Davide Nardo

Contact: davidenardo@gmail.com

Last update: May 2024

Metrics summary (Scopus): # citations = 1134; h-index = 17 

Current position

• Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy

Research experience

• 2018-22: Research Associate, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, UK

• 2016-18: Research Associate, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, UK

• 2009-15: Research Associate, Neuroimaging Laboratory, Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy

• 2007-15: Collaborator, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, Italian National Research Council, Rome, Italy

• 2007-13: Collaborator, Cognitive Science and Psychology Lab, Department of Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

• 2007-08: Research Associate, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy

• 2006-07: Research Assistant, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Germany

• 2004-07: Visiting PhD Student, Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioural Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Germany

• 2003-04: Intern, Interuniversity Centre for Research on Cognitive Processing in Natural and Artificial Systems, Rome, Italy

• 2003-04: Intern, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, Italian National Research Council, Rome, Italy

• 2002-03: Visiting MSc Student, Department of Neurological Sciences, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

• 2001-02: Visiting MSc Student (Erasmus), Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioural Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Germany

• 2000-01: Undergraduate Trainee, Department of Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

Teaching experience

• AY 2023-24: Instructor/Tutor in Methodology and Quantitative Data Analysis, PhD Course in Educational and Social Theory and Research, Department of Education, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy

• AY 2023-24: Panel Member, PhD Course in Educational and Social Theory and Research, Department of Education, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy

• AY 2022-23, 2023-24: Undergraduate Supervisor in Experimental Psychology, Department of Education, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy

• AY 2022-23, 2023-24: Lecturer in Psychology of Emotion, Department of Education, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy

• AY 2022-23, 2023-24: Lecturer in Experimental Psychology, Department of Education, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy

• AY 2021-22: Undergraduate Supervisor in Experimental Psychology, Trinity College, University of Cambridge, UK

• AY 2020-21, 2021-22: Instructor/Tutor in Matlab Programming, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, UK

• AY 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22: PhD Students Advisor/Secondary Supervisor in Cognitive Neuroscience, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, UK

• AY 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22: Instructor in Functional Neuroimaging, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, UK

• AY 2017-18: Hourly-Paid Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Psychology, University of East London, London, UK

• AY 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19: Contract Lecturer in Clinical Neuroimaging, Professional Master’s Course in Clinical Neuroscience, University Consortium Humanitas, c/o Department of Neuroscience, Federico II University, Naples, Italy

• AY 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18: PhD Students Advisor in Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, UK

• AY 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15: PhD Students Advisor in Cognitive Psychology, Department of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

• AY 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15: Adjunct Panel Member, PhD Course in Psychology and Cognitive Science, Department of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

• AY 2009-10, 2010-11: Contract Lecturer in Biological Psychology, Department of Human and Educational Sciences, University of Perugia, Italy

• AY 2007-08, 2008-09: Graduate Teaching Assistant/Tutor in Cognitive Psychology, Department of Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

• AY 2007-08, 2008-09: Graduate Teaching Assistant/Tutor in Experimental Psychology, Department of Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

• AY 2007-08: Graduate Teaching Assistant in Cognitive Psychology, Department of Human Sciences, LUMSA University, Rome, Italy

• AY 2003-04: Graduate Teaching Assistant in Cognitive Psychology, Department of Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

• AY 2003-04: Graduate Teaching Assistant in Experimental Psychology, Department of Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

Education & qualifications

• 2023: Italian Association of Psychology (AIP), full member of the Section of Experimental Psychology, Italy

• 2019: Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol), full member of the Division for Teachers & Researchers in Psychology (DARTP), British Psychological Society, UK

• 2014, 2018: Habilitation in Associate Professorship in Experimental Psychology Biological Psychology and Psychometrics, Ministry of Education University and Research, Italy

• 2012: Chartered Psychologist, Italian Council of Psychologists, Italy

• 2007: PhD in Cognitive Psychology (Pass without corrections), Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

• 2003: Integrated Master's (MPsych) in Experimental Psychology (Distinction), Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

Editorial activity

• 2023 - Associate Editor, Frontiers in Psychology

• 2022 - Review Editor, Frontiers in Cognition

• 2013-20 - Advisory Editor, Cognitive Processing, Springer Verlag, Berlin, Germany

• Ad-hoc Reviewer for the following peer-reviewed journals:

