Scientific Curriculum

Born February 15th, 1969

1994 MS in Experimental Psychology at the University of Padua discussing a thesis on "Blood pressure modifications and cognitive activities: a comparative study between hypotensive and normotensive subjects". Tutor: Prof. Luciano Stegagno

2000 PhD in Psychology. Dissertation: "Gender differences and discrepancies between subjective rating and physiological responses in interpersonal physical attraction". University of Bologna. Tutor: Prof. Pio Enrico Ricci Bitti

Actual position: Research fellow at the Department of Psychology, University of Bologna.

Abroad Research Activity

09/1996-02/1997 Prof. Rainer Schandry. Department of Psychology - Biological Psychology. University of Munich, Germany.

07/1998-09/1998 Prof. Andrew Steptoe. Department of Psychology. Saint George Hospital Medical School. University of London (UK).

09-1999/04-2000 Prof. Niels Birbaumer. Institute for Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurology. University of Tübingen. Germany.

06-2002/08-2002 Prof. Karl Grammer. Ludwig-Boltzmann Institute for Urban Ethology

Affiliation to scientific society

SPR Society for Psychophysiological Research
ESCOM European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music
IAEA International Association of Empirical Aesthetic
ISHE International Society for Humanethology