@elicastaldi.bsky.social
I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Associate Professor at the University of Florence!
October 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Associate Professor at the University of Florence!
New study in BMC Biologyl! We found that individuals with higher math anxiety exhibited worse numerosity thresholds as well as stronger central tendency and serial dependence effects compared to those with lower math anxiety.
rdcu.be/eK25j
rdcu.be/eK25j
Stronger reliance on visual perceptual history in individuals with higher math anxiety
rdcu.be
October 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
New study in BMC Biologyl! We found that individuals with higher math anxiety exhibited worse numerosity thresholds as well as stronger central tendency and serial dependence effects compared to those with lower math anxiety.
rdcu.be/eK25j
rdcu.be/eK25j
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Hello #MCLS2026 !☘️
We are delighted to announce the dates for our upcoming conference in Padua, Italy! 🇮🇹
Thanks to the local organisers at Università di Padova
S. Caviola, R. Rugani, M. Ranzini, and others
@mcls-official.bsky.social
@mclstrainee.bsky.social
#neuroskyence #cogsci #edusky #devpsy
We are delighted to announce the dates for our upcoming conference in Padua, Italy! 🇮🇹
Thanks to the local organisers at Università di Padova
S. Caviola, R. Rugani, M. Ranzini, and others
@mcls-official.bsky.social
@mclstrainee.bsky.social
#neuroskyence #cogsci #edusky #devpsy
October 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Hello #MCLS2026 !☘️
We are delighted to announce the dates for our upcoming conference in Padua, Italy! 🇮🇹
Thanks to the local organisers at Università di Padova
S. Caviola, R. Rugani, M. Ranzini, and others
@mcls-official.bsky.social
@mclstrainee.bsky.social
#neuroskyence #cogsci #edusky #devpsy
We are delighted to announce the dates for our upcoming conference in Padua, Italy! 🇮🇹
Thanks to the local organisers at Università di Padova
S. Caviola, R. Rugani, M. Ranzini, and others
@mcls-official.bsky.social
@mclstrainee.bsky.social
#neuroskyence #cogsci #edusky #devpsy
Great day discussing number perception across species and development at SINS!
September 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Great day discussing number perception across species and development at SINS!
I am already there! Can't wait!!! :D Love it!🥰🤩❤️
August 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I am already there! Can't wait!!! :D Love it!🥰🤩❤️
New study out! Congrats to @alirezakr.bsky.social for the great work!
New paper out in @commsbio.nature.com!
@elicastaldi.bsky.social, Evelyn Eger, @manpiazza.bsky.social
🔢 We reveal how the brain represents numerosity across the entire visual system, from early visual areas to high-level association cortices.
👇 A thread
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s42...
@elicastaldi.bsky.social, Evelyn Eger, @manpiazza.bsky.social
🔢 We reveal how the brain represents numerosity across the entire visual system, from early visual areas to high-level association cortices.
👇 A thread
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s42...
July 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
New study out! Congrats to @alirezakr.bsky.social for the great work!
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New article out featuring CIMeC researchers Alireza Karami and Manuela Piazza, in collaboration with Elisa Castaldi and Evelyn Eger!
@alirezakr.bsky.social, @manpiazza.bsky.social
Read more 👇🏻
www.nature.com/articles/s42003-025-08395-z
@alirezakr.bsky.social, @manpiazza.bsky.social
Read more 👇🏻
www.nature.com/articles/s42003-025-08395-z
This study reveals distinct neural codes for visual numerosity across the brain, showing that numerosity is independently represented from early visual areas to higher-level regions along both dorsal and ventral streams. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Distinct neural representational geometries of numerosity in early visual and association regions across visual streams - Communications Biology
This study reveals distinct neural codes for visual numerosity across the brain, showing that numerosity is independently represented from early visual areas to higher-level regions along both dorsal ...
www.nature.com
July 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
New article out featuring CIMeC researchers Alireza Karami and Manuela Piazza, in collaboration with Elisa Castaldi and Evelyn Eger!
@alirezakr.bsky.social, @manpiazza.bsky.social
Read more 👇🏻
www.nature.com/articles/s42003-025-08395-z
@alirezakr.bsky.social, @manpiazza.bsky.social
Read more 👇🏻
www.nature.com/articles/s42003-025-08395-z
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This study reveals distinct neural codes for visual numerosity across the brain, showing that numerosity is independently represented from early visual areas to higher-level regions along both dorsal and ventral streams. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Distinct neural representational geometries of numerosity in early visual and association regions across visual streams - Communications Biology
This study reveals distinct neural codes for visual numerosity across the brain, showing that numerosity is independently represented from early visual areas to higher-level regions along both dorsal ...
www.nature.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
This study reveals distinct neural codes for visual numerosity across the brain, showing that numerosity is independently represented from early visual areas to higher-level regions along both dorsal and ventral streams. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Looking for volunteers for an online study! Anyone aged between 18 and 85 who speaks fluent Italian or English can participate.
🎯 The study explores the relationship between numerical and visuospatial abilities, and how these are influenced by genetic, experiential and emotional factors.
🎯 The study explores the relationship between numerical and visuospatial abilities, and how these are influenced by genetic, experiential and emotional factors.
April 28, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Looking for volunteers for an online study! Anyone aged between 18 and 85 who speaks fluent Italian or English can participate.
🎯 The study explores the relationship between numerical and visuospatial abilities, and how these are influenced by genetic, experiential and emotional factors.
🎯 The study explores the relationship between numerical and visuospatial abilities, and how these are influenced by genetic, experiential and emotional factors.
