CV

Education

• Ph.D in Brain, Mind and Computer Science (current)
• M.S. in Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology, Università degli studi di Padova, 2023
• B.S. in Cognitive Psychology, Università degli studi di Trento, 2021

Work experience

• [15/09/2024-20/04/2025] Psychology Trainee
  • IRCSS Fondazione Santa Lucia - Laboratory of Neuropsychiatry, Rome, Italy
  • Duties includes: Clinical evaluations, testing; MRI and clinical data management and analysis.
  • Supervisor: Dr. Nerisa Banaj
• [30/01/2024 - 30/08/2024] Research Intern
  • University of Coimbra - ProAction Lab, Coimbra, Portugal
  • Duties included: fMRI data management and pre-processing; assisting with task development.
  • Supervisor: Professor Jorge Almeida
• [01/03/2023 - 01/11/2023] Research Intern
  • Università degli studi di Padova - Laboratory of Vision, Padova, Italy
  • Duties included: Data collection, management and analysis; scientific papers drafting and reviewing, experimental task development; tES administration.
  • Supervisor: Professor Luca Battaglini.

Skills

• English language Proficiency
• SPM basic user (Matlab)
• Cat12 basic user (Matlab)
• SEPIA basic user (Matlab)
• Psychtoolbox basic user (Matlab)
• R, Rstudio

Publications

Exploring the classical and numerical Delboeuf illusion: the impact of transcranial alternating current stimulation on magnitude processing

Santacà M, Carabba F, Fernando AM, Pitocco E, Battaglini L, Granziol U. 2025. Exploring the classical and numerical Delboeuf illusion: the impact of transcranial alternating current stimulation on magnitude processing. PeerJ 13:e19064 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19064

Talks

Talk 3

March 01, 2014

Talk 2

February 01, 2014

Tutorial 1

March 01, 2013

Talk 1

March 01, 2012

Teaching

Teaching experience 2

Teaching experience 1