The role of vision on perceptual space representation

Project Information

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Grant agreement ID: 948349

DOI

10.3030/948349

EC signature date 16 November 2020

Start date 1 January 2021

End date 31 December 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 500 000,00

EU contribution

€ 1 500 000,00

Coordinated by

FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA
Italy

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (36)

The influence of early visual deprivation on audio-spatial working memory.

Author(s): Walter Setti; Luigi F. Cuturi; Isaac Engel; Lorenzo Picinali; Monica Gori
Published in: Neuropsychology, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 1931-1559
Publisher: APA
DOI: 10.1037/neu0000776

Interindividual differences influence multisensory processing during spatial navigation

Author(s): Zanchi S., Cuturi L.F., Sandini G., Gori M.
Published in: JEP: Human perception and performance, 2022, ISSN 0096-1523
Publisher: American Psychological Association
DOI: 10.1037/xhp0000973

Moderate physical activity alters the estimation of time, but not space

Author(s): Alessia Tonelli, Claudia Lunghi, Monica Gori
Published in: Frontiers in Psychology, Issue 13, 2022, ISSN 1664-1078
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1004504

Motor Influence in Developing Auditory Spatial Cognition in Hemiplegic Children with and without Visual Field Disorder

Author(s): Elena Aggius-Vella; Monica Gori; Claudio Campus; Stefania Petri; Francesca Tinelli
Published in: Children; Volume 9; Issue 7; Pages: 1055, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 2227-9067
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/children9071055

Adaptation to high-frequency vibrotactile stimulations fails to affect the clock in young children

Author(s): Nicola Domenici; Alessia Tonelli; Monica Gori
Published in: Current Research in Behavioral Sciences, Issue 11, 2021, ISSN 2666-5182
Publisher: 2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.crbeha.2021.100018

Early blindness modulates haptic object recognition

Author(s): Fabrizio Leo, Monica Gori, Alessandra Sciutti
Published in: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Issue 16, 2022, ISSN 1662-5161
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.941593

Spatial Memory and Blindness: The Role of Visual Loss on the Exploration and Memorization of Spatialized Sounds

Author(s): Setti, W., Cuturi, L. F., Cocchi, E., & Gori, M.
Published in: Frontiers in Psychology, 2022, ISSN 1664-1078
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.784188

Lesson learned from the COVID-19 pandemic: toddlers learn earlier to read emotions with face masks

Author(s): Monica Gori, Lucia Schiatti, Monica Faggioni, Maria Bianca Amadeo
Published in: Frontiers in Psychology, Issue 15, 2024, ISSN 1664-1078
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1386937

Early Blindness limits the Head-Trunk Coordination development for horizontal reorientation

Author(s): Esposito D., Bollini A., Gori M.
Published in: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2021, ISSN 1662-5161
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2021.699312

The development of adaptation aftereffects in the vibrotactile domain.

Author(s): Nicola Domenici, Alessia Tonelli, Monica Gori
Published in: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Issue 151, 2024, Page(s) 3134-3143, ISSN 0096-3445
Publisher: American Psychological Association
DOI: 10.1037/xge0001252

Perceiving size through sound in sighted and visually impaired children

Author(s): Luigi F. Cuturi; Giulia Cappagli; Alessia Tonelli; Elena Cocchi; Monica Gori
Published in: Cognitive Development, Issue 3, 2021, ISSN 0885-2014
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2021.101125

Task‐dependent spatial processing in the visual cortex

Author(s): Giorgia Bertonati, Maria Bianca Amadeo, Claudio Campus, Monica Gori
Published in: Human Brain Mapping, 2023, ISSN 1097-0193
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26489

Different mechanisms of magnitude and spatial representation for tactile and auditory modalities.

Author(s): Alice Bollini; Davide Esposito; Davide Esposito; Claudio Campus; Monica Gori
Published in: Experimental Brain Research, Issue 3, 2021, ISSN 0014-4819
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-021-06196-4

The development of allocentric spatial frame in the auditory system

Author(s): Bollini A., Campus C., Gori M
Published in: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2021, ISSN 1878-9293
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2021.105228

Happy new ears: Rapid adaptation to novel spectral cues in vertical sound localization

Author(s): Cesare Parise, Monica Gori, Sara Finocchietti, Marc Ernst, Davide Esposito, Alessia Tonelli
Published in: iScience, Issue 27, 2025, Page(s) 111308, ISSN 2589-0042
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.111308

Multisensory representations of space and time in sensory cortices

Author(s): Monica Gori; Giorgia Bertonati; Claudio Campus; Maria Bianca Amadeo
Published in: Human brain mapping, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 1097-0193
Publisher: Wiley Online Library
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26090

