Sara Borgomaneri

Personal data

Surname and name: Borgomaneri Sara

Office address: Centro di Studi e Ricerche in Neuroscienze Cognitive, Viale Rasi e Spinelli 176, 47521 Cesena, Italy

Telephone number : (+39) 0547-338951

e-mail address: sara.borgomaneri@unibo.it

Current Position

Associate Professor

Education

Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale 2025 FULL PROFESSOR 11/E01 PSICOLOGIA GENERALE, PSICOBIOLOGIA, PSICOMETRIA.

Jan 2011 - May 2015: Phd in Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam (The Netherland). Thesis: "Your Emotion moves into my motor system". Supervisor: Prof. Christian Keysers, Phd

Oct 2007 - Nov 2009: Master Degree in Neuropsychology and Life-long Functional Rehabilitation (second cycle degree program), University of Bologna (Cesena, Italy). Score: magna cum laude. Thesis: “Ruolo di aree sensorimotorie nel mappaggio empatico del dolore altrui”. Supervisor: Prof. Alessio Avenanti, PhD

Oct 2004 - Sept 2007: Bachelor Degree in Psychological Sciences, University of Milan “Vita-Salute S. Raffaele” (Milan, Italy). Score: magna cum laude. Thesis: “Comunità Deepashram (India) progetto di un intervento di stimolazione cognitiva in soggetti con handicap mentale e/o fisico”. Supervisor: Prof. Cesare Maffei, M.D

