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Roberto Caminiti is affiliated with the Italian Institute of Technology in Italy. Their research primarily spans neuroscience, psychology, and medicine, with a particular focus on cognitive neuroscience and social psychology subfields, as well as areas related to radiology, nuclear medicine, imaging, surgery, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Their work extensively covers topics such as functional brain connectivity studies, neural dynamics and brain function, and action observation and synchronization. Additional subjects of interest include advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, motor control and adaptation, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, and neural and behavioral psychology studies.

Roberto Caminiti's recent papers include:

  • On the cortical connectivity in the macaque brain: A comparison of diffusion tractography and histological tracing data, 2020, NeuroImage
  • The functional characterization of callosal connections, 2021, Progress in Neurobiology
  • The parietal lobe evolution and the emergence of material culture in the human genus, 2022, Brain Structure and Function
  • Evidence for a we-representation in monkeys when acting together, 2022, Cortex
  • Cortico-spinal modularity in the parieto-frontal system: A new perspective on action control, 2023, Progress in Neurobiology

The scientist frequently collaborates with a range of co-authors, among whom are:

  • Alexandra Battaglia-Mayer
  • Andrea Schito
  • Rory John Bufacchi
  • Gian Domenico Iannetti
  • Giorgio M. Innocenti

Publications by Roberto Caminiti appear in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Progress in Neurobiology
  • Brain Structure and Function
  • NeuroImage
  • Cortex

Best Publications

  • On the relations between the direction of two-dimensional arm movements and cell discharge in primate motor cortex

    AP Georgopoulos;JF Kalaska;R Caminiti;JT Massey

  • Premotor and parietal cortex: corticocortical connectivity and combinatorial computations.

    Steven P. Wise;Driss Boussaoud;Paul B. Johnson;Roberto Caminiti

  • Cortical Networks for Visual Reaching: Physiological and Anatomical Organization of Frontal and Parietal Lobe Arm Regions

    Paul B. Johnson;Stefano Ferraina;Luigi Bianchi;Roberto Caminiti

  • Making arm movements within different parts of space: dynamic aspects in the primate motor cortex

    R Caminiti;PB Johnson;A Urbano

  • Making arm movements within different parts of space: the premotor and motor cortical representation of a coordinate system for reaching to visual targets

    R Caminiti;PB Johnson;C Galli;S Ferraina

  • Cortical mechanisms related to the direction of two-dimensional arm movements: relations in parietal area 5 and comparison with motor cortex.

    J. F. Kalaska;R. Caminiti;A. P. Georgopoulos

  • Spatial coding of movement: A hypothesis concerning the coding of movement direction by motor cortical populations

    Apostolos P Georgopoulos;R. Caminiti;J. F. Kalaska;J. T. Massey

  • Exuberant projection into the corpus callosum from the visual cortex of newborn cats.

    Giorgio M. Innocenti;Lucia Fiore;Roberto Caminiti

  • Representing Spatial Information for Limb Movement: Role of Area 5 in the Monkey

    F. Lacquaniti;E. Guigon;L. Bianchi;S. Ferraina

  • The Sources of Visual Information to the Primate Frontal Lobe: A Novel Role for the Superior Parietal Lobule

    Roberto Caminiti;Stefano Ferraina;Paul B. Johnson

  • Parieto-frontal coding of reaching: an integrated framework

    Yves Burnod;Pierre Baraduc;Alexandra Battaglia-Mayer;Emmanuel Guigon

  • Eye–Hand Coordination during Reaching. I. Anatomical Relationships between Parietal and Frontal Cortex

    Barbara Marconi;Aldo Genovesio;Alexandra Battaglia-Mayer;Stefano Ferraina

  • Postnatal shaping of callosal connections from sensory areas.

    G. M. Innocenti;R. Caminiti

  • Multiple Levels of Representation of Reaching in the Parieto-frontal Network

    Alexandra Battaglia-Mayer;Roberto Caminiti;Francesco Lacquaniti;Myrka Zago

  • Eye–Hand Coordination during Reaching. II. An Analysis of the Relationships between Visuomanual Signals in Parietal Cortex and Parieto-frontal Association Projections

    Alexandra Battaglia-Mayer;Stefano Ferraina;Aldo Genovesio;Barbara Marconi

  • Interruption of motor cortical discharge subserving aimed arm movements

    A. P. Georgopoulos;J. F. Kalaska;R. Caminiti;J. T. Massey

  • Diameter, Length, Speed, and Conduction Delay of Callosal Axons in Macaque Monkeys and Humans: Comparing Data from Histology and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Diffusion Tractography

    Roberto Caminiti;Filippo Carducci;Claudia Piervincenzi;Alexandra Battaglia-Mayer

  • Evolution amplified processing with temporally dispersed slow neuronal connectivity in primates

    Roberto Caminiti;Hassan Ghaziri;Ralf A. W. Galuske;Patrick R. Hof

  • Static spatial effects in motor cortex and area 5: quantitative relations in a two-dimensional space.

    A. P. Georgopoulos;R. Caminiti;J. F. Kalaska

  • Early Coding of Reaching in the Parietooccipital Cortex

    Alexandra Battaglia-Mayer;Stefano Ferraina;Takashi Mitsuda;Barbara Marconi

  • Visuomotor transformations: early cortical mechanisms of reaching

    Roberto Caminiti;Stefano Ferraina;Alexandra Battaglia Mayer

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexandra Battaglia-Mayer
Alexandra Battaglia-Mayer Sapienza University of Rome
Stefano Ferraina
Stefano Ferraina Sapienza University of Rome
Giorgio M. Innocenti
Giorgio M. Innocenti Karolinska Institute
Francesco Lacquaniti
Francesco Lacquaniti University of Rome Tor Vergata
Apostolos P. Georgopoulos
Apostolos P. Georgopoulos University of Minnesota
Bruno B. Averbeck
Bruno B. Averbeck National Institutes of Health
Giuseppe Luppino
Giuseppe Luppino University of Parma
Eric M. Rouiller
Eric M. Rouiller University of Fribourg
Tim Shallice
Tim Shallice University College London

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