Francesca Starita

I am an Assistant Professor at the Psychology Department of the University of Bologna and member of the Neuroscience of Motivation, Decision and Learning Group located at the Center for Studies and Research in Cognitive Neuroscience.

My research concerns the psychophysiological and neural bases of human motivation, reinforcement learning and affective processing, with a particular focus on fear and pain.

I use a multimodal approach to conduct my research, combining behavioral, psychophysiological (e.g. skin conductance, electromyography, eye tracking) measures, neuroimaging (EEG) and neuromodulation (TMS), both in healthy participants and in patients with brain injury.