Alessio Avenanti - Social and Cognitive Neuroscience -

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Turrini S, Fiori F, Bevacqua N, Saracini C, Candidi M, Avenanti A (2024). State-dependent induction of spike-time-dependent plasticity highlights function-specific premotor-motor pathways for arbitrary visuomotor mapping. Submitted.

Vitale F, Hernandez-Sauret A, Avenanti A, de Vega (2024). Exploring the impact of sentential negation on inhibitory motor networks: Insights from paired-pulse TMS. Submitted.

Paracampo R, Spaccasassi C, di Pellegrino G, Ciaramelli E, Avenanti A (2024). Cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation over the right temporo-parietal junction and somatosensory cortex dissociates moral vs. pain judgments of harmful interactions. In revision.

Yu Y, Nitsche MA, Chen X, Vicario CM, Avenanti A, Qi F (2024). Dual-site transcranial direct current stimulation over primary motor and dorsolateral prefrontal cortices improves physical performance in high-level volleyball players with dual fatigue. Submitted.

Vicario CM, Culicetto L, Makris S, Beattie G, Lucifora C, Falzone A, Massimino S, Avenanti A, Nitsche MA (2024). Dealing with fake news. Sensitivity to misinformation and belief in Conspiracy theories are associated with overlooking warning messages. Submitted.

Vicario CM, Nitsche MA, Lucifora C, Salehinejad MA, Tomaiuolo, Avenanti A, Mucciardi M (2024). Timing matters! Academic assessment changes throughout the day. Submitted.

2024

Cenka K, Spaccasassi C, Petkovic S, Avenanti A (2024). Temporal dynamics of implicit moral evaluation: from empathy for pain to mentalizing processes. Neuropsychologia, In press.

Di Luzio P, Brady L, Turrini S, Romei V, Avenanti A, Sel A (2024). Investigating the effects of cortico-cortical paired associative stimulation in the human brain: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, In press.

Battaglia S, Di Fazio C, Borgomaneri S, Avenanti A (2024). Targeting cortisol receptors in post-traumatic stress disorder to 'tame' abnormal fear responses. Current Neuropharmacology, In press.

Chiappini S, Turrini S, Fiori F, Tessari A, Benassi M, di Pellegrino G, Avenanti A (2024). You are as old as the connectivity you keep: distinct neurophysiological mechanisms underlying age-related changes in hand dexterity and strength. Archives in Medical Research, In press.

Nazzi D, Avenanti A, Battaglia S (2024). The involvement of antioxidants in cognitive decline and neurodegeneration: Mens sana in corpore sano. Antioxidants 13, 701.

Botta A, Pelosin E, Lagravinese G, Marchese R, Di Biasio F, Bonassi G, Terranova S, Ravizzotti E, Putzolu M, Mezzarobba S, Cosentino C, Avenanti A, Avanzino L. (2024). Modulation of response times in early-stage Parkinson's disease during emotional processing of embodied and non-embodied stimuli. Scientific Reports 14, 13031.

Turrini S, Fiori F, Bevacqua N, Saracini C, Candidi M, Avenanti A (2024). Spike-timimg-dependent plasticity induction reveals dissociable supplementary- and premotor-motor pathways to automatic imitation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121, e2404925121.

Turrini S, Avenanti A (2024). Cerebellum function: The chronometry of social perception. Current Biology 9, R340-R343.

Fino E, Menegatti M, Avenanti A, Rubini (2024). When the smile reaches eyes: Duchenne marker when reading of ingroup but not outgroup politicians smiles. PLoS One 19, e0290590.

Tanaka M, Battaglia S, Gimenez-Llort L,Chen C, Hepsomali P, Avenanti A*, Vecsei L* (2024). Innovation at the intersection: Emerging translational research in neurology and psychiatry. Cells 13, 790. * equal contribution

Chiappini S, Turrini S, Zanon M, Marangon M, Borgomaneri S, Avenanti A (2024). Driving Hebbian plasticity over ventral premotor-motor projections transiently enhances motor resonance. Brain Stimulation 17, 211-220.