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica * Acta Psychologica * American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology * Archives of General Psychiatry * Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry * Biological Psychiatry * BMC Psychiatry * Brain * Brain & Behavior * Brain & Cognition * Brain Imaging and Behavior * Cerebral Cortex * Clinical Neurophysiology * Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience * Cognitive Processing * Computers in Biology and Medicine * Cortex * Frontiers in Cognition * Frontiers in Human Neuroscience * Frontiers in Neuroimaging * Frontiers in Psychology * Human Brain Mapping * International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal * JAMA Psychiatry * Journal of Affective Disorders * Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry * Journal of Clinical Psychiatry * Journal of Clinical Psychology * Journal of EMDR Practice and Research * Journal of Neuropsychology * Journal of Psychiatric Research * Medicine * Mindfulness * Molecular Psychiatry * Nature and Science of Sleep * Neurocase * Neuroimage: Clinical * Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment * Neuropsychologia * Neuropsychology * Neuroscience * PLoS Biology * PLoS ONE * Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging * Psychological Medicine * Psychology & Neuroscience * Psychonomic Bulletin & Review * Scientific Reports * Translational Psychiatry

Expertise

Methods:

• Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)

• Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM)

• Voxel-Based Morphometry (VBM)

• Matlab programming

• Eye-tracking

• Manual lesion-tracking

• Manual hippocampal segmentation

• Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation (tDCS)

• Partial Least Squares Analysis (PLS)

• Dynamic Causal Modelling (DCM)

• Functional Connectivity

Topics:

• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

• Spatial attention

• Hemispatial neglect

• Aphasia

• Cognitive control

• Episodic memory

• Music cognition

Networks

• Academia

• LinkedIn

• Loop

• OrcID

• Publons

• ResearchGate

• Roma Tre

• Scholar

• Scopus

• Web of Science

Publications [click on the links below to access the papers]

Pre-prints:

• • Nardo D, Pappa K, Duncan J, Zeidman P, Callaghan MF, Leff AP, Crinion JT. Modulating the left inferior frontal cortex by task domain, cognitive challenge and tDCS. bioRxiv preprint DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.05.429968.

Peer-reviewed papers:

Authorships:

• • De Luca M, Zeri F, Matano A, Di Lorenzo C, Ciurli MP, Mulas M, Pollarini V, Paolucci S, Nardo D. Sensitivity and specificity of qualitative visual field tests for screening visual hemifield deficits in right-brain-damaged stroke patients. Brain Sciences 2024;14(3):235.

  • Nardo D, Anderson MC. Everything you ever wanted to know about the Think/No-Think task, but forgot to ask. Behavior Research Methods DOI:10.3758/s13428-024-02349-9.

  • De Luca M, Baroncini M, Matano A, Di Lorenzo C, Magnotti L, Lucatello S, Mulas M, Pollarini V, Ciurli MP, Nardo D. Sensitivity and specificity of the Brentano Illusion test in the detection of visual hemi-field deficits in patients with unilateral spatial neglect. Brain Sciences 2023;13(6):937.

  • Nardo D, Creasey M, Negus C, Pappa K, Aghaeifar A, Reid A, Josephs O, Callaghan MF, Crinion JT. Transcranial direct current stimulation with functional magnetic resonance imaging: A detailed validation and operational guide. Wellcome Open Research 2023;6:143.

  • Nardo D, De Luca M, Rotondaro F, Spanò B, Bozzali M, Doricchi F, Paolucci S, Macaluso E. Left hemispatial neglect and overt orienting in naturalistic conditions: Role of high-level and stimulus-driven signals. Cortex 2019;113:329-346.

  • Nardo D, Holland R, Leff AP, Price CJ, Crinion JT. Less is more: Neural mechanisms underlying anomia treatment in chronic aphasic patients. Brain 2017;140(11):3039–3054.

  • Nardo D, Console P, Reverberi C, Macaluso M. Competition between visual events modulates the influence of salience during free-viewing of naturalistic videos. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 2016;10:320.

  • Nardo D, Högberg G, Jonsson C, Jacobsson H, Hällström T, Pagani M. Neurobiology of sleep disturbances in PTSD patients and traumatized controls: MRI and SPECT findings. Frontiers in Psychiatry 2015;6:134.

