Notizie
------Clinical Psychology Global Humanities 2023/24----------
Dear Students,
As indicated online at https://corsidilaurea.uniroma1.it/cdlcontroller-orari-cdl/2023/32362, ùthe schedule for Clinical Psychology Lessons for the academic year 2023/24 is as follows:
- Monday: 12:00 - 14:00
- Friday: 10:00 - 12:00
The classes will begin on October 2nd and will be held in the RM021 building, Aula 106.
Please note that due to a previously scheduled conference, the lesson scheduled for Friday, October 6th, has been canceled and will be rescheduled.
We will provide further details as soon as they are available.
Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you in class.
Best regards,
GP
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Stanza 201 Secondo piano Facoltà di Medicina e Psicologia via del Marsi 78 Roma
Curriculum
GIUSEPPINA PORCIELLO
Curriculum Vitae
Department of Psychology,
Sapienza University of Rome
Via dei Marsi, 78, Roma, Italia
and IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia,
Via Ardeatina 306/354, 00179 Roma, Italia
E-mail contacts: giuseppina.porciello@uniroma1.it; g.porciello@hsantalucia.it
URL websites:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Giuseppina_Porciello;
https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=0xCMivcAAAAJ&hl=it&oi=ao.
• CURRENT POSITION
August 2021 - to date: Non-tenured Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology (RTD-A in M-PSI/08), Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome.
• PREVIOUS POSITIONS
January 2021 – July 2021: Research Fellow at the IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia.
January 2018 – December 2020: Post-Doctoral Fellow (Assegnista di ricerca in M-PSI/08) at the Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome.
December 2015 – December 2017: Post-Doctoral Fellow (Assegnista di ricerca in M-PSI/02) at the Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome.
January 2015 - November 2015: Research Fellow at the IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia.
• EDUCATION
November, 2020: Professional Abilitation for Clinical Psychologist.
January, 2015: PhD in “Psychology and Social Neurosciences”, curriculum in “Cognitive Social and
Affective Neurosciences (CoSAN)”. Thesis: “One’s own and others’ body-related signals shape cognitive
functions and behaviors”. Supervisor: Prof. S.M. Aglioti; Co-supervisor: Dr. I. Bufalari.
January, 2011: Master degree (110/110 cum laude), in Psychology,“Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy.
Thesis: “Neural Circuitry underlying Joint Attention: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies”.
Supervisor: Prof. S.M. Aglioti.
• INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich and Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Collaboration with Prof. Bigna Lenggenhager; Prof. Moritz Daum and Prof. Peter Brugger. Duration: 5 months.
• MAIN RESEARCH TOPICS
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-Study of behavioural and physiological correlates of interoception in neurotypical and clinical populations, such as hypertensive patients, eating disorders and autism spectrum conditions.
-Study of body/face representation and body/face plasticity in neurotypical and clinical populations, such as autism spectrum conditions and eating disorders.
-Study of the role of interoceptive and exterocetpive signals on body self consciousness and moral behaviour.
-Study of behavioural and physiological correlates of in/out-group processes (especially related to ethnicity and political ideology).
• SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATIONS (alphabetical order)
Prof. Salvatore Maria Aglioti (Sapienza); Dr. Barbara Basile (IRCCS, Fondazione Santa Lucia); Dr. Laura Barca (CNR); Prof. Anna Borghi (Sapienza); Prof. Ilaria Bufalari (Sapienza); Dr. Giovanni Calcagnini (Istituto Superiore di Sanità); Dr. Sabrina Fagioli (Roma Tre); Dr. Marco Gandolfo (Radboud University); Dr. Federico Giove (IRCCS, Fondazione Santa Lucia); Dr. Biljana Gjoneska (Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts); Prof. Caterina Grano (Sapienza); Prof. Bigna Lenggenhager (University of Zurich); Dr. Euguenio Mattei (Istituto Superiore di Sanità); Dr. Ilaria Minio-Paluello (CNR); Prof. Cristina Ottaviani (Sapienza); Dr. Maria Serena Panasiti (Sapienza); Dr. Giovanni Pezzulo (CNR); Prof. Cristiano Violani (Sapienza).
