Research

Research

My research focusses on neural representation of food in obese vs lean subjects. Over my PhD, I investigate how our brain responds to different types of food stimuli, visually presented. To study cognitive functions like visual attention, reward and working memory, I adopt different methodologies (fMRI, EEG, eye-tracking) which are non-invasive and painless. Finally, this research-line, advanced and fundamental at once, aims from one side to enhance and improve existing weight-loss treatments; from the other side to design new ones from scratch.

Background

I started my PhD in the Eatlab, at Maastricht University, in November 2017. Prior to this, I completed a Bachelor in Philosophy at Ca’ Foscari University (Venice), followed by a research Master in Cognitive Neuroscience between the Universities of Trento (CIMeC) and Osnabrueck. Throughout the Master, I conducted EEG research on visual selective attention and linguistics.

Teaching

I tutor bachelor courses like ‘Methods of Cognitive Neuroscience’ and ‘Research Practical’. I am always interested in hearing from enthusiastic students who want to write their thesis or do research on obesity, reward processing, attentional bias and working memory.

Publications

An up to date list can be found here.