  • Nardo D, Santangelo V, Macaluso E. Spatial orienting in complex audiovisual environments. Human Brain Mapping 2014;35(4):1597-1614. 

  • Nardo D, Högberg G, Lanius AR, Jacobsson H, Jonsson C, Hällström T, Pagani M. Gray matter volume alterations related to trait dissociation in PTSD and traumatized controls. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2013;128(3):222-233.

  • Curcio G*, Nardo D*, Perrucci MG, Pasqualetti P, Chen TL, Del Gratta C, Romani GL, Rossini PM. Effects of mobile phone signals over BOLD response while performing a cognitive task. Clinical Neurophysiology 2012;123(1):129-136. [* authors contributed equally]

  • Nardo D, Högberg G, Flumeri F, Jacobsson H, Larsson S, Hällström T, Pagani M. Self-rating scales assessing subjective well-being and distress correlate with rCBF in PTSD-sensitive regions. Psychological Medicine 2011;41(12):2549-2561.

  • Nardo D, Santangelo V, Macaluso E. Stimulus-driven orienting of visuo-spatial attention in complex dynamic environments. Neuron 2011;69(5):1015-1028.

  • Nardo D, Högberg G, Looi JC, Larsson S, Hällström T, Pagani M. Gray matter density in limbic and paralimbic cortices is associated with trauma load and EMDR outcome in PTSD patients. Journal of Psychiatric Research 2010;44(7):477-485.

  • Nardo D, Brunetti R, Cupellini E, Olivetti Belardinelli M. The influence of melodic and rhythmic redundancies on recognition memory for unknown musical themes. Musicae Scientiae 2009;13(2):337-355.

Collaborations:

• • Hope TMH, Ondobaka S, Akkad H, Nardo D, Pappa K, Price CJ, Leff AP, Crinion JT. Predicting online behavioural responses to transcranial direct current stimulation in stroke patients with anomia. Life 2024;14(3):331.

  • Akkad H, Hope TMH, Howland C, Ondobaka S, Pappa K, Nardo D, Duncan J, Leff AP, Crinion JT. Mapping spoken language and cognitive deficits in post-stroke aphasia. Neuroimage: Clinical 2023 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2023.103452.

  • Wilf M, Dupuis C, Nardo D, Huber D, Sander S, Al-Kaar J, Haroud M, Perrin H, Fornari E, Crottaz-Herbette S, Serino A. Virtual reality-based sensorimotor adaptation shapes subsequent spontaneous and naturalistic stimulus-driven brain activity. Cerebral Cortex 2023;33(9):5163-5180.

  • Spanò B, Nardo D, Giulietti G, Matano A, Salsano I, Briani C, Vadalà R, Marzi C, De Luca M, Caltagirone C, Santangelo V. Left egocentric neglect in early subacute right-stroke patients is related to damage of the superior longitudinal fasciculus. Brain Imaging and Behavior 2022;16(1):211-218.

  • Hope TMH, Nardo D, Holland R, Ondobaka S, Akkad H, Price CJ, Leff AP, Crinion JT. Lesion site and therapy time predict responses to a therapy for anomia after stroke: A prognostic model development study. Scientific Reports 2021;11(1):18572.

  • Fleming V, Brownsett S, Krason A, Maegli MA, Coley-Fisher H, Ong YH, Nardo D, Leach R, Howard D, Robson H, Warburton E, Ashburner J, Price CJ, Crinion JT, Leff AP. Efficacy of spoken word comprehension therapy in patients with chronic aphasia: A cross-over randomised controlled trial with structural imaging. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry 2021;92(4):418-424.

  • Canosa A, Calvo A, Moglia C, Manera U, Vasta R, Di Pede F, Cabras S, Nardo D, Arena V, Grassano M, D’Ovidio F, Van Laere K, Van Damme P, Pagani M, Chiò A. Brain metabolic changes across King’s stages in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A 18F-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose-Positron Emission Tomography Study. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2021;48(4):1124-1133.

  • Reiterer SM, Hu X, Erb M, Rota G, Nardo D, Grodd W, Winkler S, Ackermann H. Individual differences in speech imitation/pronunciation aptitude in late bilinguals: functional neuro-imaging and brain morphology. Frontiers in Psychology 2011;2:271.

