Post Doctoral Fellow
silvia.serino@gmail.com
Brief Bio
I’m a Marie-Curie post-doctoral fellow at MySpaceLab. Within an embodied perspective, my projects (“VirtualSync”) aims to investigate the self-awareness of memory function in neurological patients using virtual reality-based tools.
I obtained my PhD in Psychology at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in 2015 with a thesis aimed at investigating the role of spatial processing for the cognitive system. Then, I collaborated with the same University for two years as post-doctoral fellow and with the Applied Technology for Neuropsychology Lab within the Istituto Auxologico Italiano (Milan, Italy) on several national and international projects exploiting the potential of advanced technologies for mental health.
My main research interests concern the relationship between space, body and memory, also in pathological conditions (e.g., neurodegenerative diseases) and the use of virtual reality as an “embodied tool” for investigating high-level cognitive processes.
Main publications
Serino, S., Scarpina, F., Dakanalis, A., Keizer, A., Pedroli, E., Castelnuovo, G., … & Riva, G. (2018). The Role of Age on Multisensory Bodily Experience: An Experimental Study with a Virtual Reality Full-Body Illusion. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 21(5), 304-310.
D Di Lernia, S Serino, G Pezzulo, E Pedroli, P Cipresso, G Riva (2018) Feel the time. Time perception as a function of interoceptive processing . Frontiers in human neuroscience 12, 74
S Serino, F Baglio, F Rossetto, O Realdon, P Cipresso, TD Parsons, … G Riva (2017)
Picture Interpretation Test (PIT) 360°: An Innovative Measure of Executive Functions
Scientific reports 7 (1), 16000
D Colombo, S Serino, C Tuena, E Pedroli, A Dakanalis, P Cipresso, … G Riva (2017)
Egocentric and allocentric spatial reference frames in aging: A systematic review
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 80, 605-621
S Serino, E Pedroli, C Tuena, G De Leo, M Stramba-Badiale, K Goulene, … G Riva (2017)
A Novel Virtual Reality-Based Training Protocol for the Enhancement of the “Mental Frame Syncing” in Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease: A Development-of-Conc…
Frontiers in aging neuroscience 9, 240
S Serino, G Riva (2017). The Proactive Self in Space: How Egocentric and Allocentric Spatial Impairments Contribute to Anosognosia in Alzheimer’s Disease. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. 55 (3), 881-892
S Serino, D Mestre, P Mallet, J M Pergandi, P Cipresso, G Riva (2015) Do not get lost in translation: The role of egocentric heading in spatial orientation. Neuroscience Letters. 18;602:84-8.
S Serino, F Morganti, F Di Stefano, G Riva (2015). Detecting early egocentric and allocentric impairments deficits in Alzheimer’s Disease: an experimental study with virtual reality. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 7, 88 doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2015.00088
S Serino, G Riva (2015). How different spatial representations interact in virtual environments: the role of mental frame syncing. Cognitive Processing. 16(2):191-201