The impact of COVID-19 on the everyday life of blind and sighted individuals

Author(s): Monica Gori; Giorgia Bertonati; Emanuela Mazzoni; Elisa Freddi; Maria Bianca Amadeo
Published in: Crossref, Issue 4, 2022, ISSN 1664-1078
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.897098

Changes in audio-spatial working memory abilities during childhood: The role of spatial and phonological development

Author(s): Setti, W., Cuturi, L. F., Sandini, G., & Gori, M.
Published in: Plos one, 2021, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260700

Effects of audio-motor training on spatial representations in long-term late blindness

Author(s): Chiara Martolini; Maria Bianca Amadeo; Claudio Campus; Giulia Cappagli; Monica Gori
Published in: Neuropsychologia, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 1873-3514
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2022.108391

iReach: new multisensory technology for early intervention in infants with visual impairments

Author(s): Monica Gori, Stefania Petri, Martina Riberto, Walter Setti
Published in: Frontiers in Psychology, Issue 16, 2025, ISSN 1664-1078
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1607528

The Vision of Dreams: From Ontogeny to Engineering of Dreams in Blindness

Author(s): Helene Vitali, Claudio Campus, Valentina De Giorgis, Sabrina Signorini, Monica Gori
Published in: Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 2022, ISSN 1550-9389
Publisher: The American Academy of Sleep Medicine
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.10026

Early visual deprivation disrupts the mental representation of numbers in visually impaired children

Author(s): G. Cappagli, L. F. Cuturi, S. Signorini, F. Morelli, E. Cocchi, M. Gori
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 12, 2023, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-25044-1

Hand and foot overestimation in visually impaired human adults

Author(s): Lara A. Coelho, Claudia L.R. Gonzalez, Carolina Tammurello, Claudio Campus, Monica Gori
Published in: Neuroscience, Issue 563, 2024, Page(s) 74-83, ISSN 0306-4522
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2024.10.055

Multisensory temporal processing in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: implications for psychosis

Author(s): Maria Bianca Amadeo, Andrea Escelsior, Davide Esposito, Alberto Inuggi, Silvio Versaggi, Giacomo Marenco, Yara Massalha, Jessica Bertolasi, Beatriz Pereira da Silva, Mario Amore, Gianluca Serafini, Monica Gori
Published in: Schizophrenia, Issue 10, 2024, ISSN 2754-6993
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s41537-024-00502-z

The Suite for the Assessment of Low-Level cues on Orientation (SALLO): The psychophysics of spatial orientation in virtual reality

Author(s): Davide Esposito, Alice Bollini & Monica Gori
Published in: Behavior Research Methods, 2023, ISSN 1554-3528
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-023-02265-4

Cross-Modal Interactions and Movement-Related Tactile Gating: The Role of Vision

Author(s): Maria Casado-Palacios, Alessia Tonelli, Claudio Campus, Monica Gori
Published in: Brain Sciences, Issue 15, 2025, Page(s) 288, ISSN 2076-3425
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/brainsci15030288

Sensorimotor Oscillations in Human Infants during an Innate Rhythmic Movement

Author(s): Helene Vitali, Claudio Campus, Valentina De Giorgis, Sabrina Signorini, Federica Morelli, Marco Fasce, Monica Gori
Published in: Brain Sciences, Issue 14, 2025, Page(s) 402, ISSN 2076-3425
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/brainsci14040402

Late development of audio-visual integration in the vertical plane

Author(s): Gori M., Campus C., Cappagli G.
Published in: Current Research in Behavioral Sciences, 2021, ISSN 2666-5182
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.crbeha.2021.100043

The influence of blindness on auditory context dependency.

Author(s): Alessia Tonelli, Carlo Mazzola, Alessandra Sciutti, Monica Gori
Published in: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2025, ISSN 0096-3445
Publisher: American Psychological Association
DOI: 10.1037/xge0001734

Effects of Increasing Stimulated Area in Spatiotemporally Congruent Unisensory and Multisensory Conditions.

Author(s): Chiara Martolini; Giulia Cappagli; Sabrina Signorini; Monica Gori
Published in: Brain Sciences, Issue 7, 2021, ISSN 2076-3425
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11030343

Multisensory spatial perception in visually impaired infants

Author(s): Monica Gori, Claudio Campus, Sabrina Signorini, Eleonora Rivara, & Andrew J. Bremner
Published in: Current Biology, 2021, ISSN 0960-9822
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.09.011

Sensitive period for the plasticity of alpha activity in humans

Author(s): Campus C., Signorini S., Vitali H., De Giorgis V., Papalia G., Morelli F., Gori M.,
Published in: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2021, ISSN 1878-9293
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2021.100965

Investigating the impact of the years of blindness on sleep rhythms, dream patterns, and spatial abilities: The BLINDREAM protocol

Author(s): Helene Vitali, Claudio Campus, Laura Giorgetti, Francesco Famà, Pietro Mattioli, Dario Arnaldi, Monica Gori
Published in: PLOS One, Issue 20, 2025, Page(s) e0327521, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0327521

Auditory speed processing in sighted and blind individuals.