  • Högberg G, Nardo D, Hällström T, Pagani M. Affective psychotherapy in post-traumatic reactions guided by affective neuroscience: Memory re-consolidation and play. Psychology Research and Behavior Management 2011;4:87-96.

  • Manna A, Raffone A, Perrucci MG, Nardo D, Ferretti A, Tartaro A, Londei A, Del Gratta C, Belardinelli MO, Romani GL. Neural correlates of focused attention and cognitive monitoring in meditation. Brain Research Bulletin 2010;82(1-2):46-56.

  • Olivetti Belardinelli M, Palmiero M, Sestieri C, Nardo D, Di Matteo R, Londei A, D'Ausilio A, Ferretti A, Del Gratta C, Romani GL. An fMRI investigation on image generation in different sensory modalities: The influence of vividness. Acta Psychologica 2009;132(2):190-200.

  • Pagani M, Salmaso D, Rodriguez G, Nardo D, Nobili F. Principal component analysis in mild and moderate Alzheimer's disease – A novel approach to clinical diagnosis. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 2009;173(1):8-14.

  • Gardner A, Salmaso D, Nardo D, Micucci F, Nobili F, Sanchez-Crespo A, Jacobsson H, Larsson SA, Pagani M. Mitochondrial function is related to alterations at brain SPECT in depressed patients. CNS Spectrums 2008;13(9):805-814.

  • Tecchio F, Zito G, Zappasodi F, Dell’Acqua ML, Landi D, Nardo D, Lupoi D, Rossini PM, Filippi MM. Intra-cortical connectivity in Multiple Sclerosis: A neurophysiological approach. Brain 2008;131(7):1783-1792.

  • Rota G, Veit R, Nardo D, Weiskopf N, Birbaumer N, Dogil G. Processing of inconsistent emotional information: An fMRI study. Experimental Brain Research 2008;186(3):401-407.

  • Pagani M, Högberg G, Salmaso D, Nardo D, Sundin O, Jonsson C, Soares J, Aberg-Wistedt A, Jacobsson H, Larsson SA, Hällström T. Effects of EMDR psychotherapy on 99mTc-HMPAO distribution in occupation-related post-traumatic stress disorder. Nuclear Medicine Communications 2007;28(10):757-765.

  • Pagani M, Salmaso D, Nardo D, Jonsson C, Jacobsson H, Larsson SA, Gardner A. Imaging the neurobiological substrate of atypical depression by SPECT. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2007;34(1):110-120.

Short papers:

• • Battisti L, Fagioli S, Ferrato A, Limongelli C, Mastandrea S, Mezzini M, Nardo D, Sansonetti G. Towards empathetic social robots: Investigating the interplay between facial expressions and brain activity. CEUR Workshop Proceedings 2024;3660:22.

  • Battisti L, Fagioli S, Ferrato A, Limongelli C, Mastandrea S, Mezzini M, Nardo D, Sansonetti G. Towards a deeper understanding: EEG and facial expressions in museums. CEUR Workshop Proceedings 2023;3536:42-49.

  • Palmiero M, Olivetti Belardinelli O, Nardo D, Sestieri C, Di Matteo R, D'Ausilio A, Romani GL. Mental imagery generation in different modalities activates sensory-motor areas. Cognitive Processing 2009;10(S2):268-271.

Chapters:

• • Nardo D & Santangelo V. Processi cognitivi e rappresentazione neurale tramite neuroimaging. In: Morabito C & Della Rocca M (Eds.). Conoscenze, mappe, reti e memorie: la rappresentazione nelle scienze cognitive. Teorie & Modelli (n.s.), XV:II-III, 195-209. Bologna: Pitagora Editrice, 2010.

  • Looi JC, Pagani M, Nardo D, Raphael B, Wahlund LO. Structural and Functional Neuroimaging in PTSD: A Neurobiological Update. In: Sher L & Vilens A. (Eds.). Neurobiology of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010.

  • Nardo D & Reiterer S. Musicality and phonetic language aptitude. In: Dogil G & Reiterer S. (Eds.). Language talent and brain activity. Trendsin applied linguistics, Berlin: Mouton De Gruyter, 2009.

