Publications

2024

Monaco S, Menghi N, Crawford JD. Action-specific feature processing in the human cortex: an fMRI study. Neuropsychologia. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2023.108773.

2023

Noviello S, Songhorabadi S, Deng Z, Zheng C, Chen J, Pisani A, Franchin E, Pierotti E, Tonolli E, Monaco S, Renoult L, Sperandio I. (2023). Temporal features of size constancy for perception and action in a real-world setting: A combined EEG-kinematics study. Neuropsychologia. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2023.108746.

Sartin S, Ranzini M, Scarpazza C; Monaco S. (2023). Cortical areas involved in grasping and reaching actions with and without visual information: an ALE meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies. Current Research in Neurobiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crneur.2022.100070.

2022

Velji-Ibrahim J, Crawford JD, Cattaneo L, Monaco S. (2022). Action planning modulates the representation of object features in human fronto-parietal and occipital cortex. European Journal of Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.15776.

2020

Pirruccio M*, Monaco S*, Della Libera C, Cattaneo L. (2020). Gaze direction influences grasping actions towards unseen, haptically explored, objects. Scientific Reports. *authors with equal contribution. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-72554-x. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-72554-x.

Monaco S, Malfatti G, Cattaneo L, Culham JC, Turella L. (2020). Decoding motor imagery and action planning in the early visual cortex: overlapping but distinct neural mechanisms.  NeuroImage. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116981.

Baltaretu BR, Monaco S, Velji-Ibrahim J, Gaelle N Luabeya, Crawford JD. (2020). Parietal cortex integrates visual and oculomotor signals to update grasp plans. Journal of Neuroscience. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0300-20.2020 .

2019

Monaco S, Malfatti G, Zendron A, Pellencin E, Turella L. (2019). Predictive coding of action intentions in dorsal and ventral stream is based on visual anticipations, memory-based information and motor preparation.  Brain Structure and Function. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-019-01970-1.  bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/480590.

2018

Arcaro M, Thaler L, Quinlan DJ, Monaco S, Khan S, Valyear KF, Goebel R, Dutton GN, Goodale MA, Kastner S, Culham JC. (2018). Psychophysical and neuroimaging responses to moving stimuli in a patient with the Riddoch phenomenon due to bilateral visual cortex lesions. Neuropsychologia. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2018.05.008.

Chen Y, Monaco S & Crawford JD. (2018). Neural Substrates for Allocentric-to-Egocentric Conversion of Remembered Reach Targets in Humans. European Journal of Neuroscience. DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13885.

2017

Monaco S, Gallivan JP, Figley TD,  Singhal A & Culham JC. (2017). Recruitment of foveal retinotopic cortex during haptic exploration of shapes and actions in the dark. Journal of Neuroscience. DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2428-16.2017.

Cavina-Pratesi C, Connolly JD, Monaco S, Figley TD, Milner AD, Schenk T, Culham JC. (2017). Human neuroimaging reveals the subcomponents of grasping, reaching and pointing actions. Cortex. DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2017.05.018.

Rossit S, Harvey M, Butler S, Szymanek L; Morand S, Monaco S & McIntosh R. (2017). Impaired peripheral reaching and on-line corrections in patient DF: optic ataxia with visual form agnosia. Cortex. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2017.04.004 . PDF.

2016

Cappadocia DC, Monaco S, Chen Y, Blohm G & Crawford JD. (2016). Temporal evolution of target representation, movement direction planning, and reach execution in occipital-parietal-frontal cortex: an fMRI study. Cerebral Cortex. DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhw304.

Monaco S, Buckingham G, Sperandio I & Crawford JD. (2016). Editorial: Perceiving and Acting in the real world: from neural activity to behaviour. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00179.

2015

Leoné F, Monaco S, Henriques YPD, Toni I, & Medendorp PW. (2015). Flexible reference frames for grasp planning in human parieto-frontal cortex. eNeuro. DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0008-15.2015.

2014

Monaco S, Sedda A, Cavina-Pratesi C, & Culham JC. (2014). Neural correlates of object size and object location during grasping actions. European Journal of Neuroscience. 41(4):454-65. DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12786.

Chen Y, Monaco S, Byrne P, Yan X, Henriques YPD & Crawford JD. (2014). Allocentric vs. Egocentric Representation of Remembered Reach Targets in Human Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(37): 12515-12526. DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1445-14.2014.

2013

Monaco S, Chen Y, Medendorp PW, Crawford JD, Fiehler K & Henriques YPD. (2013). Functional magnetic resonance imaging adaptation reveals the cortical networks for processing grasp-relevant object properties. Cerebral Cortex. 24(6): 2248-2263. DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht006.

Singhal A*, Monaco S*, Kaufman LD, & Culham JC. (2013). Human fMRI reveals that delayed action re-recruits visual perception. PLoS (Public Library of Science)ONE. 8(9): e73629. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0073629. *authors with equal contribution.

2011

Monaco S, Cavina-Pratesi C, Sedda A , Fattori P, Galletti C & Culham JC. (2011). Functional magnetic resonance adaptation reveals the involvement of the dorsomedial stream in hand orientation for grasping. Journal of Neurophysiology . 106(5):2248-2263. DOI: 10.1152/jn.01069.2010.

Sedda A , Monaco S, Bottini G & Goodale MA. (2011). Integration of visual and auditory information for hand actions:  preliminary evidence for the contribution of natural sounds to grasping. Experimental Brain Research. 209(3):365-74. DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2559-5.

2010

Cavina-Pratesi C, Monaco S, Fattori P, Galletti C, McAdam, Quinlan D, Goodale MA & Culham JC. (2010). fMRI reveals the neural substrates of arm transport and grip formation in reach-to-grasp actions. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(31):10306-23. DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2023-10.2010.

Monaco S, Króliczak G, Quinlan D, Fattori P, Galletti C, Goodale MA & Culham JC. (2010). Contribution of visual and proprioceptive information to the precision of reaching movements. Experimental Brain Research. 202(1):15-32. doi: 10.1007/s00221-009-2106-9.

2008

Breveglieri R, Galletti C, Monaco S, & Fattori P. (2008). Visual, somatosensory, and bimodal activities in the macaque parietal area PEc. Cerebral Cortex. 8(4):806-16. DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhm127.