Battaglia S, Avenanti A, Vecsei L, Tanaka M (2024). Neural correlates and molecular mechanisms of memory and learning. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25, 2724.

Breveglieri R, Borgomaneri S, Bosco A, Filippini M, Tessari A, Avenanti A, Galletti C, Fattori P (2023). rTMS over the medial parietal cortex in humans impairs online reaching corrections while keeping final adjustments unaltered. Brain Structure and Function 229, 297-310.

Battaglia S, Avenanti A, Vecsei L, Tanaka M (2024). Neurodegeneration in cognitive impairment and mood disorders for experimental, clinical and translational neuropsychiatry. Biomedicines 12, 574.

Tarasi L, Turrini S, Sel A, Avenanti A, Romei V (2024). Cortico-cortical paired associative stimulation (ccPAS) to investigate the plasticity of cortico-cortical visual networks in humans. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 56, 101359.

Vicario CM, Mucciardi M, Perconti P, Lucifora C, Nitsche MA, Avenanti A (2024). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on academic performance: a comparative analysis of face-to face and online assessment. Frontiers in Psychology 14, 1299136.

Battaglia S, Di Fazio C, Mazza M, Tamietto M, Avenanti A (2024). Targeting human glucocorticoid receptors in fear learning: a multiscale integrated approach to study functional connectivity. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25, 864.

Bevacqua N, Turrini S, Fiori F, Saracini C, Lucero B, Candidi M, Avenanti A (2024). Cortico-cortical paired associative stimulation highlights asymmetrical communication between rostral premotor cortices and primary motor cortex. Brain Stimulation 17, 89-91.

Botta A, Zhao M, Samogin J, Pelosin E, Bonassi G, Lagravinese G, Mantini D, Avenanti A, Avanzino L (2024). Early modulations of neural oscillations during processing of emotional body language. Psychophysiology 61, e14436.

Borgomaneri S, Vitale F, Battaglia S, Avenanti A (2024). Task-related modulation of motor response to emotional bodies: a TMS motor-evoked potential study. Cortex 171, 235-246.

2023

Borgomaneri S, Zanon M, Di Luzio P, Cataneo A, Arcara G, Romei V, Tamietto M, Avenanti A (2023). Increasing associative plasticity in temporo-occipital back-projections improves visual perception of emotions from facial stimuli. Nature Communications 14, 5720.

Turrini S, Avenanti A (2023). Understanding the sources of cortico-cortical paired associative stimulation (ccPAS) variability: unraveling target-specific and state-dependent influences. Clinical Neurophysiology 156, 290-292.

Rizzo G, Martino D, Avanzino L, Avenanti A*, Vicario CM* (2023). Social cognition in hyperkinetic movement disorders: a systematic review. Social Neuroscience 18, 331-354. * equal contribution

Tortora F, Hadipour A, Battaglia S, Falzone A, Avenanti A*, Vicario CM* (2023). The role of serotonin in fear learning and memory: a systematic review of human studies. Brain Sciences 13, 1197. * equal contribution

Giacometti Giordani L, Crisafulli A, Cantarella G, Avenanti A, Ciaramelli E (2023). The role of posterior parietal cortex and medial prefrontal cortex in distraction and mind-wandering. Neuropsychologia 188, 108639.

Vitale F, Urrutia M, Avenanti A, de Vega (2023). You are fired! Exclusion words induce corticospinal modulations associated with vicarious pain. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 18, nsad033.

Cristiano A, Finisguerra A, Urgesi C, Avenanti A*, Tidoni E* (2023). Functional role of the Theory of Mind Network in integrating mentalistic prior information with action kinematics during action observation. Cortex 166, 107-120. * equal contribution

Turrini S, Bevacqua N, Cataneo A, Chiappini E, Fiori F, Battaglia S, Romei V, Avenanti A (2023). Neurophysiological markers of premotor-motor network plasticity predict motor performance in young and older adults. Biomedicines 11, 1464.