Conferences:

2020s:

• • Battisti L, Fagioli S, Ferrato A, Limongelli C, Mastandrea S, Mezzini M, Nardo D, Sansonetti G. Towards empathetic social robots: Investigating the interplay between facial expressions and brain activity. 4th International Workshop on SOcial and Cultural IntegrAtion with PersonaLIZEd Interfaces SOCIALIZE - Co-located with ACM IUI, Sydney, Australia, March 18, 2024.

  • Battisti L, Fagioli S, Ferrato A, Limongelli C, Mastandrea S, Mezzini M, Nardo D, Sansonetti G. Towards a deeper understanding: EEG and facial expressions in cultural heritage. 2nd AIIA Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Cultural Heritage, Rome, Italy, November 6-9, 2023.

  • Barbaresi M, Nardo D, Mastandrea S, Fagioli S. Correlati psicofisiologici della sincronizzazione tra ritmi corporei e ritmi ambientali. XXIX Congresso Nazionale della Sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale dell'Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, Lucca, Italy, September 18-20, 2023.

  • Kirpalani  M, Nardo D, Zikopoulos V, Anderson MC. Prefrontal-thalamic pathways underlying inhibitory control over the hippocampus: the role of the Nucleus Reuniens. BNA 2023 - Festival of Neuroscience, Brighton, United Kingdom, April 23-26, 2023.

  • Marsh L, Nardo D, Poole N, Zeman A, Woodberry E, Kopelman M, Anderson M. Reflexive downregulation of memory systems in dissociative amnesia: a case  series. 36th Annual Conference of the British Neuropsychiatry Association, London, United Kingdom, March 2-3, 2023. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2023;94(12):e2.30.

  • Kirpalani  M, Nardo D, Zikopoulos V, Anderson MC. Prefrontal-thalamic pathways mediating inhibitory control over the hippocampus. Autumn Meeting of the British Neuropsychological Society, London, United Kingdom, November 3-4, 2022.

  • Kirpalani  M, Nardo D, Zikopoulos V, Anderson MC. Prefrontal-thalamic pathways mediating inhibitory control over the hippocampus. New Perspectives on Declarative Memory, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom, June 23-24, 2022.

  • Twomey T, Nardo D, Ondobaka S, Akkad H, Hope T, Pappa K, Callaghan MF, Zeidman P, Leff AP, Duncan J, Crinion JT. Role of the contralateral inferior frontal cortices in speech following aphasic stroke. 18th Annual Meeting of the British Association of Cognitive Neuroscience, Birmingham, United Kingdom, May 24-25, 2022.

  • Salsano I, Santangelo V, Matano A, Vadalà R, Briani C, Giulietti G, De Luca M, Caltagirone C, Antonucci G, Spanò B, Nardo D. Probing the spatial bias in hemispatial neglect using a landmark task and fMRI. 8th International Conference on Spatial Cognition, Rome, Italy, September 13-17, 2021. Cognitive Processing 2021;22(S1):58-59.

  • Ondobaka S, Nardo D, Pappa K, Akkad H, Duncan J, Zeidman P, Josephs O, Callaghan MF, Leff AP, Crinion JT. Using neuronal activity and fluid intelligence to understand individual differences in anodal tDCS modulation of spoken language. 7th International Conference on Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation, Baden-Baden, Germany, March 24-26, 2020. Clinical Neurophysiology 131(4):e135-e136.

2010s:

• • Spanò B, Salsano I, Santangelo V, Matano A, Briani C, Vadalà R, Giulietti G, De Luca M, Caltagirone C, Antonucci G, Nardo D. Using task-based fMRI to understand attentional mechanisms in healthy controls. 50th Annual Congress of the Italian Society of Neurology, Bologna, Italy, October 12-15, 2019.

  • Spanò B, Salsano I, Matano A, Briani C, Vadalà R, Nardo D, De Luca M, Giulietti G, Caltagirone C, Antonucci G, Santangelo V. Mapping visual extinction in neglect patients through functional neuroimaging. 50th Annual Congress of the Italian Society of Neurology, Bologna, Italy, October 12-15, 2019.

  • Salsano I, Nardo D, Santangelo V, Matano A, Briani C, Vadalà R, Giulietti G, De Luca M, Caltagirone C, Antonucci G, Spanò B. Using task-based fMRI to understand attentional mechanisms in healthy controls. 18th National Congress of the Italian Society for Neuroscience, Perugia, Italy, September 26-29, 2019.