• TECHICAL SKILLS
Softwares for the registration/analysis of electrophysiologicalsignals (cardiac, respiratory and gastric): AcqKnowledge and LabChart. Softwares for the registration/analysis of ocular kinematics: Eye Tracker User Interface and BeGaze. Software for 3D brain neuronavigation: SofTaxic Optic 2.2/3.4. Softwares for programming experiments: E-PRIME and ExPVR. Softwares for the statistical analysis: STATISTICA, R, SPSS and Origin. Softwares for stimuli creation: Adobe Photoshop, Abrosoft FantaMorph, BodyReshaper and Make Humans.
• EDITORIAL ACTIVITY and MEMBERSHIP
Review Editor for: Frontiers in Psychology for Clinical Settings and Frontiers in Psychology.
Ad-hoc Reviewer for: Cerebral Cortex, Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience, European Journal of Neuroscience, Scientific Reports, PlosOne, Journal of Consciousness Studies, Neuroscience of Consciousness, Acta Psychologica; Psychological Research; Physiology and Behaviour, Social Neuroscience, Frontiers in Psychology, Child Development, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews.
2019-2021 Member of Associazione Italiana Psicologia, sezione Clinica e Dinamica (AIP Clinica e Dinamica).
2017/2018 Junior Member of Società Italiana di Psifcofisiologia (SIPF).
• TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2021/2022
-Laboratorio di Metodologia della ricerca clinica e tecniche di intervento (M-PSI/08), Corso di Laurea
Magistrale in Psicologia Applicata ai Contesti della Salute, del Lavoro e Giuridico-Forense (3 CFU, 36h);
-Corso di Clinical Psychology (M-PSI/08, in Inglese), Corso di Laurea in Infermieristica (1 CFU, 12h);
-Corso di Psicologia Clinica (M-PSI/08), Corso di Laurea Scienze delle Professioni Sanitarie tecniche diagnostiche (2 CFU, 24h);
-Corso di Psicologia Generale ((M-PSI/08), Corso di Laurea in Infermieristica (2 CFU, 24h);
-Corso di Psicologia Generale (M-PSI/01), Corso di Laurea in Infermieristica (2 CFU, 24h).
2015-21
Teaching Assistant for the course of “Neuroscienze delle Organizzazioni”, ‘Sapienza’ University of Rome, Italy.
2015-18
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Lectures on: “Social Attention: from behavioral evidence to the neural architecture” and “Social categorization: Political Affiliation and Ideology”. Corso di Neuroscienze Sociali, ‘Sapienza’ University of Rome, Italy.
2018-now
Cultore della Materia in Psicologia Clinica (M-PSI/08), Corso integrato di Psichiatria e Psicologia Clinica. Facoltà di Medicina e Psicologia, Sapienza Università degli Studi di Roma.
2021-now
Member of the Board of the Italian tenured and non-tenured in Clinical Psychology.
• PUBLICATIONS
1. Vabba A, Porciello G, Panasiti MS and Aglioti SM. (2022). Interoceptive influences on the production of self-serving lies in reputation risk conditions. International Journal of Psychophysiology
2. Imhoff R, Zimmer F, Klein O, António JHC, Babinska M, Bangerter A…Porciello G…and van Prooijen J-W. (2022). Conspiracy Mentality and Political Orientation across 26 countries. Nature Human Behaviour. [IF= 13.663]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01258-7.
3. Monti A, Porciello G, Panasiti MS and Aglioti SM. (2021). The inside of me: interoceptive constraints on the concept of self in neuroscience and clinical psychology. Psychological Research [IF= 2.681].
4. Troian A.J. .. Porciello G,…et al., (2020). Investigating the Links Between Cultural Values and Belief in Conspiracy Theories: the Key Roles of Collectivism and Masculinity. Political Psychology. [IF= 3.265].
5. Minio-Paluello I, Porciello G, Pascual-Leone A & Baron-Cohen S. (2020). Face individual identity recognition: a potential endophenotype in autism. Molecular Autism. doi.org/10.17863/CAM.53205. [IF= 5.712].