Author(s): Bertonati, G., Amadeo, M. B., Campus, C., & Gori, M. 
Published in: Plos one, 2021, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257676

Disambiguating vision with sound

Author(s): Monica Gori, David Burr, Claudio Campus
Published in: Current Biology, Issue 34, 2024, Page(s) R235-R236, ISSN 0960-9822
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.043

PsySuite: An android application designed to perform multimodal psychophysical testing

Author(s): Alberto Inuggi, Nicola Domenici, Alessia Tonelli, Monica Gori
Published in: Behavior Research Methods, Issue 56, 2024, Page(s) 8308-8329, ISSN 1554-3528
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-024-02475-4

Non-peer reviewed articles (6)

The effect of visuo-haptic exploration on the development of gemetric cross-sectioning ability

Author(s): Monica Gori, Alessandra Sciutti, Diego Torazza, Claudio Campus, Alice bollini
Published in: Journal of experimental Child Psychology, 2024, ISSN 0022-0965
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2023.105774

Editorial: women in sensory neuroscience

Author(s): Monica Gori, Alessia Tonelli, Elena Nava
Published in: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2023, ISSN 1662-5161
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2023.1252570

43rd European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP) 2021 Online

Author(s): Giulia Cappagli, Luigi F. Cuturi, Sabrina Signorini, Elena Cocchi & Monica Gori
Published in: Perception, Issue 50, 2025, Page(s) 1-244, ISSN 0301-0066
Publisher: Pion Ltd.
DOI: 10.1177/03010066211059887

Blindness affects the developmental trajectory of the sleeping brain

Author(s): Helene Vitali, Claudio Campus, Sabrina Signorini, Valentina De Giorgis, Federica Morelli, Costanza Varesio, Ludovica Pasca, Alessia Sammartano, Monica Gori
Published in: Neuroimage, 2024, ISSN 1053-8119
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120508

Abstract Book 5: OHBM 2024 Annual Meeting

Author(s): null null
Published in: Aperture Neuro, Issue 4, 2024, Page(s) 624-626, ISSN 2957-3963
Publisher: Organization for Human Brain Mapping
DOI: 10.52294/001c.120595

The Causal Role of Vision in the Development of Spatial Coordinates: Evidence From Visually Impaired Children

Author(s): Alice Bollini, Elena Cocchi, Valentina Salvagno, Monica Gori
Published in: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2023, ISSN 0096-1523
Publisher: American Psychological Association
DOI: 10.1037/xhp0001122

Conference proceedings (5)

RoMAT: Robot for Multisensory Analysis and Testing of visual-tactile perceptual functions

Author(s): Monica Gori, Marco Crepaldi, Lorenzo Orciari, Claudio Campus
Published in: 2021 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), 2021, ISBN 978-1-7281-1180-3
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/embc46164.2021.9630479

Audio-Corsi: a novel system to evaluate audio-spatial memory skills*

Author(s): W. Setti, H. Vitali, C. Campus, L. Picinali, M. Gori. Setti W
Published in: 2023 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), 2023, Page(s) 1-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/embc40787.2023.10339960

Evaluation of a motion platform combined with an acoustic virtual reality tool: a spatial orientation test in sighted and visually impaired people

Author(s): Silvia Zanchi, Luigi F. Cuturi, Giulio Sandini, Monica Gori
Published in: 2021 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), 2021, ISBN 978-1-7281-1180-3
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/embc46164.2021.9630867

The link between blindness onset and audiospatial processing: testing audiomotor cues in acoustic virtual reality

Author(s): Esposito Davide, Bollini Alice, Gori Monica
Published in: 2021 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), 2021, ISBN 978-1-7281-1180-3
Publisher: IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC)
DOI: 10.1109/embc46164.2021.9629699

Dr-MUSIC: An Effective Device for Investigating Multisensory Mechanisms during Development with EEG recordings ^*

Author(s): A. Bollini, H. Vitali, M. Crepaldi, A. Parmiggiani, C. Campus, C. Lorini, M. Gori
Published in: 2023 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), 2024, Page(s) 1-5
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/embc40787.2023.10340915