Talks & Poster presentation 

1. Oral presentation: Borgomaneri S. ‘Nip it in the bud’: rTMS over prefrontal cortex disrupts fear memory consolidation in humans. [EMHFC] European Meeting for Human Fear Conditioning 2022. 19/05/2022, Online.
2. Oral presentation: Breveglieri R., Borgomaneri S., Avenanti A., Fattori P., Galletti C. Multisensory integration for movement in the dorsomedial visual stream of monkey and humans. FENS. 09-13/07/2022, Paris, France.
3. Oral presentation: Breveglieri R., Borgomaneri S., Bosco A., Filippini A., Tessari A., Avenanti A., Galletti C., Fattori P. Impairments of reaching corrections after rTMS over the human medial parietal cortex. Society for Neuroscience. 08-11/11/2021. Online
4. Oral presentation: Battaglia S., Orsolini S., Borgomaneri S., Barbieri R., Diciotti S., di Pellegrino G. Spectral analysis of heart rate variability in human fear learning. 25th World Congress of Neurology, 3-7/10/2021 Rome, Italy.
5. Poster presentation: Battaglia S., Orsolini S., Borgomaneri S., Barbieri R., Diciotti S., di Pellegrino G. Cardiac autonomic signature of learned fear in humans. Annual Congress of the Italian Society of Psychophysiology and Cognitive Neuroscience (SIPF), 30/09-02/10/2021 Palermo, Italy.
6. Oral presentation: Breveglieri R., Bosco A., Borgomaneri S., Tessari A. , Galletti C., Avenanti A., Fattori P. Impairments of visually-guided reach plans after transcranial magnetic stimulation over the human medial posterior parietal cortex. Vision Science Society. 21-26/05/2021. Online
7. Oral presentation: Battaglia S., Borgomaneri S., Garofalo S., Tortora F., Nazzi C., Avenanti A., di Pellegrino G. The role of dlPFC in human reconsolidation: erasing fear responses through rTMS. 12th European Meeting of Human Fear Conditioning. 17-19/05/2021 Bochum, Germany.
8. Oral presentation: Borgomaneri S., Battaglia S., Tortora F., Garofalo S., Avenanti A., di Pellegrino G. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Transcranial Magnetic stimulation over dorsolateral prefrontal cortices erases human fear responses and prevents the return of fear. 18TH Congresso della società italiana di neuroscienze, 26-29/09/2019 Perugia, Italy.
9. Poster presentation: Borgomaneri S. Empowering feedback connections in temporo-occipital network to boost visual perception of emotions. The Bayes HSC 2019 Summer School, 03-07/06/2019 Verona, Italy.
10. Poster presentation: Decroix J., Borgomaneri S., Kalénine S., Avenanti A. The Inferior Parietal Cortex Integrates Kinematics and Functional Goal Information during the Recognition of Object-Directed Actions: A TMS-Priming Experiment.International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS), 7-22/03/2019 Parigi, France.
11. Oral presentation: Borgomaneri S., Avenanti A. Driving synaptic plasticity in temporo-occipital back projections affects emotion recognition. Fourth NeuroMi International Meeting. 21-23/11/2018 Milano, Italy.
12. Oral presentation: Borgomaneri S., Avenanti A. Empowering feedback connections in temporo-occipital network boosts visual perception of emotions. European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 19-22/07/2018 Leiden, The Netherlands.
13. Oral presentation: Borgomaneri S., La tua emozione mi smuove: Ruolo del sistema motorio nella percezione di stimoli emotivi. XXIII CONGRESSO DI PSICOLOGIA SPERIMENTALE, 20-22 /09/2017 Bari, Italy.
14. Oral presentation: Borgomaneri S., Your emotion moves into my motor system. First Bologna SCAN workshop, 18-19/07/2017 Bologna, Italy.
15. Oral presentation: Borgomaneri S., State-dependent TMS highlights the role of STS in coding emotions from faces and bodies. First Bologna SCAN workshop, 18-19/07/2017 Bologna, Italy.
16. Oral presentation: Borgomaneri S., Avenanti A. Comprendere e reagire al linguaggio emotivo del corpo, prima della simulazione motoria. XX CONGRESSO DI PSICOLOGIA SPERIMENTALE, 15-17/09/2014 Pavia, Italy.
17. Poster presentation: Vicario C.M, Rafal R.D., Marinovic W., Borgomaneri S., Kritikos A., Riek S. and Avenanti A. Perceiving disgust affects cortico-bulbar excitability. A TMS study. ACNS-2013 Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference. 28/11-01/12/2013 Clayton, Melbourne, Australia.
18. Poster presentation: Borgomaneri S., Avenanti A. Emotional bodies triggers fast motor reactions and motor resonance: single and paired-pulse TMS studies. XXVI Congresso Società Italiana Psicofisiologia. 24-26/10/2013 Lecce, Italy.
19. Poster presentation: Mele S., Makris S., Borgomaneri S., Avenanti A., Urgesi, C. Per favore, non farlo! Simulazione di azioni disgustose e dolorose nel sistema motorio. XIX CONGRESSO DI PSICOLOGIA SPERIMENTALE, 16-18/09/2013 Roma, Italy.
20. Oral presentation: Borgomaneri S., Avenanti A. Che emozione è? Chiedi al Solco Temporale Superiore: uno studio di TMS-priming. XIX CONGRESSO DI PSICOLOGIA SPERIMENTALE, 16-18/09/2013 Roma, Italy.
21. Poster presentation: Makris S., Mele S., Borgomaneri S., Avenanti A., Urgesi, C. I know you are going to grasp a cactus. Magstim Neuroenhancement Conference & Workshop 2013. 04-05/05/2013 Oxford, UK.
22. Poster presentation: Borgomaneri S., Avenanti A. Motor resonance and motor reactions during emotional body perception. Magstim Neuroenhancement Conference & Workshop 2013. 04-05/05/2013 Oxford, UK.
23. Oral presentation: Borgomaneri S., Avenanti A. Perception of emotional bodies triggers fast motor reactions and motor resonance in the human corticospinal system. Società Italiana di Neuropsicologia (SINP 2012), 9-10/11/2012 Roma, Italy.
24. Poster presentation: Borgomaneri S., Gazzola V., Avenanti A. Motor mapping of implied actions during perception of emotional body language. CAOs, Concepts, Actions and Objects: Functional and Neural Perspectives. 24-27/05/2012 Rovereto, Italy.
25. Oral presentation: Borgomaneri S., Anelli F., Aglioti S., Avenanti, A. Causal connectivity in the cortical network underlying embodied empathy for pain: a perturb-and-measure TMS study. Società Italiana di Neuropsicologia (SINP 2011), 18-19/11/2011 Bologna, Italy.
26. Poster presentation: Borgomaneri S., Aglioti S., Avenanti, A. Perturbing and measuring neural activity in the pain resonance network: TMS studies. IBRO. International Brain Research Organization. 14-18/07/2011 Firenze, Italy.
27. Poster presentation: Avenanti A., Tidoni E., Borgomaneri S., di Pellegrino G. The inferior frontal gyrus is critical for recognition of deceptive intentions. IBRO. International Brain Research Organization. 14-18/07/2011 Firenze, Italy.
28. Poster presentation: Borgomaneri S., Avenanti, A. Causative connectivity of sensorimotor regions during embodied empathy for pain as revealed by perturb-and-measure TMS. 2011 TMS Summer School. 28-29/05/2011 Oxford, UK.
29. Poster presentation: Borgomaneri S., Aglioti S., Avenanti A. Perturbing and measuring neural activity in the pain resonance network: TMS studies. CAOS, Concepts, Actions and Objects. Functional and Neural Perspectives. 19-22/05/2011 Rovereto, Italy.