Vicario CM, Makris S, Culicetto L, Lucifora C, Falzone A, Martino G, Nitsche MA, Avenanti A, Craparo G (2023). Evidence of altered fear extinction learning in individuals with high vaccine hesitancy during COVID-19 pandemic. Clinical Neuropsychiatry 20, 364-369.

Turrini S, Wong B, Eldaief M, Press D, Sinclair DA, Koch G, Avenanti A, Santarnecchi E (2023). The multifactorial nature of healthy brain ageing: brain changes, functional decline and protective factors. Ageing Research Reviews 88, 101939.

Turrini S, Fiori F, Chiappini E, Lucero B, Santarnecchi E, Avenanti A (2023). Cortico-cortical paired associative stimulation (ccPAS) over premotor-motor areas affects local circuitries in the human motor cortex via Hebbian plasticity. Neuroimage 271, 120027.

Trajkovic J, Di Gregorio F, Avenanti A, Thut G, Romei V (2023). Two oscillatory correlates of attention control in the alpha-band with distinct consequences on perceptual gain and metacognition. Journal of Neuroscience 43, 3548-3556.

Battaglia S, Di Fazio C, Vicario CM, Avenanti A (2023). Neuropharmacological modulation of N-Methyl-D-aspartate, Noradrenaline and Endocannabinoids receptors in Fear Extinction Learning: synaptic transmission and plasticity. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24, 5926.

Culicetto L, Ferraioli F, Lucifora C, Falzone A, Martino G, Craparo G, Avenanti A Vicario CM (2023). Disgust as a transdiagnostic index of mental illness. A narrative review on clinical populations. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic 87, 53-91.

Turrini S, Bevacqua N, Cataneo A, Chiappini E, Fiori F, Candidi M, Avenanti A (2023). Transcranial cortico-cortical paired associative stimulation (ccPAS) over ventral premotor-motor pathways enhances action performance and corticomotor excitability in young adults more than in elderly adults. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 15, 1119508.

Spaccasassi C, Cenka K, Petkovic S, Avenanti A (2023). Sense of agency predicts severity of moral judgments. Frontiers in Psychology 13, 1070742.

Pennisi P, Salehinejad, MA, Corso AM, Merlo EM, Avenanti A, Vicario CM. (2023). Delay discounting in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Behavioural Brain Research 436, 114101.

2022

Vicario CM, Turrini S, Lucifora C, Culicetto L, Ferraioli F, Falzone A, Nitsche MA, Avenanti A (2022). When defeat leaves a bad taste in the mouth: modulation of tongue corticobulbar output during monetary loss in a gambling task. Brain Stimulation 15, 1448-1450.

Turrini S, Fiori F, Chiappini E, Santarnecchi E, Romei V, Avenanti A (2022). Gradual enhancement of corticomotor excitability during cortico-cortical paired associative stimulation. Scientific Reports 12, 14670.

Vicario CM, Nitsche MA, Avenanti A (2022). Tongue motor cortex: the back door of the reward system. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 141, 104820.

Chiappini E, Sel A, Hibbard P, Avenanti A, Romei V (2022). Increasing interhemispheric connectivity between human visual motion areas uncovers asymmetric sensitivity to horizontal motion. Current Biology 32, 4064-4070. Comments in: Pitcher D (2022). Visual motion: Asymmetrical processing differences between the cerebral hemispheres. Current Biology 32, R957-R960.

Di Luzio P, Tarasi L, Silvanto J, Avenanti A, Romei V (2022). Human perceptual and metacognitive decision-making rely on distinct brain networks. PLoS Biology 20, e3001750.

Spaccasassi C, Zanon M, Borgomaneri S, Avenanti A (2022). Mu rhythm and corticospinal excitability capture two different frames of motor resonance: a TMS/EEG co-registration study Cortex 154, 197-211.

Lucifora C, Grasso G, Nitsche MA, D'Italia G, Sortino M, Salehinejad MA, Falzone AM, Avenanti A, Vicario CM (2022). Enhanced fear acquisition in individuals with evening chronotype. A virtual reality fear conditioning/extinction study. Journal of Affective Disorders 311, 344-352.

