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Monica Gori

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Unit for Visually Impaired People
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Monica Gori is a tenured senior scientist at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), where she leads the Unit for Visually Impaired People (U-VIP) laboratory. Her lab comprises 23 scientists (8 Ph.D., 7 PostDocs, 1 Technician, 5 Affiliated Researchers). Monica Gori is an expert on development, multisensory integration, visual disability, and spatial perception. She graduated in psychology from the University of Florence in 2004
(cum laude). She received her Ph.D. degree in Humanoid Technologies from the University of Genoa and IIT in 2009. From 2002 to 2006 she worked at the CNR of Pisa in David Burr’s Laboratory. In 2008 she worked in Martin Banks lab (Berkeley, California). During her Ph.D. she interacted with a strong multidisciplinary environment starting collaborations with engineers and clinical institutes (e.g. Chiossone Institute and Stella Maris Institute). During this period, she started important collaborations with prof. Juergen Konczac (Minnesota University, USA) and with prof. Melvin Goodale (Ontario University, Canada). Monica is a recipient of the European Research Council (ERCstarting grant MySpace 2021 (~€1.5 million, www.myspaceproject.eu ). She was the scientific coordinator of two large European grants, FP7 project ABBI (~€2 million, www.abbi.eu ) and Horizon-2020 project WeDraw (~€2.5 million, www.wedraw.eu ) and partner in two ITN H2020 Marie Curie project: MultiTouch and Optivist and Supervisor in the TIRESIA Horizon-2020 Global Marie Curie project. She has coordinated as a principal investigator of several technology transfer initiatives such as JOiiNT lab at Mondino research Hospital San Martino Research Hospital and is the author of a patent. She is a recipient of the TR35 Italian Innovation Award 2012 (price for young innovators), winner of the SmartCup in 2015, Finalist of the Engineering and Technology for the Falling Walls Science Breakthroughs of the Year 2021, recognized as "Expert" by Expertscape plans in 2021 ranked in the top1% of scholars writing about disabled persons in the past 10 years and listed in 100 Esperte in 2016 (woman in science). The impact of her work on the scientific community can be summarized by 130 international papers, 8 book chapters, and many conferences' abstracts. Internationally accepted indices of impact and productivity show that her work has received 2878 citations, leading me to an H-index of 26 (ORCID ID orcid.org/0000-0002-5616-865X; Scopus Research ID: 23491803400;   ResearcherID: A-1238-2014). One of her works has been listed in the faculty of 1000 (Gori et al. Curr Biol, 2008). Two of her studies have been highlighted in editorial opinions, by  Marc Ernst (Current Biology 2008) and by Andrew King (Brain 2014). In the last 15 years, Monica Gori studied human sensory neuroscience, particularly multisensory abilities, in children and adults with and without impairment. She used state-of-art neuroscience techniques, including psychophysics, computational modeling, evoked potential recordings. She applied the scientific findings to the development of new multisensory technological solutions for children and adults in the field of rehabilitation, learning and game. The research addresses most major themes of sensory interaction, including cross-modal calibration, child development, blindness, deafness, motor impairment, cortical reorganization, cortical plasticity, spatial perception and temporal perception.  More recently, her research has expanded to include multisensory perception in infancy, the development of multisensory rehabilitative and supportive technology for early intervention, psychopathology disorders, sleep and adaptability of the developmental system

Lab activity:
Italian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGg0SB8rj1U
English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiSsDLUS_UQ 

ERC MySpace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a5hUYubHVE 

TEDx: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAz_Qx6xcRQ

WeDRAW Project: Exploiting the best sensory modality for learning arithmetic and geometrical concepts based on multisensory interactive Information and Communication Technologies and serious games http://www.wedraw.eu/