6. Schepisi, M, Porciello, G, Aglioti, SM & Panasiti, MS. (2020). Oculomotor behavior tracks the effect of ideological priming on deception. Scientific Reports. Jun 12;10(1):9555. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-66151-1. [IF= 4.011].
7. Villa R, Tidoni E, Porciello G and Aglioti SM. (2020). Freedom to act enhances the Sense of Agency, while movement and goal-related prediction errors reduce it and lead to behavioral adjustments. Psychological Research. Mar 31. doi: 10.1007/s00426-020-01319-y. [IF= 2.681].
8. Makovac E., Porciello G, Palomba, Basile and Ottaviani C. (2020). Blood Pressure-Related Hypoalgesia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Hypertension Aug;38(8):1420-1435. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002427. [IF= 4.72].
9. Provenzano L*, Porciello G*, Ciccarone S, Lenggenhager B, Tieri G., Marucci M., Dazzi F, Loriedo C, and Bufalari I. (2019). Characterizing body image distortion and bodily self-plasticity in anorexia nervosa via visuo-tactile stimulation in virtual reality. Journal of Clinical Medicine. Dec 30;9(1). doi: 10.3390/jcm9010098. [IF= 5.688].
10. Monti A, Porciello G, Tieri G, and Aglioti SM. (2019). The ‘Embreathment’ illusion highlights the role of breathing in corporeal. Journal of Neurophysiology 1;123(1):420-427 doi: 10.1152/jn.00617.2019. [IF= 2.614].
11. Minio-Paluello, Porciello G, Gandolfo M, Boukarras S, and Aglioti SM (2019). Enfacement illusion boosts facial mimicry. Cortex, 123:113-123. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2019.10.001. [IF= 4.275].
12. Gjoneska B, Liuzza MT, Porciello G, Caprara GV and Aglioti SM. (2019). Bound to the group and blinded by the leader: Ideological leader-follower dynamics in a trust economic game. Royal Society Open Science 25; 6(9):182023. doi: 10.1098/rsos.182023. [IF= 2.515].
13. Iodice P*, Porciello G*, Bufalari I, Barca L and Pezzulo G. (2019). An interoceptive illusion of effort induced by false heart rate feedback. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). doi/10.1073/pnas.1821032116. [IF= 9.504].
14. Schepisi M, Porciello G, Bufalari I, Aglioti SM and Panasiti MS. (2019). Left threatened by Right: political intergroup bias in the contemporary Italian context. Frontiers in Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00026. [IF= 2.089].
15. Porciello G, Monti A, and Aglioti SM. (2018). The Gastric Network: How the stomach and the brain work together at rest. Elife 7, e37009. [IF= 7.616].
16. Villa, R, Tidoni, E, Porciello, G, and Aglioti, SM. (2018). Violation of expectations about movement and goal achievement leads to Sense of Agency reduction. Exp. Brain Res doi: 10.1007/s00221-018-5286-3. [Epub ahead of print]. [IF= 1.806].
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17. Porciello G*, Bufalari I*, Minio-Paluello I, Di Pace E and Aglioti SM. (2018). The 'Enfacement' illusion as a window on the plasticity of the self. Cortex. 104:261-275. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2018.01.007. [IF= 4.907].
18. Panasiti MS*, Porciello G* and Aglioti SM. (2017). The bright and the dark side of motor simulation. Neuropsychologia. 105:92-100. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.05.020. [IF= 2.889].
19. Porciello G, Minio-Paluello I and Bufalari I. (2016). Commentary: Attentional control and the plastic
self: a contribution to the Self Attention Network. Frontiers in Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01701. [IF= 2.321].
20. Porciello G, Daum MM, Menghini C, Brugger P and Lenggenhager B. (2016). Not that heart-stopping after all: cardio-visual synchrony does not boost self-face discrimination. PLoS One 11(8):e0160498. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160498. [IF= 2.806].
21. Porciello G, Liuzza MT, Minio-Paluello I, Caprara GV and Aglioti SM. (2016). Fortunes and Misfortunes of political leaders reflected in the eyes of their electors. Experimental Brain Research. 234(3):733-40. doi: 10.1007/s00221. [IF= 1.917].