Botta A, Lagravinese G, Bove M, Pelosin E, Bonassi G, Avenanti A, Avanzino L (2022). Sensorimotor inhibition during emotional processing. Scientific Reports 12, 6998.

Vicario CM, Rafal RD, di Pellegrino G, Lucifora C, Salehinejad MA, Nitsche MA, Avenanti A (2022). Indignation for moral violations suppresses the tongue motor cortex: preliminary TMS evidence. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 17, 151-159.

Ahumada-Mendez F, Lucero B, Avenanti A, Saracini C, Munoz-Quezada MT, Cortes-Rivera C, Canales-Johnson A (2022). Affective modulation of cognitive control: A systematic review of EEG studies. Physiology & Behavior 249, 113743.

Di Gregorio F, Traikovic J, Roperti C, Marcantoni E, Di Luzio P, Avenanti A, Thut G, Romei V (2022). Tuning alpha rhythms to shape conscious visual perception. Current Biology 32, 988-998.

Vitale F, Monti I, Padron I, Avenanti A, de Vega (2022). The neural inhibition network is causally involved in the disembodiment effect of linguistic negation. Cortex 147, 72-82.

2021

Borgomaneri S, Vitale F, Battaglia S, Avenanti A (2021). Early right motor cortex response to happy and fearful facial expressions: a TMS motor-evoked potential study. Brain Sciences 11, 1203.

Oldrati V, Finisguerra A, Avenanti A, Aglioti SM, Urgesi C (2021). Differential influence of the dorsal premotor and primary somatosensory cortex on corticospinal excitability during kinesthetic and visual motor imagery: a low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation study. Brain Sciences 11, 1196.

Meconi F,Goranova Z, Degano G, Di Lello N, Miniussi C, Avenanti A, Mevorach C (2020). Remember as we empathize. Do brain mechanisms engaged in autobiographical memory retrieval causally affect empathy awareness? A combined TMS and EEG registered report. Journal of Neuroscience Research 99, 2377-2389.

Borgomaneri S, Battaglia S, Avenanti A, di Pellegrino G (2021). Don't hurt me no more: State-dependent transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of specific phobia. Journal of Affective Disorders 294, 971.

Botta A, Lagravinese G, Bove M, Avenanti A, Avanzino L (2021). Modulation of reaction times during processing of emotional body language. Frontiers in Psychology 12, 616995.

Vitale F, Padron I, Avenanti A, de Vega (2021). Enhancing motor brain activity improves memory for action language: a tDCS study. Cerebral Cortex 31, 1569-1581.

Breveglieri R, Bosco A, Borgomaneri S, Tessari A, Galletti C, Avenanti A, Fattori P (2021). Transcranial magnetic stimulation over the human medial posterior parietal cortex disrupts depth encoding during reach planning. Cerebral Cortex 31, 267-280.

2020

Patri JF, Cavallo A, Pullari K, Soriano M, Valente M, Koul A, Avenanti A, Panzeri S, Becchio C (2020). Transient disruption of the inferior parietal lobule impairs the ability to attribute intention to action. Current Biology 30, 4594-4605.

Vicario CM, Salehinejad MA, Avenanti A, Nitsche MA (2020). Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in Anxiety Disorders. In: Dell'Osso B, Di Lorenzo G (ed.) Non Invasive Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. Springer, 301-317.

Borgomaneri S, Battaglia S, Garofalo S, Tortora F, Avenanti A, di Pellegrino G (2020). State-dependent TMS over prefrontal cortex disrupts fear memory reconsolidation and prevents the return of fear. Current Biology 30, 3672-3679.

Salehinejad MA, Nejati V, Mosayebi-Samani M, Mohammadi A, Wischnewski M, Kuo MF, Avenanti A, Vicario CM, Nitsche MA (2020). Transcranial direct current stimulation in ADHD: a systematic review of efficacy, safety, and protocol-induced electrical field modeling results. Neuroscience Bulletin 36, 1191-1212.