Invited conferences

Oral presentation: Borgomaneri S. “Facial mimicry and sensorimotor simulation: how do we understand others?”. Title of the symposium “The new face of mimicry: evolutionary, translational and basic research advantages about the role of facial mimicry for emotion processes and social interactions”. AISC 2022, Parma, 22-24/06/2022.

Oral presentation: Borgomaneri S. 'Cut the roots': rTMS reveals the crucial role of prefrontal cortex in threat memory consolidation in humans.Title of the symposium: "Brain stimulation in fear and anxiety disorders". 5^th Brain Stimulation Conference 2023. 19-22/02/2023, Lisbon, Portugal.

Organized symposium

Borgomaneri S., Battaglia S., Enhance associative neural plasticity through innovative protocol of non-invasive brain stimulation: cortico-cortical paired associative stimulation. The European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 22-25 /05/2024 Ghent, Belgium.

Borgomaneri S., Celeghin A., Percezione e reazione agli stimoli emotivi: siamo ciecamente guidati dalle emozioni? XXIII CONGRESSO DI PSICOLOGIA SPERIMENTALE, Bari, 20-22 /09/2017.

Pubblications

1. Costa, C., Pezzetta, R., Toffalini, E., Grassi, M., Cona, G., Miniussi, C., Bauer, P., Borgomaneri, S., Brysbaert, M., Chambers, C., Edelstyn, N., Eerland, A., Gilbert, S., Nitsche, M., Poldrack, R., Puce, A., Ridderinkhof, K. R., Swaab, T., Umiltà, C., … Scarpazza, C. (In Press). Enhancing the quality and reproducibility of research: Preferred Evaluation of Cognitive And Neuropsychological Studies—The PECANS statement for human studies. Behavior Research Methods. 4.6 Impact Factor
2. Battaglia S., di Fazio C., Borgomaneri S., & Avenanti A. (2025). Cortisol Imbalance and Fear Learning in PTSD: Therapeutic Approaches to Control Abnormal Fear Responses. Curr Neuropharmacol. doi: 10.2174/1570159X23666250123142526. Online ahead of print. 4.8 Impact Factor
3. Ippolito G., Quettier T., Borgomaneri S., Romei V. (2025). Silicon Spike: an Arduino-based low-cost and open-access triggerbox to precisely control TMS devices. Behavior Research Methods. 57:145. doi: 10.3758/s13428-025-02653-y. 4.6 Impact Factor
4. Cardellicchio P., & Borgomaneri S. (2025). Level of M1 GABAB predicts micro offline consolidation of motor learning during wakefulness. NPJ Sci Learn.10:10. doi: 10.1038/s41539 025-00299-1. 3.6 Impact Factor
5. Quettier T., Ippolito G., Però L., Cardellicchio P., Battaglia S., & Borgomaneri S. (2024). Individual differences in intracortical inhibition predict action control when facing emotional stimuli. Front Psychol. 12:15:1391723. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1391723. 3.8 Impact factor
6. Battaglia S., Nazzi C., di Fazio C., & Borgomaneri S. (2024). The role of pre-supplementary motor cortex in action control with emotional stimuli: an rTMS study. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. In press. 5.2 Impact Factor
7. Battaglia S., Nazzi C., Fullana M.A., di Pellegrino G. & Borgomaneri S. (2024). ‘Nip it in the bud’: Low-frequency rTMS of the prefrontal cortex disrupts threat memory consolidation in humans. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 27:178:104548. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2024.104548. 4.1 Impact Factor
8. Chiappini E., Turrini S., Zanon M., Marangon M., Borgomaneri S., Avenanti A. (2024). Driving Hebbian plasticity over ventral premotor-motor projections transiently enhances motor resonance. Brain Stimulation. 7:211-220. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2024.02.011. 9.184 Impact Factor
9. Breveglieri R., Borgomaneri S., Bosco A., Filippini M., De Vitis M.,Tessari A., Avenanti A., Galletti C., Fattori P. (2023). rTMS over the human medial parietal cortex impairs online reaching corrections. Brain Struct & Funct. 229:297-310. doi: 10.1007/s00429-023-02735-7 3.748 Impact Factor
10. Borgomaneri S., Vitale F., Battaglia S., de Vega M., Avenanti A. (2023). Task-related modulation of motor response to emotional bodies: A TMS motor-evoked potential study. 171, 235-246. Cortex. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2023.10.013. 4.644 Impact Factor
11. Borgomaneri S., Zanon M., Di Luzio P., Cataneo A., Arcara G., Romei V., Tamietto M., Avenanti A. (2023). Increasing associative plasticity in temporo-occipital back-projections improves visual perception of emotions from facial stimuli. Nature Communications. 14:5720. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-41058-3.16.6 Impact Factor
12. Breveglieri R., Borgomaneri S., Filippini M., Tessari A., Galletti C., Davare M., Fattori P. (2023). Complementary contribution of the medial and lateral human parietal cortex to grasping: a repetitive TMS study. Cerebral Cortex. bhac404. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhac404. 4.861 Impact Factor
13. Breveglieri R., Borgomaneri S., Diomedi S., Tessari A., Galletti C., Fattori P. (2023). A short route for reach planning between human V6A and the motor cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 43:2116-2125. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1609-22.2022. 6.709 Impact Factor
