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Overview

Luciano Fadiga is affiliated with the Italian Institute of Technology in Italy. Their research primarily spans the field of neuroscience, with extensive work in subfields such as cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The main topics of their research include:

  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing

Frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Advanced Materials Interfaces
  • Brain Stimulation
  • Scientific Reports
  • The Journal of Physiology

Fadiga's notable recent papers include:

  • Tutorial: guidelines for standardized performance tests for electrodes intended for neural interfaces and bioelectronics (2020, Nature Protocols)
  • Conformable polyimide-based μECoGs: Bringing the electrodes closer to the signal source (2020, Biomaterials)
  • Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-Based Neural Interfaces for Recording and Stimulation: Fundamental Aspects and In Vivo Applications (2022, Advanced Science)
  • Scaling of capacitance of PEDOT:PSS: volume vs. area (2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry C)
  • On the longevity of flexible neural interfaces: Establishing biostability of polyimide-based intracortical implants (2022, Biomaterials)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Fadiga include:

  • Alessandro D'Ausilio
  • Fabio Biscarini
  • Michele Di Lauro
  • Giacomo Koch
  • Alice Tomassini

Best Publications

  • Premotor cortex and the recognition of motor actions.

    Giacomo Rizzolatti;Luciano Fadiga;Vittorio Gallese;Leonardo Fogassi

  • Action recognition in the premotor cortex

    Vittorio Gallese;Luciano Fadiga;Leonardo Fogassi;Giacomo Rizzolatti

  • Understanding motor events-a neurophysiological study

    G di Pellegrino;L Fadiga;L Fogassi;V Gallese

  • Action observation activates premotor and parietal areas in a somatotopic manner: an fMRI study.

    G. Buccino;F. Binkofski;G. R. Fink;L. Fadiga

  • Motor facilitation during action observation: a magnetic stimulation study

    L. Fadiga;L. Fogassi;G. Pavesi;G. Rizzolatti

  • I Know What You Are Doing: A Neurophysiological Study

    M.A. Umiltà;E. Kohler;V. Gallese;L. Fogassi

  • Localization of grasp representations in humans by PET: 1. Observation versus execution

    G. Rizzolatti;L. Fadiga;M. Matelli;V. Bettinardi

  • Localization of grasp representations in humans by positron emission tomography. 2. Observation compared with imagination.

    Scott T. Grafton;Michael A. Arbib;Luciano Fadiga;Giacomo Rizzolatti

  • Speech listening specifically modulates the excitability of tongue muscles: a TMS study.

    Luciano Fadiga;Laila Craighero;Laila Craighero;Giovanni Buccino;Giacomo Rizzolatti

  • Active perception: sensorimotor circuits as a cortical basis for language

    Friedemann Pulvermüller;Luciano Fadiga

  • The Space Around Us

    Giacomo Rizzolatti;Luciano Fadiga;Leonardo Fogassi;Vittorio Gallese

  • Object representation in the ventral premotor cortex (area F5) of the monkey.

    Akira Murata;Luciano Fadiga;Leonardo Fogassi;Vittorio Gallese

  • Premotor Cortex Activation during Observation and Naming of Familiar Tools

    Scott T. Grafton;Luciano Fadiga;Michael A. Arbib;Giacomo Rizzolatti

  • Coding of peripersonal space in inferior premotor cortex (area F4).

    L Fogassi;V Gallese;L Fadiga;G Luppino

  • The iCub humanoid robot: An open-systems platform for research in cognitive development

    Giorgio Metta;Lorenzo Natale;Francesco Nori;Giulio Sandini

  • Human motor cortex excitability during the perception of others' action.

    Luciano Fadiga;Laila Craighero;Etienne Olivier

  • Corticospinal excitability is specifically modulated by motor imagery: a magnetic stimulation study

    Luciano Fadiga;Giovanni Buccino;Laila Craighero;Leonardo Fogassi

  • The Motor Somatotopy of Speech Perception

    Alessandro D'Ausilio;Friedemann Pulvermüller;Paola Salmas;Ilaria Bufalari

  • Action for perception: a motor-visual attentional effect.

    Laila Craighero;Luciano Fadiga;Giacomo Rizzolatti;Carlo Umiltà

  • Localization of grasp representations in humans by PET

    G. Rizzolatti;L. Fadiga;M. Matelli;V. Bettinardi

  • Action observation activates premotor and parietal areas in a somatotopic manner: an fMRI study: Cortical activation during action observation

    G. Buccino;F. Binkofski;G. R. Fink;L. Fadiga

Frequent Co-Authors

Laila Craighero
Laila Craighero University of Ferrara
Giacomo Rizzolatti
Giacomo Rizzolatti University of Parma
Thierry Pozzo
Thierry Pozzo Italian Institute of Technology
Vittorio Gallese
Vittorio Gallese University of Parma
Leonardo Fogassi
Leonardo Fogassi University of Parma
Giorgio Metta
Giorgio Metta Italian Institute of Technology
Etienne Olivier
Etienne Olivier Université Catholique de Louvain
Fabio Biscarini
Fabio Biscarini University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Charalambos Papaxanthis
Charalambos Papaxanthis Grenoble Alpes University
Mirko Prato
Mirko Prato Italian Institute of Technology

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