22. Bufalari I, Porciello G and Aglioti SM. (2015). Atypical touch perception in MTS may derive from an
abnormally plastic self-representation. Cognitive Neuroscience, 6(2-3):139-41. doi: 10.1080/17588928.2015.1057486. [IF= 2.373].
23. Bufalari I, Porciello G, Sperduti M and Minio-Paluello I. (2014) Self-identification with another person’s face: the time relevant role of multimodal brain areas in the enfacement illusion. Journal of Neurophysiology, 113(7):1959-62. doi: 10.1152/jn.00872.2013. [IF= 2.373].
24. Porciello G*, Holmes B*, Liuzza MT, Crostella F, Aglioti SM and Bufalari I. (2014) Interpersonal Multisensory Stimulation reduces the overwhelming distracting power of self-gaze: psychophysical evidence for 'engazement'. Scientific Reports, 4:6669. doi: 10.1038/srep06669. [IF= 5.578].
25. Porciello G, Crostella F, Liuzza MT, Valentini E and Aglioti SM. (2014). rTMS-induced virtual lesion of the posterior parietal cortex (PPC) increases reflexive shifts of social attention triggered by pointing hands. Neuropsychologia, 59:148-56. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.04.017. [IF= 3.302].
26. Bufalari I, Lenggenhager B, Porciello G, Holmes B and Aglioti SM. (2014). Enfacing others but only if they are nice to you. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00102. [IF= 3.27].
• PUBLICATIONS UNDER REVIEW/ IN PREPARATION
1. Monti A, Porciello G, Panasiti MS and Aglioti SM. (Under review). Gut markers of bodily self-consciousness. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.05.434072v1
2. Vabba A, Porciello G, Panasiti MS and Aglioti SM. (Under review). Development and validation of the Exteroceptive Body Awareness (EBA) questionnaire.
3. Singh Solorzano C, Porciello G, Violani C and Grano C. (Under review). Body image dissatisfaction and interoceptive sensibility significantly predict postpartum depressive symptoms.
4. Porciello G, Monti A, Panasiti MS and Aglioti SM. (In preparation).Gastric correlates of emotions: new insights form ingestibles.
5. Vabba A, Porciello G, Monti A, Panasiti MS and Aglioti SM. (In preparation). Changes in interoception and well-being during the quarantine for the Covid-19 pandemic.
6. Porciello G, Salaris A, Calcagnini G, Ottaviani C, Mattei E, Basile B. (In preparation). Interoceptive accuracy moderates the relationship between blood pressure and pain perception.
7. Porciello G, Grano C, Muscas M, Caserta C, De Angelis C and Violani C. (In preparation). Increased interoceptive awareness in pregnancy and its relationship with body image dissatisfaction and depressive symptoms.
8. Porciello G, Ciccarone S, Cozzani B, Cotugno A and Bufalari I. (In preparation). Defcits in interoceptive awareness predicts dissociation in anorexic but not in bulimic patients.
9. Provenzano L, Ciccarone C, Porciello G, Petrucci M, Cozzani B, Cotugno A and Bufalari I. (In preparation). Using Virtual Reality and Embodiment illusion to alter Body Image Distortion in Anorexia Nervosa.
10. Schepisi M, Gjoneska B, Mari S, Porciello G, Panasiti MS and Imhoff R. (In preparation). Conspiracy mentality differently shapes interpersonal trust when money or digital privacy is at stake.
• ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATION
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1. Porciello G, Monti A, Panasiti MS, Aglioti SM. Gastric correlates of emotions. 9th MindBodyBrain Symposium. 16th–18th, March 2022. Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig (virtual).
2. Porciello G, Monti A, Panasiti MS, Aglioti SM. (2021). Gastric correlates of emotions. II Research Retreat 2021. Santa Lucia Foundation Hospital. December 2nd-3rd, Rome (Italy).
3. Porciello G, Salaris A, Calcagnini G, Ottaviani C, Mattei E, Basile B. (2021). Interoceptive accuracy moderates the relationship between blood pressure and pain perception. Oral presentation. XXIX Congresso Nazionale SIPF. Palermo (Italia), 30th September- 2nd October.
