SALVATORE MARIA AGLIOTI

Durante la sospensione della didattica gli studenti potranno accedere ai materiali relativi al corso di Neuroscienze delle organizzazioni (cod. 1044999), CdL in Psicologia applicata ai contesti della salute, del lavoro e giuridico-forense presso la pagina e-learning del corso al seguente link, previa registrazione:

https://elearning.uniroma1.it/course/view.phpid=2728

Il materiale consisterà in audio-presentazioni che saranno pubblicate in corrispondenza delle regolari ore di lezione. Ogni volta che sarà pubblicato materiale nuovo, riceverete un avviso tramite il forum di e-learning.

Il ricevimento studenti si terrà via skype, previo appuntamento mediante e-mail.

Due to the suspension of the didactic activities in class, we are offering audio lectures that you will be able to access through the e-learning page of this course (registration needed):

https://elearning.uniroma1.it/course/view.phpid=2728

You will receive a notification via e-learning any time a new audio-lecture is posted on line (usually at the same timing of the class).

Student reception will be performed on Skype, after arranging an appointment via e-mail.

Curriculum vitae
Personal information
Family name, First name: AGLIOTI, Salvatore Maria
Researcher unique identifier(s): ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-8175-7563; Researcher ID : E-9829-2012; Nationality: Italian;
Education: 1983-1987 Specialty in Neurology, University of Verona, Italy. Magna cum Laude; 1977-1983 MD, University of Pisa, Italy. Magna cum Laude
Current positions
2022-to present Coordinator of the Neuroscience and Humanities curriculum of the Theoretical and Applied Neuroscience National PhD (Dottorato Nazionale in Neuroscienze)
2019-to present, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, CLN2S@Sapienza, Rome, PI Neuroscience and Society, Research Line, https://www.iit.it/research/lines/neuroscience-and-society; https://nes.iit.it/
2001-to present Full Professor Department of Psychology, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
2015- 2017 Director of the Doctoral School in Psychological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
2013- 2017 Coordinator of the International PhD program in Psychology and Social Neuroscience http://dippsi.psi.uniroma1.it/phd/psicologianeuroscienzesociali at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
2013- to present Director of the PhD curriculum CoSAN (http://www.cosanphd.com)
2018-to present Director of the Social Neuroscience Laboratory, Fondazione Santa Lucia, IRCCS, Roma
Previous positions
2009- 2012 Director of the Department of Psychology, Sapienza Rome Univ.
2005- 2009 Coordinator of the International PhD Program in Cognitive Social and Affective Neuroscience, Sapienza, Rome University, Italy.
2005-2008 Director, Clinical Neuropsychology Specialization School at Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome
1998-2000 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, School of Psychology, Sapienza Rome University
1990 - 1997 Assistant Professor, Human Physiology, Medical School, University of Verona, Italy.
Prizes/Awards/Academy memberships
2023: European Research Council, Proof of Concept. Title of the proposal: Advanced ingestibles for probing the nexus between gastrointestinal functions and physical/mental well-being in animals and humans. Acronym: Deepdive.
2022: Member of the Scientific Board of the Italian Society of Psychophysiology and Cognitive Neuroscience
2021-2024: Member of the international board for selection of applicants to the Institute d’études avancées Paris, Fr
2019: Resident at the Institut d’études avancées, Paris https://www.paris-iea.fr/fr/liste-des-residents/salvatore-maria-aglioti
2019-2021: Senior research fellow at Scuola Superiore Alti Studi (SSAS), Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
2018: European Research Council, Advanced grant. Title of the proposal: Embodied Honesty; https://erc.europa.eu/news/erc-advanced-grants-2017-project-examples
2017: Ig Nobel Prize, Field: Psychology, for the study: “Is that me or my twin? Lack of self-face recognition advantage in identical twins. PLoS One. 2015 Apr 8;10(4):e0120900. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120900. Authors: Martini, Bufalari, Stazi, Aglioti.
2017: Senior research fellow at the Italian Institute of Advanced Studies in America, Columbia University, NY, USA
2016: Elected senior research fellow at Scuola Superiore Alti Studi (SSAS), Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
2013: MagSTIM, Senior investigator award, Oxford (UK)
2013: Chair d'excellence award, Fondation NeuroDis, Lyon (France)
2012 Elected Member, Academia Europaea (AE)
2011: Excellence Grant, Sapienza University of Rome. Proposal on Partisan Brains
2010: Excellence Grant, Sapienza University of Rome. Proposal on the neural bases of the studies on empathy for pain

Details on my research activity can be obtained at: http://agliotilab.org ;
https://nes.iit.it/

Funding (total career amount over 6.5 MEuro)
On Going grants (as PI):
2024-2026 ERC proof of concept, Advanced ingestibles for probing the nexus between
gastrointestinal functions and physical/mental well-being in animals and humans., 150K
2019-2024 Brain Magnet Program, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova 1.1M
2018-2024 ERC advanced Grant, 2.5 M
2021-2023 Bial Foundation 48.5 K
2021-2023: Progetti Ricerca Regione Lazio 150K

Supervision of graduate students and post-doctoral fellows/Contributions to the early careers of excellent researchers
I supervised over 100 students, from undergraduate to PhD (https://agliotilab.org/lab-staff/alumni) level. 30] scholars are now in the Academic system in Italy or abroad.