Decroix J, Borgomaneri S, Kalenine S, Avenanti A (2020). State-dependent TMS of inferior frontal and parietal cortex highlights integration of motor acts and functional goals during action recognition. Cortex 132, 51-62.

Chiappini E, Borgomaneri S, Marangon M, Turrini S, Romei V, Avenanti A (2020). Driving associative plasticity in premotor-motor connections though a novel paired associative stimulation based on long-latency cortico-cortical interactions. Brain Stimulation 5, 1461-1463.

Borgomaneri S, Vitale F, Avenanti A (2020). Early motor reactivity to observed human body postures is affected by body expression, not gender. Neuropsychologia, 146, 107541.

Bagnis A, Diano M, Celeghin A, Mendez CA, Spadaro G, Mosso CO, Avenanti A, Tamietto M (2020). Functional neuroanatomy of racial categorization from visual perception: a meta-analytic study. Neuroimage, 217, 116939.

Vicario CM, Salehinejad MA, Mosayebi Samani M, Maezawa H, Avenanti A, Nitsche MA (2020). Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation over the tongue motor cortex reduces appetite in healthy humans. Brain Stimulation 13, 1121-1123.

Borgomaneri S, Bolloni C, Sessa P, Avenanti A (2020). Blocking facial mimicry affects recognition of facial and body expressions. Plos One 15, e0229364.

Vicario CM, Nitsche MA, Hoyster I, Yavari F, Avenanti A, Salehinejad MA, Felmingham KL (2020). Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation over the ventromedial prefrontal cortex enhances fear extinction in healthy humans: A single blind sham-controlled study. Brain Stimulation 13, 489-491.

Agnoli S, Zanon M, Mastria S, Avenanti A, Corazza G (2020). Predicting response originality through brain activity: an analysis of changes in EEG alpha power during the generation of alternative ideas. Neuroimage 207, 116385.

2019

Fino E, Melegatti M, Avenanti A, Rubini M (2019). Unfolding political attitudes through the face: facial expressions when reading emotion language of left- and right-wing political leaders. Scientific Reports 30, 15689.

2018

Paracampo R, Montemurro M, De Vega M, Avenanti A (2018). Primary motor cortex crucial for action prediction: a tDCS study. Cortex 109, 287-302.

Fiori F, Chiappini E, Avenanti A (2018). Enhanced action performance following TMS manipulation of associative plasticity in ventral premotor-motor pathway. Neuroimage 183, 847-858.

Agnoli M, Zanon M, Mastria S, Avenanti A, Corazza GE (2018). Enhancing creative cognition with a rapid right-parietal neurofeedback procedure. Neuropsychologia 118, 99-106.

Zanon M, Borgomaneri S, Avenanti A (2018). Action-related dynamic changes in inferior frontal cortex effective connectivity: a TMS/EEG coregistration study. Cortex 108, 193-209.

Paracampo R, Pirruccio M, Costa M, Borgomaneri S, Avenanti A (2018). Visual, sensorimotor and cognitive routes to understanding others' enjoyment: an individual differences rTMS approach to empathic accuracy. Neuropsychologia 116, 86-98.

Chiappini E, Silvanto J, Hibbard PB, Avenanti A, Romei V (2018). Strengthening functionally specific neural pathways with transcranial brain stimulation. Current Biology 28, R735-R736.

Gallo S, Paracampo R, Muller-Pinzler L, Severo MC, Blomer L, Fernandes-Henriques C, Henschel A, Lammes BK, Maskaljunas T, Suttrup J, Avenanti A, Keysers C, Gazzola V (2018). The causal role of the somatosensory cortex in prosocial behaviour. eLife 7, e32740.

Avenanti A, Paracampo R, Annella L, Tidoni E, Aglioti SM (2018). Boosting and decreasing action prediction abilities through excitatory and inhibitory tDCS of inferior frontal cortex. Cerebral Cortex 28, 1282-1296.

2017

Bertossi E, Peccenini L, Solmi A, Avenanti A, Ciaramelli E (2017). Transcranial direct current stimulation of the medial prefrontal cortex dampens mind-wandering in men. Scientific Reports 7, 16962.