4. Porciello G, Grano C, Muscas M, Caserta C, De Angelis C. and Violani C. (2019). Poster presentation. “Increased interoceptive awareness in pregnancy and its relationship with body image dissatisfaction and depressive symptoms”. XXI Congresso Nazionale AIP 2019, sezione di Psicologia Clinica e Dinamica. Milano (Italy) 27th-29th , September.
5. Porciello G. “Increased interoceptive awareness in pregnancy and its relationship with body image dissatisfaction and depressive symptoms”. Oral presentation (invited) within the symposium “Interoception, bodily self and abstract concepts” organizzato all’interno della Conferenza “Abstract
Concepts differ: Numbers, Emotions and Dangerous Things”. March 29th, 2019, Facoltà di Medicina e Psicologia, Università degli Studi di Roma (Italia).
6. Porciello G, Monti A, Minio-Paluello I. “Multisensory processes underlying self-other distinction: from corporeal awareness to social interactions”. Oral presentation (invited). 4th IAST PIREN Winter Retreat. Ax Les Thermes, (France), February 6th – 9th , 2019,
7. Porciello G. “L’amore per le Neuroscienze: il mio presente…e speriamo il mio futuro!” Oral presentation (invited). Scienza sotto l’albero. December 29th, 2018, Corleto Perticara -PZ- (Italia).
8. Monti A, Tieri G, and Porciello G. ‘Embreathment’ illusion gauges impact of respiration on embodiment. Poster presentation. (Dis)Embodied perception of the self and other. October 17th - 19th, 2018, Porto (Portugual).
9. Minio-Paluello I, Porciello G, Mandillo S, Golini E, Aglioti SM, Gross C. and D'Amato FR. Poster presentation. Identity recognition a promising oxytocin-relevant endophenotype to stratify autism spectrum conditions. Understanding the Nìneuroregulatory Aìactions of Oxytocin and its potential clinical applications, May 22th -27 th, 2018, Erice, Sicilia, (Italy).
10. Porciello G, Liuzza MT, Bufalari I and Minio Paluello I. “Ideological and physical similarity influences contexts of social attention”. Oral presentation within the symposium “Beyond action perception: the motor system is not blind to me, you and our relationship”. XXV Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Psicofisiologia. “The Adapting Brain at the different ages of man”. November 16th – 18th, 2017, Roma, (Italy).
11. Schepisi M, Porciello G. and Panasiti MS. Ideological priming-mediated effects over politically nonaligned people’s deceptive behaviour: An eye tracking study. Poster presentation. XXV Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Psicofisiologia. “The Adapting Brain at the different ages of man”. November 16th – 18th, 2017, Roma, (Italy).
12. Villa R, Porciello G. and Tidoni E. Sense of Agency is more sensitive to movement execution than goal achievement. Poster presentation. XXV Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Psicofisiologia. “The Adapting Brain at the different ages of man”. November 16th – 18th, 2017 Roma, (Italy).
13. Porciello G, Provenzano L, Ciccarone S, Marucci M, Tieri G, Dazzi F, Loriedo C, Lenggenhager B and Bufalari I. Poster presentation. Implicit and Explicit Indicators of Bodily Self-Plasticity in Anorexia Nervosa. XIX Congresso Nazionale Sezione di Psicologia Clincia e Dinamica. September 29 th-October 1st 2017, Torino (Italy).
14. Porciello G, Lenggenhager B, Tieri G, Ciccarone S, Provenzano L, Marucci M, Dazzi F, Loriedo C. and Bufalari I. The plastic bodily self in Anorexia via virtual reality and multisensory stimulation paradigms. Poster presentation. 6th Scientific Conference of the Federation of the European Societies of Neuropsychology (FESN), Maastricht (Holland), September 13th-15th 2017.
15. Schepisi M, Porciello G. and Panasiti MS.When threat leads to intergroup bias: the strange case of
Italian Liberals. Poster presentation. ISPP at 40: revisiting core themes of tyranny, intergroup relations and leadership. June 29th-July 2nd, 2017, Edinburgh (Scotland).
