Paolo Grasso
Post-Doc in Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Pharmacology and Child Health, University of Florence
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Curriculum Vitae
Contacts
Current research and interests
Numerosity perception and adaptation
Attention and perception
Visual plasticity
Recovery of visual field defects
Electrophysiology (EEG)
Neuromodulation techniques (TMS, tDCS)
Department of Neurofarba, University of Florence
Department of Neurofarba, University of FlorenceCNR Institute of Neuroscience, Pisa
CNR Institute of Neuroscience, PisaEducation
- 2013-2017: Joint International PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Bologna. Thesis title: “The role of the subcortical dorsal visual pathway in the recovery of visual field defects”. Supervisor: Elisabetta Làdavas
- 2009-2012: Master’s degree in psychology (curriculum Experimental Psychology), University of Florence. Thesis title: “Audio-visual recalibration in the ventriloquism aftereffect”. Supervisor: David C. Burr
- 2005-2009: Bachelor’s degree in Experimental Psychology, University of Florence. Thesis title: “Saccadic suppression and visual selectivity filters”. Supervisor: David C. Burr
Research laboratories
- Department of Neurofarba, University of Florence
- CNR Institute of Neuroscience, Pisa
2023
- Camilla Caponi, Paula Andrea Maldonado Moscoso, Elisa Castaldi, Roberto Arrighi and Paolo Grasso
EEG signature of grouping strategies in numerosity perception
Frontiers in Neuroscience
Download https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1190317
2022
- Paolo A Grasso, Irene Petrizzo, Camilla Caponi, Giovanni Anobile, Roberto Arrighi
Visual P2p component responds to perceived numerosity
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.1014703 - Grasso, P. A., Anobile, G., Arrighi, R., Burr, D. C., & Cicchini, G. M.
Numerosity perception is tuned to salient environmental features
IScience, 25(4), 104104
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.104104
2021
- Grasso, P. A., Anobile, G., Caponi, C., & Arrighi, R.
Implicit visuospatial attention shapes numerosity adaptation and perception
Journal of Vision, 21(8), 26
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1167/jov.21.8.26 - Grasso, P. A., Anobile, G., & Arrighi, R.
Numerosity adaptation partly depends on the allocation of implicit numerosity-contingent visuo-spatial attention
Journal of Vision, 21(1), 12
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1167/jov.21.1.12 - Grasso, P. A., Tonolli, E., Bortoletto, M., & Miniussi, C.
tDCS over posterior parietal cortex increases cortical excitability but decreases learning: An ERPs and TMS-EEG study
Brain Research, 1753, 147227
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2020.147227
2020
- Grasso, P. A., Pietrelli, M., Zanon, M., Làdavas, E., & Bertini, C.
Alpha oscillations reveal implicit visual processing of motion in hemianopia
Cortex, 122, 81–96
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2018.08.009 - Grasso, P. A., Tonolli, E., & Miniussi, C.
Effects of different transcranial direct current stimulation protocols on visuo-spatial contextual learning formation: evidence of homeostatic regulatory mechanisms
Scientific Reports, 10(1), 4622
Downloadhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-61626-7 - Grasso, P. A., Gallina, J., & Bertini, C.
Shaping the visual system: cortical and subcortical plasticity in the intact and the lesioned brain
Neuropsychologia, 142, 107464
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107464
2019
- Pietrelli, M., Zanon, M., Làdavas, E., Grasso, P. A., Romei, V., & Bertini, C.
Posterior brain lesions selectively alter alpha oscillatory activity and predict visual performance in hemianopic patients.
Cortex, 121, 347–361
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2019.09.008
2018
- Grasso, P. A., Làdavas, E., Bertini, C., Caltabiano, S., Thut, G., & Morand, S.
Decoupling of early V5 motion processing from visual awareness: a matter of velocity as revealed by transcranial magnetic stimulation
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 30(10), 1517–1531
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01298
2016
- Grasso, P. A., Benassi, M., Làdavas, E., & Bertini, C.
Audio‐visual multisensory training enhances visual processing of motion stimuli in healthy participants: an electrophysiological study
European Journal of Neuroscience, 44(10), 2748–2758
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.13221 - Grasso, P. A., Làdavas, E., & Bertini, C.
Compensatory Recovery after Multisensory Stimulation in Hemianopic Patients: Behavioral and Neurophysiological Components
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 10
Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2016.00045 - Bertini, C., Grasso, P. A., & Làdavas, E.
The role of the retino-colliculo-extrastriate pathway in visual awareness and visual field recovery
Neuropsychologia, 90, 72–79
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.05.011