Teaching activities (last five years)
Formal courses at Sapienza University of Rome: 2015 to present Professor of Organizational Neuroscience, Advanced course of Psychology; 2014 to present: Professor of Social Neuroscience, Basic course in Psychology and Social Processes; 2011-2014 Professor of Nervous System Physiology; Research methodology in Neurosciences; Neuropsychology of Language; Neurological rehabilitation; 2009-2012 Cognitive Neuroscience
2013 Visiting scholar, teaching activity at École Normale Supérieure and CNRS, Lyon (France)

Institutional responsabilities
2016- to present: Representative for Biomedicine and Psychology in the Sapienza Research Commission
2013 - 2014 President of the Committee for Evaluating Doctoral Programs at Sapienza Rome Univ.
2011- 2014 Delegate for Sapienza in the European Committee for Doctoral Education
2010 Representative for international PhD programs at EUA Council for Doctoral Education
2009 - 2012 Head of Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
2006 - 2014 Member of the Committee for the Evaluation of Doctoral Programs at Sapienza Rome Univ.

Commissions of trust
2016, 2018, 2020 starting ERC panelist, SH4;
2014-2020 External reviewer for the starting, consolidator, advanced, and synergy ERC and FP7/Horizon 2020 programs.
On-site reviewer of the following international laboratories: 2015- Einstein Center, Berlin (Germany); 2013-2014- Labex Cortex, Lyon (France); 2013- Decision Making Laboratory, PI: E Kochlin, Paris (France). Reviewer for:
Italian Ministry of University, the EPFL, the British Wellcome Trust Foundation, the Human Frontiers Science program; FNRS – Semaphore, Belgium; Agencie Nationale de la recherche, France; I-*Star Singapore, U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation

Editorial activity for scientific journals
I regularly act as a reviewer for more than 40 specialty and multidisciplinary journals, among which Annals of Neurology, Annals of the NY Academy of Sciences, Behavioural and Brain Sciences, Biological Psychiatry, Brain, Current Biology, elife, Nature Communications, Nature Human Behavior, Nature Neuroscience (top reviewer in 2014 and 2015), Nature Reviews Neuroscience, Journal of Neurosciences, Neuron, Physiological Reviews, Psychological Science, Trends in Cognitive Sciences.
Scholarly Indices of Scientific Performance. I have published 300+ articles in international peer-reviewed journals and several articles and book chapters in Italian and English.
H-Index: Scopus=76; https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7007006465
Google Scholar=92; 30700+ citations: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Cx0IB64AAAAJ&hl=it
Research com: https://research.com/u/salvatore-maria-aglioti
https://www.adscientificindex.com/scientist/salvatore-maria-aglioti/1857697
Research Gate http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Salvatore_Aglioti

