Program

Registration

Opening remarks

Welcome by the Head of the Department of Psychology, Vanvitelli University

Professor Francesca D'Olimpio

Introduction to the conference

Laura Sagliano, Luigi Trojano & Costanza Papagno

Symposium: The insula between interoception and abstract thinking* 

• Emotional and Social Dimensions of Abstract Concepts meet with Interoception in Right Anterior Insula
  Martina Mancano, Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, Rovereto

• Exogenous Modulation of Heartbeat rate
  Laura Sagliano, Department of Psychology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Caserta

• The role of insula in the Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: a scoping review
  Laura Catalano, Department of Psychology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Caserta

Chair: Costanza Papagno, Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento

* All the studies in the Symposium are supported by Next Generation EU - ­European Union - PNRR – PRIN 2022 

Invited Speaker: Olga Pollatos
Clinical and Health Psychology Institute of Psychology and Education,
Ulm University (Germany)

Modulating Interoception: Multimodal Approaches to Emotions, Stress, and Neural Stimulation

Chair: Francesco Panico, Department of Psychology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Caserta

Coffee Break & Networking

Invited Speaker: Olaf Blanke
Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience (Bertarelli Chair in Cognitive Neuroprosthetics),
University Hospital of Geneva (Switzerland)

Interoception and bodily self-consciousness: From Neuroscience to clinical applications and contemplative practice

Chair: Laura Sagliano, Department of Psychology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Caserta

Flash Presentation Session

• Modulation of Theory of Mind through Insular Stimulation: A Double-Blind Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Study
  Giada Panzino, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro

• The Body Within: Interoception and Rumination as Predictors of Subclinical Depressive Symptoms in University Students
  Mariagloria Gelao, Department of General Psychology - University of Padua, Padova

• How bodily signals shape the emotional experience of aesthetic chills
  Veronica Domenici, University of Camerino, IMT School for Advanced Studies, Lucca

• Increased breathlessness in post-COVID syndrome despite normal breathing patterns in a rebreathing challenge
  Dina von Werder, Translational Neuromodeling Unit, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich (Switzerland); Institute of Medical Technology, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, (Germany)

• Changes in EEG-measured brain activity during the natural breathing cycle
  Katja Brand, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, (Switzerland)

• The development of body and navigational space: a comparative study between children and young adults
  Daniela Malangone, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro

• The role of Cerebellum and Insula in time perception and interoception: a tDCS and fNIRS study
  Aurora Magnolia, Department of Psychology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Caserta

Chair: Martina Mancano, Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, Rovereto

Lunch Break (on-site)

Oral Communications Session 1

• The interplay between impulsivity and interoceptive accuracy: testing HD-tDCS to modulate the insula and anterior cingulate cortex
  Riccardo Pirone, IUSS Pavia 

• Morphometric evidence of a U-shaped relationship between loss aversion and posterior insular/somatosensory cortical features
  Letizia Richelli, IUSS Pavia

• Interbrain EEG coherence in dyads performing interpersonal synchronization tasks
  Laura Angioletti, International research center for Cognitive Applied Neuroscience (IrcCAN), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan 2-Research Unit in Affective and Social Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano

• Interoception of Breathing and Perceived Control Over Respiration
  Alex Hess, University of Zurich & ETH Zurich (Switzerland)

• Neuropsychological and brain network dysfunctions after insular stroke
  Anna, Digiovanni, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging, and Clinical Sciences, "G. D'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti

Chair: Rosalia De Biase, Department of Psychology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Caserta

Invited Speaker: Corrado Corradi Dell'Acqua
Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy

The Hurtful and Stinky Sides of Social Norms. How Social and Moral Violations influence the Representations of Somatic Experiences

Chair: Luigi Trojano, Department of Psychology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Caserta

Coffee Break & Networking

Oral Communications Session 2

• Interoception and self–other processing in Multiple Sclerosis: Insights from social cognition and body awareness
  Valentina Torchia, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro

• The Insula: A Hallway Between Thermosensory Signals and Body Ownership
  Gerardo Salvato, University of Pavia, Pavia

• Body-based training improves cognition through interoception
  Silvia Canino, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro

• Interoception and impulse control in Parkinson’s disease: Linking internal signals to behavioural outcomes
  Chiara Baiano, Department of Psychology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Caserta

• Interoceptive Accuracy, Daily Interoceptive Sensibility and Physiological Reactivity to Psychosocial Stress: An Experimental and Ecological Assessment
  Fiorella Del Popolo Cristaldi, Department of General Psychology, University of Padua, Padova

Chair: Laura Catalano, Department of Psychology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Caserta

Closing Remarks 

Laura Sagliano, Luigi Trojano & Costanza Papagno