcia, Spain2019
Paola BindaPupillometry reveals perceptual differences linked with autistic-like traits
Genpercept KOM
04-05/11/2019 Matera, Italytalk
2019
Paola BindaInter-individual differences in visual perception and pupillometry tools to study them
University of Bologna, (Psychology Department, Cesena Campus)
03/12/2019 Bolognainvited talk
2019
Paola BindaTransaccadic integration, perisaccadic compression: building visual space with and without landmarks
Workshop "From peripheral to transsaccadic and foveal perception"
14-16/08/2019 Castle Rauischholzhauseninvited talk
2019
Paola BindaPupillometry provides new insights on figure-ground segregation and its covariation with autistic traits
CNR Retreat
02-04/10/2019 Pisatalk
- Benedetto Alessandro, Binda Paola, Costagli Mauro, Tosetti Michela, Morrone Maria Concetta
Voluntary action modulates visually evoked cortical responses in primary visual cortex: an integrated ultra-high field fMRI and EEG study
FEPS-SIF meeting
Bolognatalk
- Benedetto Alessandro, Binda Paola, Costagli Mauro, Tosetti Michela, Morrone Maria Concetta
Voluntary 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
Leuven, Belgiumtalk
2019
Paola Binda, Chiara Tortelli, Elizabeth Salvagio, David C. Burr, and Mary A. PetersonPupillometry Provides New Insights on Figure-Ground Segregation and Its Covariation With Autistic Traits
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 pupillo me try and correlates with autistic traits
VSS, Vision science society conference, 19th annual meeting
17-22/05/2019 St.Pete Beach, Floridaposter
2019
Antonella Pomè, Guido Marco Cicchini, David Charles Burr, Paola 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
2018
Steinwurzel Cecilia, Animali Silvia, Guido Marco Cicchini, Morrone Maria Concetta, Binda PaolaBehavioral indices of plasticity and inhibition change with metabolism
Sensory Plasticity, Adaptation and Development (SPADe) Workshop, 2018
16-19/06/2018poster
2019
Steinwurzel Cecilia, Animali Silvia, Guido Marco Cicchini, Morrone Maria Concetta, Binda PaolaPerceptual dynamics predict plasticity
NextGenVis Workshop
24-28/02/2019poster
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
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
2nd BraYn (Brainstorming Research Assembly for Young Neuroscientists)
14-16/11/2019 Milanoposter
2019
Silvia Animali, Luigi Francesco Saccaro, Alessandro Galgani , Enrica Bonanni, Filippo Sean Giorgi, Danilo Menicucci, Angelo Gemignani, Paola BindaIndexing arousal with pupillometry and EEG: implication for normal vs. pathological aging
2 nd BraYn (Brainstorming Research Assembly for Young Neuroscientists)
14-16/11/2019 Milanoposter
2019
Silvia Animali, Luigi Francesco Saccaro, Alessandro Galgani, Enrica Bonanni, Filippo Sean Giorgi, Danilo Menicucci, Angelo Gemignani, Paola BindaIndexing arousal with pupillometry and EEG: implication for normal vs. pathological aging
IN CNR Annual Retreat 2019
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
CNR Retreat
02-04/10/2019 Pisaposter
2019
Tortelli Chiara, Turi Marco, David Charles Burr, Binda PaolaPupillometry reveals perceptual differences that are tightly linked to autistic traits in typical adults: a no report paradigm based on stereopsis
CVRS, 17TH biennial meeting of the Child Vision Research Society
15-17/06/2019 Pisaposter
2019
Tortelli Chiara, Turi Marco, David Charles Burr, Binda PaolaPupillometry reveals perceptual differences that are tightly linked to autistic traits in typical adults: a report-free paradigm based on stereopsis
2nd BraYn (Brainstorming Research Assembly for Young Neuroscientists)
14-16/11/2019 Milanoposter
2019
Tortelli Chiara, Turi Marco, David Charles Burr, Binda PaolaPupillometry reveals perceptual differences that are tightly linked to autistic traits in typical adults: a report-free paradigm based on stereopsis
ECVP, 42nd edition of the European Conference on Visual Perception
25-29/08/2019 Leuven, Belgiumposter
2018
Steinwurzel Cecilia, Animali Silvia, Guido Marco Cicchini, Morrone Maria Concetta, Binda PaolaAdult cortical plasticity peaks after every meal
ECVP, 41nd European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP)
26-30/08/2018poster