  • Ondobaka S, Nardo D, Pappa K, Akkad H, Duncan J, Zeidman P, Josephs O, Callaghan MF, Leff AP, Crinion JT. Non-invasive brain stimulation improves speech performance in aphasic patients with high intelligence. Annual Meeting for the British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience, Cambridge, United Kingdom, September 2-3, 2019.

  • Ondobaka S, Nardo D, Pappa K, Duncan J, Zeidman P, Josephs O, Callaghan MF, Leff AP, Crinion JT. The role of multiple demand system in object naming in aphasia. 3rd Congress on Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. Maastricht, the Netherlands, May 22-24, 2019.

  • Nardo D, Pappa K, Duncan J, Zeidman P, Josephs O, Callaghan MF, Leff AP, Crinion JT. Modulating the left inferior frontal cortex in chronic aphasic stroke patients. 19th Science of Aphasia Conference, Venice, Italy, September 18-22, 2018.

  • Nardo D, Pappa K, Duncan J, Zeidman P, Callaghan MF, Leff AP, Crinion JT. The role of the left inferior frontal cortex in cognitive challenge. 47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington DC, USA, November 11-15, 2017.

  • Nardo D, Pappa K, Duncan J, Zeidman P, Callaghan MF, Leff AP, Crinion JT. Modulating the left inferior frontal cortex by task, task challenge and tDCS. 9th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Baltimore, MD, USA, November 8-10, 2017.

  • Nardo D, Holland R, Leff AP, Price CJ, Crinion JT. Less is more: facilitating naming in aphasic patients. 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language, London, United Kingdom, August 17-20, 2016.

  • Alragam S, Aguilar O, Brownsett S, Coley-Fisher H, Crinion JT, Ferguson L, Kerry S, Krason A, Leff AP, Maegli M, Nardo D, Ong Y-H, Peacock A, Woodhead Z. Developing digital neuro-interventions and understanding how they interact with surviving language networks. UCL Neuroscience Symposium, London, United Kingdom, June 24, 2016.

  • Nardo D, Console P, Reverberi C, Paolucci S, Doricchi F, Macaluso E. Control of visuo-spatial attention in complex environments: Behaviour, functional imaging and brain-lesion data. European Brain Behaviour Society Meeting, Verona, Italy, September 12-15, 2015.

  • Macaluso E, Nardo D. Crossmodal spatial interactions in naturalistic environments: Behaviour, functional imaging and brain-lesion data. 16th International Multisensory Research Forum, Pisa, Italy, June 13-16, 2015.

  • Micciantuono G, Nardo D, Olivetti Belardinelli M, Macaluso E. Comparing predictions of a computational model with behavioral measures of auditory saliency. 14th European Workshop on Imagery and Cognition, Paphos, Cyprus, June 18-20, 2014.

  • Micciantuono G, Nardo D, Olivetti Belardinelli M, Macaluso E. Auditory salience: a detailed behavioural evaluation. 14th European Workshop on Imagery and Cognition, Paphos, Cyprus, June 18-20, 2014.

  • Nardo D, Rotondaro F, Doricchi F, Paolucci S, Macaluso E. Attentional control in complex environments: spatial orienting in neglect patients and controls. 20th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Hamburg, Germany, June 8-12, 2014.

  • Di Francesco SA, Santangelo V, Nardo D, Macaluso E. Attentional selection for short-term memory: Gaze-direction at encoding predicts retrieval activity in posterior parietal cortex. 18th Meeting of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, Budapest, Hungary, August 29 - September 1, 2013.

  • Di Francesco SA, Santangelo V, Nardo D, Macaluso E. Attentional selection for short-term memory: Gaze-direction predicts retrieval activity in fronto-parietal cortex. 20th Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA, USA, April 13-16, 2013.

  • Nardo D, Santangelo V, Macaluso E. Audiovisual stimulus-driven contributions to spatial orienting in ecologically valid situations: an fMRI study. 13th International Multisensory Research Forum, Oxford, United Kingdom, June 19-22, 2012. Seeing and Perceiving 2012;25(S1):16.

  • Pagani M, Nardo D, Högberg G, Lanius RA, Bravo T, Jacobsson H, Jonsson C, Hällström T. Gray matter volume alterations associated with dissociative traits in PTSD and traumatized controls. 20th European Congress of Psychiatry, Prague, Czech Republic, March 3-6, 2012. European Psychiatry 2012;27(S1):1190.

