The dissemination of scientific knowledge to the general public is an important social duty for all scientists, at the core of the advancement of culture and education of the society we live in. Over the years I have been lucky enough to take part in dissemination events both as part of the organizing team, as well as an invited speaker.
Dissemination
- April 2021
I wrote the book Conoscenza, AnimaMundi Edizioni, Otranto (LE).
This volume (in Italian) is part of a collection named Il Vocabolario dell’Arca, a cultural initiative promoted by the group Rete di Cooperazione Educativa.
In the book I explain, to a non expert audience, the impact of past experience and previous knowledge on visual perception.
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In the media
- September 21st 2019
D – weekly magazine with the national newspaper la Repubblica
I was interviewed by Nicla Panciera for her article I pirati del cervello - November 18th 2019
Fuori la voce – TV program on the national broadcast Laeffe, which is now available on the My Movies platform, on demand.
I participated as a guest during the second episode of the series, discussing the neuroscience behind the perception of beauty - December 9th 2019
Mashable – Italia, web magazine
I was interviewed by Giulia Mattioli for her article Fare bene due cose contemporaneamente è impossibile: parola di ricercatrice - September 11th 2021
TEDx Cremona
I have been a speaker with the talk I condizionamenti della mente, on the working of Selective Attention and how it connects us to the outside world
Video available here (in Italian)
Organization of scientific dissemination events
- Spring 2006: A scuola con il cervello
Series of conferences targeted at high school students, organized in collaboration with the Board of Education of Verona. - Fall 2006 – Spring 07: Cerebralmente
Series of neuroscientific talks and round tables, organized in collaboration with the Literary Society of Verona. - May 2014: La Bufala è servita
Events in line with the national initiative Italia unita per la scienza, with the aim of increasing awareness among the general public on science and science-related information. - March 2021: Brain Awareness Week – Verona
Series of conferences on the Neuroscience of Perception, Emotion and Movement control for students in Middle and High School (Istituto Don Nicola Mazza, Verona, IT).
Speaker at scientific events for the general public
- March 2011: Infinitamente
Conference within Infinitamente, the scientific festival of Verona, with the talk Attenzione ed esperienza. La pratica rende davvero perfetti? – Attention and experience. Does really practice make perfect? (Verona, IT). - November 2013: Festival della Scienza
Conference within the Genova Science Festival, with the talk Il piacere della bellezza nel cervello di chi guarda. Le neuroscienze dell’esperienza edonica – The pleasure of beauty in the brain of the observer. Neurosciences of the hedonic experience (Genova, IT).
Press release (in Italian). - April 2022: Cultural Association Armònia
Seminar conference to the general public: Sete di bellezza: Quando il cervello incontra l’arte – Thirst for beauty: When the brain meets art, at the Circolo della Scranna, Forlì, I. - May 2023: Municipality of Trevenzuolo, Verona
Seminar conference to the general public: Attenzione: Che cos’è, come funziona e come cambia nell’arco della vita – Attention: What it is, how it works and how it changes across life, at the Casa del Mille, in Fagnano, Trevenzuolo, Verona, I.
Speaker at scientific events for schools and educational environments
I regularly act as speaker in dissemination events to young audiences, and I collaborate in particular with the Don Nicola Mazza Institution, Verona.
- October 2017: Brain Awareness Week – Dana Foundation
Lecture to Middle School students: L’attenzione ed il cervello – Attention and the brain, Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado Valerio Catullo, Verona, I. - June 2022- Istituto Don Nicola Mazza, Verona
Lecture to Middle School students: Dal vedere al guardare – From seeing to looking, Second Grade students at the Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado Don Nicola Mazza, Verona, I. - September 2022- Istituto Don Nicola Mazza, Verona
Lecture to Middle School students: Oggi parliamo di Attenzione – Today we talk about Attention, First Grade students at the Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado Don Nicola Mazza, Verona, I. - June 2023- Istituto Don Nicola Mazza, Verona
Lecture to Middle School students: Un cervello per vedere – A brain to see, Second Grade students at the Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado Don Nicola Mazza, Verona, I. - November 2023- Istituto Don Nicola Mazza, Verona
Lecture to Middle School students: Cervello e comportamento – Brain and behavior, First Grade students at the Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado Don Nicola Mazza, Verona, I. - November 2023- Istituto Don Nicola Mazza, Verona
Lecture to Middle School students: Noi umani, animali sociali – Us humans, social animals, Second Grade students at the Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado Don Nicola Mazza, Verona, I. - December 2023- Istituto M.O. Luciano Dal Cero, San Bonifacio, Verona
Lecture to High School students: Un cervello per vedere – A brain to see, at the Istituto Statale di Istruzione Secondaria Superiore M.O. Luciano Dal Cero, San Bonifacio, Verona, I.