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I am an Assistant Professor at Zayed University,
interested in motor control and multisensory integration.
Specifically, my work investigates the tight link between auditory, visual, and haptic
(proprioceptive and tactile) sensory information and motor control through multiple techniques.
Education
Ph.D. - Doctor Europaeus in Physical Exercise and Human Movement Science, University of Verona (2016)
M.Sc. Preventive and Adapted Exercise Science, Aging curriculum, University of Verona (2011)
B.Sc. in Movement Science, University of Udine (2008)
Teaching Experience
Instructor for the Cognitive Psychology class for the undergraduate students of the Zayed University, Department of Psychology (2024/2025)
Instructor for the Biopsychology class for the undergraduate students of the Zayed University, Department of Psychology (2024/2025)
Instructor for the Statistics class for the undergraduate students of the Zayed University, Department of Psychology (2023/2024)
Instructor for the Biopsychology class for the undergraduate students of the Zayed University, Department of Psychology (2023/2024)
Instructor for the Research Methods class for the undergraduate students of the Zayed University, Department of Psychology (2023/2024)
Instructor for the Biopsychology class for the undergraduate students of the New York University Abu Dhabi, Psychology division (2021,2022,2023)
Invited lectures on motor control for the Biopsychology class for the undergraduate students of the New York University Abu Dhabi, Psychology division (2021)
Instructor for the Statistics for Psychology class for the undergraduate students of the New York University Abu Dhabi, Psychology division (2021)
Laboratory in Multisensory Perception and Action for the undergraduate students of the New York University Abu Dhabi, Psychology division (2019)
Research instruments for motor control assessment for the Movement Science master students, University of Verona (2015)
Research instruments for motor control assessment for the Movement Science master students, University of Verona (2014)
Tutor for the movement science faculty students, University of Verona (2011)
Movement Analysis course, University of Verona (2011)
Master and Bachelor thesis supervisor
- Student's name: Faisal Abdulhadi, New York University Abu Dhabi, title: What is The Role of Haptic Memory in Reaching Tasks?(2022)
- Student's name: Meera Al Nuaimi, New York University Abu Dhabi, title: The role of haptic feedback in obstacle avoidance (2021)
- Student's name: Reema El-Kaiali, New York University Abu Dhabi, title: Manual asymmetries in grasping movements under visual and visuo-haptic control (2020)
- Student's name: Sofia Diquigiovanni, University of Verona, title: From language to movement: a study on the link between language and movement developement (2016)
- Student's name: Andrea Lomboni, University of Verona, title: The aftereffect after a treadmill walking in Cochlear Implanted individuals (2015)
- Student's name: Donatella Tummino, University of Verona, title: Rehabilitation of the residual grasping ability in a paraplegic patient (2014)
Honors and Grants
Awarded the first prize as Young Investigator at the conference Neurizon (2015)
Grant: Action anticipation and muscle reaction to sound stimuli in patients with unilateral and bilateral cochlear implant (2015)
Grant: Predicting movement through sounds: a combination of psychophysical and TMS study (2014)
Ad Hoc Reviewer and Editor
Frontiers in Psychology - Movement Science and Sport Psychology
Topic editor for a special issue on multisensory integration in reaching and grasping in Frontiers in Psychology - Cognition