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Alberto Zani is affiliated with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Neuroscience, with a focus on Cognitive Neuroscience. Their work also touches on subfields including Organic Chemistry, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

The scientific contributions of Alberto Zani mainly concentrate on several research topics such as:

  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction
  • Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience

Their frequent coauthors include: Alice Mado Proverbio, Veronica Broido, Mirella Manfredi, Clara Tumminelli, and Nicola Crotti. Among these, the most recurrent collaboration has been with Alice Mado Proverbio.

Alberto Zani has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • Electroencephalogram (EEG) Alpha Power as a Marker of Visuospatial Attention Orienting and Suppression in Normoxia and Hypoxia. An Exploratory Study (2020) in Brain Sciences
  • Spatial attention modulates earliest visual processing: An electrical neuroimaging study (2020) in Heliyon
  • Acute hypoxia alters visuospatial attention orienting: an electrical neuroimaging study (2023) in Scientific Reports

The primary publication venues for their work are:

  • International Journal of Psychophysiology
  • Brain Sciences
  • Frontiers in Cognition
  • Scientific Reports
  • European Journal of Neuroscience

Best Publications

  • Language switching mechanisms in simultaneous interpreters: an ERP study.

    Alice Mado Proverbio;Giuliana Leoni;Alberto Zani

  • Gender and parental status affect the visual cortical response to infant facial expression.

    Alice Mado Proverbio;Valentina Brignone;Silvia Matarazzo;Marzia Del Zotto;Marzia Del Zotto

  • Gender differences in hemispheric asymmetry for face processing.

    Alice M Proverbio;Valentina Brignone;Silvia Matarazzo;Marzia Del Zotto

  • Sex differences in the brain response to affective scenes with or without humans.

    Alice Mado Proverbio;Roberta Adorni;Alberto Zani;Laura Trestianu

  • From Orthography to Phonetics: ERP Measures of Grapheme-to-Phoneme Conversion Mechanisms in Reading

    Alice Mado Proverbio;Liza Vecchi;Alberto Zani

  • Electrophysiological evidence of a perceptual precedence of global vs. local visual information

    Alice Mado Proverbio;Alessia Minniti;Alberto Zani

  • Morningness-eveningness preferences and sleep-waking diary data of morning and evening types in student and worker samples

    Luciano Mecacci;Alberto Zani

  • Neural markers of a greater female responsiveness to social stimuli

    Alice M Proverbio;Alberto Zani;Roberta Adorni

  • The cognitive electrophysiology of mind and brain

    Alberto Zani;Alice Mado Proverbio

  • The relationships between morningness-eveningness, ageing and personality

    Luciano Mecacci;Alberto Zani;Gastone Rocchetti;Reginaldo Lucioli

  • Electrophysiological Measures of Language Processing in Bilinguals

    Alice Mado Proverbio;Barbara Ccaron;ok;Alberto Zani

  • Observation of static pictures of dynamic actions enhances the activity of movement-related brain areas.

    Alice Mado Proverbio;Federica Riva;Alberto Zani

  • The emergence of semantic categorization in early visual processing: ERP indices of animal vs. artifact recognition.

    Alice M Proverbio;Marzia Del Zotto;Alberto Zani

  • Electrophysiological indexes of illusory contours perception in humans.

    Alice Mado Proverbio;Alberto Zani

  • ERP signs of early selective attention effects to check size.

    A. Zani;A.M. Proverbio

  • Face coding is bilateral in the female brain.

    Alice Mado Proverbio;Federica Riva;Eleonora Martin;Alberto Zani

  • When neurons do not mirror the agent's intentions: sex differences in neural coding of goal-directed actions.

    Alice Mado Proverbio;Federica Riva;Alberto Zani

  • Is it a baby? perceived age affects brain processing of faces differently in women and men

    Alice Mado Proverbio;Federica Riva;Alberto Zani;Eleonora Martin

  • The Neural Bases of Social Intention Understanding: the Role of Interaction Goals

    Nicola Canessa;Federica Alemanno;Federica Riva;Alberto Zani

  • Processing valence and intensity of infant expressions: the roles of expertise and gender.

    Alice Mado Proverbio;Silvia Matarazzo;Valentina Brignone;Marzia Del Zotto

  • The role of left and right hemispheres in the comprehension of idiomatic language: an electrical neuroimaging study

    Alice M Proverbio;Nicola Crotti;Alberto Zani;Roberta Adorni

Frequent Co-Authors

Alice Mado Proverbio
Alice Mado Proverbio University of Milano-Bicocca
Daniela Perani
Daniela Perani Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Carlo Semenza
Carlo Semenza University of Padua
Michael S. Gazzaniga
Michael S. Gazzaniga University of California, Santa Barbara

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