Representative Publications

1. Ponsi G, Schepisi M, Ferri D, Bianchi F, Consiglio C, Borgogni L, Aglioti SM (2024) Leading through gaze: enhanced social attention in high-rank members of a large-scale organization., Iscience 27 (11)
2. Gallagher S, Raffone A, Aglioti SM (2024) The Pattern theory of compassion. TICS 28,6, Featured on the cover
3. Porciello G, Monti A, Panasiti MS, Aglioti SM (2024) Ingestible pills reveal gastric correlates of emotions. Elife 2024
4. Scattolin M, Panasiti MS, Ho JY, Lenggenhager B, Aglioti SM (2023) Xenomelia Deceptive behaviors increase the estrangement of unwanted limbs: a study on Body Integrity Dysphoria. iScience, 26 (9)
5. Dupont L, Santangelo V, Azevedo R, Panasiti MS, Aglioti SM (2023) Reputation risk modulates anterior insular and cingulate cortex during dishonest decision making. Communications Biology, 6 (1), 475
6. Feruglio S, Panasiti, MS, Crescentini C, Aglioti SM, & Ponsi G (2023) Training the moral self: an eight-week mindfulness meditation program leads to reduced dishonest behavior and increased regulation of interoceptive awareness. Mindfulness, 1-23
7. Pezzetta R, Ozkan DG, Era V, Tieri G, Zabberoni S., Taglieri S, Costa A, Peppe A, Caltagirone C, Aglioti SM (2023) Combined EEG and immersive virtual reality unveil dopaminergic modulation of error monitoring in Parkinson’s Disease. npj Parkinson Disease, 9 (1), 3
8. Scattolin M, Panasiti MS, Villa R, Aglioti SM (2022) Reduced ownership over a virtual body increases dishonesty. iScience 25 (5), 104320
9. Mello M, Fusaro M, Tieri G, Aglioti SM (2021) Wearing same-and opposite-sex virtual bodies and seeing them caressed in intimate areas. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 17470218211031557
10. Lisi M, Fusaro M, Tieri G, Aglioti SM (2021) Humans adjust virtual comfort-distance towards an artificial agent depending on their sexual orientation and prejudice toward sexuality, Computers in Human Behavior, 125, 106948
11. Minio-Paluello I, Porciello G, Gandolfo M, Boukarras S, Aglioti SM (2020) Enfacement illusion boosts facial mimicry. Cortex, Oct 25;123:113-123. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2019.10.001.
12. Monti A, Porciello G, Tieri G, Aglioti SM. (2020) The 'embreathment' illusion highlights the role of breathing in corporeal awareness. J Neurophysiol. doi: 10.1152/jn.00617.2019. , featured on the cover
13. Gioneska B, Liuzza MT, Porciello G, Caprara G, Aglioti SM (2019) Bound to the group and blinded by the leader: ideological leader–follower dynamics in a trust economic. Royal Society Open Science, 6 (9), 182023
14. Spinelli G, Tieri G, Pavone EF, Aglioti SM (2018) Wronger than wrong: Graded mapping of the errors of an avatar in the performance monitoring system of the onlooker. NeuroImage 167, 1-10
15. Avenanti A, Paracampo R, Annella L, Tidoni E, Aglioti SM (2017). Boosting and decreasing action prediction abilities through excitatory and inhibitory tDCS of left inferior frontal cortex. Cerebral cortex, Mar 14:1-15. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhx041.
16. Pavone EF, Tieri G, Rizza G, Tidoni E, Grisoni L, Aglioti SM (2016). Brain monitoring of erroneous actions performed by an avatar. An EEG study in immersive virtual reality. Journal of Neuroscience. 36(2): 268-79. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0494-15.2016.
17. Sacheli LM, Candidi M, Era V, Aglioti SM (2015). Causative role of left aIPS in coding shared goals during human-avatar complementary joint actions. Nature Communications. 6:7544. doi: 10.1038/ncomms8544
18. Candidi M, Sacheli LM, Mega I, Aglioti SM (2014). Somatotopic mapping of piano fingering errors in sensorimotor experts: TMS studies in pianists and visually trained musically naïves. Cerebral Cortex. 2014 Feb;24(2):435-43. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhs325. Epub 2012 Oct 12,
19. Aglioti SM, Pazzaglia M (2011). Sounds and scents in (social) action. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 15(2):47-55. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2010.12.003. Epub 2011 Jan 14 – Featured on the cover, correspondent author;
20. Urgesi C, Aglioti SM, Skrap M, Fabbro F (2010). The spiritual brain: Selective cortical lesions modulate human self-transcendence. Neuron, 65(3):309-19. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.01.026.
21. Avenanti A, Sirigu A, Aglioti SM (2010). Racial-bias reduces empathic sensorimotor resonance with other-race pain. Current Biology, 20, 1-5.
22. Moro V, Urgesi C, Pernigo S, Lanteri P, Pazzaglia M, Aglioti SM (2008). The neural basis of body action and body form agnosia. Neuron, 60(2):235-46 .
23. Aglioti SM, Cesari P, Romani M, Urgesi C (2008). Action anticipation and motor resonance in elite basketball players. Nature Neuroscience, 11, 1109 - 1116 Published online, August 10, 2008. Featured on the cover
24. Urgesi C, Candidi M, Ionta S, Aglioti SM (2007). Representation of body identity and body actions in extrastriate body area and ventral premotor cortex. Nature Neuroscience 10(1):30-1. Epub 2006 Dec 10 , correspondent author; IF: 15.664 (Cited 226 times)
25. Avenanti A, Bueti D, Galati G, Aglioti SM. Transcranial magnetic stimulation highlights the sensorimotor side of empathy for pain. Nature Neuroscience. 2005 Jul; 8(7): 955-60 (IF 15.456) ; Featured on the cover ; News&views dedicated to the paper and Scored 9 in F1000
26. Urgesi C, Berlucchi G, Aglioti SM. Magnetic stimulation of extrastriate body area impairs visual processing of nonfacial body parts. Curr Biol. 2004 Dec 14;14(23):2130-4

In recent years, I have favored first and last authorship in favor of collaborators younger in their scientific careers.

Selected Invited presentations to conferences and schools (between 2020-2024)
A complete list of all the given talks – more than 250 – can be provided upon request.
Most of the talks (at least 15) during the Pandemic have been given remotely.

October 2024. Institut d’ètudes avancées, Paris Seminaire des residents. Title of the talk: The body in the metaverse
September 2024: Padova, SINDEM
September 2024: Key-note, Noto Associazione Italiana di Psicologia
September 2024: Key-note, BRnet, Verna
May 2024: Key-note speaker at the ESCAN meeting, Ghent
October 2023: Rome Accademia dei Lincei, Mindful connections: title of the talk: Deep-body insights into core and social emotions
Years 2020-2023: Covid-19 pandemic (see the note at the beginning of this section concerning this period)
January 2020: Institut d’ètudes avancées, Conference on brain plasticity. Title of the talk: De Profundis: Perceptual Correlates of Brain Plasticity in Patients with Peripheral and Central Nervous Lesions