I am a post-doctoral researcher.
I'm interested in the investigation of the neural correlates of visual spatial attention, eye-movement execution and language plasticity using psychophysics, fMRI and MEG.

Academic History:

February 2007 - Present
Post Doctoral Position
"Studies of neurophysiological mechanisms of visuo-spatial attention"
Tutor: Prof. Maurizio Corbetta

2004 - 2006
PhD in "Functional Neuroimaging: from Cells to Systems"
Department of Clinical Science e Bioimages,
University of Chieti-Pescara "G. D'Annunzio",
Chieti Scalo, Italy.
Tutor: Prof. Cosimo Del Gratta

1998 - 2003
University Degree in "General and Experimental Psychology",
University of Roma "La Sapienza"
Roma, Italia
Advisor: Prof. Marta Olivetti Belardinelli
110/110 cum laude

Articles in peer-reviewed international journals:

Londei A., D'Ausilio A., Basso D., Sestieri C., Del Gratta C., Romani G.L., Olivetti Belardinelli M., 2007. Brain network for passive word listening as evaluated with ICA and Granger causality. Brain Research Bulletin 72:284-292.

Sestieri C., Di Matteo R., Ferretti A., Del Gratta C., Caulo M., Tartaro A., Olivetti Belardinelli M., Romani G.L., 2006. "What" versus "Where" in the audiovisual domain: An fMRI study. NeuroImage 33(2):672-80. Sestieri C., Corbetta, M., 2006. Laboratory of attention and brain recovery at Washington University, St. Louis. Cognitive Processing 7(3):209-11.

Avons S. E., Sestieri C., 2005. Dynamic visual noise: No interference with short-term memory or the construction of visual images. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology 17:405-424.

Olivetti Belardinelli M., Sestieri C., Di Matteo R., Delogu, F., Del Gratta C., Ferretti A., Caulo M., Tartaro A., Romani G.L., 2004. Audio-visual crossmodal interactions in environmental perception: an fMRI investigation. Cognitive Processing, 5(3):167-174.