Fiori F, Chiappini E, Candidi M, Romei V, Borgomaneri S, Avenanti A (2017). Long-latency interhemispheric interactions between motor-related areas and the primary motor cortex: a dual site TMS study. Scientific Reports 7, 14936.

Paracampo R, Tidoni E, Borgomaneri S, di Pellegrino G, Avenanti A (2017). Sensorimotor network crucial for inferring amusement from smiles. Cerebral Cortex 27, 5116-5129.

Valchev N, Tidoni E, Hamilton AF, Gazzola V, Avenanti A (2017). Primary somatosensory cortex necessary for the perception of weight from other people's action: a continuous theta-burst TMS experiment. Neuroimage 152, 195-206.

Vicario CM, Rafal RD, Martino D, Avenanti A (2017). Core, social and moral disgust are bounded: A review on behavioral and neural bases of repugnance in clinical disorders. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 80, 185-200.

Borgomaneri S, Vitale F, Avenanti A (2017). Behavioral inhibition system sensitivity enhances motor cortex suppression when watching fearful body expressions. Brain Structure and Function 7, 32673282.

Vicario CM, Rafal RD, Borgomaneri S, Paracampo R, Kritikos A, Avenanti A (2017). Pictures of disgusting foods and disgusted facial expressions suppress the tongue motor cortex. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 12, 352-362.

2016

Fiori F, Chiappini E, Soriano M, Paracampo R, Romei V, Borgomaneri S, Avenanti A (2016). Long-latency modulation of motor cortex excitability by ipsilateral posterior inferior frontal gyrus and pre-supplementary motor area. Scientific Reports 6, 38396.

Romei V, Chiappini E, Hibbard PB, Avenanti A (2016). Empowering reentrant projections from V5 to V1 boosts sensitivity to motion. Current Biology 26, 2155-2160.

Fino E, Menegatti M, Avenanti A, Rubini M (2016). Enjoying vs. smiling: Facial muscular activation in response to emotional language. Biological Psychology 118, 126-135.

Valchev N, Gazzola V, Avenanti A, Keysers C (2016). Primary Somatosensory contribution to action observation brain activity - combining fMRI and cTBS. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 11, 1205-1217.

2015

Borgomaneri S, Vitale F, Avenanti A (2015). Early changes in corticospinal excitability when seeing fearful body expressions. Scientific Reports 5, 14122.

Borgomaneri S, Gazzola V, Avenanti A (2015). Transcranial magnetic stimulation reveals two functionally distinct stages of motor cortex involvement during perception of emotional body language. Brain Structure and Function 220, 2765-2781.

Borhani K, Ladavas E, Maier ME, Avenanti A, Bertini C (2015). Emotional and movement-related body postures modulate visual processing. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 10, 1092-1101.

Valchev N, Curcic-Blake B, Renken RJ, Avenanti A, Keysers C, Gazzola V, Maurits NM (2015). cTBS delivered to the left somatosensory cortex changes its functional connectivity during rest. Neuroimage 114, 386-397.

Mengarelli F, Spoglianti S, Avenanti A, di Pellegrino G (2015). Cathodal tDCS over the left prefrontal cortex diminishes choice-induced preference change. Cerebral Cortex 25, 1219-1227.

Ladavas E, Giulietti S, Avenanti A, Bertini C, Lorenzini E, Quinquinio C, Serino A (2015). a-tDCS on the ipsilesional parietal cortex boosts the effects of prism adaptation treatment in neglect. Restor Neurol Neurosci 33, 647-662.

Borgomaneri S, Vitale F, Gazzola V, Avenanti A (2015). Seeing fearful body language rapidly freezes the observer's motor cortex. Cortex 65, 232-245.

Vicario CM, Rafal RD, Avenanti A (2015). Counterfactual thinking affects the excitability of the motor cortex. Cortex 65, 139-148.

Jacquet PO, Avenanti A (2015). Perturbing the Action Observation Network during perception and categorization of actions goals and grips: state-dependency and virtual lesion TMS effects. Cerebral Cortex 25, 598-608.