16. Gjoneska B, Porciello G, Liuzza MT, Caprara GV and Aglioti S.M. Through the Looking Glass of Political Bias: Political Affiliation predicts Leader’s Trustworthiness via Implicit Attitudes. Poster presentation. ISPP at 40: revisiting core themes of tyranny, intergroup relations and leadership. June 29th-July 2nd, Edinburgh (Scotland), 2017.
17. Porciello G., Biljana G., Liuzza M.T., Minio-Paluello I. and Aglioti S.M. Neuroscience goes Social. Oral presentation (invited). Neuroscience goes social. May 26th, 2017, Rome (Italy).
18. Minio-Paluello I., Gandolfo M., Boukarras S and Porciello G. Interpersonal multisensory stimulation enhances emotional contagion. Poster presentation. International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS). March 23th-25th 2017, Vienna (Austria).5
19. Porciello G., Minio-Paluello I., Mannetti L. and Bufalari I. Interdependent Self-Construal predicts the illusory feeling of ‘owing another person’s face’ via other-oriented traits. Poster presentation.
International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS). March 23th-25th 2017, Vienna (Austria).
19. Gjoneska B., Liuzza M.T., Porciello G., Caprara G.V. and Aglioti S.M. In the Leader we trust: The effect of political leadership on partisanship in an economic trust game. Poster presentation. International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS). March 23th-25th 2017, Vienna (Austria).
20. Schepisi M., Porciello G. and Panasiti M.S. Fearing the outgroup: why Italian Liberals dislike Conservatives. Poster presentation. International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS). March 23th-25th 2017, Vienna (Austria).
21. Porciello G., Liuzza M.T., Minio-Paluello I. and Aglioti S.M. The power of others’ gaze: ideological and physical similarity matters! Oral presentation (invited). VIII Conference of Lithuanian Neuroscience Association (LNA). December 8th, 2016, Vilnius, (Lithuania).
22. Porciello G., Gandolfo M., Boukarras S and Minio-Paluello. Interpersonal multisensory stimulation enhances emotional contagion. Poster presentation.XXIV Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Psicofisiologia. “Brains in Action. Dalle Neuroscienze di Base ai Sistemi Sociali Complessi”. October 27th – 29th, 2016, Milano, (Italy).
23. Bufalari I Porciello G., Minio-Paluello. Mannetti. and Aglioti SM. Self-construal predicts the illusory feeling of “owing the other’s face” via other-oriented traits. Poster presentation. XXIV Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Psicofisiologia. “Brains in Action. Dalle Neuroscienze di Base ai Sistemi Sociali Complessi”. October 27th – 29th, 2016, Milano, (Italy).
24. Bufalari I Porciello G., L. Mannetti. The Thin Line between Self and Others: How self-construal influences the self-other facial merging induced by interpersonal multisensory stimulation. Poster presentation. XIV Congress of the Italian Social Psychology Association (AIP). September, 22th-24th, 2016, Napoli (Italy).
25. Porciello G. and Fusaro M. Possiamo ingannare il cervello alterando il senso di identità e la capacità di provare dolore e piacere?. Oral presentation (invited). Pint of Science. May, 24th, 2016. Rome (Italy).
26. Porciello G, Moritz D, Brugger P and Lenggenhager B. “Seeing one’s face at the rhythm of one’s heart: how externalized interoceptive signals shape self other face discrimination”. Poster presentation. 19th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of the Consciousness (ASSC). July 7th-10th, 2015, Paris, (France).
27. Porciello G, Moritz D, Brugger P and Lenggenhager B. “Watching at one’s own face beating with one’s own heart: how externalized interoceptive signals shape or do not shape self-other face discrimination”. Aegina Summer School “The social self: how social interactions shape body and self-representations”. Poster presentation. June 21st-27th, 2015, Aegina (Greece).
28. Porciello G, Liuzza MT, Crostella F, Caprara GV and Aglioti SM. “The fall of political leaders reflected in gaze-following behavior of their voters”. Presentazione Poster. ISPP Annual Scientific Meeting “Ideologies and Ideological Conflict: The Political Psychology of Belief Systems”. July, 4ht-7th, 2014, Rome (Italy).
