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Overview

Michela Balconi is affiliated with the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Italy. Their research spans neuroscience and psychology, with a strong focus on cognitive neuroscience and social psychology.

The main fields of study associated with Balconi's work include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology

Within these domains, their subfields of expertise cover:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Social Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology

The primary topics addressed in Balconi's research are:

  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control

Michela Balconi has contributed to a variety of journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Neuropsychological Trends
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Brain Sciences
  • IRCCAN
  • Sensors

Their recent research papers feature a wide range of topics, including neuropsychology, social communication, and workplace cognitive enhancement. Notable publications include:

  • "Knowledge, Concerns, and Behaviors of Individuals During the First Week of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic in Italy," 2020, JAMA Network Open
  • "The Human Affectome," 2023, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • "Neuropsychology in the Times of COVID-19. The Role of the Psychologist in Taking Charge of Patients With Alterations of Cognitive Functions," 2020, Frontiers in Neurology
  • "The Use of Hyperscanning to Investigate the Role of Social, Affective, and Informative Gestures in Non-Verbal Communication. Electrophysiological (EEG) and Inter-Brain Connectivity Evidence," 2020, Brain Sciences
  • "Neuro-Empowerment of Executive Functions in the Workplace: The Reason Why," 2020, Frontiers in Psychology

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Balconi's main coauthors include:

  • Laura Angioletti
  • Davide Crivelli
  • Carlotta Acconito
  • Giulia Fronda
  • Katia Rovelli

In addition to journal articles, Michela Balconi has contributed to book publications. One such example is a title published by Springer International Publishing:

  • "Advances in Substance and Behavioral Addiction," 2021

Best Publications

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  • What hemodynamic (fNIRS), electrophysiological (EEG) and autonomic integrated measures can tell us about emotional processing

    Michela Balconi;Elisabetta Grippa;Maria Elide Vanutelli

  • Consciousness and arousal effects on emotional face processing as revealed by brain oscillations. A gamma band analysis

    Michela Balconi;Claudio Lucchiari

  • EEG correlates (event-related desynchronization) of emotional face elaboration: a temporal analysis.

    Michela Balconi;Claudio Lucchiari

  • Face-selective processing and the effect of pleasant and unpleasant emotional expressions on ERP correlates.

    Michela Balconi;Uberto Pozzoli

  • Brain oscillations and BIS/BAS (behavioral inhibition/activation system) effects on processing masked emotional cues. ERS/ERD and coherence measures of alpha band.

    Michela Balconi;Guido Mazza

  • Arousal effect on emotional face comprehension Frequency band changes in different time intervals

    Michela Balconi;Uberto Pozzoli

  • Lateralisation effect in comprehension of emotional facial expression: a comparison between EEG alpha band power and behavioural inhibition (BIS) and activation (BAS) systems.

    Michela Balconi;Guido Mazza

  • Appetitive vs. defensive responses to emotional cues. Autonomic measures and brain oscillation modulation.

    Michela Balconi;Emma Brambilla;Luciana Falbo

  • BIS and BAS correlates with psychophysiological and cortical response systems during aversive and appetitive emotional stimuli processing

    Michela Balconi;Luciana Falbo;Veronica Anna Conte

  • BIS/BAS, cortical oscillations and coherence in response to emotional cues.

    Michela Balconi;Emma Brambilla;Luciana Falbo

  • Cooperation and Competition with Hyperscanning Methods: Review and Future Application to Emotion Domain

    Michela Balconi;Maria E. Vanutelli

  • Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, working memory and episodic memory processes: insight through transcranial magnetic stimulation techniques

    Michela Balconi

  • FRN and P300 ERP effect modulation in response to feedback sensitivity: The contribution of punishment-reward system (BIS/BAS) and Behaviour Identification of action

    Michela Balconi;Davide Crivelli

  • Evidences from Rewarding System, FRN and P300 Effect in Internet-Addiction in Young People SHORT TITLE: Rewarding System and EEG in Internet-Addiction.

    Michela Balconi;Irene Venturella;Roberta Finocchiaro

  • Emotional face recognition, EMG response, and medial prefrontal activity in empathic behaviour.

    Michela Balconi;Adriana Bortolotti;Ludovica Gonzaga

  • Emotional representation in facial expression and script: A comparison between normal and autistic children

    Michela Balconi;Alba Carrera

  • Emotional contagion and trait empathy in prosocial behavior in young people: The contribution of autonomic (facial feedback) and Balanced Emotional Empathy Scale (BEES) measures

    Michela Balconi;Ylenia Canavesio

  • Detection of the facial expression of emotion and self-report measures in empathic situations are influenced by sensorimotor circuit inhibition by low-frequency rTMS.

    Michela Balconi;Adriana Bortolotti

  • Event-related oscillations (EROs) and event-related potentials (ERPs) comparison in facial expression recognition.

    Michela Balconi;Uberto Pozzoli

  • Comprehending semantic and grammatical violations in Italian. N400 and P600 comparison with visual and auditory stimuli.

    Michela Balconi;Uberto Pozzoli

  • Reward sensitivity, decisional bias, and metacognitive deficits in cocaine drug addiction

    Michela Balconi;Roberta Finocchiaro;Salvatore Campanella

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Cotelli
Maria Cotelli University of Brescia
Salvatore Campanella
Salvatore Campanella Université Libre de Bruxelles
Rosa Manenti
Rosa Manenti Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli
Alessandro Padovani
Alessandro Padovani University of Brescia
Marco Bove
Marco Bove University of Genoa
Carlo Miniussi
Carlo Miniussi University of Trento
Andreas J. Fallgatter
Andreas J. Fallgatter University of Tübingen
Pierre Maurage
Pierre Maurage Université Catholique de Louvain
Francesco Pagnini
Francesco Pagnini Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Paul Verbanck
Paul Verbanck Université Libre de Bruxelles

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