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Vincenzo Romei

Vincenzo Romei

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Neuroscience

D-Index
43
Citations
8225
World Ranking
7355
National Ranking
389

Overview

Vincenzo Romei is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy and has contributed extensively to the field of neuroscience, with a focus on cognitive neuroscience and related disciplines. Their research spans multiple subfields including neurology, experimental and cognitive psychology, psychiatry and mental health, and social psychology.

Their work covers a broad array of topics centered on brain function and perception. Main areas of study include:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies

Romei has published regularly in various scientific venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biomedicines
  • Consciousness and Cognition
  • NeuroImage
  • Current Biology

Among their recent published papers are:

  • "Tuning alpha rhythms to shape conscious visual perception," 2022, Current Biology
  • "The Role of Alpha Oscillations among the Main Neuropsychiatric Disorders in the Adult and Developing Human Brain: Evidence from the Last 10 Years of Research," 2022, Biomedicines
  • "Accuracy of EEG Biomarkers in the Detection of Clinical Outcome in Disorders of Consciousness after Severe Acquired Brain Injury: Preliminary Results of a Pilot Study Using a Machine Learning Approach," 2022, Biomedicines
  • "Predictive waves in the autism-schizophrenia continuum: A novel biobehavioral model," 2021, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • "Human perceptual and metacognitive decision-making rely on distinct brain networks," 2022, PLoS Biology

Romei frequently coauthors with a core group of researchers including:

  • Luca Tarasi
  • Jelena Trajkovic
  • Alessio Avenanti
  • Francesco Di Gregorio
  • Giuseppe Ippolito

This collaboration network spans interdisciplinary approaches blending cognitive neuroscience, clinical neuropsychology, and brain-computer interface methodologies.

Overall, Romei's body of work contributes to understanding how neural oscillations, brain connectivity, and perceptual processes interact in both healthy and clinical populations. Their research integrates experimental and computational methods to explore mechanisms underlying consciousness, neuropsychiatric disorders, and sensory integration.

Best Publications

  • Spontaneous Fluctuations in Posterior α-Band EEG Activity Reflect Variability in Excitability of Human Visual Areas

    Vincenzo Romei;Verena Brodbeck;Christoph Michel;Amir Amedi;Amir Amedi

  • On the Role of Prestimulus Alpha Rhythms over Occipito-Parietal Areas in Visual Input Regulation: Correlation or Causation?

    Vincenzo Romei;Joachim Gross;Gregor Thut

  • Rhythmic TMS Causes Local Entrainment of Natural Oscillatory Signatures

    Gregor Thut;Domenica Veniero;Vincenzo Romei;Vincenzo Romei;Carlo Miniussi

  • Individual Differences in Alpha Frequency Drive Crossmodal Illusory Perception

    Roberto Cecere;Roberto Cecere;Geraint Rees;Geraint Rees;Vincenzo Romei

  • Resting electroencephalogram alpha-power over posterior sites indexes baseline visual cortex excitability.

    Vincenzo Romei;Tonia Rihs;Verena Brodbeck;Gregor Thut

  • Disruption of Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Decreases Model-Based in Favor of Model-free Control in Humans

    Peter Smittenaar;Thomas H.B. FitzGerald;Vincenzo Romei;Vincenzo Romei;Nicholas D. Wright

  • Sounds reset rhythms of visual cortex and corresponding human visual perception.

    Vincenzo Romei;Vincenzo Romei;Joachim Gross;Gregor Thut

  • Information-Based Approaches of Noninvasive Transcranial Brain Stimulation.

    Vincenzo Romei;Gregor Thut;Juha Silvanto

  • The multisensory function of the human primary visual cortex

    Micah M. Murray;Micah M. Murray;Antonia Thelen;Gregor Thut;Vincenzo Romei

  • Occipital transcranial magnetic stimulation has opposing effects on visual and auditory stimulus detection: implications for multisensory interactions.

    Vincenzo Romei;Micah M. Murray;Lotfi B. Merabet;Gregor Thut

  • Rhythmic TMS over Parietal Cortex Links Distinct Brain Frequencies to Global versus Local Visual Processing

    Vincenzo Romei;Vincenzo Romei;Vincenzo Romei;Jon Driver;Jon Driver;Philippe G. Schyns;Gregor Thut

  • Preperceptual and stimulus-selective enhancement of low-level human visual cortex excitability by sounds.

    Vincenzo Romei;Micah M. Murray;Céline Cappe;Gregor Thut

  • Auditory–Visual Multisensory Interactions in Humans: Timing, Topography, Directionality, and Sources

    Céline Cappe;Gregor Thut;Vincenzo Romei;Micah M. Murray

  • Tuning alpha rhythms to shape conscious visual perception

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  • The speed of parietal theta frequency drives visuospatial working memory capacity.

    Nina Wolinski;Nicholas R. Cooper;Paul Sauseng;Vincenzo Romei;Vincenzo Romei

  • The Role of Alpha Oscillations among the Main Neuropsychiatric Disorders in the Adult and Developing Human Brain: Evidence from the Last 10 Years of Research

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  • Selective integration of auditory-visual looming cues by humans

    Céline Cappe;Gregor Thut;Vincenzo Romei;Micah M. Murray

  • Handedness is mainly associated with an asymmetry of corticospinal excitability and not of transcallosal inhibition

    Luigi De Gennaro;Riccardo Cristiani;Mario Bertini;Giuseppe Curcio

  • Looming Signals Reveal Synergistic Principles of Multisensory Integration

    Céline Cappe;Antonia Thelen;Vincenzo Romei;Gregor Thut

  • Visual phosphene perception modulated by subthreshold crossmodal sensory stimulation.

    Ciro Ramos-Estebanez;Lotfi B. Merabet;Katsuyuki Machii;Felipe Fregni

  • Looming sounds enhance orientation sensitivity for visual stimuli on the same side as such sounds.

    Fabrizio Leo;Fabrizio Leo;Vincenzo Romei;Vincenzo Romei;Elliot D. Freeman;Elisabetta Ladavas

  • Causal implication by rhythmic transcranial magnetic stimulation of alpha frequency in feature-based local vs. global attention.

    Vincenzo Romei;Vincenzo Romei;Gregor Thut;Robert M. Mok;Robert M. Mok;Philippe G. Schyns

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregor Thut
Gregor Thut Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Micah M. Murray
Micah M. Murray University of Lausanne
Michele Ferrara
Michele Ferrara University of L'Aquila
Luigi De Gennaro
Luigi De Gennaro Sapienza University of Rome
Giuseppe Curcio
Giuseppe Curcio University of L'Aquila
Alessio Avenanti
Alessio Avenanti University of Bologna
Paolo Maria Rossini
Paolo Maria Rossini Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Elisabetta Làdavas
Elisabetta Làdavas University of Bologna
Joachim Gross
Joachim Gross University of Münster
Philippe G. Schyns
Philippe G. Schyns University of Glasgow

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