
Irene Sperandio
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Formazione |
EDUCATION 2014 Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Practice, University of East Anglia (UK) 2009 PhD in Psychological and Psychiatric Sciences – Department of Neurological and Vision Sciences – Section of Physiology, University of Verona. Doctoral Thesis title: Reaction time approach to Visual Illusions and Size Constancy. Supervisors: Dr. Silvia Savazzi and Prof. Carlo Alberto Marzi. 2006 Certification for Professional Psychologist, University of Padova (Italy) 2004 M.Sc.; Laurea cum laude in Clinical/Community Psychology – Psychobiology - University of Padova. Thesis title: Redundant signal effect and orientation: a study with simple RT, go/no-go and choice RT paradigms. Supervisors: Prof. Patrizia Bisiacchi (University of Padua), Prof. Carlo Alberto Marzi and Dr. Silvia Savazzi (University of Verona). |
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Carriera accademica ed attività didattica |
WORK EXPERIENCES 04/2023 - PRESENT Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento, Rovereto (TN), Italy 04/2020 - 03/2023 Assistant Professor (Ricercatore Tipo B), Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento, Rovereto (TN), Italy 12/2012 – 03/2020 (Tenured) Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom 07/2009 - 10/2012 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Supervisor: Dr. Melvyn A. Goodale 01/2006 - 06/2009 PhD Student, Department of Neurological and Vision Sciences, University of Verona, Supervisors: Prof. Carlo A. Marzi and Prof. Silvia Savazzi |
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Interessi di ricerca |
Correlati comportamentali e neurali della percezione di grandezza e distanza. Correlati comportamentali e neurali della percezione di illusioni ottiche. Dissociazione tra percezione e azione. Meccanismi responsabili per la formazione di immagini postume. Differenze individuali nell'elaborazione visiva. |
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Attività di ricerca |
My major research interests concern how the central nervous system computes and represents visuo-spatial information and how this information is translated into responses, such as perceptual reports or goal-directed actions. I am interested in these questions from an empirical, neural, and clinical point of view. Accordingly, I carry out my research using a multi-modal approach that combines behavioural, electrophysiological, and neuroimaging methods on both healthy and neurological participants. Active grants: 01/11/2020-31/07/2022: BIAL foundation, Project 67/18 ''Electrophysiological correlates of size-distance integration''. (Principal investigator: Irene Sperandio; Co-applicant: Louis Renoult). |
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Appartenenza a società e comitati scientifici |
Memberships:
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Premi e riconoscimenti |
2016 Travel grant, Guarantors of Brain. 2015 UEA Transforming Teaching Awards - Most Inspiring Teaching. Faculty of Social Sciences 2014 Travel grant, Guarantors of Brain. 2010 Best poster award (1st place) J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine Symposium imaging of the aging brain, Robarts Research Institutes. 2008 Franco Purghè prize, Italian Association for Psychology. 2008 ECVP travel support award. 2006 Young researchers prize, Italian Association for Psychology. |
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Convegni e conferenze |
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Altre attività |
SERVICE
INVITED TALKS Sperandio I. “Dissociations between perception and action in size-distance scaling” (2021, November). New approaches to 3D vision - Royal Society, London UK (Online). Sperandio I. “Behavioural and neural correlates of size constancy” (2020, November). International Research Training Group (IRTG) “The Brain in Action” (Online). Sperandio I. “Pupillometry: A window into the mind’s eye’’ (2019, May). Pint of Science, Norwich, UK. Sperandio I. “How does the human brain represent size?” (2017, May). University of Glasgow, UK. Sperandio I. “Size constancy mechanisms in typical individuals with varying degrees of autistic-like traits” (2015, June). Workshop: Psychological Perspectives on Autism, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Sperandio I. “Why do things look as they do? The neural substrates of size constancy” (2015, February). UCL, UK. Sperandio I. "Why do things look as they do? The contribution of primary visual cortex to size perception" (2013, November). Durham University, UK. Sperandio I. “Retinotopic activity in V1 reflects the perceived not the retinal size of an afterimage” (2013, October). Symposium at the Italian Society of Neuroscience (SINS), Rome, Italy. Sperandio I. "Why do things look as they do? The contribution of primary visual cortex to size perception" (2013, March). University of Verona, Italy. Sperandio I. "Perceived size matters: from behaviour to neural activity" (2012, June). University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Sperandio I. "Perceived size matters: from behaviour to neural activity" (2012, June). Queen's University, Belfast, UK. Sperandio I. “The role of primary visual cortex in size constancy: evidence from neuroimaging and a neurological patient” (2012, June). CIMeC, Rovereto, Italy. Sperandio I. “Retinotopic activity in V1 reflects the perceived not the retinal size of an after-image” (2011, May). Dipl.-Psych INM 3 - Kognitive Neurologie Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany. Sperandio I. “Does reaction time depend upon perceived or retinal stimulus size?” (2008, December). University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. Sperandio I. “Tecniche di visualizzazione del cervello in vivo” (2006, May). Incontro culturale sul tema: Introduzione alla Psicobiologia. Viaggio attraverso la neuroanatomia: le principali malattie degenerative e le tecniche di bioimaging. Campedello, Vicenza, Italy. |