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Katiuscia Sacco

Katiuscia Sacco

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Neuroscience

D-Index
37
Citations
5526
World Ranking
8799
National Ranking
482

Overview

Katiuscia Sacco is affiliated with the University of Turin in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Psychology, with a focus on cognitive and social aspects of human perception and brain function.

The main subfields of their work include Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, as well as contributions to Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their research topics cover a range of areas such as Aesthetic Perception and Analysis, Neuroscience and Music Perception, Multisensory Perception and Integration, Action Observation and Synchronization, Neural Dynamics and Brain Function, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces.

Sacco has coauthored frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Irene Ronga
  • Pietro Sarasso
  • Marco Neppi-Mòdona
  • Paolo Barbieri
  • Elena Del Fante

Their publications have appeared regularly in notable venues such as:

  • Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Journal of Experimental Psychology General

Notable recent papers by Katiuscia Sacco include:

  • "Stopping for knowledge": The sense of beauty in the perception-action cycle, 2020, published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Nice and easy: Mismatch negativity responses reveal a significant correlation between aesthetic appreciation and perceptual learning., 2021, published in Journal of Experimental Psychology General
  • Memorisation and implicit perceptual learning are enhanced for preferred musical intervals and chords, 2021, published in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
  • The Role of Musical Aesthetic Emotions in Social Adaptation to the Covid-19 Pandemic, 2021, published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • Preferred music listening is associated with perceptual learning enhancement at the expense of self-focused attention, 2022, published in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

Best Publications

  • Functional connectivity of the insula in the resting brain

    Franco Cauda;Federico D'Agata;Katiuscia Sacco;Sergio Duca

  • Meta-analytic clustering of the insular cortex. Characterizing the meta-analytic connectivity of the insula when involved in active tasks

    Franco Cauda;Tommaso Costa;Diana M. E. Torta;Katiuscia Sacco

  • Altered resting state in diabetic neuropathic pain.

    Franco Cauda;Katiuscia Sacco;Sergio Duca;Dario Cocito

  • Functional connectivity and coactivation of the nucleus accumbens: A combined functional connectivity and structure-based meta-analysis

    Franco Cauda;Andrea E. Cavanna;Andrea E. Cavanna;Federico D'agata;Katiuscia Sacco

  • Grey matter abnormality in autism spectrum disorder: an activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis study

    Franco Cauda;Elisabetta Geda;Katiuscia Sacco;Federico D'Agata

  • Communicative impairment in traumatic brain injury: a complete pragmatic assessment.

    R. Angeleri;F. M. Bosco;M. Zettin;K. Sacco

  • Motor imagery of walking following training in locomotor attention. The effect of ‘the tango lesson’

    Katiuscia Sacco;Franco Cauda;L. Cerliani;D. Mate

  • Unawareness of deficits in Alzheimer's disease: Role of the Cingulate Cortex

    Martina Amanzio;Diana M. E. Torta;Katiuscia Sacco;Franco Cauda

  • Disrupted intrinsic functional connectivity in the vegetative state

    F Cauda;B M Micon;K Sacco;S Duca

  • Altered resting state attentional networks in diabetic neuropathic pain

    Franco Cauda;Federico D'Agata;Katiuscia Sacco;Sergio Duca

  • Preoperative and intraoperative brain mapping for the resection of eloquent-area tumors. A prospective analysis of methodology, correlation, and usefulness based on clinical outcomes

    Giannantonio Spena;Antonella Nava;Fabrizio Cassini;Antonio Pepoli

  • Low-frequency BOLD fluctuations demonstrate altered thalamocortical connectivity in diabetic neuropathic pain

    Franco Cauda;Katiuscia Sacco;Federico D'Agata;Sergio Duca

  • Functional connectivity of the posteromedial cortex.

    Franco Cauda;Giuliano Geminiani;Federico D'Agata;Katiuscia Sacco

  • Understanding the communicative impairments in schizophrenia: A preliminary study

    Livia Colle;Romina Angeleri;Marianna Vallana;Katiuscia Sacco

  • Assessment Battery for Communication - ABaCo: A new Instrument for the Evaluation of Pragmatic Abilities

    K Sacco;R Angeleri;F M Bosco;L Colle

  • Communicative-pragmatic disorders in traumatic brain injury: The role of theory of mind and executive functions.

    Francesca M. Bosco;Alberto Parola;Katiuscia Sacco;Marina Zettin

  • Assessment battery for communication (ABaCo): normative data

    Romina Angeleri;Francesca Marina Bosco;Ilaria Gabbatore;Bruno Giuseppe Bara

  • The chemotherapy long-term effect on cognitive functions and brain metabolism in lymphoma patients.

    Baudino B;D'agata F;Caroppo P;Castellano G

  • Cognitive Pragmatic Treatment: A Rehabilitative Program for Traumatic Brain Injury Individuals.

    Ilaria Gabbatore;Katiuscia Sacco;Romina Angeleri;Marina Zettin

  • Assessment Battery for Communication: development of two equivalent forms.

    Francesca Marina Bosco;Romina Angeleri;M. Zuffranieri;Bruno Giuseppe Bara

  • Neuroplastic Changes Induced by Cognitive Rehabilitation in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Review.

    Valentina Galetto;Katiuscia Sacco

  • Once you feel it, you see it: Insula and sensory-motor contribution to visual awareness for fearful bodies in parietal neglect

    Marco Tamietto;Marco Tamietto;Franco Cauda;Alessia Celeghin;Matteo Diano

Frequent Co-Authors

Franco Cauda
Franco Cauda University of Turin
Giuliano Geminiani
Giuliano Geminiani University of Turin
Federico D'Agata
Federico D'Agata University of Turin
Francesca Bosco
Francesca Bosco Polytechnic University of Turin
Andrea E. Cavanna
Andrea E. Cavanna University of Birmingham
Lorys Castelli
Lorys Castelli University of Turin
Alessandro Vercelli
Alessandro Vercelli University of Turin
Emiliano Ricciardi
Emiliano Ricciardi IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca
Andrew P. Bagshaw
Andrew P. Bagshaw University of Birmingham
Marco Tamietto
Marco Tamietto University of Turin

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