29. Porciello G, Crostella F, Carducci F, Aglioti SM. “TMS-induced virtual lesion of the Frontal Eye Field (FEF) interferes with reflexive shifts of attention triggered by averted gaze”. Poster presentation. 79th Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Symposium: “Cognition”. May 28th-June 2nd, 2014, Cold Spring Harbor (NY, USA).
30. Porciello G, Holmes B, Liuzza MT, Crostella F, Aglioti SM and Bufalari I. “L’effetto di enfacement influenza il comportamento di inseguimento dello sguardo”. Poster presentation.XIX Congresso di Psicologia sperimentale. September, 16th-18th 2013, Rome (Italy).
31. Lenggenhager B, Bufalari I, Porciello G, Holmes B, Aglioti SM. Enfacing others but only if they are nice to you. Poster presentation. Aegina Summer School, Embodied Inter-subjectivity: the 1st person and the 2nd person perspective”. June, 9th -15th 2013, Aegina (Greece).
32. Porciello G, Crostella F, Liuzza MT, Valentini E and Aglioti SM. “rTMS-induced virtual lesion of the posterior parietal cortex (PPC) increases reflexive shifts of social attention triggered by hand-pointing”. Poster presentation. Magstim Neuroenhancement Conference & Workshop. May, 4th-5th 2013, Oxford (UK).
33. Crostella F, Porciello G, Carducci F, Aglioti SM. “Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation over Frontal Eye Field interferes with reflexive shifts of attention induced by averted gaze”. Poster presentation. Magstim Neuroenhancement Conference & Workshop. May, 4th-5th 2013, Oxford (UK).
34. Porciello G, Crostella F, Liuzza MT, Valentini E and Aglioti SM. “Mirroring others: an rTMS study of
hand-triggered reflexive social attention”. Poster presentation. Mirror Neurons: new frontiers 20 years after their discovery. September, 31th-6th 2012, Erice (Italy).
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35. Liuzza MT, Porciello G, Crostella F, Caprara GV and Aglioti SM. “Political popularity reflected in the eyes of the voters”. Poster presentation. 24th Annual Convention of the Association of Psychological Science (APS). May, 24th-27th 2012 Chicago (IL, USA).
36. Holmes B, Porciello G, Liuzza MT, Crostella F, Aglioti SM and Bufalari I. “Reflexive social attention and self-other distinction: psychophysical evidence for ‘engazement’ ”. Poster presentation. Concepts, Actions and Objects (CAOs): Functional and Neural Perspectives 2012. May, 24th-27th 2012, Rovereto, (Italy).
37. Porciello G, Crostella F, Liuzza MT, Valentini E and Aglioti SM. “The posterior parietal cortex mediates reflexive shifts of social attention triggered by hand-pointing: A rTMS study”. Poster presentation.Concepts, Actions and Objects: Functional and Neural Perspectives (CAOs) 2012. May, 24th-27th 2012, Rovereto, (Italy).
38. Porciello G, Crostella F, Liuzza MT, Valentini E and Aglioti SM. “Attenzione riflessa indotta dall’ osservazione delle mani altrui e corteccia parietale posteriore. Uno studio di rTMS Poster presentation. XVII Congress of the Italian Psychology Association (AIP). September, 13th-15th 2011, Catania (Italy).
39. Martini M, Cannella S, Ruggiero A, Porciello G, and Valentini E “Observing positive facial emotions in a model modulates the pain pathway of an onlooker. A LEP study”. Poster presentation. Second Meeting of the Federation of European Societies of Neuropsychology (ESN), 22th-24th September, 2009, Amsterdam (NL).
• GRANTS and AWARDS
Bando SEED PNR, funded by “Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy. PI. Title: “Ingestible sensors for
studying the deep side of emotions”. Budget: 10.000,00 €.
Bando per la Ricerca di Ateneo – Progetti Piccoli, 2020. (Prot. Num. RP120172B897C774), funded by “Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy. Member. Title: Detecting honesty-related conflicts in the body and the brain: their relation to psychopathological dimensions”. Budget: 3.000,00 €.
