I am looking forward to better understand the neural underpinnings and the associated cognitive models of cognitive processes such as intentionality and motor awareness. In order to do so, I make use of neuroimaging and computational techniques that will allow me to explore how we are aware of the consequences of our intentions and actions in the absence of motor outputs.

Giannini, G., Nierhaus, T., & Blankenburg, F. (2025). Investigation of sensory attenuation in the somatosensory domain using EEG in a novel virtual reality paradigm. Scientific Reports 15:2819, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-87244-9

Zapparoli, L., Devoto, F., Giannini, G., Zonca, S., Gallo, F., & Paulesu, E. (2022). Neural structural abnormalities behind altered brain activation in obesity: Evidence from meta-analyses of brain activation and morphometric data. NeuroImage: Clinical, 36, 103179.

Seghezzi, S., Giannini, G., & Zapparoli, L. (2019). Neurofunctional correlates of body-ownership and sense of agency: A meta-analytical account of self-consciousness. Cortex, 121, 169-178. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2019.08.018