• Modulation of response times during processing of emotional body language 

    Botta, Alessandro; Lagravinese, Giovanna; Bove, Marco; Avenanti, Alessio; Avanzino, Laura (2021)
    The investigation of how humans perceive and respond to emotional signals conveyed by the human body has been for a long time secondary compared with the investigation of facial expressions and emotional scenes recognition. ...

  • Modulation of response times in early-stage Parkinson’s disease during emotional processing of embodied and non-embodied stimuli 

    Botta, Alessandro; Pelosin, Elisa; Lagravinese, Giovanna; Marchese, Roberta; Di Biasio, Francesca; Bonassi, Gaia; Terranova, Sara; Ravizzotti, Elisa; Putzolu, Martina; Mezzarobba, Susanna; Cosentino, Carola; Avenanti, Alessio; Avanzino, Laura (2024)
    Valence (positive and negative) and content (embodied vs non-embodied) characteristics of visual stimuli have been shown to influence motor readiness, as tested with response time paradigms. Both embodiment and emotional ...

  • Sensorimotor inhibition during emotional processing 

    Botta, Alessandro; Lagravinese, Giovanna; Bove, Marco; Pelosin, Elisa; Bonassi, Gaia; Avenanti, Alessio; Avanzino, Laura (2022)
    Visual processing of emotional stimuli has been shown to engage complex cortical and subcortical networks, but it is still unclear how it affects sensorimotor integration processes. To fill this gap, here, we used a TMS ...