14. Tarasi L., Borgomaneri S., Romei V. (2023). Antivax attitude in the general population along the autism-schizophrenia continuum and the impact of socio-demographic factors. Frontiers in Psychology. 14:1059676. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1059676. eCollection. 4.232 Impact Factor
15. Battaglia S., Orsolini S., Borgomaneri S., Barbieri R., Diciotti S., di Pellegrino G. (2022). Characterizing cardiac autonomic dynamics of fear learning in humans. Psychophysiology. 59:e14122 doi: 10.1111/psyp.14122. 4.348 Impact Factor
16. Battaglia S., Cardellicchio P., Di Fazio C., Nazzi C., Fracasso A., Borgomaneri S. (2022). Stopping in (e)motion: Reactive action inhibition when facing valence-independent emotional stimuli. Front Behavioral Neuroscience. 16:998714. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.998714. 3.617 Impact Factor
17. Battaglia S., Cardellicchio P., Di Fazio C., Nazzi C., Fracasso A., Borgomaneri S. (2022). The influence of vicarious fear-learning in ‘infecting’ reactive action inhibition. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 16:946263. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.946263. 3.617 Impact Factor
18. Spaccasassi C., Zanon M., Borgomaneri S., Avenanti A. (2022). Mu rhythm and corticospinal excitability capture two different frames of motor resonance: a TMS/EEG co-registration study. Cortex. 154:197-211. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2022.04.019. 4.644 Impact Factor
19. Battaglia S., Fabius J.H., Moravkova K., Fracasso A., Borgomaneri S. (2022). The neurobiological correlates of gaze perception in healthy individuals and neurologic patients. Biomedicines. 10, 627. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10030627. 4.757 Impact Factor
20. Borgomaneri S., Manuel de Vega. (2022). Editorial: “Neuromodulation of Language, Cognition and Emotion”. Brain Sciences. 12, 136. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12020136. 3.333 Impact Factor
21. Breveglieri R., Borgomaneri S., Filippini M., De Vitis M., Tessari A., Fattori P. (2021). Functional connectivity at rest between the human medial posterior parietal cortex and the primary motor cortex detected by paired-pulse Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. Brain Sciences. 11(10), 1357. doi: 10.3390/brainsci11101357. 3.33 Impact Factor
22. Borgomaneri S., Vitale F., Battaglia S., Avenanti A. (2021). Early right motor cortex response to happy and fearful facial expressions: A TMS Motor-Evoked Potential study. Brain Sciences. 11, 1203. doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11091203146:107541 3.333 Impact Factor
23. Battaglia S., Serio G., Scarpazza C., D’Ausilio A., Borgomaneri S. (2021). Frozen in (e)motion: How reactive motor inhibition is influenced by the emotional content of stimuli in healthy and psychiatric populations. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 146, 103963. doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2021.103963 5.321 Impact Factor Q1
24. Borgomaneri S., Battaglia S., Sciamanna G., Tortora F., Laricchiuta D. (2021). Memories are not written in stones: re-writing fear memories by means of non-invasive brain stimulation and optogenetic manipulations. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 127, 334-352. doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.04.036 9.052 Impact Factor
25. Borgomaneri S., Battaglia S., Avenanti A., di Pellegrino G. (2021). Don’t Hurt Me No More: State-dependent Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the treatment of specific phobia. Journal of Affective Disorders. 286:78-79. doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.02.076 6.533 Impact Factor
26. Di Luzio P., Borgomaneri S., Sanchioni S., Tessari A., Romei V. (2020). Exposure to first-person shooter videogames is associated with multisensory temporal precision and migraine incidence. Cortex. 134: 223-238. doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2020.10.009 4.027 Impact Factor
27. Borgomaneri S., Serio G., Battaglia S. (2020). Please, don’t do it! Fifteen years of progress of non-invasive brain stimulation in action inhibition. Cortex. 132:404-422. doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2020.09.002. 4.027 Impact Factor
28. Decroix J., Borgomaneri S.*, Kalenine S., Avenanti A (2020). State-dependent TMS of inferior frontal and parietal cortex highlights integration of motor acts and functional goals during action recognition. Cortex. 132:51-62. doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2020.08.004. 4.027 Impact Factor
29. Breveglieri R., Bosco A., Borgomaneri S.°, Tessari A., Galletti C., Avenanti A., Fattori P (2020).Transcranial magnetic stimulation over the human medial posterior parietal cortex disrupts depth encoding during reach planning. Cerebral Cortex. bhaa224. doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhaa224. 5.357 Impact Factor
30. Chiappini E., Borgomaneri S.*, Marangon M., Turrini S., Romei V., Avenanti A (2020). Driving associative plasticity in premotor-motor connections though a novel paired associative stimulation based on long-latency cortico-cortical interactions. Brain Stimulation. 13:1461-1463. doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2020.08.003. 8.955 Impact Factor
