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Overview

Thierry Pozzo is affiliated with the Italian Institute of Technology in Italy and is active in the fields of neuroscience and psychology, with numerous contributions emphasizing cognitive neuroscience and social psychology. Their research portfolio includes studies on action observation, motor control, and neural mechanisms underlying behavior and perception.

The scientist has contributed extensively to research on themes such as:

  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Sport Psychology and Performance
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Visual Perception and Processing Mechanisms
  • Embodied and Extended Cognition
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces

Key recent papers include:

  • "Mirror neurons and their relationship with neurodegenerative disorders" (2020), Journal of Neuroscience Research
  • "Motor invariants in action execution and perception" (2022), Physics of Life Reviews
  • "Motor Recruitment during Action Observation: Effect of Interindividual Differences in Action Strategy" (2020), Cerebral Cortex
  • "Actual and Imagined Movements Reveal a Dual Role of the Insular Cortex for Motor Control" (2020), Cerebral Cortex
  • "Event-related desynchronization during action observation is an early predictor of recovery in subcortical stroke: An EEG study" (2024), Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Thierry Pozzo include:

  • Luciano Fadiga
  • Charalambos Papaxanthis
  • Pauline M. Hilt
  • Alessandro D'Ausilio
  • Martina Galluccio

The scientist publishes regularly in venues such as:

  • Physics of Life Reviews
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Neuroscience Research

Thierry Pozzo's research integrates cognitive and social psychology with neuroscience methodologies to investigate motor control, brain dynamics during action observation, and rehabilitation processes. The work covers experimental psychology approaches while incorporating neurophysiological techniques like EEG to better understand brain-behavior relationships.

Best Publications

  • Head stabilization during various locomotor tasks in humans. I. Normal subjects.

    T. Pozzo;A. Berthoz;L. Lefort

  • Improvement and generalization of arm motor performance through motor imagery practice.

    R. Gentili;C. Papaxanthis;T. Pozzo

  • Head stabilization during various locomotor tasks in humans. II : Patients with bilateral peripheral vestibular deficits

    T Pozzo;A Berthoz;L Lefort;E Vitte

  • Encoding of human action in Broca's area.

    Patrik Fazio;Anna Cantagallo;Laila Craighero;Alessandro D’Ausilio

  • Psychomotor Retardation in Depression: A Systematic Review of Diagnostic, Pathophysiologic, and Therapeutic Implications

    Djamila Bennabi;Pierre Vandel;Charalambos Papaxanthis;Thierry Pozzo;Thierry Pozzo

  • Evidence for composite cost functions in arm movement planning: an inverse optimal control approach.

    Bastien Berret;Enrico Chiovetto;Francesco Nori;Thierry Pozzo;Thierry Pozzo;Thierry Pozzo

  • Head and trunk movements in the frontal plane during complex dynamic equilibrium tasks in humans

    T. Pozzo;Y. Levik;A. Berthoz

  • Imagined and actual arm movements have similar durations when performed under different conditions of direction and mass

    Charalambos Papaxanthis;Marco Schieppati;Rodolphe Gentili;Thierry Pozzo

  • The Inactivation Principle: Mathematical Solutions Minimizing the Absolute Work and Biological Implications for the Planning of Arm Movements

    Bastien Berret;Christian Darlot;Frédéric Jean;Thierry Pozzo

  • Does order and timing in performance of imagined and actual movements affect the motor imagery process? The duration of walking and writing task

    Charalambos Papaxanthis;Thierry Pozzo;Xanthi Skoura;Marco Schieppati

  • Does the coordination between posture and movement during human whole-body reaching ensure center of mass stabilization?

    Paul J. Stapley;Thierry Pozzo;Guy Cheron;Alexander Grishin

  • A kinematic comparison between elderly and young subjects standing up from and sitting down in a chair

    F Mourey;T Pozzo;I Rouhier-Marcer;J P Didier

  • Standing Up From a Chair as a Dynamic Equilibrium Task A Comparison Between Young and Elderly Subjects

    F Mourey;A Grishin;P d'Athis;T Pozzo

  • Trajectories of arm pointing movements on the sagittal plane vary with both direction and speed

    Charalambos Papaxanthis;Thierry Pozzo;Marco Schieppati

  • Does proprioception contribute to the sense of verticality

    Guillaume Barbieri;Guillaume Barbieri;Anne-Sophie Gissot;Florent Fouque;Florent Fouque;Jean-Marie Casillas;Jean-Marie Casillas

  • Mentally represented motor actions in normal aging. I. Age effects on the temporal features of overt and covert execution of actions.

    Xanthi Skoura;Charalambos Papaxanthis;Annie Vinter;Thierry Pozzo

  • Kinematic and dynamic processes for the control of pointing movements in humans revealed by short-term exposure to microgravity.

    C. Papaxanthis;T. Pozzo;J. McIntyre

  • Use-Dependent Hemispheric Balance

    Laura Avanzino;Michela Bassolino;Thierry Pozzo;Marco Bove

  • Aging affects the mental rotation of left and right hands.

    Arnaud Saimpont;Thierry Pozzo;Thierry Pozzo;Charalambos Papaxanthis

  • The role of anticipatory postural adjustments during whole body forward reaching movements

    Paul Stapley;Thierry Pozzo;Alexander Grishin

  • Head kinematic during various motor tasks in humans.

    T Pozzo;A Berthoz;L Lefort

  • Contribution of eye positioning to control of the upside-down standing posture.

    G Clément;T Pozzo;A Berthoz

Frequent Co-Authors

Charalambos Papaxanthis
Charalambos Papaxanthis Grenoble Alpes University
Luciano Fadiga
Luciano Fadiga Italian Institute of Technology
Stefano Panzeri
Stefano Panzeri University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Alain Berthoz
Alain Berthoz Collège de France
Grégoire Courtine
Grégoire Courtine École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Marco Bove
Marco Bove University of Genoa
Laura Avanzino
Laura Avanzino University of Genoa
Andrea Serino
Andrea Serino University Hospital of Lausanne
Guy Cheron
Guy Cheron Université Libre de Bruxelles
Giorgio Metta
Giorgio Metta Italian Institute of Technology

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