College contact person: prof. Francesco Di Russo; Tutor: prof. Sabrina Pitzalis

The laboratory (www.researchgate.net/lab/Francesco-Di-Russo-Lab) deals with the neural basis of human action in interaction with the environment (perceiving in order to act), brain correlates of proactive (preparation, anticipation and prediction) and reactive (perception, attention, execution, sensory feedback and error management) cognitive and behavioral benefits and brain indicators of the effects of exercise in the life cycle and in pathological conditions, brain plasticity and effects of sport on the athlete’s brain.

Methods: behavioral (response time and accuracy), brain electrophysiological: electroencephalogram (EEG), event-related potentials (ERP), brain rhythms and localization of brain sources, neuroimaging: anatomical and functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI, fMRI), combination of EEG/ERP and MRI/fMRI (spatiotemporal mapping of brain processes).