Valchev N, Zijdewind I, Keysers C, Gazzola V, Avenanti A, Maurits NM (2015). Weight dependent modulation of motor resonance induced by weight estimation during observation of partially occluded lifting actions. Neuropsychologia 66, 237-245.

2014

Borgomaneri S, Gazzola V, Avenanti A (2014). Temporal dynamics of motor cortex excitability during perception of natural emotional scenes. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 9, 1451-1457.

Avenanti A, Vicario CM, Borgomaneri S (2014). Social dimensions of pain. Comment on "Facing the experience of pain: a neuropsychological perspective" by Fabbro and Crescentini. Physics of Life Reviews 11, 558-561.

Urgesi C, Candidi M, Avenanti A (2014). Neuroanatomical substrates of action perception and understanding: an anatomic likelihood estimation meta-analysis of lesion-symptom mapping studies in brain injured patients. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 8, 344.

2013

Azevedo RT, Macaluso E, Avenanti A, Santangelo V, Cazzato V, Aglioti SM (2013). Their pain is not Our pain: Brain and autonomic correlates of empathic resonance with the pain of same and different race individuals. Human Brain Mapping 34, 3168-3181.

Avenanti A, Candidi M, Urgesi C (2013). Vicarious motor activation during action perception: beyond correlational evidence. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 7, 185.

Avenanti A Annella L, Candidi M, Urgesi C, Aglioti SM (2013). Compensatory plasticity in the action observation network: virtual lesions of STS enhance anticipatory simulation of seen actions. Cerebral Cortex 23, 570-580.

Vicario CM, Kritikos A, Avenanti A, Rafal R (2013). Reward and Punishment: investigating cortico-bulbar excitability to disclose the value of goods. Frontiers in Psychology 4, 39.

Tidoni E, Borgomaneri S, di Pellegrino G, Avenanti A (2013). Action simulation plays a critical role in deceptive action recognition. The Journal of Neuroscience 33, 611-623.

2012

Avenanti A, Annella L, Serino A (2012). Suppression of premotor cortex disrupts motor coding of peripersonal space. Neuroimage 63, 281288.

Borgomaneri S, Gazzola V, Avenanti A (2012). Motor mapping of implied actions during perception of emotional body language. Brain Stimulation 5, 70-76. Comments in:

Avenanti A, Coccia M, Ladavas E, Provinciali L, Ceravolo MG (2012). Low-frequency rTMS promotes use-dependent motor plasticity in chronic stroke: a randomized trial. Neurology 78, 256-264. Cover and In Focus mention

2011

Urgesi C, Avenanti A (2011). Functional and epiphenomenal modulation of neural activity in body selective visual areas. Cognitive Neuroscience 2, 212-214.

Avenanti A, Urgesi C (2011). Understanding what others do: mirror mechanisms play a crucial role in action perception. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 6, 257-259.

Serino A, Canzoneri E, Avenanti A (2011). Fronto-parietal areas necessary for a multisensory representation of peripersonal space in humans: an rTMS study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 23, 2956-2967.

2010

Avenanti A, Sirigu A, Aglioti SM (2010). Racial bias reduces empathic sensorimotor resonance with other-race pain. Current Biology 20, 1018-1022. Comments In: Chiao JY, Mathur VA (2010). Intergroup empathy: how does race affect empathic neural responses? Current Biology 20, R478-R480.

Bertini, C, Leo F, Avenanti A, Ladavas E (2010). Independent mechanisms for ventriloquism and multisensory integration as revealed by theta-burst stimulation. European Journal of Neuroscience 31 1791-1799.

Urgesi C, Maieron M, Avenanti A, Tidoni E, Fabbro F, Aglioti SM (2010). Simulating the future of actions in the human corticospinal system. Cerebral Cortex, 20, 2511-2521.

2009

Serino A, Annella L, Avenanti A (2009). Motor properties of peripersonal space in humans. PLoS One 4, e6582.

