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Overview

Elia Formisano is affiliated with Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Their research spans the fields of neuroscience and computer science, with particular emphasis on cognitive neuroscience and signal processing. The main topics explored in Formisano's work include neuroscience and music perception, hearing loss and rehabilitation, neural dynamics and brain function, music and audio processing, multisensory perception and integration, functional brain connectivity studies, and speech and audio processing.

Formisano has contributed to a range of scientific publications appearing in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), NeuroImage, Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics Biology and Medicine, and Frontiers in Neuroscience. These venues reflect a strong focus on neuroscience, neuroimaging methods, and computational approaches.

Some recent published papers include:

  • Cross-validation and permutations in MVPA: Validity of permutation strategies and power of cross-validation schemes, 2021, NeuroImage
  • Intermediate acoustic-to-semantic representations link behavioral and neural responses to natural sounds, 2023, Nature Neuroscience
  • A 7 Tesla fMRI investigation of human tinnitus percept in cortical and subcortical auditory areas, 2020, NeuroImage Clinical
  • A vision of 14 T MR for fundamental and clinical science, 2023, Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics Biology and Medicine
  • Modulating Cortical Instrument Representations During Auditory Stream Segregation and Integration With Polyphonic Music, 2021, Frontiers in Neuroscience

Frequent collaborators in Formisano's research network include Michel Dumontier, Giancarlo Valente, Michele Esposito, Lars Gutschalk Hausfeld, and Federico De Martino. These partnerships reflect interdisciplinary work combining expertise across neuroscience, imaging, and computational techniques.

Formisano's work broadly integrates experimental and cognitive psychology alongside neuroimaging techniques. Their research covers subfields such as cognitive neuroscience, signal processing, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and computer vision and pattern recognition.

This profile outlines the scientific and thematic breadth of Elia Formisano's contributions to understanding brain function, sensory processing, and neural representation using advanced imaging and computational methods.

Best Publications

  • Mapping directed influence over the brain using Granger causality and fMRI.

    Alard Roebroeck;Elia Formisano;Rainer Goebel

  • Analysis of functional image analysis contest (FIAC) data with brainvoyager QX: From single-subject to cortically aligned group general linear model analysis and self-organizing group independent component analysis.

    Rainer Goebel;Fabrizio Esposito;Elia Formisano

  • Activation of Heschl’s Gyrus during Auditory Hallucinations

    Thomas Dierks;David Edmund Johannes Linden;David Edmund Johannes Linden;Martin Jandl;Elia Formisano

  • Investigating directed cortical interactions in time-resolved fMRI data using vector autoregressive modeling and Granger causality mapping.

    Rainer Goebel;Alard Roebroeck;Dae-Shik Kim;Elia Formisano

  • "Who" Is Saying "What"? Brain-Based Decoding of Human Voice and Speech

    Elia Formisano;Federico De Martino;Milene Bonte;Rainer Goebel

  • Functional connectivity as revealed by spatial independent component analysis of fMRI measurements during rest.

    Vincent G. van de Ven;Elia Formisano;David Prvulovic;Christian H. Roeder

  • Integration of letters and speech sounds in the human brain.

    Nienke van Atteveldt;Elia Formisano;Rainer Goebel;Rainer Goebel;Leo Blomert

  • The Functional Neuroanatomy of Target Detection: An fMRI Study of Visual and Auditory Oddball Tasks

    David E.J. Linden;David Prvulovic;Elia Formisano;Martin Völlinger

  • Combining multivariate voxel selection and support vector machines for mapping and classification of fMRI spatial patterns.

    Federico De Martino;Giancarlo Valente;Noël Staeren;John Ashburner

  • Individual faces elicit distinct response patterns in human anterior temporal cortex

    Nikolaus Kriegeskorte;Elia Formisano;Bettina Sorger;Rainer Goebel

  • Mirror-symmetric tonotopic maps in human primary auditory cortex

    Elia Formisano;Dae Shik Kim;Francesco Di Salle;Pierre Francois van de Moortele

  • Independent component analysis of fMRI group studies by self-organizing clustering

    Fabrizio Esposito;Tommaso Scarabino;Aapo Hyvarinen;Johan Himberg

  • Classification of fMRI independent components using IC-fingerprints and support vector machine classifiers.

    Federico De Martino;Francesco Gentile;Fabrizio Esposito;Fabrizio Esposito;Marco Balsi

  • Tracking the mind's image in the brain I: time-resolved fMRI during visuospatial mental imagery.

    Elia Formisano;David E.J. Linden;Francesco Di Salle;Luigi Trojano

  • Neural correlates of verbal feedback processing: an fMRI study employing overt speech.

    Ingrid K. Christoffels;Elia Formisano;Niels O. Schiller

  • The identification of interacting networks in the brain using fMRI: model selection, causality and deconvolution

    Alard Roebroeck;Elia Formisano;Rainer Goebel

  • Encoding of natural sounds at multiple spectral and temporal resolutions in the human auditory cortex.

    Roberta Santoro;Michelle Moerel;Federico De Martino;Federico De Martino;Rainer Goebel

  • An anatomical and functional topography of human auditory cortical areas

    Michelle Moerel;Michelle Moerel;Federico De Martino;Elia Formisano

  • The Effect of Temporal Asynchrony on the Multisensory Integration of Letters and Speech Sounds

    Nienke M. van Atteveldt;Elia Formisano;Leo Blomert;Rainer Goebel;Rainer Goebel

  • Processing of Natural Sounds in Human Auditory Cortex: Tonotopy, Spectral Tuning, and Relation to Voice Sensitivity

    Michelle Moerel;Federico De Martino;Elia Formisano

Frequent Co-Authors

Rainer Goebel
Rainer Goebel Maastricht University
Federico De Martino
Federico De Martino Maastricht University
Fabrizio Esposito
Fabrizio Esposito University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
David Edmund Johannes Linden
David Edmund Johannes Linden Maastricht University
Francesco Di Salle
Francesco Di Salle University of Salerno
Kamil Ugurbil
Kamil Ugurbil University of Minnesota
Essa Yacoub
Essa Yacoub University of Minnesota
Alard Roebroeck
Alard Roebroeck Maastricht University
Alexander T. Sack
Alexander T. Sack Maastricht University
Jean Vroomen
Jean Vroomen Tilburg University

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