Education
1995-2000
Classic Liceum “E. Montale”, V. di Bravetta 545

Secondary school focusing on humanities diploma, achieved with 95/100.
Relevant subjects: latin, ancient greek, latin and greek literature, philosophy, history, italian and italian literature, english and english literature, mathematics, physics, biology.
 
2000-2003
Department of Psychology,
University of Rome “La Sapienza”
Rome, Italy.

Bachelor's degree Thesis in Experimental Psychology under supervision of Prof. Maria Casagrande: “Topographical orientation: 24 hours of continuative sleep deprivation effects”.
Achieved with full marks and honour.
 
2003-2007
Department of Psychology,
University of Rome “La Sapienza”
Rome, Italy.

Graduate studies Thesis in Experimental Psychology under supervision of Prof. Marta Olivetti Belardinelli: “Orientation and planning processes in 3D Maps test: a TMS study”.
Achieved with full marks and honour.
 
2003
Institut für Medizinische Psychologie und Verhaltensneurobiologie, Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen, Germany.

Winner of an Erasmus scholarship in the “Institut für Medizinische Psychologie und Verhaltensneurobiologie” labs of the Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen, under supervision of prof. Niels Birbaumer.
Methodology acquisitions: TMS machinery and experimental paradigms.
 
2007
Department of Psychology,
University of Rome “La Sapienza”
Rome, Italy.

PhD with scholarship under supervision of Prof. Marta Olivetti Belardinelli in Cognitive Psychology, Physiological and Personality. Main research topics: spatial orientation, navigation and wayfinding, visuospatial planning, virtual reality and computer science.
Actual research: cognitive processes in real and virtual environments, learning in virtual reality, implementation of 3D tools for spatial abilities evaluation.
 
2008
Department of Psychology,
University of Magdeburg “Otto-Von-Guericke-Universität” Magdeburg, Germany.

PhD visiting in collaboration with Department of Psychology of University of Magdeburg.

 
2008
Fraunhofer IFF – Magdeburg, Germany.

PhD visiting in Fraunhofer IFF structure for Virtual Reality, under supervision of Prof. Eberhard Blümel.
 
Expertise and competencies

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS); Electroencephalography; Statistical analysis with specific softwares (SPSS); Basic programming (Java, C++, HTML), Knowledge of main Operative Systems (Windows, MacIntosh, Linux).

 

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