Elena Aggius Vella

Dr Elena Aggius-Vella graduated in psychology with a master in neuroscience and neuropsychological rehabilitation at the University of Bologna. After that, she won a position of 1 year as a research assistant at CIMEC, Rovereto (TR). After this period, she started her PhD at the Italian Institution of Technology (IIT) in UVIP lab, supervised by Dr. Monica Gori. In the 3 years of research, she investigated the different role of sensory modalities in shaping cognitive skills in the space around the body (i.e. vision calibrating hearing in spatial tasks). After her PhD, she started her postdoc work under supervision of Prof Amir Amedi at the Reichman University in Herzliya, Israel. Her research is focused on body representations in different brain areas and their connection with cognitive skills. Other areas of interest are plasticity, sensory impairment, critical periods, spatial cognition and emotions. She is interested also in neuropsychology, rehabilitation and time representation.