Bando per la Ricerca di Ateneo – Avvio alla Ricerca, 2019. (Prot. Num. AR21916B890A9214), funded by “Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy. PI. Title: Interazioni corpo-cervello: il ruolo dei barocettori carotidei nell'interocezione”. Budget: 2.000,00 €.
Ricerca Finalizzata Giovani Ricercatori, 2018, (Prot. Num. GR-2018-12367636), funded by Italian Minister of Health. Co-PI. Title: “Meccanismi neuroviscerali della regolazione della pressione sanguigna: nuovi target terapeutici per l’ipertensione borderline”. Budget: 298.900,00 €. PI: Dr. Barbara Basile.
Bando per la Ricerca di Ateneo - H2020, 2018, (Prot. Num. PH1181643695DD85), funded by “Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy. Member. Title: “SHARETRAIN: an integrated international, EU-based network for innovative training in social, cognitive, and affective neuroscience”. PI: Prof. Salvatore M. Aglioti. Budget: 30.000,00 €.
Bando per la Ricerca di Ateneo - H2020, 2017, (Prot. Num. PH11715C823A7D9A), funded by “Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy. Ruolo: Member. Title: “A cognitive-behavioral approach to cybersecurity: individual differences and schedules of reinforcement”. PI: Prof. Francesco Di Nocera. Budget: 37.000,00 €.
Bando per la Ricerca di Ateneo – Progetti Medi, 2016, (Prot. Num. PH11715C823A7D9A) funded by “Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy. Member. Title: “Insoddisfazione corporea e depressione durante la gravidanza e nel post partum: moderazione dei fattori disposizionali e consapevolezza interocettiva”. PI: Prof. Cristiano Violani. Budget: 11.000 €.
Bando per la Ricerca di Ateneo – Avvio alla Ricerca, 2014. (Prot. Num. C26N148WH2), funded by “Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy. PI. Title: Plasticità comportamentale e neurale del senso di identità: modificare la percezione di sé attraverso la stimolazione multisensoriale interpersonale”. Budget: 2.000 €.
NENS stipend for Training Stays, Funded by the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) to support the visiting period at the Zurich Neuroscience Center, ETH and University of Zürich,
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Switzerland. Achieved during my PhD at the Social and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory (Supervisor:
Prof. Salvatore M. Aglioti).
Student Travel Award for supporting the attendance at the 79th Cold Spring Harbor Cognition Symposium, Cold Spring Harbor (NY), USA. Achieved during my PhD at the Social and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory (Supervisor: Prof. Salvatore M. Aglioti).
Bando per la Ricerca di Ateneo – Avvio alla Ricerca, 2013. (Prot. Num. C26N13TMFT) funded by “Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy. Member. “L’integrazione multisensoriale in uno studio di percezione della verticale visiva in cervelli esperti: studi comportamentali e di Stimolazione Magnetica Transcranica (TMS). Il ruolo di TPJ nella percezione della verticale visiva soggettiva”. PI: Dr. Michele Scandola. Budget: 2.000,00 €.
• TUTOR ACTIVITIES
2015-21 Research tutor of 7 PhD students, 8 master students; 1 bachalor student and 2 interniship students.
• SCIENTIFIC EVENTS (organization)
Neuroscience goes Social 2020. Organizational commitee. February 28th. Facoltà di Medicina e Psicologia, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma (Italy)
Neuroscience goes Social 2018. Organizational commitee. February 15th. Facoltà di Medicina e Psicologia, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma (Italy).
Visceral inputs, Brain Dynamics and Subjectivity. 2018. Organizational commitee. May 17th.
Dipartmento di Psicologia, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma (Italy).
The Body-Brain, Gerace Meeting. 2017. Organizational commitee. June 14th-18th. Gerace (RC), Italy. FACEing social interACTION in AUTISM. 2016. Organizational commitee. October 21th-22nd. IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Roma (Italy).
• PERSONAL METRICS
Google Scholar: H-index: 12; Tot. Citations: 365
Scopus: H-index: 10; Tot. Citations: 252
• LANGUAGES
Italian: Mother tongue; English: Very good; French: Basic
Rome, April 11th 2022