31. Borgomaneri S., Battaglia S., Garofalo S., Tortora F., Avenanti A., di Pellegrino G (2020). State-dependent TMS over prefrontal cortex disrupts fear memory reconsolidation and prevents the return of fear. Current Biology. 30:3672-3679.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.091. 10.834 Impact Factor
32. Borgomaneri S., Vitale F., Avenanti A. (2020). Early motor reactivity to observed human body postures is affected by body expression, not gender. Neuropsychologia. 146:107541 doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107541. 3.139 Impact Factor
33. Borgomaneri S., Bolloni C., Sessa P., Avenanti A. (2020). Blocking facial mimicry affects recognition of facial and body expressions. Plos One. 15: e0229364. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229364. 3.240 Impact factor
34. Zanon M., Borgomaneri S., Avenanti A. (2018). Action-related dynamic changes in inferior frontal cortex effective connectivity: a TMS/EEG coregistration study. Cortex. 108:193-209. doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2018.08.004. 4.275 Impact factor
35. Paracampo R., Pirruccio M., Costa M., Borgomaneri S., Avenanti A. (2018). Visual, sensorimotor and cognitive routes to understanding others' enjoyment: An individual differences rTMS approach to empathic accuracy. Neuropsychologia. 116:86-98. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2018.01.043. 2.872 Impact factor
36. Fiori F., Chiappini E., Candidi M., Romei V., Borgomaneri S., Avenanti A (2017). Long-latency interhemispheric interactions between motor-related areas and the primary motor cortex: a dual site TMS study. Scientific Reports. 7:14936. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13708-2. 4.122 Impact factor
37. Borgomaneri S., Vitale F., Avenanti A. (2017). Behavioral inhibition system sensitivity enhances motor cortex suppression when watching fearful body expressions. Brain Structure & Function. 222:3267-3282. doi.org/10.1007/s00429-017-1403-5. 4.231 Impact Factor
38. Paracampo R., Tidoni E., Borgomaneri S., di Pellegrino G., Avenanti A. (2017). Sensorimotor network crucial for inferring amusement from smiles. Cerebral Cortex. 27:5116-5129. doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhw294. 6.308 Impact Factor
39. Vicario C.M., Rafal R.D., Borgomaneri S., Paracampo R., Kritikos A., Avenanti A. (2017). Pictures of disgusting foods and disgusted facial expressions suppress the tongue motor cortex. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 12:352-362. doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsw129. 3.500 Impact Factor
40. Fiori F., Chiappini E., Soriano M., Paracampo R., Romei V., Borgomaneri S., Avenanti A. (2016). Long latency modulation of motor cortex excitability by ipsilateral posterior inferior frontal gyrus and pre-supplementary motor area. Scientific Reports. 6:38396. doi.org/10.1038/srep38396. 4.259 Impact Factor Q1
41. Borhani K., Borgomaneri S., Làdavas E., Bertini C. (2016). The effect of alexithymia on early visual processing of emotional body postures. Biological Psychology. 115:1-8. doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.12.010. 3.070 Impact Factor
42. Borgomaneri S., Vitale F., Avenanti A. (2015). Early changes in corticospinal excitability when seeing fearful body expressions. Scientific Reports. 5:14122. doi.org/10.1038/srep14122. 5.228 Impact Factor
43. Borgomaneri S., Vitale F., Gazzola V., Avenanti A. (2015). Seeing fearful body language rapidly freezes the observer’s motor cortex. Cortex. 65:232-245. doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2015.01.014. 4.314 Impact Factor
44. Borgomaneri S., Gazzola V., Avenanti A. (2015). Transcranial magnetic stimulation reveals two functionally distinct stages of motor cortex involvement during perception of emotional body language. Brain Structure & Function. 220:2765-2781. doi.org/10.1007/s00429-014-0825-6. 5.811 Impact Factor
45. Avenanti A., Vicario C.M., Borgomaneri S. (2014). Social dimensions of pain: Comment on "Facing the experience of pain: A neuropsychological perspective" by Fabbro and Crescentini. Physics of Life Reviews. 11:558-561. doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2014.06.001. 7.478 Impact Factor
46. Borgomaneri S., Gazzola V., Avenanti A. (2014). Temporal dynamics of motor cortex excitability during perception of natural emotional scenes. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 9:1451-1457. doi.org/10.1093/scan/nst139. 7.372 Impact Factor
47. Tidoni E., Borgomaneri S., di Pellegrino G., Avenanti A. (2013). Action Simulation Plays a Critical Role in Deceptive Action Recognition. Journal of Neuroscience. 33:611-623. doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2228-11.2013. 6.747 Impact Factor
48. Borgomaneri S., Gazzola V., Avenanti A. (2012). Motor mapping of implied actions during perception of emotional body language. Brain Stimulation. 5:70-76. doi:10.1016/j.brs.2012.03.011. doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2020.10.009. 4.538 Impact Factor