  • Nardo D, Santangelo V, Macaluso E. BOLD correlates of audiovisual spatial attention in real-like situations. 4th Rovereto Attention Workshop, Rovereto, Italy, October 27-29, 2011.

  • Pigliautile M, Nardo D, Olivetti Belardinelli M. Episodic and semantic musical memory in elderly people. 17th Meeting of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain, September 29 - October 2, 2011.

  • Nardo D, Högberg G, Larsson SA, Hällström T, Pagani M. Limbic and paralimbic cortex grey matter densities are negatively associated with trauma load. 18th European Congress of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany, February 27 - March 2, 2010. European Psychiatry 2010;25(S1):1550.

  • Pagani M, Nardo D, Högberg G, Jacobsson H, Larsson SA. Self-rating scales assessing subjective well-being and distress correlate with CBF in PTSD-sensitive regions. 18th European Congress of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany, February 27 - March 2, 2010. European Psychiatry 2010;25(S1):179.

2000s:

• • Palmiero M, Olivetti Belardinelli M, Nardo D, Sestieri C, Di Matteo R, D’Ausilio A, Romani GL. Mental imagery generation in different modalities activates sensory-motor areas. 4th International Conference on Spatial Cognition, Rome, Italy, September 14-19, 2009. Cognitive Processing 2009;10(S2):68-71.

  • Olivetti Belardinelli M, Nardo D, Martinelli V, Cacciafesta M. Recognition memory for music in healthy elderly subjects: A pilot study. 7th Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music, Jyväskylä, Finland, August 12-16, 2009.

  • Nardo D. Musica e Neuroimaging. 4° Congresso Nazionale della Federazione Italiana di Medicina Geriatrica, Rome, Italy, June 24-26, 2009.

  • Hu X, Ackermann H, Erb M, Nardo D, Grodd W, Reiterer S. Mapping brain structure/activity and personality in an adult sample of second language pronunciation talent. 15th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, San Francisco, United States, June 17-21, 2009. Neuroimage 2009;47(S1).

  • Reiterer S, Hu X, Erb M, Nardo D, Jilka M, Ackermann H, Grodd W. Neuronal correlates of pronunciation talent in a speech imitation task: An fMRI study. European Science Foundation Research Conferences – Social Cognitive Neuroscience, Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy, February 27 - March 4, 2009.

  • Pagani M, Nardo D, Flumeri F, Salmaso D, Looi J, Sanchez-Crespo A, Larsson SA, Sundin Ö, Högberg G. Volumetric changes in PTSD and in a subgroup of PTSD patients not responding to EMDR psychotherapy. 17th European Congress of Psychiatry, Lisbon, Portugal, January 24-28, 2009. European Psychiatry 2009;24(S2):1057.

  • Pagani M, Flumeri F, Salmaso D, Nardo D, Sanchez-Crespo A, Danielsson AM, Brolin F, Jacobsson H, Larsson SA, Högberg G. Neurobiological changes in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder following treatment with Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing. 21st Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, Munich, Germany, October 11-15, 2008. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2008;35(S2):158.

  • Pagani M, Flumeri F, Nardo D, Salmaso D, Sanchez-Crespo A, Danielsson AM, Fränden M, Jacobsson H, Larsson SA, Högberg G. Correlations between cerebral blood flow and structural and neuropsychological parameters in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. 21st Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, Munich, Germany, October 11-15, 2008. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2008;35(S2):150.

  • Hu X, Nardo D, Grodd W, Ackermann H, Reiterer S. The neuropsychology of second language (L2) pronunciation talent. 29th International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany, July 20-25 2008.

  • Landi D, Tecchio F, Dell'Acqua ML, Zito G, Zappasodi F, Nardo D, Lupoi D, Rossini PM, Filippi MM (2008). Intra-cortical connectivity in multiple sclerosis: a neurophysiological approach. 13th European Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology, Istanbul, Turkey, May 4-8, 2008. Clinical Neurophysiology 2008;119(S1):13-14.