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Very proud to be part of this important and exciting work, also featured in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
February 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Very proud to be part of this important and exciting work, also featured in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
In the news with Roberto Arrighi, Paolo Grasso and Camilla Caponi :)
www.lanazione.it/firenze/cron...
www.lanazione.it/firenze/cron...
Università di Firenze, neuroscienze: il legame tra calcolo numerico e identità visiva
La ricerca è stata pubblicata su Proceedings of the Royal Society B
www.lanazione.it
January 30, 2025 at 11:05 AM
In the news with Roberto Arrighi, Paolo Grasso and Camilla Caponi :)
www.lanazione.it/firenze/cron...
www.lanazione.it/firenze/cron...
New paper out: “Groupitizing”: A Visuo-Spatial and Arithmetic Phenomenon direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...
“Groupitizing”: A Visuo-Spatial and Arithmetic Phenomenon
Abstract. When objects are grouped in space, humans can estimate numerosity more precisely than when they are randomly scattered. This phenomenon, called groupitizing, is thought to arise from the int...
direct.mit.edu
January 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
New paper out: “Groupitizing”: A Visuo-Spatial and Arithmetic Phenomenon direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...
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Debate resolved!
Is the left-to-right association between numbers and space biologically or culturally determined?
Our study involved:
👨👩👧 Unschooled adults (Himba, Namibia)
👶 Italian pre-schooled kids
🎓 Italian schooled adults
— see comment for the findings
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A left-to-right bias in number-space mapping across ages and cultures - Nature Communications
This study examined the role of age and culture in determining spatial-numerical associations. Results showed all groups displayed implicit left-to-right biases, suggesting a biological basis for spac...
www.nature.com
January 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Debate resolved!
Is the left-to-right association between numbers and space biologically or culturally determined?
Our study involved:
👨👩👧 Unschooled adults (Himba, Namibia)
👶 Italian pre-schooled kids
🎓 Italian schooled adults
— see comment for the findings
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Excited to share my first first-author paper out now in PNAS! By comparing retinotopically-defined visual areas in macaques and humans, we found that evolutionary expansion is reflected in the size, not number, of visual areas. #neuroskyence #neuroscience
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
January 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Excited to share my first first-author paper out now in PNAS! By comparing retinotopically-defined visual areas in macaques and humans, we found that evolutionary expansion is reflected in the size, not number, of visual areas. #neuroskyence #neuroscience
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Pupil size as a biomarker of cognitive (dys)functions: Toward a physiologically informed screening of mental states
Congrats Serena Castellotti & co.!!!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Congrats Serena Castellotti & co.!!!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Pupil size as a biomarker of cognitive (dys)functions: Toward a physiologically informed screening of mental states
The objective assessment of cognitive processes is of critical importance to understanding the mechanisms underlying various mental functions and dysf…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Pupil size as a biomarker of cognitive (dys)functions: Toward a physiologically informed screening of mental states
Congrats Serena Castellotti & co.!!!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Congrats Serena Castellotti & co.!!!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Another step forward in improving neurosurgical procedures: Application of Navigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (nTMS) to Study the Visual–Spatial Network and Prevent Neglect in Brain Tumour Surgery
Congratulations Camilla Bonaudo et al!
www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16...
Congratulations Camilla Bonaudo et al!
www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16...
Application of Navigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (nTMS) to Study the Visual–Spatial Network and Prevent Neglect in Brain Tumour Surgery
Objective: Navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (nTMS) has seldom been used to study visuospatial (VS) circuits so far. Our work studied (I) VS functions in neurosurgical oncological patients b...
www.mdpi.com
January 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Another step forward in improving neurosurgical procedures: Application of Navigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (nTMS) to Study the Visual–Spatial Network and Prevent Neglect in Brain Tumour Surgery
Congratulations Camilla Bonaudo et al!
www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16...
Congratulations Camilla Bonaudo et al!
www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16...
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📣 Submissions for #CogSci2025 are now OPEN!
🌍 This year’s conference is fully hybrid — join us in San Francisco or online!
🔍 Review the submission guidelines
⬇️ Download the required templates
🗓️ Make note of key deadline dates
cognitivesciencesociety.org/submissions/
🌍 This year’s conference is fully hybrid — join us in San Francisco or online!
🔍 Review the submission guidelines
⬇️ Download the required templates
🗓️ Make note of key deadline dates
cognitivesciencesociety.org/submissions/
December 3, 2024 at 8:46 PM
📣 Submissions for #CogSci2025 are now OPEN!
🌍 This year’s conference is fully hybrid — join us in San Francisco or online!
🔍 Review the submission guidelines
⬇️ Download the required templates
🗓️ Make note of key deadline dates
cognitivesciencesociety.org/submissions/
🌍 This year’s conference is fully hybrid — join us in San Francisco or online!
🔍 Review the submission guidelines
⬇️ Download the required templates
🗓️ Make note of key deadline dates
cognitivesciencesociety.org/submissions/
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Registration open for our Neuroimaging summer school in Cambridge in September 2025: www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/events/cogne...
cognestic-2025
www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk
November 28, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Registration open for our Neuroimaging summer school in Cambridge in September 2025: www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/events/cogne...
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This reminds us that there are many pathways outside the 'main' one to primary visual cortex (V1) that can function after V1 lesions. Some can even deliver conscious visual experiences. For example, conscious motion vision sometimes survives (aka Riddoch phenomenon) www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ABQ...
December 2, 2024 at 7:16 PM
This reminds us that there are many pathways outside the 'main' one to primary visual cortex (V1) that can function after V1 lesions. Some can even deliver conscious visual experiences. For example, conscious motion vision sometimes survives (aka Riddoch phenomenon) www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ABQ...