*equal contribution as first author

° equal contribution as second author

Awards

1. IOP/SIPF Early Career Prize. 22nd World Congress of Psychophysiology (IOP 2025), Krakow, Poland, on July 8–11, 2025.
2. Brain Sciences 2024 Young Investigator Award.
3. Best Scientific Presentation award European Meeting for Human Fear Conditioning, 19/05/2022, Online. Title of the contribution: ‘Nip it in the bud’: rTMS over prefrontal cortex disrupts fear memory consolidation in humans.
4. Travel Grant XXIII CONGRESS OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 20-22/09/2017 Bari, Italy. Title of the contribution: "Your emotion moves me: the role of the motor system in the perception of emotional stimuli."
5. AIP Young Researchers Award – Pearson ed., for the best scientific presentation at the XIX CONGRESS OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 16-18/09/2013 Rome, Italy. Title of the contribution: “What emotion is it? Ask the Superior Temporal Sulcus: A TMS-priming study. "
6. Funding for the continuation of thesis abroad, University of Bologna, Italy. Project title: "Functional connectivity of the sensorimotor system in empathy for pain. A combined study of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)."

Research Grants

1. Bial Foundation Grant Programme (PI) 2016/2017, Portogallo (45k€).
2. Bando Giovani Ricercatori 2018, Ministero della Salute. Ruolo: Ricercatore collaboratore, a capo dell'Unità esterna (450k).
3. Bial Foundation Grant Programme 2022/2023 (PI), Portogallo (60k€).
4. Prin 2022 (212.5k€).
5. PRIN PNRR (224.678€).

Teaching abroad

A.A. 2015-2016 Teaching at Doctorado en Psicología, Universidad de La Laguna (Spagna). Title of the course: “The thousand and one uses of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: from single pulses to synaptic plasticity" at Neurocog center, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spagna. From 04-07-2016 to 08-07-2016, 40 hours.