  • Curcio G, Nardo D, Perrucci MG, Chen TL, Ferreri F, Del Gratta C, Romani GL, Rossini PM. Effects induced by exposure to mobile phone emissions: An fMRI study on healthy volunteers. 13th European Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology, Istanbul, Turkey, May 4-8, 2008. Clinical Neurophysiology 2008;119(S1):10.

  • Telfener U, Nardo D. La ricerca in psicoterapia: Il punto di vista costruttivista. Quale sentiero per la ricerca in terapia familiare? Convegno a cura della Società Italiana di Terapia Familiare, Rome, Italy, February 8, 2008.

  • Dell’Acqua ML, Tecchio F, Zito G, Zappasodi F, Landi D, Nardo D, Rossini PM, Filippi MM. Corticocortical connectivity in Multiple Sclerosis: A neurophysiological approach. 38° Congresso della Società Italiana di Neurologia, Florence, Italy, October 13-17, 2007.

  • Olivetti Belardinelli M, Nardo D, Veit R, Birbaumer N. Mapping encoding and retrieval of melodic and rhythmic redundancies in music processing: An fMRI study. 15th Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, Marseille, France, August 29 - September 1, 2007.

  • Pagani M, Salmaso D, Nardo D, Jonsson C, Danielsson A, Hatherly R, Jacobsson H, Larsson SA, Gardner A. Impact of mitochondrial disfunction on 99mTc-HMPAO uptake in depressed patients. 19th Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, Athens, Greece, September 30 - October 4, 2006.

  • Pagani M, Högberg G, Salmaso D, Nardo D, Jonsson C, Danielsson A, Engelin L, Jacobsson H, Larsson SA, Hällström T, Sundin Ö. Effects of psychotherapy on 99mTc-HMPAO distribution in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. 19th Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, Athens, Greece, September 30 - October 4, 2006.

  • Nardo D, Cupellini E, Brunetti R, Olivetti Belardinelli M. Assessing the role of melodic and rhythmic factors in structuring musical salience. 9th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Bologna, Italy, August 22-26 2006.

  • Nardo D, Veit R, Rota G, Birbaumer N, Olivetti Belardinelli M. Looking for the neural bases of memory systems during the processing of music: An event-related fMRI study. 12th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Florence, Italy, June 11-15, 2006. Neuroimage 2006;31(S1).

  • Nardo D, Olivetti Belardinelli M, Lucci G, Rea M, Gentilomo A. Exploring the time features of recognition memory for music in the semantic and episodic systems: An ERP study. 12th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Florence, Italy, June 11-15, 2006. Neuroimage 2006;31(S1).

  • Rota G, Veit R, Nardo D, Weiskopf N, Birbaumer N, Dogil G. Facing inconsistent emotional information: Evidence on the involvement of the anterior cingulate cortex in identification of emotional prosody. 12th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Florence, Italy, June 11-15, 2006. Neuroimage 2006;31(S1).

  • Pagani M, Nobili F, Salmaso D, Nardo D, Thurfjell L, Larsson SA, Rodriguez G. Alzheimer Disease: A comparative study using Statistical Parametric Mapping and Principal Component Analysis. 11th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Toronto, Canada, June 12-16, 2005. Neuroimage 2005;26(S1).

  • Londei A, Nardo D, Olivetti Belardinelli M, Pantano P, Iannetti GD, Lenzi GL. Comparing data-driven to hypothesis-driven techniques for analyzing fMRI data of music perception. 4th Conference on Understanding and Creating Music, Caserta, Italy, November 23-26, 2004.

  • Pagani M, Salmaso D, Nardo D, Jonsson C, Danielsson AM, Jacobsson H, Larsson SA. Accuracy of possible and probable Alzheimer Disease diagnosis: A methodological comparison using SPM and Principal Component Analysis. 17th Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, Helsinki, Finland, September 4-8, 2004.

  • Nardo D, Londei A, Iannetti G, Pantano P, Lenzi D, Olivetti Belardinelli M, Lenzi GL. Mapping gender differences in brain activity while listening to music excerpts characterized by tonality and salience. 10th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Budapest, Hungary, June 13-17, 2004. Neuroimage 2004;22(S1):e1030.

  • Marucci FS, Nardo D. La reinterpretabilità delle immagini mentali: L'effetto di complessità degli stimoli figurali. VII Congresso Nazionale della Sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale dell'Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, Alghero, Italy, September 23-25, 2001.