What we do
What we do
The API group aims to explore the interplay between mind and body, focusing on interoception processes and bodily representations in the social and affective domains. Through psychophysiological measurements (e.g., skin conductance, heart rate, body temperature) and behavioral techniques, we investigate how emotions influence physiological responses and bodily sensations.
Affect in the dark: Navigating the complex landscape of social cognition in blindness
Domenici, Collignon, LettieriProgress in Brain Research, 2025. DOI: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2025.02.002Visual experience shapes bodily representation of emotion
Lettieri, Calce, Giraudet, CollignonEMOTION, 2024. DOI: 10.1037/emo0001440Dissecting abstract, modality-specific and experience-dependent coding of affect in the human brain
Lettieri, Handjaras, Cappello, Setti, Bottari, Bruno, Diano, Leo, Tinti, Garbarini, Pietrini, Ricciardi, CecchettiScience Advances, 2024. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adk6840