Manuela Sellitto, PhD

Scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, monographies

(You can find the full-text of almost all papers on my Researchgate profile, otherwise e-mail me!)

• Nijboer ACS, Sellitto M, Ruienberg MFL, Kerkkänen K, Schomaker J (2024) Food-related exploration across the menstrual cycle. Appetite, 196:107261.

• Sellitto M, Terenzi D, Starita F, di Pellegrino G, Battaglia S (2022) The Cost of Imagined Actions in a Reward-Valuation Task. Brain Sciences, 12:582.

• Sellitto M and Kalenscher T (2022) Variations in progesterone and estradiol across the menstrual cycle predict generosity toward socially close others. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 140:105720.  Editor's Choice Article – Psychoneuroendocrinology, Volume 140 June 2022

• Garofalo S, Degni LAE, Sellitto M, Braghittoni D, Starita F, Giovagnoli S, di Pellegrino G, Benassi M (2022) Unifying evidence on delay discounting: open task, analysis tutorial, and normative data from an Italian sample. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19:2049.

• Sellitto M, Neufang S, Schweda A, Weber B, Kalenscher T (2021) Arbitration between insula and temporoparietal junction subserves framing-induced boosts in generosity during social discounting. NeuroImage, 238:118211.

• Nitsch FJ, Sellitto M, Kalenscher T (2021) Trier social stress test and food-choice: Behavioral, self-report & hormonal data. Data in Brief, 37:107245.

• Nitsch FJ, Sellitto M, Kalenscher T (2021) The effects of acute and chronic stress on choice consistency. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 31:105289.

• Hu Y, van Wingerden M, Sellitto M, Schaeble S, Kalenscher T (2021) Anterior cingulate cortex lesions abolish budget effects on effort-based decision-making in rat consumers. The Journal of Neuroscience, 41(20): 4448-4460.

• Sellitto M (2020) Commentary: Episodic future thinking about the ideal self induces lower discounting, leading to a decreased tendency toward cheating. Frontiers in Psychology, 11:1027.

• Ciaramelli E, Sellitto M, Tosarelli G, di Pellegrino G (2019) Imagining events alternative to the present can attenuate delay discounting. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 13:269.  

• Seinstra MS*, Sellitto M*, Kalenscher T (2018) Rate maximization and hyperbolic discounting in human experiential intertemporal decision making. Behavioral Ecology, 29(1): 193-203. (*Equal contribution as first author). Corrigendum at Behavioral Ecology, 30(2): 582.

• Sellitto M and di Pellegrino G (2018) The neuroscience of human intertemporal choice: State-of-the-art. In “Neuroeconomics: Theory, Applications, And Perspectives”, Proceedings Of The 1st Officina Di Neuroeconomia, Edited by Raggetti G., Ceravolo M.G., Fattobene L. EGEA Editore. ISBN/EAN: 9788899902278.

• Grippa E, Sellitto M, Scarpazza C, Mattioli F, di Pellegrino G (2017) Multiple sclerosis reduces sensitivity to immediate reward during decision-making. Behavioral Neuroscience, 131(4): 325-336.

• Scarpazza C, Sellitto M, di Pellegrino G (2017) Now or not-now? The influence of alexithymia on intertemporal decision-making. Brain and Cognition, 114: 20-28.

• Sellitto M and di Pellegrino G (2016) Errors as a means of reducing impulsive food choice. The Journal of Visualized Experiments, (112): e53283. 

• Sellitto M, Ciaramelli E, Mattioli F, di Pellegrino G (2016) Reduced sensitivity to sooner reward during intertemporal decision-making following insula damage in humans. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 9:367.

• Schiff S, Amodio P, Testa G, Nardi M, Montagnese S, Caregaro L, di Pellegrino G, Sellitto M (2016) Impulsivity toward food reward is related to BMI: Evidence from intertemporal choice in obese and normal-weight individuals. Brain and Cognition, 110: 112-119.

• Sellitto M and di Pellegrino G (2015) Attention, Neural Basis of. International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd Edition (Area 5), Elsevier Ltd., pp. 163-168.

• Sellitto M and di Pellegrino G (2014) Errors affect hypothetical intertemporal food choice in women. PLOS ONE, 9(9): e108422.

• Moretto G, Sellitto M, di Pellegrino G (2013) Investment and repayment in a trust game after ventromedial prefrontal damage. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7:593.

• Sellitto M, Ciaramelli E, and di Pellegrino G (2011) The neurobiology of intertemporal choice: insight from imaging and lesion studies. Reviews in the Neurosciences, 22(5): 565–574.

• Ciaramelli E, Sellitto M, di Pellegrino G (2011) Why do mOFC patients discount the future steeply? [Authors’ response to Peters., J. (2011) The Role of the Medial Orbitofrontal Cortex in Intertemporal Choice: Prospection or Valuation?] The Journal of Neuroscience, 31(16): 5889-5890.

