GORI M.

Vision seems essential for cross-modal calibration of auditory cues in spatial perception. Previous findings showed that, in some specific tasks such as sound localization, blind individuals have enhanced skills, suggesting that the audiomotor loop might partially compensate for early visual loss in the calibration of auditory space; however,...

During locomotion, goal-directed orientation movements in the horizontal plane require a high degree of head-trunk coordination. This coordination is acquired during childhood. Since early visual loss is linked to motor control deficits, we hypothesize that it may also affect the development of head-trunk coordination for horizontal rotations....

The role of head and trunk movements must be taken into account to understand how we process spatial information. To date, no robust methodology allows for such investigation; therefore, we created the VRCR platform. It is a virtual reality archery-like serious game for the assessment of head-trunk motor coordination, head-trunk visuomotor...

The human brain creates an external world representation based on magnitude judgments by estimating distance, numerosity, or size. The magnitude and spatial representation are hypothesized to rely on common mechanisms shared by different sensory modalities. We explored the relationship between magnitude and spatial representation using two...

The human brain uses perceptual information to create a correct representation of the external world. Converging data indicate that the perceptual processing of, space, and quantities frequently is based on a shared mental magnitude system, where low and high quantities are represented in the left and right space, respectively. The present...

Musical communication can be considered as a form of social interaction and it requires a certain degree of inter-individual cortical synchronization. Scientific literature has shown that visual experience is necessary for social interaction and visual impairment negatively influences nonverbal communication both in children and adults. In this...

It has been previously shown that the interaction between vision and audition involves early sensory cortices. However, the functional role of these interactions and their modulation due to sensory impairment is not yet understood. To shed light on the impact of vision on auditory spatial processing, we recorded ERPs and collected...

Lie detection is a necessary skill for a variety of social professions, including teachers, reporters, therapists, and law enforcement officers. Autonomous system and robots should acquire such skill to support professionals in numerous working contexts. Inspired by literature on human-human interaction, this work investigates whether the...

Spatial memory and imagery are high-level cognitive functions influencing everyday life. These processes are ascribed to the working memory system, devoted to the simultaneous maintenance and process of information. Despite the importance of the working memory system on cognitive development, quantitative assessment methods for cognitive...