Avenanti A, Minio-Paluello I, Sforza A, Aglioti SM (2009). Freezing or escaping? Opposite modulations of empathic reactivity to the pain of others. Cortex 45, 1072-1077.

Schütz-Bosbach S, Avenanti A, Aglioti SM, Haggard P (2009). Don't do it! Cortical inhibition and self-attribution during action observation. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 21, 1215-1227.

Minio-Paluello I, Baron-Cohen S, Avenanti A, Walsh V, Aglioti SM (2009). Absence of embodied empathy during pain observation in Asperger Syndrome. Biological Psychiatry 65, 55-62.

Avenanti A, Minio-Paluello I, Bufalari I, Aglioti SM (2009). The pain of a model in the personality of an onlooker: influence of state-reactivity and personality traits on embodied empathy for pain. NeuroImage 44, 275-283.

2008

Urgesi C, Maieron M, Avenanti A, Fabbro F, Aglioti SM (2008). Anticipatory simulation of implied actions in the human motor system. Brain Stimulation 1, 253-254.

Fourkas AD, Bonavolontà V, Avenanti A, Aglioti SM (2008). Kinaesthetic imagery and tool-specific modulation of corticospinal representations in expert tennis players. Cerebral Cortex 18, 2382-2390.

Valeriani M, Betti V, Le Pera D, De Armas L, Miliucci R, Restuccia D, Avenanti A, Aglioti SM (2008). Seeing the pain of others while being in pain: a laser evoked potentials study. NeuroImage 40, 1419-1428.

2007

Avenanti A, Bolognini N, Maravita A, Aglioti SM (2007). Somatic and motor components of action simulation. Current Biology 17, 2129-2135.

Bufalari I, Aprile T, Avenanti A, Di Russo F, Aglioti SM (2007). Empathy for pain and touch in the human somatosensory cortex. Cerebral Cortex 17, 2553-2561.

Avenanti A, Aglioti SM (2007). Il versante sensorimotorio dell’empatia per il dolore. In: Mancia M. (ed.) Psicoanalisi e Neuroscienze. Milan, Springer-Verlag Italia, 249-271 (in Italian).

Avenanti A (2007). Pain in the absence of nociception: example from empathy. Douleurs 8, 1S21-1S22.

2006

Minio-Paluello I, Avenanti A, Aglioti SM (2006). Left hemisphere dominance in reading the sensory qualities of others’ pain? Social Neuroscience 1, 320-333.

Avenanti A, Minio-Paluello I, Bufalari I, Aglioti SM (2006). Stimulus-driven modulation of motor-evoked potentials during observation of others' pain. Neuroimage 32, 316-324.

Fourkas AD, Avenanti A, Urgesi C, Aglioti SM (2006). Corticospinal facilitation during first and third person imagery. Experimental Brain Research 168, 143-151.

Avenanti A, Aglioti SM (2006). The sensorimotor side of empathy. In: Mancia M. (ed.) Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience. Milan: Springer-Verlag Italia, 235-256.

Avenanti A, Aglioti SM (2006). Il tuo dolore nel mio sistema motorio. Uno studio di stimolazione magnetica transcranica. Giornale Italiano di Psicologia 33, 151-166 (in Italian).

Aglioti SM, Avenanti A (2006). Risonanze e imitazioni. Mente & Cervello 23, 80-89 (in Italian).

Avenanti A (2006). Empatia e percezione del dolore. DiPAV - quaderni 15, 123-146 (in Italian).

Aglioti SM, Avenanti A, Betti V (2006). Correlati neurofisiologici dell’empatia per il dolore. XXXII seminario sulla Evoluzione biologica e i grandi problemi della Biologia sul tema "Neurobiologia della coscienza". Accademia dei Lincei, Roma, Italia, 135-153 (in Italian).

2005

Avenanti A, Bueti D, Galati G, Aglioti SM (2005). Transcranial magnetic stimulation highlights the sensorimotor side of empathy for pain. Nature Neuroscience 8, 955-960. Comments In: Singer T, Frith C (2005) The painful side of empathy. Nature Neuroscience 8, 845-846.