• Sellitto M, Ciaramelli E, di Pellegrino G (2010) Myopic discounting of future rewards after medial orbitofrontal damage in humans. The Journal of Neuroscience, 30(49): 16429-16436.

2024   Sellitto M. Preferisci una mela o una barretta di cioccolata per merenda? Le scelte del cervello @ 1a Giornata Internazionale delle Università, University of Pavia (Italy)

2023 Sellitto M, Simioni M, Bottini G. Disturbi di memoria e concentrazione: mi devo preoccupare? Facciamo insieme qualche test Workshop @ Spazio Vita Ospedale Niguarda Milano (Italy) 

2023   Organizer and coordinator of the stand Did you ever have three hands? @ European Researcher’s Night event, University of Pavia (Italy)

2022 Sellitto M and Kalenscher T's Psychoneuroendocrinology study in the news:

- dailymail.co.uk - Women are more generous with gifts and drinks during the second half of monthly cycle, study suggests

- myhormonology.com - The cycle days you’re more generous to loved ones

2021 Interviewed by OggiScienza.it (in Italian only) 

2020 Speaker at the Soapbox Science event - Apple or candy? For you or for me? Let the brain choose! @ HHU University of Düsseldorf (Germany)

2018 Scarpazza C, Sellitto M, di Pellegrino G. "When the butterflies in the stomach prevail over the rationality: the case of alexithymia in intertemporal decision making." ATLAS of Science, Research, February 27, 2018. 

2015 Sellitto M and di Pellegrino G. "Subito o più tardi? Neurobiologia delle scelte intertemporali." Graphie Anno XVII - Nr. 72, Il Vicolo Ed., pp. 36-37. (in Italian only)

2011 Researchers’ Night event - Practical workshop demonstrator at the stand Knowing mind and brain - Experiments of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Bologna (Italy)

2011 Art and Science in the Square event - Practical workshop demonstrator at the stand Embodying the artificial, University of Bologna (Italy)

2010 The Science in the Square event - Practical workshop demonstrator at the stand If body mind, University of Bologna (Italy)

2024 – 2025 Lecturer in Anatomy lab, Master course in Musicotherapy, Conservatory of Milano (Italy)

2023 – 2025 Lecturer in Neurocognitive Rehabilitation, Master course in Psychology, University of Pavia (Italy)

2022 – 2023 Invited lecturer of The neural bases and the malleability of intertemporal choice and delay discounting in the English Master course Applied Neuroscience – University of Pavia (Italy)

2020 – 2021 Lecturer in Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) methods, Bachelor course in Practical Training in Neuroscientific Psychology, University of Düsseldorf (Germany)

2019 – 2020 Lecturer in Computer assisted data analysis and SPSS, Bachelor course in Research Methods and Statistical Analysis, University of Düsseldorf (Germany)

2018 – 2021 Lecturer in The Lesioned Brain, Master course in Neuroscientific Psychology, University of Düsseldorf (Germany)

2017 – 2021 Lecturer in The Neuroscience of Intertemporal Choice, Master course in Neuroscientific Psychology, University of Düsseldorf (Germany)

2014 – 2017 Lecturer in Biological Psychology, Bachelor course, University of Gießen (Germany)

Editorial Board Member (2024 to present) of BMC Psychology.

Guest Associate Editor (2023 – 2024) of the Research Topic in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience “Framing Choices as a Tool to Tackle Maladaptive Habit”; section: Motivation and Reward. Other journals participating: Frontiers in Neuroscience and Frontiers in Psychology, section:  Decision Neuroscience. 

Review Editor (2016 to present) for Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience’ sections: Behavioral Neuroscience Archive; Motivation and Reward.

Ad Hoc Reviewer (2011 to present) eLife - NeuroImage - Human Brain Mapping - Psychoneuroendocrinology - Scientific Reports - Royal Society Open Science - Frontiers in Human Neuroscience - Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience - European Journal of Neuroscience - WIREs Cognitive Science - PLOS ONE - Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment - Journal of Neurophysiology - Frontiers in Psychology - Psychology Research and Behavior Management - BMC Psychology - International Journal of Psychology - Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics

2024 Sellitto M, Salvato G, Basilico S, Crottini F, Tarlarini P, Tajani M, Corradi E, Bottini G. Taking risks with one’s body: the case of Anorexia Nervosa and Obesity. MNESYS: la ricerca nello spoke 4 mid-term meeting, Bologna (Italy)

2024 Caprino F, Tursin D, Sellitto M, Salvato G, Bottini G, Gandola M. Motor Imagery and Interoception in Professional Pianists. MNESYS: la ricerca nello spoke 4 mid-term meeting, Bologna (Italy)  (co-author)

2024 Salvato G, Jenkinson PM, Sellitto M, Crivelli D, Crottini F, Squarza SAC, Piano M, Sessa M, Gandola M, Fotopoulou A, Bottini G. Investigating the role of skin temperature and thermal perception in bodily self-awareness: a behavioral and VLSM-CLSM study in patients with Disturbed Sensation of limb Ownership. MNESYS: la ricerca nello spoke 4 mid-term meeting, Bologna (Italy)  (co-author)

