I am part of the Mind(the)Plant lab at the Department of General Psychology. My research focuses on the characterization of motor cognition in plants by means of three-dimensional kinematic analysis. My main interest is to understand the mechanisms underlying the ability of plants to adapt their
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The Department of General Psychology at University of Padova in Italy is inviting expressions of interest for faculty positions. Scholars with tenure or tenure-track academic positions in Psychology or related disciplines in a foreign country and a research and teaching profile that fits the
This study published in «Scientific Reports» demonstrates the ability of 4-month-old infants to anticipate an event according to the sound heard. In particular, the authors showed that a voice is able to pre-activate the neural circuits involved in the visual perception of faces about a second
EXPERIENCE is a project funded by the European community and guided by prof Gaetano Valenza (University of Pisa). Prof Claudio Gentili and his team are partners in this project. The project makes real the complex interplay between multisensory perception, emotional responses, past experiences, and
A study published by The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America has identified the sound qualities that make the Stradivari violin preferable over others violins.The experiment evaluated the sound qualities of violins in the attempt to find the distinct qualities that make a violin timbre