ABBI Project: Audio Bracelet for Blind Interactions https://www.abbiproject.eu/

MySpaceProject: www.myspaceproject.eu 

Top Publications
2021
Gori M., Campus C., Signorini S., Rivara E., Bremner A.J.
Multisensory spatial perception in visually impaired infants
Current Biology, vol. 31, (no. 22), pp. 5093-5101.e5
2021
Campus C., Signorini S., Vitali H., De Giorgis V., Papalia G., Morelli F., Gori M.
Sensitive period for the plasticity of alpha activity in humans
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, vol. 49
2020
Inuggi A., Pichiecchio A., Ciacchini B., Signorini S., Morelli F., Gori M.
Multi-systemic increment of cortical thickness in congenital blind children
Cerebral Cortex Communications, vol. 1, (no. 1)
2020
Gori M., Amadeo M.B., Campus C.
Temporal cues trick the visual and auditory cortices mimicking spatial cues in blind individuals
Human Brain Mapping, vol. 41, (no. 8), pp. 2077-2091
2016
Gori M., Cappagli G., Tonelli A., Baud-Bovy G., Finocchietti S.
Devices for visually impaired people: High technological devices with low user acceptance and no adaptability for children
Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, vol. 69, pp. 79-88
All Publications
2024
Guarischi M., Hu Y., Kurt A.B., Zanchi S., Barth E., Gori M.
A Machine Learning Approach to Unveil Balance Behavior Through Aging with an Auditory Cue
2024 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications, MeMeA 2024 - Proceedings
Conference Paper Conference
2024
Barbieri M., Albanese G.A., Merello A., Crepaldi M., Setti W., Gori M., Canessa A., Sabatini S.P., Facchini V., Sandini G.
Assessing REALTER simulator: analysis of ocular movements in simulated low-vision conditions with extended reality technology
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, vol. 12
Article Journal
2024
Vitali H., Campus C., Signorini S., De Giorgis V., Morelli F., Varesio C., Pasca L., Sammartano A., Gori M.
Blindness affects the developmental trajectory of the sleeping brain
NeuroImage, vol. 286
Article Journal
2024
Memeo M., Vitali H., Crepaldi M., Campus C., Gori M.
Caterpillar – A Portable System to Evaluate Multisensory Aspects of Memory
EuroHaptics
Abstract Report Conference
2024
Tammurello C., Coelho L., Amadeo M.B., Setti W., Campus C., Gori M.
Children-friendly auditory version of the Somatic Rubber Hand illusion to study the interaction between proprioception and audition during development
IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications
Conference Paper Conference
Dissemination
2024
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Documentario su RaiPlay e la mia storia
UnoMattina
Media
2024
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My experience
Associazione Centro ELIS
Public Event
2024
Setti W., Balzarotti N., Esposito D., Gori M.
SoBu: una nuova applicazione di giochi motori per bambini non vedenti
WeMakeFuture
Public Event
2024
Setti W., Esposito D., Balzarotti N., Gori M.
SoBu: un nuovo progetto di startup innovativa a impatto sociale
Evento sponsorizzato da UCID Liguria
Public Event
2023
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ABBI
Talk Cuore Digitale 27 Aprile Camera dei deputati Montecitorio
Public Event
Scientific Talks
2024
Calafatello G., Tonelli A., Zanchi S., Amadeo M B., Tammurello C., Setti W., Gori M.
Comparazione tra abilità di localizzazione spaziale e tempi di reazione tra adulti e bambini sul piano frontale.
Symposium "Spazio sensoriale: Esplorando le dimensioni e lo sviluppo della percezione del corpo e dell’ambiente con e senza disabilità sensoriale"
Workshop/Symposium
2024
Esposito D., Gori M.
Egocentric and allocentric abilities share a common process in the acoustic modality, but not in the visual modality
9th International Conference on Spatial Cognition
Conference
2024
Setti W., Vitali H., Campus C., Picinali L., Gori M.
Examining the Relationship between Auditory Spatial Training and Visuospatial Skills
IMRF
Conference
2024
Coelho L., Gori M.
Implications of visual impairment on body representation
Vision Science Society
Conference
2024
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Inclusion and multisensory processing
Walls Down
Conference
Oral presentations
2024
Parmiggiani A., Bertamino M., Crepaldi M., Balzarotti N., Setti W., Montagnani E., Orciari L., Maviglia A., Dellepiane D., Merello A., Moretti P., Usai M., Primavera L., Gori M.
MSICLIMB: A new multisensory device for climbing and sports activities in children neurodevelopmental disabilities
2024 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeM
Conference
2021
Domenici N., Tonelli A., Gori M.
Deaf People Use Visual Compensatory Strategies to Estimate Time Events
XXVII Congresso Nazionale AIP Sezione Psicologia Sperimentale
Conference
2021
Cappagli G., Chinn L., Hoffmann M., Lockman J., Gori M., Signorini S.
Differential effects of visual impairment on body reaching during development
XVII Congresso Nazionale Associazione Italiana di Psicologia della Sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale
Conference
2021
Gori M., Vitali M., Signorini S., De Giorgis V., Papalia G., Morelli F., Campus C.
How the lack of vision affects the development of alpha activity in the earliest stages of life
European Conference of Vision Perception
Conference
2021
Tonelli A., Togoli I., Arrighi R., Gori M.
How the sense of number is influenced by auditory deprivation.
European Conference on Visual Perception ECVP 2021
Conference
Awards and Achievements
2024
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Abilitazione prima fascia SETTORE CONCORSUALE 11/E1 PSICOLOGIA GENERALE, PSICOBIOLOGIA E PSICOMETRIA
2024
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Consiglio dei Garanti del Chiossone
2024
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Documentary RAI Woman of Science https://www.raiplay.it/video/2024/01/Women-of-science-Monica-Gori-58281d04-a2c7-4619-8f70-4489f7fed019.html
2024
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Parte del Consiglio di Amministrazione del Chiossone
2024
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PhD evaluation Sophia Pfister, Marc Ernst student
Editorships
2024-2024
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EuroHaptics
2024-2024
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Festival della Scienza, Genova
2024-2024
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IMRF
2022-2024
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15th International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF)
2022-2022
Gori M., Tonelli A., Nava E.
Frontiers in Neuroscience
Organized Events
2024
Gori M., DeLuca A.
ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE MOBILITY, RAISE
2024
Gori M., Schiatti L.
Developmental disorders, Social interactions & AI
2024
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Multisensory Development Across the Neurotypical and Neurodivergent Lifespan: The Birth of a Research Consortium
2024
Wallace M., Murray M., Gori M.
Multisensory Processing
2024
Riberto M., Vitali H., Amadeo M. B., Sturlese M., Vitale A., Bertolasi J., Gori M.
Organiser of Events for Public Engagement and Dissemination on Science, Technology, and Science-Fiction