2024 Sellitto M, Salvato G, Basilico S, Crottini F, Tarlarini P, Tajani M, Corradi E, Bottini G. Taking risks with one’s body: the case of Anorexia Nervosa and Obesity. Body Representations in Eating Disorders (BRinED): Bridging Clinical & Neuroscientific Insights 2024 congress, Padova (Italy)

2024 Facci L, Basilico S, Sellitto M, Gelosa G, Gandola M, Bottini G. Right-hand tactile agnosia: Clinical and neuropsychological profile. 42° European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology (EWCN), Bressanone (Italy) (co-author)

2024 Salvato G, Jenkinson PM, Sellitto M, Crivelli D, Crottini F, Squarza SAC, Piano M, Sessa M, Gandola M, Fotopoulou A, Bottini G. Investigating the role of skin temperature and thermal perception in bodily self-awareness: a behavioral and VLSM-CLSM study in patients with Disturbed Sensation of limb Ownership.  42° European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology (EWCN), Bressanone (Italy) (co-author)

2023 Sellitto M, Salvato G, Jenkinson PM, Crivelli D, Crottini F, Squarza S, Piano M, Protti A, Agostoni EC, Sberna M, Fotopoulou A, Gandola M, Bottini G. Investigating the role of skin temperature and thermal perception in bodily self-awareness: a behavioral and VLSM study in patients with disturbed sensation of limb ownership. Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) 2023 Annual Meeting – Milano (Italy) 

2019 Sellitto M, Schweda A, Weber B, Kalenscher T. The neural mechanisms of the framing effect on social discounting - Ninth International Symposium on Biology of Decision Making (SBDM) - Oxford (UK). 

2016 Sellitto M and Wittmann B. The effect of contextual novelty on monetary intertemporal choice - Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Annual Meeting - San Diego (USA)

2014 Sellitto M, Ciaramelli E, di Pellegrino G. The relationship between intertemporal choice and moral judgment - NeuroPsychoEconomics Conference - Ludwig Maximilian University, Human Science Center, Munich (Germany)

2013 Sellitto M, di Pellegrino G, Downing PE. Neural basis of carry-over effect during intertemporal choice: Preliminary results of an fMRI study - Society for Neuroeconomics: Decision Making and the Brain - EPFL Lausanne (Switzerland)

2011 Sellitto M, Ciaramelli E, di Pellegrino G. Myopic Discounting of Future Rewards after Medial Orbitofrontal Damage in Humans - Critical Contributions of the Orbitofrontal Cortex to Behavior - The New York Academy of Sciences (USA)

2010 Sellitto M, Ciaramelli E, di Pellegrino G. Temporal discounting following damage to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex - The insular cortex: Current status of its anatomy and function - University of Granada (Spain)

2023 - Innovating University Didactics workshop, University of Pavia (Italy) 

2022 - European Medical Writers Association courses for members

2022 - The role of the Clinical Research Associate - formazionenelfarmaceutico.com course

2021 - Project Management Simplified - LinkedIn Learning Course

2019, 2020 - Data Protection Training - University of Düsseldorf (Germany)

2014 - Applied Didactics Workshop and 7 steps and Interactive techniques for big and small groups - University of Gießen (Germany)

2014 - Zurich SPM course 2014 - University of Zurich & Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Switzerland) 

2014 - Summer school Introduction to bayesian statistics with R application, 2014 - Italian Association of Psychology (AIP) - Residential University of Bertinoro (Italy)

2011, 2012 - Summer school The Visceral Mind: A hands-on course in the neuroanatomy of cognition - Bangor University, Wales (UK)

(present) SINP, Società Italiana di Neuropsicologia - NeuroMI, Milan Center for Neuroscience - AIRIcerca
(past) Society for Neuroscience - Society for Neuroeconomics - Association for NeuroPsychoEconomics - The New York Academy of Sciences - CICAP, Comitato Italiano per il Controllo delle Affermazioni sulle Pseudoscienze - European Medical Writers Association

• Prof. Dr. Giuseppe di Pellegrino - University of Bologna (Italy)

• Prof. Dr. Tobias Kalenscher - University of Düsseldorf (Germany)

• Prof. Dr. Elisa Ciaramelli - University of Bologna (Italy) 

• Prof. Dr. Marijn van Wingerden - Tilburg University (The Netherlands)

• Prof. Dr. Esther Florin - University Hospital Düsseldorf (Germany)

• Prof. Dr. Andrea Serino - Université de Lausanne (Switzerland)

• Dr. Adam Bulley - Harvard University (USA)

• Dr. Judith Schomaker – Leiden University (The Netherlands)

• JoVE 2016

• Soapbox Science Düsseldorf 2020