
Silvia Animali
Phd Student in Clinical Physiopathology - Academic Year 2018-19
Curriculum: Bio-Psychological and Statistical
Research project: Gut and brain: effect of metabolism on visual cortical function.
Supervisor: Prof. Paola Binda
Dr Silvia Animali PhD project focuses on the interaction between metabolism and brain plasticity, with particular attention to the impact of different metabolic states (fed vs fasting states) on the plasticity of the adult human visual cortex. At the same time, she studies the Locus Coeruleus system, a part of the brain strictly related to arousal and attention levels and compromised in neurodegenerative disorders, with the aim of characterizing the psychophysiological correlates of its activation and to achieve an index of its integrity. Her current research interests resolves around plasticity of human visual system, gut and Brain axis, binocular rivalry and pupillometry.
Publications
- Elena Aggius-Vella, Monica Gori, Silvia Animali, Claudio Campus, Paola Binda, Non-spatial skills differ in the front and rear peri-personal space Neuropsychologia Volume 147, October 2020, 107619 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107619
- Cecilia Steinwurzel, Silvia Animali, Guido Marco Cicchini, Maria Concetta Morrone, Paola Binda, Using psychophysical performance to predict short-term Ocular Dominance plasticity in human adults Journal of Vision July 2020, Vol.20,6 - https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.20.7.6
Posters
- Silvia Animali, Cecilia Steinwurzel, Giuseppe Daniele, Angela Dardano, Stefano Del Prato, Maria Concetta Morrone, Paola Binda “Skipping breakfast changes visual processing: incretins contribution to short-term visual plasticity”, 2021 Vision Sciences Society Annual meeting, May 21-26, 2021 (online conference)
- Steinwurzel Cecilia*, Animali Silvia*, M.Concetta Morrone, Paola Binda, “Inter-individual variability of short-term ocular dominance plasticity in human adults”, CVRS 17th biennial meeting of the Child Vision Research Society, Pisa, Italia, June 15-17, 2019
- Silvia Animali, Luigi Francesco Saccaro, Alessandro Galgani, Enrica Bonanni, Filippo Sean Giorgi, Danilo Menicucci, Angelo Gemignani, Paola Binda, “Indexing arousal with pupillometry and EEG: implication for normal vs. pathological aging”, IN CNR Annual Retreat 2019, Pisa, Italia, October 2-4, 2019
- Silvia Animali, Luigi Francesco Saccaro, Alessandro Galgani, Enrica Bonanni, Filippo Sean Giorgi, Danilo Menicucci, Angelo Gemignani, Paola Binda, “Indexing arousal with pupillometry and EEG: implication for normal vs. pathological aging”, 2nd BraYn (Brainstorming Research Assembly for Young Neuroscientists), Milano, Italia, November 14-16, 2019
Contacts
- s.animali@studenti.unipi.it
- +39 3356399366